Missions & Outreach
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger who brings good news, the good news of peace and salvation, the news that the God of Israel reigns!
Local Outreach
A major part of our mission as a church is to serve our local community. We have several ongoing initiatives that serve those in our area as well as some annual projects that we take on to reach even more people in our local context.
Annual Initiatives
Each summer, we bless local teachers with classroom supplies! Learn more about Operation Back to School.
Every year around Christmas, we have the opportunity to brighten the holiday season for families who may need a little more help. Through Angel Tree, we are able to bless neighbors, families, and friends with Christmas gifts. We throw a big party where we distribute the gifts to the families we serve as we celebrate Christmas together.
Night to Shine is an unforgettable prom night experience, centered on God’s love, for people ages 14 and older with special needs. We host Night to Shine at Journey in February in conjunction with the Tim Tebow Foundation.
Learn more
October is Love Your Neighborhood Month! We encourage everyone to volunteer in their community.
Ongoing Initiatives
On the second Wednesday of each month at 5:00pm to 6:30pm, we open up our Care Center to the community. We currently offer a clothing closet, toiletries, and food pantry that is restocked monthly for all those in need. We have volunteer opportunities available to serve on 2nd Wednesday and on Fridays from 2:30pm – 4:30pm.
Watch a quick interview with a volunteer to learn more.
We are now offering free clothes to our guests who visit our campus during our Second Saturday Mobile Food Pantry. This is just another way to love our neighbors well.
We have partnered with Golden Harvest Food Bank to provide food to those in need in Columbia County on a monthly basis. Golden Harvest drops off food items and we step in to distribute that food as we open up our campus to be a distribution center, as well as providing delivery of food boxes to people lacking transportation. This gives us an opportunity to serve our community through distributing food, building relationships, and ultimately sharing Christ’s love with others. Food distribution happens on the second Saturday of every month from 9am -10:30am.
This volunteer role involves setting up and serving breakfast to our food pantry guests and volunteers one Saturday a month. Volunteers will also socialize with guests.
Serve
Every 2nd Saturday, join us from 8am-10:00am as we clean up the neighborhood surrounding our Sherwood campus. We gather in the atrium at Sherwood at 8am.
Register
Man Up is an extension of Engaged. These are men who are willing to “man up” when the need arises throughout the year to serve our community. Projects may involve yard work, disaster relief, helping families in need, etc.
We pick up clothes every other Thursday / Friday between 2pm-5pm and drop off at our storage unit. Clothes are used for our Clothing Closet at the Evans campus and at our Sherwood Care Center.
Provide weekend meals for high school students! This is a great group project for Community Groups or families. Contact [email protected] with any questions!
You can do this in one of two ways:
OPTION 1:
- Commit to 1 week per school month
- Shop for 20 high school students
- Required non-perishable food items: Individual sizes – 2 breakfast items, 2 lunch items (container must be microwavable), 2 fruit, 1 bag of chips, 1 bag of cookies in each bag (20 bags total)
- Bag the food into 20 grocery bags and deliver to church during business hours (M-Thurs, 8:30am to 4pm)
OPTION 2:
- Purchase any of the items from our Amazon wishlist. They will ship to the church, and we will take care of the rest! church.
- Laundromats – pay for someone’s laundry or gift them detergent
- Teacher & staff appreciation – take snacks to your local school
- Firehouses & police stations – take snacks or a meal to your local station
- Trash pick-up at local school
- Pay for someone’s coffee or meal
- Take a gift to a neighbor you don’t know
- Cut your neighbor’s grass when they are not home
- Provide water & snacks for your postal carrier or delivery person
- Donate blood at Shepeard Community Blood Center
- Invite a new neighbor over for dinner
- Offer to babysit so a couple or neighbors can have a date night
- Contact one of these organizations that need volunteers regularly:
Golden Harvest Food Bank
Sons of Consolation
Prepare for Babies
Cancer Support Services
We have serval opportunities to bless our community with our Outreach Trailers. Volunteers serve meals, provide desserts and build relationships.
Serve
Thank you for your extravagant generosity and for loving your neighbors!
Ongoing Partnerships
We sponsor more than 100 children in the Haitian village of Trouforban with Disciples Village. A $40 monthly sponsorship provides a child with food and an education. Meet Bill Howard, the founder of Disciples Village.
Tom & Patti are currently serving in Southern Europe by focusing on Business-as-Missions (BAM). They originally left their secular jobs when God got a hold of their hearts after being involved in several short-term mission trips. They were seeing missionaries who were trying to run businesses, but were struggling with projects/programs they themselves had experience in through their 20+ years in the business world. They chose to walk away from their prime income-generating years to instead invest in the Kingdom by partnering with missionary businesses to help them run more efficiently and be more effective in their mission. They also hope to show others who don’t see themselves as typical “missionaries” how their God-given talents and secular experiences can be used to reach the lost. Watch their story.
Mark is the Richmond County Area Director of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). Learn more
Journey Into Hope is a missiom organization we are partnered with in Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic. They serve in the villages by feeding 80-100 kids daily, doing medical clinics, VBS for the kids, and so much more. Learn more
GLM2 is a non-profit organization dedicated to eradicating the damage caused by sex trafficking and domestic violence by building and providing safe dwelling places and long-term aftercare for women and their children who have been affected by these eternal brutalities. Learn more
Love Centered is a non-profit organization committed to providing essential services to the homeless in Richmond County. They are open daily, and provide meals, clothes and help to the homeless.
Learn more
Pregnant Choices is a faith-based health clinic striving to make sure women in the CSRA are given the evidence based education they need to make a fully informed decision, as well as the support they need when faced with an unplanned pregnancy and are thinking about abortion. Learn more
Bridge Builder Communities is a non-profit organization that provides stable housing and life-support skills for young adults aging out of foster care. Learn more
