Creating a Future: Angel’s House

All of our high school and college graduates have accomplished a great deal this year and are off to pursue all kinds of different hopes and dreams. However, there is one thing some of our current and former female residents have in common, they all lived at our Angel’s House group home at one time or another. 

The goal of Angel’s House is to provide a safe and secure environment for teens so that emotional healing and development of personal and family living skills may occur. The mission and purpose of Angel’s House came to life seeing so many young girls graduating high school and college while paving a bright future for themselves. 

Angel’s House is staffed by GBCH&FM with Direct Care Staff and operated in a joint effort with the local Angel’s House board in Newnan, Ga, and teams or “house parents'” who live in the home with the girls 24/7. The house parents are supported by Becky Parish, who has served as the Program Coordinator at Angel’s House since January 2007 and has been employed with GBCH&FM for over 30 years. Becky Parish attributes all of their success stories to God. 

“Honestly, it's only Jesus that can help us do it. But I think one of the things is, we set high expectations,” Becky explains. “We hold them to those expectations and we make sure to treat every girl that walks through this house as if they really are our family.” 

Over 273 teens have come and gone through the group home since its opening in 2004. Becky cherishes all the kids her and her staff have been able to help over the years and enjoys seeing them come back to invite her to special events, to celebrate milestones, and to share how their faith has grown.

“Our biggest job is to help them know Jesus,” Becky says. “Of course we want them to be successful in school and to be caring parents, but our number one job is to share Jesus with them. And if we share Jesus with them, then we've succeeded.”

Angel’s House has definitely succeeded at turning around teens' lives, just like all of our graduates. The staff have become parental figures in their lives, especially a set of house parents known as “The V’s.” 

Erik and Angela Vielhaber, who have been with Angel’s House since 2009 and employed at GBCH&FM since 2005, are a beloved couple to so many of our graduates who have been motivated to serve God. 

“We couldn’t do what we do without our Children’s Home family, The Angel’s House Community Board, and a Godly team assembled and managed by our fearless leader, Ms. Becky,” The V’s said. “Jesus, teamwork, prayer, a strong support system, and always looking for ways to Glorify God is the recipe we use to help our residents succeed.”

Thank you for giving children and families a place to call home.