Missions
Whether it’s serving right here on our campus, loving our local community, or partnering with ministries worldwide, we are committed to being the hands and feet of Jesus.
RUMC-led Missions
RUMC Booth at City Antiques
Donated goods are sold at Roswell's City Antiques Market to benefit RUMC Missions. For information on how to donate, email missions@rumc.com.
DARE to Care Disaster Relief
The D.A.R.E. (Disaster Assistance and Recovery Effort) mission teams at RUMC provide faith-oriented, people-first, assistance to those in short- and long-term needs suffering from natural disasters of all types. No matter what your skills and talents are, your contributions to showing and sharing God’s love for His people are the only requirements. Join a D.A.R.E. mission team either locally or regionally in the southeast, no experience necessary, just a heart and compassion for people and a willingness to help those in need recover.
Contact: Leonard Scarboro, whofixedtheroof@gmail.com
Giving Garden
For more information, contact Jenny Collins at jennyocollins@gmail.com.
Mighty Mentes
The Mighty Mentes after-school program tutors and mentors at-risk Latino students at Vickery Mill Elementary School, located on Hwy. 9 in Roswell, with homework, test prep, reading and math skills.
No teaching experience is required. Volunteers simply need to have a love for children and a desire to make a difference. The program runs from September to May at VMES on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3-4:30 p.m. For information and to volunteer, contact Gilma Cantu at gcantu@rumc.com or 404.447.0941.
MUST Neighborhood Pantry
The MUST Neighborhood Pantry on Mimosa is a community program occurring on the 1st Monday of each month that provides fresh, healthy foods to children and families in Roswell and surrounding areas who find themselves facing food insecurity.
We serve over 200 families each with this ministry, providing chicken, beef, cheese, milk, butter, tortillas, fresh produce from the RUMC Giving Garden, and more. We also provide items that cannot be purchased with food stamps, as well as staples that are hard to find in most community food banks.
Each month, we need donations of laundry detergent (liquid, larger size) and feminine hygiene items (pads more popular than tampons)
We will collect on the Mondays of the Pantry from 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at the Roswell UMC campus. (Schedule is subject to change due to holidays or inclement weather.)
Make a monetary donation. If you would like to donate online, GIVE HERE by selecting "MUST Neighborhood Pantry" in the drop-down menu.
Volunteer. Want to volunteer in-person? E-mail Scotty Brewington scotty@marketjet.com or Mary Ann Bender, mabender2@gmail.com for more information.
Access to My Neighbor's Pantry is free and available to any families in need in our community. In need of food? https://www.tfaforms.com/4978350
Toolbox, Inc. (Construction Club)
Toolbox Inc. partners with Fulton County Schools to provide the Young Apprentice Construction Club, a project-based program that teaches students life skills by working with hand and power tools when building meaningful projects using their hands.
More Local Mission Partners
Atlanta Day Shelter for Women & Children (Atlanta Mission)
Atlanta Day Shelter for Women and Children, a branch of Atlanta Mission, provides day services focused on building relationships and meeting needs. Services include childcare, showers, laundry, lunch, MARTA cards, medical care, life-skills classes, access to overnight services, and much more.
Believe Ministries
Believe Ministries responds to God’s Great Commission to make disciples of all. The gospel is shared through live events using entertaining magical illusions, music and multi-media. "Entertaining...educating...transforming the world for Christ."
Child Development Academy
The Child Development Academy (CDA) provides affordable early learning programs and childcare for preschool children of low-income families in the metro Atlanta area and is located in Roswell.
The Drake House
The Drake House provides short-term crisis housing, education, and empowerment programs for homeless mothers and their children in north metro Atlanta.
Family Promise
Key volunteer roles: providing dinner and dining with guests, spending the night in a separate room, room setup, and takedown. We need you if you can do any of the following for one day during the visit week:
What: Provide dinner, talk and listen, set up or take down, sleep, wash linens, and welcome families as guests.
Who: Volunteers of all ages are needed. Great opportunity for families to volunteer together.
Watch for info for the next RUMC Family Promise opportunity.
Foster Care Support Foundation
Founded by a member of RUMC more then 25 years ago, the Foster Care Support Foundation provides free clothing, infant equipment, and developmental toys to thousands of children in foster and relative care.
HomeStretch
HomeStretch gives homeless families a safe and comfortable place to live while helping them address the root causes of their situation and return to a life of self-reliance and stability.
Hope Atlanta
Hope Atlanta helps people experiencing homelessness to achieve stability. Teams work to help clients move from survival mode to self-sufficiency.
InCommunity of Georgia
Formerly EnAble of Georgia, InCommunity provides nurturing homes and quality support services for adults with developmental disabilities.
Mary Hall Freedom Village
Mary Hall Freedom Village addresses the need for residential substance treatment services for women in the metro-Atlanta area; provides housing to homeless women, children, veterans, and families.
Murphy-Harpst Children's Home
Murphy-Harpst Children's Home works alongside local and state agencies to provide residential treatment, specialized foster care placements and community programs to serve at-risk children and their families.
North Fulton Community Charities
RUMC supports the North Fulton Community Charities food bank. Through the Scouting for Food program on campus, Scout Troops collect food donations on the church campus each Sunday in September and February annually.
Visit the NFCC Food Bank page for additional info on needed items, which vary throughout the year.
North Georgia UMC Housing
An agency of the North Georgia UMC Conference, North Georgia UMC Housing partners with churches and organizations to address homelessness and poverty through grants.
Rise Against Hunger
Rise Against Hunger helps underserved people worldwide achieve food security and resilience through nutrition, education and economic empowerment.
Street Grace
Street Grace pioneers solutions to disrupt and prevent the sexual exploitation of children.
United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) strengthens United Methodist response to humanitarian crises around the world through disaster relief and recovery, migrant and refugee support, environmental sustainability, agriculture and food security.
Wellroot Family Services
Wellroot Family Services works to keep families together whenever possible, provide short-term foster families when necessary, and offer housing and wrap-around support to families and transition-age youth.
Wesley Woods Senior Living
Wesley Woods Senior Living recognizes and meets the growing need for accessible, independent senior living, serving older adults of all income levels, races and faiths.
RUMC has supported Wesley Woods for decades through its annual Mother's Day Offering and throughout the year. To be part of RUMC's support, click here to give a financial gift earmarked for Wesley Woods.
Global Mission Partners
Divine Providence Training Center | Kenya, Africa
Divine Providence Training Center is a non-denominational school in Kenya sponsored by Care to Learn International, a registered NGO (Non-governmental Organization). We transform communities by training pastors who are unable to attend a seminary or Bible college because of finances or inability to meet post secondary school admission requirements.
Free Burma Rangers | Burma (Myanmar), Asia
The Free Burma Rangers serve people caught in conflicts in Burma, Iraq, Syria, Ukraine, and Tajikistan by providing front line medical relief, human rights documentation, basic needs, and the love of Jesus, where and when the need is greatest. FBR teams operate in the humanitarian gap, the space between the most dangerous parts of an active front line of combat, and the rear areas where most humanitarian organizations operate.
Teryl & Ray Gonzalez, Bible translators | USA
Rocia & Joshua Ivey | Peru, South America
The Iveys are missionaries to Peru through Partners Inc. Joshua is an MK from Peru (son of Mary Alice and Arthur Ivey), who came to the U.S. to study in college. He has a B.S. in Cross Cultural Studies, a TESOL certificate, and a minor in Teacher Education through Toccoa Falls College. Rocio has a Peruvian B.S. degree in nursing from Universidad Peruana Los Andes.
Tracy and Blake Staton | Thailand, Asia
All Nations is an international Christian missions training and sending organization committed to preparing Christians to share the gospel and establish churches in parts of the world where the name of Jesus Christ is little or not known. Alongside this work, Blake served his last ten years as Cultural Consultant for Global Recordings Network in Thailand, with influence among numerous unreached people groups in Southeast Asia.
https://allnations.international/
Egyptian Dormitory for Women | Egypt, Africa
M&A B aim to restore the lives by sharing the message of the transforming power of Christ’s love by word and action. RUMC supports their dormitory for women.
Julie & Dave Eberhard, Bible Translators | Asia & Americas
Wycliffe Bible Translators serve with the global body of Christ to advance Bible translation so people can encounter God through His Word. Dave and Julie Eberhard, now based out of Wilmore, Kentucky, Dave and Julie originally served among the Mamainde people of west-central Brazil as translators, from 1989 to 2008. They then moved to Asia where Julie taught math to missionary children at Grace International School in Chiang Mai, Thailand, while Dave taught linguistics at Payap University (Thailand) to minority students from all over Southeast Asia. Dave's new role is General Editor of the Ethnologue, the world's largest database of languages. He will also be the global coordinator for Language Development training among endangered language communities.
Lunches for Learning | Honduras, Central America
Lunches for Learning is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that fights poverty in rural Honduras by providing daily nutritious meals in public schools. Because many families live on less than $2 a day, kids are often forced to drop out and work for food; L4L's hot meals incentivize families to keep children in class.
Mary Alice & Arthur Ivey | Peru, South America
Through TMS Global, the Iveys are working in the Amazon jungle on a sustainable farm project adjacent to several unreached people groups and are also involved in evangelism and discipleship with people of all ages. The Iveys focus on church planting and short-term mission teams in the area of construction, evangelism/discipleship, medical care, and leadership development.
https://www.tms-global.org/about/vision-and-beliefs
Sharon & Graham Nichols | Ecuador, South America
Working with TMS Global, the Nichols have been called to live among and serve the people of Ecuador in the Coastal Region of the Country; Santo Domingo, Río Verde, Montaneros and the Chiguilpe and Congomita-Tsáchilas Communities serving along with the Evangelical United Methodist Church of Ecuador.
The Ball Unites | Egypt, Africa
The Ball Unites (TBU) is an NGO and sports academy operating in Cairo, Egypt, that uses soccer as a vehicle for community service, youth empowerment, and personal development. It bridges gaps in local communities by directing grassroots coaching programs, promoting physical fitness, and teaching core values of teamwork and inclusivity.