Tucker First UMC Missions
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. Acts 1:8
Tucker First UMC is an Acts 1:8 church, which means the church has pledged to follow the outline of the Bible verse and craft our mission program, finances, and witness based on those words.
FAITH PROMISE
Our mission programs are funded through a special campaign initiative called, Faith Promise. By pledging your gift to this program, your pledge enables our mission ministry to expand the mission of the church.
Our mission programs are funded through a special campaign initiative called, Faith Promise. By pledging your gift to this program, your pledge enables our mission ministry to expand the mission of the church.
Jerusalem was the city where the disciples were when Jesus gave them the Acts 1:8 command. Our witness to Jesus Christ and His saving power begins at home in Tucker, GA and DeKalb County, GA. We are tell our friends and neighbors about Jesus. We are to seek to meet the needs of people and minister in Jesus’ name.
American Red Cross
Tucker First hosts monthly blood drives each year for the American Red Cross.
Blood donors can sign up at http://redcrossblood.org and use site code TUCK1UMC.
Volunteers are also needed to help with the blood drive. You can sign up at https://tinyurl.com/blooddrivevols.
Tucker First hosts monthly blood drives each year for the American Red Cross.
Blood donors can sign up at http://redcrossblood.org and use site code TUCK1UMC.
Volunteers are also needed to help with the blood drive. You can sign up at https://tinyurl.com/blooddrivevols.
Bags to Blankets
Help create a soft resting place for the homeless in our community. Bags to Blankets upcycles plastic shopping bags by knitting them into durable sleeping mats. Join us!
4th Thursday of every month
10:00am in Jenkins Hall.
No experience necessary.
Questions? Call Joyce Harrison 404-633-0756.
Help create a soft resting place for the homeless in our community. Bags to Blankets upcycles plastic shopping bags by knitting them into durable sleeping mats. Join us!
4th Thursday of every month
10:00am in Jenkins Hall.
No experience necessary.
Questions? Call Joyce Harrison 404-633-0756.
English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
10 Years of ESOL at Tucker First!
It has been an immense blessing to get to know these sweet families and to have them as part of our church. We serve a real need in the community. Many students have circumstances that do not allow them to come every week or stay with us for more than a year or so. Still, when they move on, we know that they are better equipped for life in the USA than when they first came, and they are grateful to have had the opportunity to learn with us.
Leigh Andersen
10 Years of ESOL at Tucker First!
- Beginner | Advanced Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced classes offered weekly
- 8 teachers | 4 permanent classroom aides | 4-5 childcare workers | 3 administrators | 4 testers
- Wonderful students from all around the globe, including Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Uruguay, Argentina, Venezuela, Mexico, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Vietnam, and Taiwan.
It has been an immense blessing to get to know these sweet families and to have them as part of our church. We serve a real need in the community. Many students have circumstances that do not allow them to come every week or stay with us for more than a year or so. Still, when they move on, we know that they are better equipped for life in the USA than when they first came, and they are grateful to have had the opportunity to learn with us.
Leigh Andersen
Backpack Buddies of Metro Atlanta
We partnered with Backpack Buddies of Metro Atlanta in Feburary 2023. The program provides non-perishable food items for weekend meals to foodinsecure children at Brockett Elementary.
Every Friday in the school year, Tucker First volunteers pick up our food order at the warehouse and bring it to our Activities Center where the food is unloaded and setup. Volunteers assemble 12-14 items in each of 50 bags, load the bags into a vehicle and deliver them to Brockett Elementary.
We partnered with Backpack Buddies of Metro Atlanta in Feburary 2023. The program provides non-perishable food items for weekend meals to foodinsecure children at Brockett Elementary.
Every Friday in the school year, Tucker First volunteers pick up our food order at the warehouse and bring it to our Activities Center where the food is unloaded and setup. Volunteers assemble 12-14 items in each of 50 bags, load the bags into a vehicle and deliver them to Brockett Elementary.
Great Day of Service -Annually, the church gathers for one large, single day of missional outreach to our community.
Tucker Community Garden
The Tucker Mission Garden’s hydroponic greenhouse and garden are growing more than ever! Tomatoes, beans, peas, squash, collards, cabbage, onions, strawberries, garlic, and much more! Thanks to many enthusiastic gardeners in the congregation and the community, we've been able to donate over 1,000 lbs. of produce to NETWorks Cooperative Ministry Food Pantry.
The Tucker Mission Garden’s hydroponic greenhouse and garden are growing more than ever! Tomatoes, beans, peas, squash, collards, cabbage, onions, strawberries, garlic, and much more! Thanks to many enthusiastic gardeners in the congregation and the community, we've been able to donate over 1,000 lbs. of produce to NETWorks Cooperative Ministry Food Pantry.
NETWorks Cooperative Ministry -A cooperative of churches in Northlake, Embry Hills, and Tucker. The ministry provides food, financial education, and financial assistance to people in our area living below the poverty level. In addition to supporting the ministry financially, the members of Tucker First serve by packing bags and helping to distribute food.
As the need for food assistance grows, NETWorks is working hard to support neighbors struggling with food insecurity. We can make a difference by donating canned meats, vegetables, and soups.
Please place your donations in the NETWorks bin in the Gathering Room or drop them off at the church office. Joy Egge has kindly volunteered to deliver these items to NETWorks each week. Thank you for helping make a positive impact in our community!
As the need for food assistance grows, NETWorks is working hard to support neighbors struggling with food insecurity. We can make a difference by donating canned meats, vegetables, and soups.
Please place your donations in the NETWorks bin in the Gathering Room or drop them off at the church office. Joy Egge has kindly volunteered to deliver these items to NETWorks each week. Thank you for helping make a positive impact in our community!
Wellroot Family Services -Wellroot is one of the leading faith-centered family services organizations in Georgia. There are thousands of children and young adults in Georgia’s foster care system who don’t know what a stable home feels like.
As an agency of The United Methodist Church in North Georgia, Wellroot programs are designed to change this reality through faith-centered service and trauma-informed care.
As an agency of The United Methodist Church in North Georgia, Wellroot programs are designed to change this reality through faith-centered service and trauma-informed care.
Judea was the province where Jerusalem was located. The disciples were to take the message outside the city. We are called to take the message of Christ to the State of Georgia and the southeast region of the United States. It is a large, growing and spiritually lost population. Through our missions efforts we seek to strengthen and encourage the work of the church along with meeting the needs regionally and statewide.
Appalachian Service Project-Appalachian Service Project (ASP) is a Christian home repair ministry through which volunteers repair homes for low-income families in rural Central Appalachia. Construction skills are not required to participate in this mission. Work teams consist of 5-7 adults and most mission trips are three days (Thursday – Saturday). Tucker First sends a team in the fall every year. You may check out ASP online at www.asphome.org.
Samaria was a neighboring province that many in the early church avoided because they did not know that community or the people were “different.” The call to Samaria reminds us of our responsibility to not just reach people similar to us, but to go further and reach all people with the Gospel. Like the Samaritans of the first century, our *Samaria* may include those who are near to us but different from us economically, racially, spiritually, or culturally.
Cold Weather Shelter Ministry
A safe, clean shelter for men and women will be arranged for the night. Shelter provided at the Activities Center, includes a health check (including temperature check) prior to admittance, individual sleeping cots in 12’ distanced areas, and a hot evening meal at the Shelter. Each person there will have a freshly sanitized and clean cot with clean bedding, a bin for the storage of personal items while in residence at the Shelter. A shower facility and laundry are also available for all guests. We have facilities for at least 20 people (men and women in separate areas). We also can make arrangements for overnight shelter offsite for families with children.
A safe, clean shelter for men and women will be arranged for the night. Shelter provided at the Activities Center, includes a health check (including temperature check) prior to admittance, individual sleeping cots in 12’ distanced areas, and a hot evening meal at the Shelter. Each person there will have a freshly sanitized and clean cot with clean bedding, a bin for the storage of personal items while in residence at the Shelter. A shower facility and laundry are also available for all guests. We have facilities for at least 20 people (men and women in separate areas). We also can make arrangements for overnight shelter offsite for families with children.
Tucker Shower Ministry
Hearty meals, a hot shower, and a load of laundry for anyone who wants it every Sunday (1pm - 4:30pm).
Our neighbors in need depend on us for these basic needs that most of us take for granted. Last year, we served an average of 12 guests every Sunday, and this year, we are providing up to 20 guests with these basic needs. The ministry has 1 large ADA shower, 2 high-capacity washers, and 2 dryers.
Hearty meals, a hot shower, and a load of laundry for anyone who wants it every Sunday (1pm - 4:30pm).
Our neighbors in need depend on us for these basic needs that most of us take for granted. Last year, we served an average of 12 guests every Sunday, and this year, we are providing up to 20 guests with these basic needs. The ministry has 1 large ADA shower, 2 high-capacity washers, and 2 dryers.
Trinity Big Bethel House T.E.A.M. (Together Everyone Achieves More) Dinner-Trinity Big Bethel House is a thirty-six bed transitional housing program that serves men who are homeless and disabled and/or in recovery. To these men, the recovery program is a lifeline, providing support services that lead back to employment, personal responsibility, and reunification with their families. Tucker First volunteers provide a meal on the fourth Sunday of every month for the men of Trinity House. Volunteers take the meal to the men and eat with them. Additionally, as the men graduate from the recovery program, Tucker First has established four scholarships for graduates to provide them with the tools to give them a fresh start (textbooks, specialized tools, etc.).
Trinity Table Community Kitchen-Trinity Table, a soup kitchen, is located in Downtown Atlanta. Once a year, a group of Tucker First volunteeers to provide and serve a meal in the soup kitchen.
Trinity Table Community Kitchen-Trinity Table, a soup kitchen, is located in Downtown Atlanta. Once a year, a group of Tucker First volunteeers to provide and serve a meal in the soup kitchen.
God has given each of us a responsibility for our world coming to know Christ. We are committed to missions around the world. We can give and we can pray in support of those who go into the mission field, but we can also go ourselves. We seek to involve members of our church in our missions’ ministry around the world in personal ways.
Honduras Outreach International
Tucker First sends a group of missionaries to Honduras annually. This mission team work on projects in different villages (e.g. communal fountains, latrines, painting, general repair, etc.). They also offer a Vacation Bible School for the children.
Tucker First sends a group of missionaries to Honduras annually. This mission team work on projects in different villages (e.g. communal fountains, latrines, painting, general repair, etc.). They also offer a Vacation Bible School for the children.
Our Tucker First Missionaries
Florence Kaying
Florence is a Global Ministries missionary in Mozambique working with women and children. Tucker First, through the UMC General Board of Global Missions, has established a covenant relationship with her. Additionally, our United Methodist Women also support Florence Kaying. You can watch a video about Missionary Kaying here - https://advance.umcmission.org/p-1645-kaying-florence.aspx 
Kathryn Wurst
Kathryn Wurst serves with the Globalscope campus ministry team Unterwegs in Tübingen, Germany. This is the same location and organization that Tyler and Shaynn Crawford have been serving for many years. Tucker First Connection - Kathryn is the granddaughter of Tucker First members, Jim and Gail Cook! The information below is from Kathryn's bio web page. You can also click on her photo for more information about her ministry. Kathryn grew up in a Christian home in the Atlanta area and was a part of the Christian Campus Fellowship (CCF) while a student at Georgia Tech, where she caught a glimpse of how God can use campus ministry to bring people of different backgrounds together to explore faith in a loving community. As a senior, she visited the Globalscope team in Germany and fell in love with Tübingen and the students who are searching for meaning and belonging in a place with few resources for exploring faith. Kathryn enjoys connecting with the students, modeling what it looks like to love Jesus, and helping the community that has been changing students’ lives for the last ten years continue to grow. |
Kabila Mukuni Claude A Mujil
Kabila is a ministerial student attending Katanga Methodist University in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Tucker First is sponsoring Kabila and his family while he attends classes at the University. He is 29 years old and has BA in French and African Languages. His wife is Rose Mwange and they have two children, Blanchard Kayemb Ngwej and Catherine Mbind. While on campus at Katanga Methodist University, the children are able to attend school and his wife can enter the Woman’s School that helps her prepare to be a minister’s wife. Kabila is also a rock crusher to help feed his family. The Seminary students are supported through a minimum scholarship of $100 per month which often leaves the families short of food at the end of the month. Kabila is from the South Congo Annual Conference |Galilee/Lumbrumbashi District |Salem/ Kasapa UMC. He is president for intercession for the district and president for evangelism of the local church. Katanga Methodist University was established in 1951 and originally began with the Seminary. It rose to a University in 2002 and now has 900 students. It is located in the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The need for seminarians in the Congo is great as the Methodist Church had about 20,000 members in 1950 and now serves 2.6 million today. The seminarians live on campus with their families for two years and can get a PhD in Theology in an additional year. |
Tucker First UMC was a recipient of the 2021 Church of Excellence in Outreach award from the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church. There are 1,000 churches in the North Georgia Conference and Tucker First was one of six churches recognized for mission work completed in 2020.
The criteria for this award are numerous and the church must excel in many areas (Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the Ends of the Earth). For Tucker First to accomplish this feat is great, but to maintain a high level of mission excellence, even during a pandemic, is beyond words. Congratulations Tucker First for your commitment to mission excellence.
The criteria for this award are numerous and the church must excel in many areas (Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the Ends of the Earth). For Tucker First to accomplish this feat is great, but to maintain a high level of mission excellence, even during a pandemic, is beyond words. Congratulations Tucker First for your commitment to mission excellence.