Love God, Serve People
the motto of the folks at the journey home
WhatsNew:
You or Your Group Can
Contribute to Our
Food Boxes
We Give Out 70 Food Boxes Each Week
Each Food Box Contains
2 Cans Green Veggies
2 Cans Other Veggies
2 Cans Meat/Fish
1 Canned
Entree
1 Carton Milk
1 Jar Peanut Butter
1 Jar Jelly
1 Box Biscuit
Mix
2 Boxes Pasta
1 Large Pasta Sauce
1 Bag Rice
1 Bag Beans
2
Box Cracker/Cookie
1 Box Cereal
GARDEN SEASON!
Would you enjoy helping in the garden? "2 Acres of Hope" is always ready for extra hands in the soil!
Contact Jenny Reid here
We Need:
Think of Things Our Clients Need
Several of the people we serve travel on foot. Especially in the heat of the summer, it would be nice to travel on a bicycle. Bikes with baskets are especially nice!
What is THE JOURNEY HOME
In short, The Journey Home is a Christian Outreach Center for the homeless and at-risk individuals and families in Rutherford County. When someone comes to The Journey Home, they often are looking for a place to feel at home. Everything that a person might find in a home, our clients can find within the walls of our Outreach Center, with the exception of a place to sleep.
Learn more about our SERVICES here.
Journey Home:
According to
statistics provided
by The Journey Home,
about 1,600 to 2,500
people are expected
to experience
homelessness in
Rutherford County
this year. Many are
temporarily living
with friends and
family; others are
living in motels,
cars or buildings
not designed as
actual housing.
Among the homeless
population, 40
percent are
families, including
a significant number
of children under
the age of five.
Only 77 percent of
homeless children
attend school
regularly.
The Journey Home is
a non-denominational
Christian charity
that provides
breakfast and lunch,
showers and laundry
facilities to help
maintain personal
hygiene, and food
boxes filled with a
week’s worth of
essentials, all at
no cost for those in
need.
The Journey Home
also provides
personal item
storage for clients
to leave their
things safely while
they go to work. The
“clothes closet” is
also there for
children and adults.
Case management,
life skills coaching
and assistance with
finding jobs are all
provided to help
clients get on the
path to
independence. Bible
studies are offered
to all, but
participation is not
mandatory.
Ongoing needs are
all sizes of
diapers, shoes,
socks, underwear,
cold weather wear
and monetary
donations. For
more information on
The Journey Home,
visit
lovegodservepeople.org,
or call (615)
809-2644.
—Amelia King Bozeman
(Murfreesboro Magazine, November 2011)
What Do We Believe?
It's easy to say that we wish people were more like the Good Samaritan we read about in the Bible. It's easy to say that people should behave as Jesus instructed in that same passage (Luke 10:25-37). At The Journey Home, we really make the effort to do as Jesus instructed..."Go and Do Likewise." We encourage you to do the same. Perhaps you'd like to read the story again to get yourself started...
The Parable of the Good Samaritan
25 And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” 27 And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” 28 And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.”
29 But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30 Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. 32 So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. 34 He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 And the next day he took out two denarii [1] and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’ 36 Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?” 37 He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” And Jesus said to him, “You go, and do likewise.”
