Serve | Community 

Sharing the love of christ from the heart of durham

Serving our neighbors and community is an integral part of what Jesus calls us to do. Service is an important path by which we grow in relationship with our brothers and sisters and with God. Duke Memorial supports ministries of mercy, justice, and communion. Offering our time and talents, we often receive more than we give.
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SERVE?
For more information or help getting started, please contact Beverly Christian, Missions Chair; or Minister Kris Williams

Duke Memorial Community Ministries

Durham CAN
Contact: Hazel Ryon or Tony Nicholson.
​Join the Duke Memorial Durham CAN Core team and the DM congregation as we work alongside over 30 diverse congregations, associations, and neighborhoods to effect meaningful change in Durham on issues like affordable housing, public education, employment access, and community/police relations. Organization website.
Christmas Market
Contact: Church Office
​Over 1,000 gifts, 100 volunteers, and 100+ families from ministries across Durham celebrate the gift of Christmas by making an affordable Christmas Market possible for Durham families at Duke Memorial. 
Families Moving Forward
Contact Roger Loyd
​Once a quarter, members of Duke Memorial assist families who would otherwise be homeless transition into temporary homes. Volunteers prepare and share meals, offer homework help, play games with children, and help prepare/clean the temporary living spaces. Visit website.
West End Mobile Market at Duke Memorial.
Contact Matt Wood
​Share fellowship, food and laughs with our fantastic West End Volunteer team as we distribute fresh healthy food to over 300 families here at Duke Memorial. You are invited to volunteer in a variety of ways including set-up/clean-up, serving coffee in the hospitality room, carrying groceries, unloading the Food Shuttle, and delivering food boxes.
CROP Walk | Virtual
Contact: Sid Allen
Sign-up: Online (Team name: Duke Memorial UMC)
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Introducing the VIRTUAL CROP Hunger Walk.
What does that mean? You and your team should NOT gather at Duke Campus on Sunday, April 5th. There will be no event on campus. 

Funding is still needed to support the local and global work of Church World Service and partner organizations. We still need "walkers" and sponsors. We will continue to update you about the ways that we will engage participants through new means. Please continue to register and sponsor at https://www.crophungerwalk.org/durhamnc

Contact Sid Allen to learn how to particiapte as a sponsor or walker this April 5th.

Partner Organizations

Church World Service (CWS)
Help refugees resettle in Durham, help with English as a Second Language or citizenship classes, get to know a refugee family, or participate in the spring CROP Walk to raise money for CWS. Visit website.
Religious Coalition for a Nonviolent Durham
The Religious Coalition for a Nonviolent Durham (RCND) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization comprised of individuals, who as an expression of their faith and goodwill, come alongside neighbors most-affected by our collective violence.​Visit website.
BUMP: the Triangle
Volunteer to help with a BUMP: the Triangle workshop and help create opportunities for children in the Durham community to learn the history, styles, and joys of African Diasporic music. Visit website.
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity of Durham is part of a global, nonprofit housing organization operated on Christian principles that seeks to put God's love into action by building homes, communities and hope.​Visit website.
Open Table Ministry
For many of our clients we bridge the gap between homelessness on the streets and a productive life. We enter into friendship with them, sharing weekly meals and creating a supportive community.​ Visit website.
DCIA (Durham Congregations in Action)
Durham Congregations In Action (DCIA) is a cooperative, multi-faith network offering care and support for the most vulnerable and forgotten in our community, and planting seeds in new initiatives to change lives in Durham. Its mission is to bring together congregations to promote understanding across boundaries of faith, race and ethnicity and build an inclusive community of justice and peace.​​Visit website.
Urban Ministries Durham
Mission: We connect with the community to end homelessness and fight poverty by offering food, shelter and a future to neighbors in need Visit website.
Society of St. Andrew
The Society of St. Andrew is a grassroots, faith-based, hunger relief nonprofit working with all denominations to bridge the hunger gap between 96 billion pounds of food wasted every year in the United States and the nearly 40 million Americans who live in poverty. Collect unharvested food from local farmland to be reimbursed in the community. Visit website.