LOCAL MOBILIZATION MINISTRY
For God's glory, we are committed to equipping Christians to worship God and to
REACH BIRMINGHAM to reach the world for Christ.
REACH BIRMINGHAM to reach the world for Christ.
Local Mobilization Opportunities
Winter / Spring 2026:
LOCAL SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
Big Oak Ranch
Big Oak Ranch mission is to provide Christian homes for children from abuse, neglect, and abandonment, helping them find hope, healing, and God’s purpose for their lives. Through their four promises of love, honesty, perseverance, and discipline, Big Oak Ranch offers a nurturing environment within a Christian family setting to guide children toward lives of positive influence.
Big Oak Ranch mission is to provide Christian homes for children from abuse, neglect, and abandonment, helping them find hope, healing, and God’s purpose for their lives. Through their four promises of love, honesty, perseverance, and discipline, Big Oak Ranch offers a nurturing environment within a Christian family setting to guide children toward lives of positive influence.
Learn More about Big Oak Ranch
Mission:
Big Oak Ranch mission is to provide Christian homes for children from abuse, neglect, and abandonment, helping them find hope, healing, and God’s purpose for their lives. Through their four promises of love, honesty, perseverance, and discipline, Big Oak Ranch offers a nurturing environment within a Christian family setting to guide children toward lives of positive influence—using their stories for good in the world around them.
Locations:
• Boys’ Ranch (outside of Gadsden, AL)
• Girls’ Ranch (Springville, AL)
• ASCEND (Greater Birmingham area)
Service Opportunities:
• Commit to Pray - prayer is the foundation of everything we do. By praying for our children, houseparents, and staff, you cover this ministry in God’s protection and guidance.
• Resource Families – once a month, resource families welcome a child from their Boy’ or Girl’s Ranch into their home, sharing love, encouragement, and family life beyond the Ranch. These weekends give children the chance to enjoy everyday moments while giving houseparents time to rest and recharge.
• Group Volunteering – several opportunities are available for teams of varying sizes. Common groups include: Sunday School/Small Groups, Businesses, & College-Age/Student Groups
• In-Kind Services – opportunity to provide professional services. Examples include: Dental and orthodontic care, Medical or vision services, Professional consulting or training, Vehicle maintenance, Construction projects, Legal or financial services, & Event support services
• Vehicle maintenance
• Construction projects
• Legal or financial services
• Event support services
Contact:
For more information about volunteering with Big Oak Ranch, please visit their website at bigoak.org/how-to-help/.
Big Oak Ranch mission is to provide Christian homes for children from abuse, neglect, and abandonment, helping them find hope, healing, and God’s purpose for their lives. Through their four promises of love, honesty, perseverance, and discipline, Big Oak Ranch offers a nurturing environment within a Christian family setting to guide children toward lives of positive influence—using their stories for good in the world around them.
Locations:
• Boys’ Ranch (outside of Gadsden, AL)
• Girls’ Ranch (Springville, AL)
• ASCEND (Greater Birmingham area)
Service Opportunities:
• Commit to Pray - prayer is the foundation of everything we do. By praying for our children, houseparents, and staff, you cover this ministry in God’s protection and guidance.
• Resource Families – once a month, resource families welcome a child from their Boy’ or Girl’s Ranch into their home, sharing love, encouragement, and family life beyond the Ranch. These weekends give children the chance to enjoy everyday moments while giving houseparents time to rest and recharge.
• Group Volunteering – several opportunities are available for teams of varying sizes. Common groups include: Sunday School/Small Groups, Businesses, & College-Age/Student Groups
• In-Kind Services – opportunity to provide professional services. Examples include: Dental and orthodontic care, Medical or vision services, Professional consulting or training, Vehicle maintenance, Construction projects, Legal or financial services, & Event support services
• Vehicle maintenance
• Construction projects
• Legal or financial services
• Event support services
Contact:
For more information about volunteering with Big Oak Ranch, please visit their website at bigoak.org/how-to-help/.
Blanket Fort Hope
Blanket Fort Hope is equipped to help child survivors of human trafficking heal through trauma-informed therapy in a safe environment. They have licensed, caring professionals on staff to guide them through their pain and help them find hope and healing.
Blanket Fort Hope is equipped to help child survivors of human trafficking heal through trauma-informed therapy in a safe environment. They have licensed, caring professionals on staff to guide them through their pain and help them find hope and healing.
Learn More about Blanket Fort Hope
Mission:
Blanket Fort Hope is equipped to help child survivors of human trafficking heal through trauma-informed therapy in a safe environment. They have licensed, caring professionals on staff to guide them through their pain and help them find hope and healing.
Location:
Columbiana, Alabama
Service Opportunities:
• Host Foster Parent training and/or become a Foster Parent
• Fundraising, donation collections, event planning ahead of their Hold the Fort 5K race in the fall and Restoring Hope Gala in February
• Serve on their Junior Board or Board of Directors
•Support their foster parents by serving with the Come Alongside Them Program
•Serve as a Program Support Volunteer in the Restoration Home
Contact:
For more information about volunteering with Blanket Fort Hope, please visit their website at blanketforthope.org/volunteer.
Blanket Fort Hope is equipped to help child survivors of human trafficking heal through trauma-informed therapy in a safe environment. They have licensed, caring professionals on staff to guide them through their pain and help them find hope and healing.
Location:
Columbiana, Alabama
Service Opportunities:
• Host Foster Parent training and/or become a Foster Parent
• Fundraising, donation collections, event planning ahead of their Hold the Fort 5K race in the fall and Restoring Hope Gala in February
• Serve on their Junior Board or Board of Directors
•Support their foster parents by serving with the Come Alongside Them Program
•Serve as a Program Support Volunteer in the Restoration Home
Contact:
For more information about volunteering with Blanket Fort Hope, please visit their website at blanketforthope.org/volunteer.
Briarwood Disaster Response Team (DRT)
For God’s glory, the Briarwood Disaster Response Team exists to serve churches and individuals in disaster-affected communities.
For God’s glory, the Briarwood Disaster Response Team exists to serve churches and individuals in disaster-affected communities.
Learn More about Briarwood's Disaster Response Team
Mission:
For God’s glory, the Briarwood Disaster Response Team exists to serve churches and individuals in disaster-affected communities through:
• Bringing the Hope of Christ
• Mobilizing the Local Church
• Performing Damage & Need Assessment
• Dispatching Disaster Response Crews
Location:
Briarwood’s DRT prioritizes our service in the following order:
• Local – We desire to start by focusing our efforts on assuring that members’ and regular attenders’ homes are habitable and ensuring that our church facility is open for worship. Church members who have damage to their home will find it more difficult to reach out to their neighbors. For that reason, our priorities are generally as follow:
– Members and regular attenders
– People connected with the church (family members, neighbors, etc.)
– Others in the community
• Regional – Once local needs are met, we will consider regional requests for disaster response.
•National – Once local and regional needs are met, we will consider requests for disaster response.
Service Opportunities:
Depending on the size and duration of the disaster, a variety of gifts may be required. Like the body of Christ, our team is made up of those with many different gifts:
• Service Team – use your gifts to serve through performing chainsaw work, debris removal, flood mucking, roof tarping, Sheds of Hope, basic construction, etc.
• Trailer & Maintenance Team – use your gifts to organize and maintain all equipment, supplies, and the overall work site
• Hospitality Team – use your gift of hospitality to care for the needs of volunteers and survivors through meals, hydration, and other needs
• Comfort & Care Team – Use your gifts to minister to survivors and volunteers as they navigate a disaster experience
• Prayer Team – use your gifts to lift up the team and God’s work in and through the disaster.
Contact:
For more information or to learn how you can get involved contact Russel Long at 404-862-0716.
For God’s glory, the Briarwood Disaster Response Team exists to serve churches and individuals in disaster-affected communities through:
• Bringing the Hope of Christ
• Mobilizing the Local Church
• Performing Damage & Need Assessment
• Dispatching Disaster Response Crews
Location:
Briarwood’s DRT prioritizes our service in the following order:
• Local – We desire to start by focusing our efforts on assuring that members’ and regular attenders’ homes are habitable and ensuring that our church facility is open for worship. Church members who have damage to their home will find it more difficult to reach out to their neighbors. For that reason, our priorities are generally as follow:
– Members and regular attenders
– People connected with the church (family members, neighbors, etc.)
– Others in the community
• Regional – Once local needs are met, we will consider regional requests for disaster response.
•National – Once local and regional needs are met, we will consider requests for disaster response.
Service Opportunities:
Depending on the size and duration of the disaster, a variety of gifts may be required. Like the body of Christ, our team is made up of those with many different gifts:
• Service Team – use your gifts to serve through performing chainsaw work, debris removal, flood mucking, roof tarping, Sheds of Hope, basic construction, etc.
• Trailer & Maintenance Team – use your gifts to organize and maintain all equipment, supplies, and the overall work site
• Hospitality Team – use your gift of hospitality to care for the needs of volunteers and survivors through meals, hydration, and other needs
• Comfort & Care Team – Use your gifts to minister to survivors and volunteers as they navigate a disaster experience
• Prayer Team – use your gifts to lift up the team and God’s work in and through the disaster.
Contact:
For more information or to learn how you can get involved contact Russel Long at 404-862-0716.
Christian Service Mission (CSM)
CSM exists to connect resources with needs through the local Church. They desire to see “oneness” (Christian unity) in Birmingham!
CSM exists to connect resources with needs through the local Church. They desire to see “oneness” (Christian unity) in Birmingham!
Learn More about Christian Service Mission
Mission:
CSM exists to connect resources with needs through the local Church. They desire to see “oneness” (Christian unity) in Birmingham!
Location:
3600 3rd Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35222
Service Opportunities:
• Corporate Donation Sorter – sort through and prepare corporate donations for distribution
• Garden Volunteer – work in the gardens to get their harvest ready to feed the homeless and support other local ministries. No gardening experience required.
Contact:
For more information, contact Elizabeth Brinkley at elizabeth@csmission.org.
CSM exists to connect resources with needs through the local Church. They desire to see “oneness” (Christian unity) in Birmingham!
Location:
3600 3rd Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35222
Service Opportunities:
• Corporate Donation Sorter – sort through and prepare corporate donations for distribution
• Garden Volunteer – work in the gardens to get their harvest ready to feed the homeless and support other local ministries. No gardening experience required.
Contact:
For more information, contact Elizabeth Brinkley at elizabeth@csmission.org.
Grace Klein Community
Grace Klein Community is an educational and charitable non-profit dedicated to providing relief to the poor, disadvantaged and underprivileged.
Grace Klein Community is an educational and charitable non-profit dedicated to providing relief to the poor, disadvantaged and underprivileged.
Learn More about Grace Klein Community
Mission:
Grace Klein Community is an educational and charitable non-profit dedicated to providing relief to the poor, disadvantaged and underprivileged.
Location:
Main hub located at 2701 Morgan Road, Bessemer, AL 35022. Several other locations.
Service Opportunities:
• Volunteers can join food rescue efforts (retrieving surplus food from restaurants and store), host or drop off food drives or donations, and help with food distribution at drive-thru sites – unloading organizing, boxing, loading into vehicles, directing traffic, sanitizing, data entry, and more. There are also roles at donation hubs: sorting and organizing food or other donated items, logging and preparing them for redistribution. You can volunteer to deliver food boxes or ready-to-heat meals directly to homebound individuals, or transport pallets and recyclables to help keep operations running smoothly.
• Beyond food support, Grace Klein offers opportunities like gardening through the GKC Garden Club – helping with community gardens in food-desert neighborhoods – and hands-on “we sew love” efforts: transforming donated fabric/clothing into usable items like children’s clothes, reusable hygiene kits, or burial gowns.
Contact:
For more information about volunteering with Grace Klein Communities, please visit their website at gracekleincommunity.com/volunteer/.
Grace Klein Community is an educational and charitable non-profit dedicated to providing relief to the poor, disadvantaged and underprivileged.
Location:
Main hub located at 2701 Morgan Road, Bessemer, AL 35022. Several other locations.
Service Opportunities:
• Volunteers can join food rescue efforts (retrieving surplus food from restaurants and store), host or drop off food drives or donations, and help with food distribution at drive-thru sites – unloading organizing, boxing, loading into vehicles, directing traffic, sanitizing, data entry, and more. There are also roles at donation hubs: sorting and organizing food or other donated items, logging and preparing them for redistribution. You can volunteer to deliver food boxes or ready-to-heat meals directly to homebound individuals, or transport pallets and recyclables to help keep operations running smoothly.
• Beyond food support, Grace Klein offers opportunities like gardening through the GKC Garden Club – helping with community gardens in food-desert neighborhoods – and hands-on “we sew love” efforts: transforming donated fabric/clothing into usable items like children’s clothes, reusable hygiene kits, or burial gowns.
Contact:
For more information about volunteering with Grace Klein Communities, please visit their website at gracekleincommunity.com/volunteer/.
Life on Wheels
Life on Wheels uses the power of ultrasound to serve women, save babies, and share Jesus. They have seen that 89.1% of women who see their own baby on the ultrasound will choose to parent, even if they previously considered abortion.
Location: Birmingham and Montgomery
Life on Wheels uses the power of ultrasound to serve women, save babies, and share Jesus. They have seen that 89.1% of women who see their own baby on the ultrasound will choose to parent, even if they previously considered abortion.
Location: Birmingham and Montgomery
Learn More about Life on Wheels
Mission:
Life on Wheels uses the power of ultrasound to serve women, save babies, and share Jesus. They have seen that 89.1% of women who see their own baby on the ultrasound will choose to parent, even if they previously considered abortion.
Location:
Birmingham and Montgomery
Service Opportunities:
• Become a Client Advocate: after training, you meet with women in crises pregnancies, support them after their ultrasound, share information about their options, and help refer them to pregnancy-resource centers or community services.
• Help with behind-the-scenes work as part of the “Pit Crew” or in administrative/data-entry roles.
• Become a monthly supporter by joining the Godparent Program – providing financial support to help sustain the ministry’s outreach so that Life On Wheels can continue offering ultrasounds, counseling, and resources to mothers and babies in need.
Contact:
For more information about volunteering with Life On Wheels, please visit their website at lifeonwheelsalabama.com/contact.
Life on Wheels uses the power of ultrasound to serve women, save babies, and share Jesus. They have seen that 89.1% of women who see their own baby on the ultrasound will choose to parent, even if they previously considered abortion.
Location:
Birmingham and Montgomery
Service Opportunities:
• Become a Client Advocate: after training, you meet with women in crises pregnancies, support them after their ultrasound, share information about their options, and help refer them to pregnancy-resource centers or community services.
• Help with behind-the-scenes work as part of the “Pit Crew” or in administrative/data-entry roles.
• Become a monthly supporter by joining the Godparent Program – providing financial support to help sustain the ministry’s outreach so that Life On Wheels can continue offering ultrasounds, counseling, and resources to mothers and babies in need.
Contact:
For more information about volunteering with Life On Wheels, please visit their website at lifeonwheelsalabama.com/contact.
Love Life Ministries
Love Life is uniting and mobilizing the Church to create a culture of love and life that will result in an end to abortion and the orphan crises.
Love Life is uniting and mobilizing the Church to create a culture of love and life that will result in an end to abortion and the orphan crises.
Learn More about Love Life Ministries
Mission:
Love Life is uniting and mobilizing the Church to create a culture of love and life that will result in an end to abortion and the orphan crises.
Location: Birmingham Area
Service Opportunities: From praying on the front lines to giving financially or serving through foster care and adoption, every Christian is commissioned by God to care for the orphan in the womb and outside the womb. Ways to serve include:
• Sidewalk Outreach
• Life Mentors
• Prayer Walk Volunteer
• Orphan Care
• Restored Life, Abortion Recovery
• Financial Partnership
Contact:
For more information about volunteering with Love Life Ministries, please visit their website at lovelife.org/connect.
Love Life is uniting and mobilizing the Church to create a culture of love and life that will result in an end to abortion and the orphan crises.
Location: Birmingham Area
Service Opportunities: From praying on the front lines to giving financially or serving through foster care and adoption, every Christian is commissioned by God to care for the orphan in the womb and outside the womb. Ways to serve include:
• Sidewalk Outreach
• Life Mentors
• Prayer Walk Volunteer
• Orphan Care
• Restored Life, Abortion Recovery
• Financial Partnership
Contact:
For more information about volunteering with Love Life Ministries, please visit their website at lovelife.org/connect.
Sav-A-Life, Inc.
To help women and men embrace the Truth of God’s Word as they make life-affirming decisions about their unborn child. Their vision is that every life is saved and every family is healthy in the name of Christ and to the glory of God.
To help women and men embrace the Truth of God’s Word as they make life-affirming decisions about their unborn child. Their vision is that every life is saved and every family is healthy in the name of Christ and to the glory of God.
Learn More about Sav-A-Life
Mission:
To help women and men embrace the Truth of God’s Word as they make life-affirming decisions about their unborn child. Their vision is that every life is saved and every family is healthy in the name of Christ and to the glory of God.
Location:
1480 McGuire Road, Birmingham, AL 35216
Service Opportunities:
• Client Advocate – both women and men serve in this role, meeting one-on-one with clients to listen and support during an unplanned pregnancy.
• Mentor/Educator – provides ongoing, one-on-one support to clients by guiding them through an engaging online curriculum focused on parenting, healthy relationships, and life skills
• Class Sponsors – Mom’s & Dad’s Night out – Sunday School classes or Small Groups can serve by providing, serving, and cleaning up a meal for the Tuesday evening parenting classes. Groups are also welcome to stay and connect with clients, share about upcoming family events at Briarwood, and build relationships.
• Host a Baby Shower – Gather a group to throw a special baby shower (one big party for up to 10 moms). You will provide food, decorations, and gifts as well as genuine love and encouragement. It is a beautiful way to share the gospel in action and offer a picture of God’s unconditional love to women who may have never experienced it before.
Contact:
For more information about volunteering with Sav-A-Life, Inc, please visit their website at savalife.org/how-to-help/#volunteer or call 205.979-0302.
To help women and men embrace the Truth of God’s Word as they make life-affirming decisions about their unborn child. Their vision is that every life is saved and every family is healthy in the name of Christ and to the glory of God.
Location:
1480 McGuire Road, Birmingham, AL 35216
Service Opportunities:
• Client Advocate – both women and men serve in this role, meeting one-on-one with clients to listen and support during an unplanned pregnancy.
• Mentor/Educator – provides ongoing, one-on-one support to clients by guiding them through an engaging online curriculum focused on parenting, healthy relationships, and life skills
• Class Sponsors – Mom’s & Dad’s Night out – Sunday School classes or Small Groups can serve by providing, serving, and cleaning up a meal for the Tuesday evening parenting classes. Groups are also welcome to stay and connect with clients, share about upcoming family events at Briarwood, and build relationships.
• Host a Baby Shower – Gather a group to throw a special baby shower (one big party for up to 10 moms). You will provide food, decorations, and gifts as well as genuine love and encouragement. It is a beautiful way to share the gospel in action and offer a picture of God’s unconditional love to women who may have never experienced it before.
Contact:
For more information about volunteering with Sav-A-Life, Inc, please visit their website at savalife.org/how-to-help/#volunteer or call 205.979-0302.
UHope Success Academy
Equip middle school students struggling academically with opportunities to learn, grow and be all they were created to be in their community.
Equip middle school students struggling academically with opportunities to learn, grow and be all they were created to be in their community.
Learn More about UHope Success Academy
Mission:
Equip middle school students struggling academically with opportunities to learn, grow and be all they were created to be in their community.
Location for UHope Success Academy:
CJ Donald Middle School, 715 Valley Rd., Fairfield, AL 35064
Service Opportunities:
• Volunteer with UHope Success Academy Summer Learning Camp — Support 40–50 students daily by assisting with reading and/or math; June 1–June 25, 2026 (Monday–Wednesday), 11:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Volunteers serve at least one day per week or one full week during the four-week program.
• Snack Drive for UHope Success Academy Summer Learning Camp — Provide 40 drinks (8 oz. water or juice boxes) and 40 individually packaged snacks per day, four days per week for four weeks; acceptable items include chips, crackers, cookies, fruit snacks, granola bars, Little Debbie items, mini muffins, Rice Krispie Treats, etc.; NO PEANUT BUTTER ITEMS.
• Volunteer for Celebration Dinner – Thursday, June 25, 2026, 5:30-8:00 p.m., Fairfield High School, 610 Valley Road, Fairfield, AL 35064. Greet Students and families, assist with food service, and help with cleanup.
Contact:
For more information, contact Sandra Hardy at sandra@urbanhopedevelopment.org or 205-940-4673.
Equip middle school students struggling academically with opportunities to learn, grow and be all they were created to be in their community.
Location for UHope Success Academy:
CJ Donald Middle School, 715 Valley Rd., Fairfield, AL 35064
Service Opportunities:
• Volunteer with UHope Success Academy Summer Learning Camp — Support 40–50 students daily by assisting with reading and/or math; June 1–June 25, 2026 (Monday–Wednesday), 11:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Volunteers serve at least one day per week or one full week during the four-week program.
• Snack Drive for UHope Success Academy Summer Learning Camp — Provide 40 drinks (8 oz. water or juice boxes) and 40 individually packaged snacks per day, four days per week for four weeks; acceptable items include chips, crackers, cookies, fruit snacks, granola bars, Little Debbie items, mini muffins, Rice Krispie Treats, etc.; NO PEANUT BUTTER ITEMS.
• Volunteer for Celebration Dinner – Thursday, June 25, 2026, 5:30-8:00 p.m., Fairfield High School, 610 Valley Road, Fairfield, AL 35064. Greet Students and families, assist with food service, and help with cleanup.
Contact:
For more information, contact Sandra Hardy at sandra@urbanhopedevelopment.org or 205-940-4673.
IMPACT Birmingham – April 25, 2026
IMPACT Birmingham offers an incredible opportunity for the Briarwood Church family to engage and serve the surrounding communities through projects such as yard work, painting, construction, packing food boxes, and repair work.
IMPACT Birmingham offers an incredible opportunity for the Briarwood Church family to engage and serve the surrounding communities through projects such as yard work, painting, construction, packing food boxes, and repair work.
Learn More about IMPACT Birmingham
Mission:
IMPACT Birmingham offers an incredible opportunity for the Briarwood Church family to engage and serve the surrounding communities through projects such as yard work, painting, construction, packing food boxes, and repair work.
Contact:
For more information contact Amy Wood at 205-776-5222 or visit www.briarwood.org/impact.
IMPACT Birmingham offers an incredible opportunity for the Briarwood Church family to engage and serve the surrounding communities through projects such as yard work, painting, construction, packing food boxes, and repair work.
Contact:
For more information contact Amy Wood at 205-776-5222 or visit www.briarwood.org/impact.