Serving others
North Decatur UMC takes seriously God's call to love others, and we participate in a variety of outreach projects in the Decatur community, and beyond. You are invited to serve with us.
For information on our Community Conversations:
To shop or volunteer at our Pumpkin Patch:
2018 Greater Decatur Pumpkin Patch
For more information about our ongoing initiatives and partners:
For information about ways you can serve right here at North Decatur:
Further Resources on homelessness
Books:
Same Kind of Different as Me: a modern-day slave, an international art dealer, and the unlikely woman who bound them together, by Ron Hall and Denver Moore (2007)
EVICTED: POVERTY AND PROFIT IN THE AMERICAN CITY, by Matthew Desmond (2016)
Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help, and How to Reverse It, by Robert Lupton (2012)
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, by Barbara Ehrenreich (2001)
Online Articles:
http://www.homelesschildrenamerica.org/mediadocs/280.pdf
https://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/housing/chronic-homeless-housing-first-research
A Veterans Guide to Health and Nutrition
Podcast:
How Stuff Works: How Homelessness Works
Resources in Atlanta:
Partners for Home / Atlanta Continuum of Care
More:
