Columbia Friendship Circle

Providing Scholarships for Columbia Students and Their Families

Over seventy-five years ago, the wives of two seminary professors encouraged other Atlanta area Presbyterian Women Circles to give one dollar apiece to support the students of Columbia, who they realized were in financial difficulty. At the same time, they realized the need for our students to have dress coats and appropriate clothes to be able to work in churches, so the Clothes Closet at Mission Haven was born. From those humble beginnings, Columbia Friendship Circle has grown to encompass all Presbyterian Women from the synods of South Atlantic and Living Waters, and beyond.

This wide circle of women has carried on the tradition of helping support our future pastors at a critical juncture in their faith journeys. Every year, a CFC Scholarship is awarded to a PCUSA student who attends seminary with their families and who demonstrate academic ability, financial need, and a commitment to serve the church upon graduation.

Download the CFC brochure today.

Join us for Come See Columbia Day 2025!

Make plans to join us for your next opportunity to experience your seminary up close on Thursday, April 24, 2025! Individuals and groups are welcome!

We begin our day with a continental breakfast before enjoying worship led by recent graduate, Rev. Morgan Burge in the Harrington Center Chapel. After chapel, you are invited to a seminary class of your choice: You can take part in the regularly scheduled Theology class with students, or take a class specially prepared for our guests. Following class, we will meet in the Refectory (dining hall) in Richards Center, where we will enjoy a delicious meal with students and members of the Columbia community and will hear from current student, Abby Bunn and recent graduate, Morgan Burge, who will share some of their call stories with us. After lunch, you are invited to tour Mission Haven, a ministry of the Presbyterian Women of the Synods of Living Waters and South Atlantic (www.missionhaven.net).

The cost for this event is the cost of your meal: $15.

You may register as individuals or as a group.

Accessibility: A wheelchair ramp is located on the north side entrance of Harrington Center (near the library; use the Inman Drive entrance)

Limited hotel style rooms are available on-campus. For more information, contact Coordinator for Seminary Relations, Maggie Andrews: andrewsm@ctsnet.edu.

Donate to the Columbia Friendship Circle Today

It is only through generous donations from friends like you that these scholarships are available to help our students with families pursue their call to God. This year, our fundraising goal is $30,000 to be reached by June 30, 2025. EVERY DOLLAR MATTERS!

Please support them with a gift today!