5+ day, 12+ hour ago (474+ words) ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) " One Atlanta church is working to provide a full pantry for families this Thanksgiving. Cascade United Methodist Church (UMC) in southwest Atlanta hosted its annual Thanksgiving basket giveaway Monday morning with cars lined up down the street before the sun came up. "I got out here this morning at 4," said Francis Bowell. Boswell was one of the first people in line to pick up his bags of food, which included bread, eggs, potatoes, apples, a turkey and more. The church said it's enough to feed a family of four for a week. "I look around, I seen cars all the way down by the expressway," said Boswell. "I got out and looking around, looked up there and I ain't seen nothing but cars." That's because Cascade UMC put out the call that they could feed…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago (492+ words) ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A Paulding County mother says her child was forced to participate in Halloween school activities that were against the family's religion. Now she says she's filing complaints with the school district and the Georgia Department of Education. Quan Lanae Green says as a Christian minister and a mom, the witchcraft-themed assignments were more than just offensive. Green calls them evil, and says they have no place in any classroom. "They can call it Halloween or what have you, but it is occultism, it's satanism, it's witchcraft " it's all the things," said Green. Green says she is furious after seeing the classwork her kindergartner did at Floyd L. Shelton Elementary School in Dallas, Georgia, last week. "She brought home a huge stack of papers, activities, worksheets. She just showed it " she's 5, she doesn't know," said Green. She…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago (208+ words) ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) " New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in DeKalb County gave away 4,000 turkeys Thursday, according to church leaders. The church says it is the largest giveaway they have ever held. People even began to fill the parking lot the night before. "We just decided, while the government was shut down, that we needed to expand what we do. In years gone by, we've done 2,000," Pastor Jamal Bryant said. "But this is the highest unemployment America has seen in years, over one million people have lost their job since February. If you compound that with SNAP benefits being vulnerable, we had to step up." According to the Atlanta Community Food Bank, 1 in 7 in Atlanta face food insecurity. And with the rising cost of groceries, leaders say that number is starting to look different. "This is really a picture…...