“Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” (Matthew 25:40)
We believe that Christ called us to serve. On this page, you’ll find ways that we are working with mission partners locally, regionally and internationally to share the gospel and help those who are in need.
Visit our Serve Now page to learn about our monthly mission focus.
We are so grateful for your generosity and service to others. Check out our Mission Impact Report to learn about the impact our church family had on the community and around the globe in 2021.
We encourage you to give of your time, talents, and energy. If you would like to find a place to serve in the church or community, please email Outreach Director Maggie Brannon.
Contact Jim Bass
Drop off food donations in the red bins
under the portico at the church’s Cumming St. entrance,
8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on these Wednesdays:
March 8 and 22
April 5 and 19
May 3
Every other week, Backpacks of Love sends backpacks filled with food home with students whose families are at risk of hunger. The program has grown to serve more than 122 families.
Individual or microwaveable servings or cans with pop tops are most useable. Up to 50% of Backpacks of Love recipients are homeless and don’t have access to a can opener or stovetop.
You can help most efficiently by donating multiples of a single item (cases are great!), rather than filling a bag with one of each item on the shopping list. Drop off your donations in plastic recyclable grocery store bags.
Needed food items:
“Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” (Matthew 19:14)
A Buddy Bag is a canvas bag containing a handmade Teddy bear, a blanket sewn by our Blanket Ministry, a book, crayons, drawing paper in a pocket folder and an activity/coloring book. The Buddy Bag Ministry shares the love of Christ with children (infant-teens), by providing the bags to comfort them in the midst of a crisis, like family distress, a fire or hospitalization.
Buddy Bags exist because of your generosity. Financial contributions to purchase supplies are appreciated. Please make checks to AFUMC and write “Buddy Bags” on the memo line.
To volunteer, contact Pamela Schiftic.
If you know of a child in crisis who needs a Buddy Bag, please contact Mary Morgan or call the church office (770-475-5576).
Contact Catharine Bowling
Make and deliver cupcakes to HomeStretch and Drake House.
Contact Maggie Brannon
Drake House provides affordable housing to single women and mothers.
Volunteer opportunities include:
Contact Fred Moeller
Dream Weavers is dedicated to making the transition into foster care less stressful on for children.
Volunteer opportunities: Sort and organize the clothing closet and donations, make meals for foster families, volunteer at one of the annual respite days, assemble gift baskets for various holidays, participate in the Christmas Dreams Toy Drive and sponsor a child for Christmas, organize a toy drive, diaper drive or basic needs drive, help wrap Christmas presents, and tutor a child at the Kalen Center.
Contact Lynn Sickeler to arrange for tutoring or to volunteer as a tutor.
English as a Second Language classes are available for adults for whom English is not their native tongue. Tutors provide one-on-one help to students, helping them develop their skills at speaking, writing, reading and understanding the English language.
Contact Lisa Derrick
Family Promise helps local families who are experiencing temporary homelessness by providing them with shelter and support so they can find income and housing. We host families for Family Promise approximately once a quarter. Opportunities will be available to provide food and for overnight hosting.
Contact Maggie Brannon
HomeStretch helps local homeless families by providing short-term transitional housing and an individualized support program of mentoring, money management and life skills development.
Volunteer opportunities include: administrative work, professional work (legal, tax, medical, etc.), repair, repaint or remodel apartment(s), landscaping and yard maintenance, move furniture, clean and prepare apartments for a new family move-in, financial or family mentor, academic tutor, LifeSkills education workshops, resources and job coaching.
Contact Maggie Brannon
InCommunity provides services to adults with developmental disabilities.
Volunteer opportunities include: Landscaping and yard maintenance, host parties at the homes on holidays, spend time at the day center with residents, and organize fun activities at the homes.
Contact Maggie Brannon
Manning Oaks Elementary School is our closest neighboring school, located just down Cumming Street from the church campus. We support the school and families of students in various ways throughout the school year.
An ongoing volunteer opportunity is reading to kindergarten and 1st graders.
Contact Mel Lundberg
We provide homecooked meals on holidays for homebound members of our congregation and for seniors who are receiving services from North Fulton Senior Services.
Volunteers are needed to provide and deliver meals for seniors (approximately 10-15 meals) on holidays when Meals on Wheels is not open. These meals don’t have to be homemade. Addresses and guidelines will be provided. Volunteers are needed on the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Contact Maggie Brannon
Mighty Mentes is a mentoring and tutoring program for students at Vickery Mill Elementary School. Opportunities are available to tutor students one-on-one.
The MUST Neighborhood Pantry feeds people in our community. Weekly expenses run around $5,000 to feed 300 families. This is a ministry of Roswell UMC, and donations should be made to RUMC here and then selecting “My Neighbor’s Pantry” from the grey drop-down menu.
You may also drop off the following items on Mondays from 12 to 2 p.m. Just drive up to the RUMC Fellowship Hall double doors, honk your horn, and a masked volunteer will retrieve them from your car.
Contact Maggie Brannon
North Fulton Community Charities (NFCC) provides support for persons living in the North Fulton area by supplying help with rent, utilities, transportation, food, clothing, medicine and other basic needs, during times of need.
Volunteer opportunities include working in the food pantry or thrift store, creating various kits according to a pre-approved NFCC list, volunteering in the education program, and picking up donated food items from local businesses to deliver to NFCC.
Contact Maggie Brannon
Camp Grace is a Christian summer camp in Roberta, Ga., that provides opportunities for youth from at-risk communities.
Volunteer opportunities include: winter discipleship weekend, spring work weekend, volunteer work week and a fall festival.
Contact Mike Derrick
The Disaster Response Team not only helps following a disaster, but assists in response to community and church member needs.
The team works with the Disaster Response Ministry established by the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church (NGUMC) to help churches minister to people in need after a disaster, whether local, regional or international.
Many Disaster Response Team volunteers are Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) certified and active supporters during local emergency fire, tornado and other catastrophic events, dealing with injury and special immediate emergency needs. CERT training is available through the Alpharetta Fire Department.
When Disaster Response Team trips are planned, we’ll publish details on our Serve Now page.
If you’re interested in being a team member on a trip, please contact Mike Derrick.
Contact Jack Spicer
Habitat for Humanity works to build and renovate houses for people in need.
Builds are typically scheduled December through February.
2nd Thursday of each month
10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Rm. 256
Contact Faye Mullas
Tiny Stitches is a nonprofit ministry that sews, knits and crochets items for infants and preemies born into poverty in Georgia. The ministry provides basic layettes for disadvantaged families and burial ensembles for families who suffer the loss of an infant, regardless of financial status. Sewn items include gowns, sleepers, lap-front shirts, receiving blankets, crib quilts, creepers, washcloths, bibs, burp cloths and tote bags. Knitted and crocheted items include caps, bonnets, blankets, booties, sacques and sweaters.
Sewing supplies and yarn are available free of charge to volunteers at the workshops. Everyone who is able to sew, knit or crochet — or who would like to learn these skills — is welcome.
Contact Crisanne Triplett
Yarn Tales is a crochet and knit ministry that crochets and knits scarves, hats, blankets and other items for charities. All experience levels are welcome, beginner through advanced crocheters, knitters and loom knitters.
Yarn Tales provides a group where members come together to share “yarns” and turn loose threads into tangible items of comfort for those in need. Come join us as we allow God to untangle and shape our lives into representations of his love to the world around us.
Contact Maggie Brannon
On this mission trip, we will partner with the Dunamis Foundation in Quito, Ecuador. This will be a “PG-13” trip due to the sensitive nature of the work we will be doing as we work alongside Dunamis to help young girls and women heal from sexual exploration and abuse. We will assist the staff of Dunamis as they provide support to the girls and women physically, emotionally and spiritually, understanding that true healing only comes through the love of Jesus Christ. Please contact Maggie Brannon for more information about joining this trip.
Our Student Ministry is also planning a 2023 trip to work in the jungles of Ecuador with Jungle Kids for Christ. This trip is currently full, but students who are interested in future trips may contact Student Ministry Director Lucas Pruett.
2023 UK mission trip: September (Dates TBA)
Contact Maggie Brannon
We support a refugee worker in England (and his family) who develops relationships with refugees, helps them connect to the local community, teaches them English, and helps them establish a relationship with Christ.
Contact Brian Wheeler
We have a partnership with Honduras Outreach Inc. to help provide skilled nursing care to remote clinics by supporting a registered nurse’s salary.
Every fall, we support Operation Christmas Child, a project of the international relief organization Samaritan’s Purse. Operation Christmas Child’s mission is to deliver shoeboxes filled with small toys, hygiene items and other gifts to impoverished children around the world. Our church family fills shoeboxes and delivers them to the regional OCC distribution center.
Contact Maggie Brannon to help.
Contact Maggie Brannon
We support missionaries Christian and Angelica Dickson and the work they are doing in Yrybucuá, Paraguay. Contact Maggie Brannon if you’re interested in learning about how you can get involved.
Contact Maggie Brannon
We support a missionary who is a United Methodist Church pastor involved in local church ministry, including church planting and evangelism.
Have questions about missions or how you can serve? Contact Director of Outreach Maggie Brannon.
