JC3 desires to Love God, Love People, and Serve the World.
When your passion intersects with a world's need Christ love is found!
Check out an array of opportunities below to live this out.
SUMMER OF SERVICE
Monthly Outreach & Service Opportunities
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JULY 20 -- Help Build Hope
Help Build Hope is a one-day service blitz to build the interior and exterior walls of a home. We will be partnering with Habitat for Humanity and CrossRoads Missions to accomplish this goal. Because of the specialized format, anyone who can swing a hammer can participate. (Ages 5 and up!)
There are variety of ways to serve on this day:
- Construction Participant
- Breakfast Crew
- Registration
- Hydration & Snack Station
- First Aid
- Photography
Schedule:
8am - Breakfast, Worship, & Instruction for the Day
9am-1pm - Build Walls, Write Scripture & Prayers, Raise the Walls, & Group Picture
Cost: Free!
(Volunteers are also needed for "Cut Day" on Friday, July19th as well as those who desire to serve as Team Leaders for the overall event. More info can be found on the registration form below.)
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July 21 -- celebration sundae
JC3 will conclude it’s Sunday worship service dedicating and praying over the walls that were built as well as the family that will live within them. We will then celebrate the efforts of the Help Build Hope event with ice cream sundaes in the MPR (Multi-Purpose Room). This event will kick-off our AMOS Mission Week.
If you would like to donate homemade or store bought ice cream please email Chad Morris; chad@jeffcitychurch.com.
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july 22-25 -- AMOS Mission week
JC3 will partner with AMOS Ministries; providing meals, devotions, music, and fellowship to encourage and to serve a visiting mission team. Our mission team will serve breakfast and dinner daily, and will get to be the “missionaries to the missionaries” this week. Even if you can’t serve every day, come join us with this “at home mission experience!”
COST: $25 Per Family
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JULY 25 -- amos back to school bash & school supply drive
AMOS Ministries will be hosting their annual Back to School Bash where families receive much needed school supplies for the upcoming school year. Individuals can help volunteer the day of and/or donate school supplies toward this year's event.
Ways to support:
- Volunteer for the Event- 9am-3pm (Contact Karrie Foust, Ministry Center Coordinator- kfoust@cn.edu)
- Donate School Supplies at the Connect Desk in the Sanctuary Lobby
- Donate $25 to fill a backpack
with items. (Place checks or cash in the tithe boxes. Please denote "AMOS Back to School" on check or online donations.)
NEEDED SCHOOL SUPPLIES (DUE Sunday, July 21):Pencils, Paper, Backpacks, Pens, Rulers, Glue, Colored Pencils, Markers, Erasers, Binders, 3 Prong Folders with Pockets, Composition Books, Crayons, Safety Scissors, Highlighters, & Tissues -
August 4 -- watermelon welcome ministry fair
Join us after our Sunday worship services and grab a slice of watermelon as we welcome you to learn more about the many wonderful ministries of our church and how you can get plugged-in to serve.
WAYS TO GET INVOLVED:
- Get a sweet summer piece of watermelon and check out our many ministry tables that you see represented.
- Volunteer to be a table representative for a ministry that you are connected with.
- Volunteer to serve watermelon.
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august 16 -- ides gap meal packing party
God Always Provides (GAP) Packing Party is an opportunity for people of all ages to serve together! Individuals will pack nutritious meals for those who are suffering from hunger and malnutrition around the world. (A minimum of $5,000 is needed to be able to have this event. When donating please denote your gift as “IDES Meal Packing.”)
PROCESS:
Individuals will meet, instructions will be given, and then split-up into teams of 10 around tables. But how does it work?...
WAYS TO PARTICIPATE:
- Donate financially so that we hit our minimum goal to have this event. $0.25 =1 meal. $5,000 = $20K Meals! (Please denote payments "IDES Meals" on checks or online donations. Checks and cash may be deposited in tithe boxes.)
- Volunteer by bringing your friends and family on Friday, August 16th.
DETAILS:
Friday, August 16 -- 6-8pm
MPR (Multi-Purpose Room)
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august 22 &23 -- freshman move-in
Help assist new college students and their parents, as they transition into their new collegiate careers!
Volunteers will need to be able to physically carry items, boxes, and potentially navigate stairs.
Carson-Newman University -- Aug. 22 -- 8:30-11:30am
Johnson University -- Aug. 23 -- 8:30-Noon
If you would like to volunteer please contact Chad Morris, chad@jeffcitychurch.com by Sunday, Aug. 18.
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September -- adult mission trip
Join our adult mission team to Dawson Springs, KY. This team will be serving the surrounding areas, near Dawson Springs, after a recent tornado ripped through their beloved communities destroying nearly 50 homes. (Two years ago, another tornado destroyed hundreds of homes in this exact same area.)
What will we be doing?
While we do not know specifics of what we will be doing with will most likely be working on "new builds" (rebuilding from foundation up) as well as potentially some more tornado clean-up/debris removal.
Who is this for? And what if I've never been on a mission trip?
- Skilled and General Volunteers are ALL welcome! (Seriously, you are welcome! There will be a hired construction foreman that will be leading our project and providing direction for our team.)
- There's no time like the present! We know...it's not easy to put yourself out there, but God will use your willingness even if you are not sure. You make the leap of faith and God will do the rest! (The last two JC3 teams sent have been half 1st-timers & half "mission trip veterans." You'll be in good company!)
Where will I be staying?
First Christian Church
Princeton, KY
More Info??
Stay Tuned- A meeting, specifically for this mission trip, will be called in the coming weeks.
COST:
$125 (All-Inclusive: Food, Housing, Transportation, Gas, & Supplies.)
The majority of the cost of this trip is underwritten by generous donors through CrossRoads Missions; however, JC3 never wants finances to stand in the way, so please speak with us as we can work out a payment plan or provide scholarships to help individuals serve.
READY TO GO?
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on-going -- Open house "pic-Nic in-a-Box"
Part of our church strategy is to provide positive encounters for Christ within the communities in which we live and serve. JC3 is providing a free opportunity to bring your neighborhood together for an all-inclusive pic-nic for up to 25 people. If you will host an Open House, we’ll bring the party to you!
- A pre-determined check amount for the host to purchase their own items OR a pre-determined menu with purchased items to be picked-up at the church.
"PIC-NIC IN-A-BOX" INCLUDES:- FOOD
- Hamburgers, Hotdogs, & Buns- Potato Salad, Cole Slaw, Baked Bean- Chips- Cookie Platter- Condiments- Tea & Lemonade- PLATES, CUPS, NAPKINS, PLASTICWARE, & TABLECLOTH
- GAMES (6ft. Fire Hydrants Sprinkler, Corn Hole, Badminton, etc.)
- TABLES & CHAIRS
If you have questions or would like to host an Open House "Pic-Nic In-A-Box" please contact Chad Morris; chad@jeffcitychurch.com*IMPORTANT: To schedule your event, JC3 Staff will need at least a 2-week notice prior to your Open House.
