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OUR VISION:
Through Christian nurture, education, love, counsel, and prayer, the
Treutlen House programs will lead children, teens and families in crisis to a
wholeness in spirit, mind, and body, so that they may be more productive to
themselves, their family, their community and their world.

The
Treutlen House programs are designed to provide support and guidance to the
people who need it most...Our children and their families. The
programs of Treutlen House will directly address issues of abuse, neglect,
abandonment and other family problems.
Children from ages 6 to 17 will be
welcomed. Any child placed in our care will be able to function within the
scope and support offered by the local educational system. Tutoring and
special assistance with homework and learning issues will be available through
the youth home. We will connect our children and their families with local
counseling professions through the Treutlen House Family Resource Center.
Initially, the program's home will serve 10
children with our long-range vision to extend to 100 girls and boys.

The
Treutlen House at New Ebenezer is a community-based, ecumenical ministry for
children and families who are dealing with personal crisis and are seeking
assistance to improve their current situation. Treutlen House will provide
a professionally administered continuum of preventive and therapeutic services
to children and their families. These services will include family
preservation, alternative family placement, or independent living. The
Treutlen House is organized as a non-profit entity to be sustained by revenues
from its own operation. Family Resource Center is already helping our
community. Here Lutheran Ministries of Georgia provide their highly
successful and non-confrontational A+ Parenting Program to children and
families. Morningstar Baptist Treatment Services provides in home
assistance to help preserve families and allow a child to remain in the home.
The residential programs provided by Treutlen
House at New Ebenezer will also be administered by Morningstar. As one of
Georgia's premier family services programs, Morningstar provides similar quality
services to children in Brunswick, Gainesville, Cartersville, and
LaGrange. Their team of professionals will staff both the residential care
home and the Family Resource Center.

Effingham
County's first settlers, the Salzburgers, who came to America as Lutheran
immigrants seeking religious freedom, inspired the Treutlen House at New
Ebenezer. They formed a safe community in 1734 calling it Ebenezer,
meaning "rock of help". Here an orphanage was built which they
recognized as essential to the development of their community. This
orphanage is recognized as the first orphanage to be organized in America.
The original orphanage at Ebenezer provided
guidance and a safe haven to a young man named John Adam Treutlen and his mother
who were fleeing an abusive step-father. This young man later became the
first elected Governor of the state of Georgia. The Treutlen House Project
is named in his honor. Here future generations will benefit from the
programs this safe dwelling and Family Resource Center provide.

There are so many ways your talents can benefit a
project of this magnitude. The Treutlen House exists only on donations, so
any support you can offer is greatly welcomed. Only your time and
donations can make this project a reality. Please call us at 912-754-9797
to find out how invaluable your support can be. The Treutlen House is a
duly organized non-profit charitable corporation in the state of Georgia, and
all contributions are tax-deductible.
If you would like to help make
this project a reality and would like to make a donation, please visit our
"Make a Contribution"
section, where you can print out a form which is used in the donation
process.
We have also put
together a "Wish List" of
necessary items we need. Please visit our "Wish
List" page and see if there is something you can donate to
us.
For more information about the
area where the Treutlen House is located, please visit "Effingham
Today", the Web site of
Effingham County, Georgia.
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home. These give you a great idea of what our home looks like
as if you were standing here yourself.
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DEDICATION & RIBBON CUTTING
On August 26, hundreds of people
gathered to celebrate the completion of Treutlen House , named for
Georgia's first constitutional governor, John Adam Treutlen. Gov. Roy
Barnes, speaking to those present, said, "The cottages you are
building will be beacons of hope in the lives of Georgia's abused and
abandoned children." Other cottages are projected for future
construction.
Those in the picture, from left to
right are The Reverend Barry W. Kerr (President and CEO, Morningstar
Baptist Treatment Services, Inc.), Sen. Jack Hill, Mr. Jerry Smith
(Chair, Treutlen House Board of Directors), Mr.and Mrs. Mac Nease* ,
U.S. Representative. Jack Kingston, Gov. and Mrs. Roy Barnes, Rep. Ann Purcell, and
Mr. Richard Kessler*.
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Susan Gattman, Director
Treutlen House is
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