School Supply Collection

Decatur First is partnering with Wellroot and the Decatur Education Foundation to fill backpacks for next school year! Please unused bring items to the chancel area in the Sanctuary (in front of the pulpit) by Sunday, June 7. Needed items are listed below: 

  • Clear Backpack

  • USB Drives

  • Pencil Pouch

  • Dry Erase Markers 

  • Notecards

  • Glue Sticks 

  • Ruler

  • College-Ruled Spiral Notebook or Composition Book 

  • College-Ruled Paper

  • Pocket Folders 

  • Black or Blue Pens 

  • Mechanical Pencils 

  • Wooden Pencils 

  • Colored Pencils 

  • Highlighters 

  • Wired Earbuds

  • Scientific Calculator

  • Crayons

  • Scissors

  • Pink Erasers

  • Red pens

  • Wide-ruled paper

A Home for Everyone in Dekalb

Our friends at A Home For Everyone in DeKalb could use some help providing bagged lunches for our unhoused neighbors. If you’d like to volunteer, please click here.

Decatur Education Foundation

Decatur Education Foundation (DEF) works to support students, educators, and families in Decatur. There are a variety of ways to volunteer, you can find those at this link!

Provide a Meal for Hagar's House

If you (or a group) would like to provide a meal for our neighbors at Hagar's House, there are slots available for 2026. Please click here to sign up. Before your scheduled date, you can call the number provided to find out how many guests you will be feeding. Thank you! 

Hospice Sewing Project

Hospice pad sewing is a longtime mission of Decatur First.  Volunteers meet once a month on Monday (to prepare pads) and/or Tuesday (to sew pads) for cancer patients at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home. The work is simple and the fellowship is a blessing.  New volunteers are always welcome! Contact Marion Dearing, dearjam@bellsouth.net or Glenda Triemer, gtriemer@bellsouth.net with questions. Clean sheets are also needed to continue this mission, (no pillowcases, no flannel, no jersey) and donations can be dropped off in the Donation Station in the gym lobby at the church.

Family Friend Program

Decatur First is partnering with New American Pathways to participate in the Family Friend Program. The Family Friends will work to support a refugee family from the Congo. Ways to support this family might include homework help, transportation. visits, etc. If you are interested in participating in this ministry, please contact Rev. Laura at lrappold@decaturfirst.org. 

Clifton Sanctuary Ministries

There are several ways to help support Clifton Sanctuary Ministries in the Lake Claire area. CSM has a shelter for men over age 35 and 8 transitional housing apartments.

Ongoing needs include providing dinner for the shelter guests (can be dropped off or prepared there), volunteering in the clothing closet, or offering your skills for in-house programming such as computer skills or resume preparation. Contact Rev. Laura at lrappold@decaturfirst.org for more information.

Benevolence Fund

From time to time, Decatur First is asked to address needs both inside and outside the congregation. Typically, the Benevolence Fund is used for this purpose. If you would like to contribute to this fund, you may give online at this link, and select the "Benevolence fund" from the drop down menu, or you may leave a gift on the altar on the first Sunday of each month when we celebrate Communion.

Mission Hub Volunteers

The North Georgia conference office is in a new space, and this space includes a "mission hub" where supplies and donations are received and organized. If you would like to go receive and verify donations or get a group together and go, the sign up and more information is below!

Sign Up

DEAM (Decatur Emergency Assistance Ministry) Needs Volunteers!

No previous experience needed, and sign up is easy . You may volunteer for as many or few mornings you would like to work. Volunteers are needed to

staff the pantry (help clients shop for groceries), serve sack lunches to the

unhoused , or answer the phone to schedule shoppers and distribute funds for utilities and medications. To learn more about DEAM, click here.

DFUMC is a long time supporter of DEAM-- financially, with food drives,

and with volunteers. Questions? Contact Ruth Brown at rcbrownmd@aol.com

Wellroot

What do the children, young adults, and foster families need? Friends.

Joining Wellroot's Family Friends is a way you can volunteer with Wellroot Family Services to provide wrap-around support services and resources to children, youth, and families in our programs.

HOW DO FAMILY FRIENDS HELP?

  • Collect needed items for new moms and their babies

  • Make an apartment a home for young adults transitioning from foster care to independent living

  • Provide a family new linens and kitchen supplies for their apartment

  • Deliver meals when new mothers are sleep-deprived, when a foster family gets a new placement, or when children are reunified with their parents

  • Volunteer in our Resource Rooms, help families select clothes and essential items

  • Learn more about being a Wellroot Family Friend.

Contact Sharon Brewer at sbrewer@wellroot.org or 404-327-5832 for more information or click here to apply as a Family Friend volunteer!