Recruit, coordinate, schedule and assign Gospel selections to lay readers for each applicable worship service.

Physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses and physician assistants are needed to be “on call” during Sunday worship services. The time required is simply your commitment to be present at your preferred service on a Sunday you choose. Medical volunteers should be CPR trained and have acute care experience. Our ushers are CPR trained, and the church is equipped with automatic defibrillators. Contact Dr. Ruth Brown or Megan Cann, RN.

Ensure the chancel is properly adorned with correct paraments and prepare banners for each service. Straighten up and supply pew racks during the week.

Assist with audio-visual needs, operate cameras during worship, operate a sound mixer and direct cameras during worship and events. Training is available.

These volunteers review the guest registration pads after each Sunday and record attendance into DUMC’s computer system.

Older elementary children and youth (4th-12th graders) play an important role in the 11:05 a.m. Traditional worship services as they carry in the light of Christ each Sunday. Acolytes also assist in serving communion on the first Sunday of the month.

Volunteers are needed in the Chapel to assist with setting the table every Sunday for communion, offering prayers, as well as laundering the linens used weekly.

DUMC partners with Wellspring Living to support victims of human trafficking by providing transformative care to those affected. We periodically collect donated toiletry items for victims in a bin next to the Nursery entrance. In addition to collecting items, DUMC has a Human Trafficking Committee that is actively involved in dialogue and actions to address this growing issue.

Each June and July, volunteers gather to make lunches for children through Action Ministries’ Smart Lunch, Smart Kid program. About 450 sandwiches are made and packed for delivery to children who typically receive a free or reduced-price lunch at school, but may not have access to lunch over the summer. We also collect donations of sandwich bags, chips, fruit cups, juice boxes and water. Thanks to our past volunteers, we have assembled as many as 3,150 lunches each summer!

DUMC volunteers gather on the last Saturday of the month to distribute boxes of non perishable food to families in need. Each box is purchased from Action Ministries and contains enough food to feed a family of four for several days. A light breakfast of pastries, coffee and juice is served during this time of fellowship and food distribution. Volunteers and donations to help cover cost of boxes are needed. We had to pause this ministry as we discerned pandemic protocols, and hope to re-offer this program soon. Please visit https://www.ourcac.org/ if you have immediate food needs.

Separate the altar flowers after each service, placing them into new vases and distributing them on Mondays to families who have experienced a death in the family or illness.

Provide assistance and offer comfort to bereaved families and friends. Work with the families, friends and church staff to organize the service and prepare the sanctuary or chapel for the service. Serve as ushers and as hostesses welcoming and caring for those in attendance.

Hospital visitors volunteer to visit people who are unable to attend church because of hospitalization.

Homebound visitors volunteer to visit people who are unable to attend church due to a condition that keeps them at home. Volunteers serve on an ongoing basis, and are assigned one or two members to visit.

These volunteers provide meals to families that have experienced a death in the family or are recuperating from a hospitalization or extended illness and are not affiliated with a DUMC small group or Sunday School class.

The Prayer Ministry of Dunwoody UMC supports our members, visitors and the community with uplifting prayers. These volunteers use intercessory prayer, meaning they pray for others including our ministries, pastors, members in need, those on mission trips, people in need around the world and those who have specifically asked for prayer.

Send greetings of cheer to the ill, sympathy to those who grieve, congratulations for celebrations and births and encouragement for those in need of encouragement.

We go on the first and third Sundays to Huntcliff Summit Assisted Living to sing hymns, have a short devotional, and have fellowship with DUMC members as well as any other members of the facility who would like to join us from 4:00 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.

Dunwoody UMC’s Career Ministry needs volunteers to help with one-on-one counseling (via Zoom or phone) on matters such as resume writing, interviewing, making connections and networking.

Volunteer servers help set-up the salad bar, serve food and welcome attendees with a smile. You can sign up for two 30-minute shifts.

Help the youth ministry sell Christmas trees by unloading the truck of trees, working a shift, or loading and tying tree onto cars.

God has granted every one of us the responsibility to care for Creation. The United Methodist Church states clearly that we must recognize our responsibility to place a high priority on supporting ecology and sustainability of our natural world. All are welcome to work on issues related to environmental stewardship at Dunwoody UMC and throughout creation. Please check the church calendar for our next meeting.