Intown Collaborative Ministries
Through Intown Collaborative Ministries, churches along the Ponce corridor are working together to provide emergency services and are developing ways to provide long-term assistance for our neighbors in need.
Food Pantry: Druid Hills United Methodist Church is the home of the new food pantry, which is open from 11AM to 1 PM every Saturday. There is a need for volunteers to staff this pantry as well as food to keep it stocked. DHPC has been asked to contribute the following items: canned chicken, packets or small containers of condiments, jelly, and packets or small containers of sugar. Donations are collected during Sunday worship or can be brought to the church office during the week.
Briarcliff Summit Food Co-op: The cost of food from the Atlanta Community Food Bank is funded by the ICM member congregations. Co-op members pay only a small fee which covers the cost of a driver, with a truck, to pick up pre-ordered food from the Food Bank and deliver it to the Summit. Donations of Egg cartons are always welcome (drop off in DHPC office).
Clothing: Mercy Community Church at DHPC continues to provide clothing to those in need on Mondays and Thursdays, 12:30 to 1:30p.m. There are bins for your clothing donations next to DHPC’s Historical Room.
Transportation and Social Security Assistance: Judy Powell and Joy McKnight provide this help at Church of Our Savior, 1068 N. Highland Ave on Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. to 12noon.
Freeze Shelter: This past winter, St. John’s Lutheran Church, in partnership with Mercy Community Church at DHPC, opened a freeze shelter to house 10 – 12 people on nights when the temperature drops below 28 degrees.
We hope these ministries and others like it excite you, and that you will join us in helping those who need us by volunteering with Intown. As we all know, it takes a village and we are the village.
Briarcliff Summit Food Co-op
Intown Collaborative Ministries' Food Co-op for residents of Briarcliff Summit began in April, 2011. Resident members are divided into two groups, one of which is supported by Druid Hills Presbyterian with Jane Boyd Lee and Anne Townsley serving as sponsors.
The cost of food from the Atlanta Community Food Bank is funded by the ICM member congregations. Co-op members pay only a small fee which covers the cost of a driver, with a truck, to pick up pre-ordered food from the Food Bank and deliver it to the Summit. Co-op members must certify that they are below the Federal poverty level and they must carry out tasks necessary to conduct each co-op meeting. Upon opening, the co-op served 26 combined family units and each will grow to serve 50 family units. Like the Food Pantry, the co-ops are another piece of Intown's efforts to help our hungry neighbors obtain food.
The menu is determined by the co-op members, based on availability at the Food Bank. At each twice-monthly distribution, members are responsible for setting up tables with food, seeing that the food is distributed equally, and cleaning up afterward. Donations of used egg cartons are a big help! Instead of discarding yours, please leave them in the marked box in the church office or give them to Anne or Jane Boyd.
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Six Star Refugee Partnership
Made up of Druid Hills Presbyterian and five other churches, Six Star Refugee Partnership provides transitional housing, transportation, child care and other assistance to families who have forced to flee their lands to escape persecution and death. We work with all the family members for two years getting their physical and emotional life re-stabilized, tutoring them in English, helping with paperwork and finding jobs. They start with total financial support and are gradually moved to complete independence. None of our "graduates" has ever been dependent on Federal or State funds or services. Six Star Refugee can accommodate two families at a time. By the time one family "graduates", a small portion of the rent they paid during the last six months goes toward the support of the next Six Star family. Families are required to meet our strict budget requirements, all must learn English, and all children must attend public schools. We have a great track record of success to date. How can you help? You already support Six Star Refugee through donations from the church's budget. Thank You! Take a look at our website: www.six-star-refugee.org. Fill out a volunteer page. Donate online. Spread the word!
Druid Hills Child Development Center
A covenant was agreed upon between DHPC and the Child Development Center, which serves approximately 140 children in its Monday through Friday programs for infants, toddlers and school-aged children.
Earth Care
The Presbytery of Greater Atlanta has been blessed to have a local Creation Care organization develop from within, the Earth Covenant Ministry (ECM). Druid Hills Presbyterian Church has supported ECM from the start.
In the fall of 2011, ECM announced a merger with Georgia Interfaith Power & Light (GIPL).