LifePoint is a faith community that desires to meet the needs of our
local community through acts of service and creating environments where
people can connect with one another in authentic relationships. This
page reflects three unique avenues of connection with our community.
Compassion Ministries are organizations and projects where people meet
ongoing needs in our community. Small Group Initiatives are where
groups find unique and creative ways to meet needs and serve people.
Opportunities for Influence are where people express their passion for
a particular interest or hobby and invest in relationships to influence
people into the LifePoint community.
Room in the Inn
Room in the Inn
provides shelter, meals, clothing, and toiletries to homeless men during
the winter months (November - March).
Needs:
- Volunteers for
Friday nights to extend friendship and a helping hand.
- Donations of
winter clothing and toiletries
Contact Lisa Burke at 615.355.6892 or Ashley Zehr at 615.430.7895
Christian Men’s Job Corp – website
CMJC teaches
people to break the cycle of generational poverty through
Christ-centered
training and education. Participants are people who want to learn or
improve their life skills—specifically work, budget, and family-related
skills.
Needs:
- Volunteer teachers
and mentors are needed for one-on-one relationships, Bible study and
encouragement. Help us to help more of our neighbors in Northern
Rutherford
County.
Contact Chris Berkey: 615.974.5541
RCCMJC
112 A Stonewall Drive
Smyrna, TN 37167
Wherry Housing Community - website
Serve alongside
LifePoint community missionaries in an afterschool program for
underprivileged
kids from Wherry Housing. Volunteer opportunities from handyman work
to teaching English to immigrants.
Needs:
- Tutors
- Volunteer helpers
- Arts and Crafts
- Donations of
materials and snack
Contact Erica Pope or Emily Johnson.
Holding Out Hope - website
Holding Out Hope
exists to bring the hope of Christ to women in the prison system and
those newly paroled. Women are discovering their worth in Christ
so they can live the extraordinary life God designed for them.
Needs:
- Postage stamps— we give over 500 stamps to inmates
- Give me FIVE— $5 donations provides an inmate a dinner and toiletry bag
- Toothbrushes and bar soap for inmates
- Volunteer to serve
Contact
Tina Hutchison.
Council on International Educational Exchange - website
Open your home
and your heart to an international exchange student. As a CIEE host
family, you will offer a young international student the opportunity
to discover America through your eyes. Your family will not only gain
a new family member, you will also learn about a different culture,
its values and traditions, language, food, and more. Disciple the
nations
without leaving home!
Contact Tim
Patterson or Yvonne
Alldaffer.
Shepherd’s Rest Ministries - website
Be a friend to
an international student! Shepherd’s Rest reaches out to international
students at MTSU.
Needs:
- Help provide a meal for 40-50 international students, perhaps coordinating it through your Sunday School class or Small Group.
- Be a First Friend family for an international student by meeting together at least once a month.
- Host an international student(s) at a holiday gathering.
- Partner with
MTSU students to reach out to international students. Maintain
Missionary
House in Murfreesboro for international missionaries on home leave.
Contact
Tim Patterson or Harold Bryer at 615.500.3634.
Right Road Ministries and Victory House - website
Right Road assists
homeless men and women to find housing and provides food and clothes
for people who are in need. We disciple men and women who are starting
over with a new life.
Needs:
- Christian mentors
- Financial supporters
- Volunteers for building renovations
- Volunteers to organize the clothes closet
- Food, toiletries, and household items
Victory House provides housing for women released from prison or in
transition. Women are discipled as they find a job, a new place to
live, and reintegrate into society.
Opportunities for Service:
- Provide transportation to work
- Lead Bible studies
- Help with meals on special occasions
- Be a friend and mentor
Contact Bill Couch: 615.596.9626.
The Journey Home
The Journey Home
provides daily meals and personal necessities to the homeless of
Rutherford
County. Their ministry center is located in the heart of Murfreesboro. Join with an existing team or go as a small group to prepare and serve
meals to the homeless.
Contact Chuck
Engle at 615.480.5311.
Helping Hands
Helping Hands offers emergency assistance to Smyrna and LaVergne
families in crisis. Families receive help with past due rent, utility
bills and other basic services/needs.
Needs and Opportunities:
- Donations of non-perishable food items.
- Volunteer to help with food closet and food boxes.
- Sponsor a child and donate gifts for annual Christmas tree program.
- Volunteer to distribute donations and gifts.
Contact
Susan Garland: 615.459.3311
Smyrna/LaVergne Food Bank
Smyrna/LaVergne Food Bank offers people in need (once per month) canned
goods, milk, cheese, butter and eggs based on the size and income of
the family. Larger families get more canned goods. Donate nonperishable
food, canned goods
Location: 130 Richardson Road, Smyrna
Contact: 615.355.0697
Habitat for Humanity of Rutherford County
Help working
families to build affordable homes and rebuild neighborhoods in
Rutherford
County. Volunteer opportunities begin in 2011.
To sign up, contact Tim Patterson.
Disaster Relief and Recovery
Join a network
of volunteers who serve people in crisis locally and throughout the
U.S. Volunteers needed to help clean-up, repair, renovate and
build homes affected by natural disasters. Also serve local people in
need because of sickness or disability.
Contact Ken
Anderson at 615.636.4169.
Exchange Club Family Center - website
The Family Center strives to significantly reduce the occurrence and
reoccurrence of child maltreatment in Middle Tennessee. Please let us
know if you would like to get involved or be placed on an email list to
learn about needs as they arise.
Needs:
- Roof repair/patching
- Plumbing
- Landscaping
Contact: Mister Small Group,
Marcus and Timeka Mister
All motorcycle brands and makes are welcome on all the Sonrunners’ rides.
Email.
Softball
Interested in playing on a “for-fun”
softball, men’s or coed team in 2010?
Contact Sean Scaruffi.
Biking
Biking trips and club based out of LifePoint Church.
Contact
Russell Regan.
Baseball
Fielder’s
Choice is a group of baseball enthusiasts who lead player and coach's
clinics as well as Chapel Services for any traveling baseball, softball
or soccer teams. FC representatives will come to your tournament on any
Sunday and lead Chapel. Founded and led by former MLB Pitcher Charlie
Mitchell, FC is comprised of leaders who represent various levels of
baseball, including Little League, High School, College, Minor Leagues
and Major League Baseball. The Coach's Clinic is a training event where
coaches learn the basics of baseball, how to run a practice and how to
involve parents.
Contact
Charlie Mitchell or
Eddie Mosley.
Running
Do
you love to run? Join others who desire to reach in to the community of
runners around Middle Tennessee. Available group runs on various times,
usually running Sunday afternoons.
Contact
Cortney Bartemus.