PARTNERS
“Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat what they produce. Take wives and have sons and daughters; …multiply there, and do not decrease. But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.”
- Jeremiah 29v7
FAITHFUL PRESENCE
Immanuel's partnership model is designed to embrace proximity and calling, with an emphasis on creating long term relationships and neighbors. As such, the majority of our partnerships are faith-based and local. Immanuel offers three ways to serve our partners while supporting the broader needs of our neighborhoods: Drives, Community Events, and Individual Support. Details on upcoming opportunities can be found below…
DRIVES
Each month, we host resource drives that both provide for the material needs of our partners while creating partner awareness among parishioners. These are most often diaper, food, and clothing donations drives and items can be dropped off on Sundays at Immanuel.
Upcoming Drives
This September, we’re honored to feature Refuge Coffee Co., a nonprofit job training program. They use coffee shops and catering operations as classrooms, and each year, they employ 15-20 refugee and immigrant trainees in paid, full-time or part-time positions. Since 2015, Refuge has employed over 60 individuals from 19 different countries.
Refuge is currently collecting items for their annual 5K, 1K, and Color Run. You can purchase items on their Amazon wishlist HERE.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
We have multiple community-wide volunteer opportunities for all ages and stages of life. These provide the volunteer capacity necessary for partner programs to thrive, while also creating an environment for relationships between parishioners to grow.
Ways to Get Involved
On Saturday, September 19th, 2026, Refuge is holding their annual Refuge Coffee Run, and you’re invited!
For 11 years, Refuge has been doing the work of welcome together.
Join us for Atlanta’s most welcoming race — where every step supports job training for our refugee and immigrant neighbors, and every finisher line is a celebration of community built together.
Click HERE to run, volunteer, and/or sponsor the event.
Our Partners
Most of our partners have multiple individual opportunities to serve. Immanuel has a Partner Champion who serves on Immanuel's Outreach Committee. This Champion functions as the lead contact and presence for each individual partner.
To learn more and get connected with one of our partners directly, contact the partner directly at one of the sites below. For more information on partners and how to get involved, set up a meeting with a member of our committee at partners@immanuelatl.org.
L’arche atlanta
L’Arche Atlanta is a non-profit, house-based community that celebrates the gifts of people with and without intellectual disabilities. Their innovative approaches to authentic community building create long-term impact.
SummerHill Community Ministries
SCM is a community-based, indigenously-led Christian organization. Their focus is reaching inner-city youth in and around Atlanta's Summerhill area, spreading the wisdom and love of Christ through their programs.
MEMORIAL DRIVE MINISTRIES
Located in the most diverse square mile in North America, Memorial Drive Ministries (MDM) is a church-based non-profit that fosters diverse worshipping communities, innovative social services, and transformative relationships.
Bread Emory
Bread Coffeehouse is a campus based ministry who, through hospitality, work to create thriving, inclusive communities for college students who change their world with love as they become followers of Christ.
Friends of refugees
We are a faith-based non profit with the mission to help refugees build abundant new lives in America. We focus on the long-term skills and relationships families need for healthy integration into American life.
LIGHT FROM LIGHT
With local leaders at the helm, Light From Light provides healthcare and hope in Haiti by supporting healthcare, nourishing children, empowering local leaders, and strengthening infrastructure.
Lazarus
Lazarus fosters kinship with people on the margins in order to transform lives in meaningful and tangible ways.
HEARTBOUND
Heartbound Ministries provides programs and resources to meet the needs of the prison community – incarcerated people, their families, and correctional staff–changing the culture from one of crime and incarceration to hope and restoration.
REFUGE COFFE CO.
Refuge serves the global community in Clarkston and Atlanta by using a delicious cup of coffee as a platform for job training and personal development of resettled refugees and other immigrants.