We Exist to serve People in Need
We are called upon by Jesus to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. There is no greater expression of this love than to freely serve those neighbors who are in need. This strengthens our own connections with God, for as Jesus taught, when we have served ‘the least of these brothers of mine, you did it for me.’
At Atlanta First, we understand that God desires for us to be in ministry beyond the walls of the church. We acknowledge that God has a plan to mend the brokenness in creation and we anticipate that He will use us as part of that plan. What is your role in His plan?
Get Connected to serve: E-mail serve@atlantafirstumc.org for information on daily opportunities to serve those in need in the city through Atlanta First.
Wellroot Family Services, formerly the United Methodist Children’s Home, provides faith-centered services to families across North Georgia. You are invited to directly serve this vital ministry by making a donation to the Wellroot Amazing Grace Offering. 100% of your donation goes directly to funding Wellroot’s programs, which include a multi-faceted family preservation continuum, foster care, family housing, and transitional and independent living programs. These programs equip parents, children, teens, and their families to make positive changes that last a lifetime. We will collect the Amazing Grace Offering during worship on Sunday, September 20, but you are welcome to make a donation at any time.
Friends at the Front Door is a ministry to serve our homeless and hungry friends who live in the vicinity of Atlanta First. We provide a bag lunch, clothing, toiletry supplies, and share a time of fellowship and prayer with those we serve.
Participating is easy: all you have to do is show up! Just by being present, handing out food and water and by sharing in a time of fellowship with our Friends, you are being the hands and feet of Christ. You can also support the ministry remotely by making monetary donations to purchase the supplies and food. Please visit our Giving Page to make a monetary donation, or our Amazon mission wishlist to directly purchase supplies.
Our next opportunity to serve is on Tuesday, September 1st at 11 a.m., at the front door of the church.
In our Toiletry Supply Drive you are invited to donate travel-size toiletry products that can fit in a quart size zip bag, such as tooth paste, tooth brushes, soap, deodorant, floss, disposable razors, etc. Adult size socks and men’s and women’s underwear are also requested. We share these bagged supplies with our homeless neighbors in need at our monthly Friends at the Front Door and Daily Church Door ministries. Donations may be brought to the church office or mailed to our package address, listed below.
We are also always in need of bottled water (16oz size) and crackers, especially during these hottest days of summer.
Atlanta First UMC Packages
2020 Howell Mill Road NW, Suite D-339
Atlanta, GA 30318-1732
serve at MAC
WHEN: Monday thru Thursday (times vary by day)
WHERE: MAC is at 613 Spring Street NW
Our long-time ministry partner Midtown Assistance Center, located at 613 Spring Street NW (across from The Varsity), is a mission that serves the working poor in downtown and midtown Atlanta. They provide emergency rental and utility assistance, new worker support (clothing, hygiene products, MARTA cards) and no-cost groceries for families experiencing hard times.
MAC has weekly opportunities for you to help serve the working poor in the city of Atlanta. Every Monday thru Thursday, volunteers are needed to help pack grocery deliveries from MAC’s food pantry. There are also volunteer opportunities to perform administrative tasks and assisting MAC’s clients. Please visit MAC’s website to for signup details. You may also Click Here to view MAC’s sign-up list for August 2025.
Canned Food Drive for MAC
We are running an ongoing canned-food drive on behalf of Midtown Assistance Center. MAC is a long-time ministry partner of Atlanta First who serve the working poor of Atlanta. One aspect of their ministry is a Food Pantry, where their clients can obtain, at no cost, non-perishable food in times of need. You can help MAC to stock the Pantry by donating canned foods, such as soups, vegetables, meat and pastas, as well as other common non-perishable foods like peanut butter and jelly. An Amazon wish list with the most requested items may be viewed HERE.
MAC also has an Amazon wish list of their own that you may purchase suggested donations from, found HERE.
You may bring your donations to the church and we will deliver them on your behalf. If you are ordering online and would like to ship the donations direct to MAC, their address is 613 Spring St NW, Atlanta, GA 30308.
When disaster strikes around the globe, so many watching the drama unfold on our living room televisions feel entirely helpless. How could any one person make a difference in the wake of such widespread devastation? As responders around the globe scramble to help survivors, the United Methodist Committee on Relief, UMCOR, is prepared to act, serving those in desperate need in more than eighty countries around the world. UMCOR provides disaster relief and recovery, migrant and refugee support, environmental sustainability, agriculture and food security.
The response of UMCOR isn’t something “they” do, it’s something we do. We can help UMCOR’s mission today through our financial gifts, which help to equip Christ’s body to serve in his name. Your generous giving to UMCOR is what allows us to act as the arms and legs of Christ’s church, moving toward the most vulnerable in their darkest days.
Please CLICK HERE to give to UMCOR today.