Global Missions at Cedar Springs

Global Missions

Local Service Opportunities


Knoxville Area Rescue Mission (KARM) | Volunteer Ministry Center

Habitat for Humanity | Homeward Bound | Lost Sheep Ministry

Knoxville Family Justice Center | Montgomery Village Baptist Center

Highways and By-Ways Ministry | Knoxville Leadership Foundation

Compassion Coalition | Harvest Christian Outreach | Mobile Meals

Water Angels | Restoration House of East Tennessee

Mission of Hope | Amachi Program | Lonsdale Big Brother Big Sister


Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity - For more information, contact Kathy Smith (kathysmith@cspc.net).

2009 8 Houses in 8 Days Blitz Build April 18 - 25

Join us this spring as volunteers from Cedar Springs build a house in Mechanicsville. Online volunteer signups begin here on February 1 and continue through March 15. Beginning March 15, volunteers can sign up at the Habitat table in the Welcome Hall on Sunday mornings.

Online Signup for 2009 Habitat Build

See photos of 2008 One-Week Blitz Build.

Spread the word! KHFH will be heading down to El Salvador May 9-17, 2009, to help build Habitat houses there for people in need. We would love for you to join us! The trip is open to anyone, with our main focus on our neighbors here in Knoxville.

Please join us, and pass the word on to anyone who may be interested. Please read this linked brochure for more information, and let me know if you have any other questions. Please contact Jenny McClure Herchenrider, Development Coordinator for Knoxville Habitat for Humanity at (865) 523-3539 x113 for more information (jmcclure@khfh.com).


Mission of Hope

WE REALLY NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE! We have been richly blessed to have some amazing donations coming into our New Warehouse Home.  Truckloads of:  Food, Hygiene Items, Used & New Furniture, and numerous other items.  In fact, some of these Donations we would not have been able to receive; without God blessing our ministry with this New Home.  We pick up most of these items with dedicated MOH Volunteers in our MOH Trucks.  We then take them on other days, to the Ministry Centers & Elementary School Resource Centers; for them to in turn, distribute to where they are most needed.  WE NEED SOME NEW VOLUNTEERS, FOR THESE TASKS.

We are also in the process of preparing our New Home, for our upcoming Open House (the date is yet to be determined).  We are doing the following tasks:  Painting, Landscaping, Light Carpentry, and some other Tasks.  WE NEED SOME VOLUNTEERS FOR THESE TASKS.

Some of you have been wanting to assist us, now that we are at our New Home.  We truly could use your assistance.  Here are some ideas to consider:

-A Service Day Project For Your Company Employees
-A Service Day Project For Your Civic Club
-A Service Day Project For Your Sunday School Class
-A Service Day Project For Your Men's Group, Or Women's Group, Or Youth Group
-A Service Day, Just For Yourself

Please call the MOH Office at: 865-584-7571 and speak to Shirley Plant.

Harvest Christian Outreach operates a food pantry at 2505 Washington Pike Knoxville, TN 37917, and is in need of non-perishable food donations to fill Thanksgiving & Christmas baskets.  If you can donate some groceries or assist in the preparations of the baskets, please call (865) 637-1295 or e-mail KNDD1@aol.com.


Knoxville Area Rescue Mission (KARM)

Volunteer opportunities:

  • Food sorters. Adults are needed to sort, count and stack cans.
  • Phone assistants. We welcome the opportunity for help in answering phones Monday - Friday anytime from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Child Care Opportunities. Our babies and preschoolers need lots of tender loving care while their moms are in classes. Times available are 10:30-11:30 a.m.; 3:30-4:30 p.m. every day and from 5:30-6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays.
  • We need help with our Learning for Life course for middle and high school youth on Tuesdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m.
  • We still need tutors in math for our adults, and math and reading for our children.

To volunteer, call Victoria Reagan (673-6540).


Mobile Meals

If you would like to volunteer, please contact Jennifer Oakes, Mobile Meals volunteer coordinator, by calling (865) 524-2786 or e-mailing jennifer.oakes@knoxcac.org.


Water Angels

If you would like to volunteer, please e-mail Stephanie Mitchum at thewaterangels@aol.com or call her at (865) 389-8409. 

 

Volunteer Ministry Center People's Clinic
The Volunteer Ministry Center’s People's Clinic is growing! We have a new doctor and several new dentists but need a nurse (RN, LPN) to volunteer on Tuesday mornings from 9:00- 12 noon. The position is very rewarding, and you work alongside of some of the best volunteers ever! If you are available, or know someone who might be interested, please contact Nancy Douglas at nancyknoxville8@aol.com, or call the clinic: 865-546-5579 or her cell: 865-382-5866.

410 West Jackson Ave
Knoxville, TN 37917
clinic: 865-546-5579


Homeward Bound in need of hygiene products - Homeward Bound is in need of the “small” shampoos, conditioners, etc. (what you get at the hotels) to go in the hygiene bags that we give out to our street homeless. I will be glad to come and pick up any at the churches or compassion if someone has any to donate. Contact Barbara Disney 546-3500, 679-0181, or barbara.disney@knoxcac.org.

 

Join the Knoxville Family Justice Center in helping break the cycle of violence in families! The Knoxville Family Justice Center is always in need of volunteers to greet clients and help in the children’s play area. All volunteers are required to attend a 4-hour training session and undergo a background search.  If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Amy Dilworth, Executive Director (215-6800 or adilworth@fjcknoxville.org).

 

Montgomery Village Baptist Center - Would you like to teach a budget class? Volunteers are needed to teach Making Money Work classes at Montgomery Village Baptist Center.  Classes are held every other Thursday from 1-3 p.m.  For more information, please contact Gina Whitmore at the Compassion Coalition (251-1591 or gina@compassioncoalition.org).

 

Highways & By-Ways Ministry is in need of bottles and/or cases of water and volunteers to hand out the water to the homeless during the day. Additional needs are bug spray and Neosporin, Vienna Sausages, Beenie-Weenies, chili or anything with a pop-top can.  For more information, please contact Preacher Bob at 865)577-3939 or preacherbobburger@yahoo.com. 

 

Lost Sheep Ministry needs volunteers to serve food, set up tables, hand out clothing and pray for the homeless each Wednesday evening. Volunteers are also needed to serve food and share God’s love with the at-risk youth every Saturday night in the Old City.  Kitchen volunteers are needed to prepare meals, sort clothing, inventory supplies and organize donations.  Office volunteers are needed to assist with office duties, answering phones and administrative tasks. Donations of copy paper, laser. For more information, contact Lost Sheep Ministries at 688-2033. Read Knoxville News Sentinel article about this ministry.

 

Knoxville Leadership Foundation

  • Please pray for the work of KLF.

Call 524-2774 or email questions@klf.org if you are interested in volunteering.

 

Compassion Coalition Volunteers needed:

  • Clearing House needs volunteers to screen requests for assistance, refer to agencies, and connect with a network of participating churches.
  • Phone receptionist
  • Database support
  • Furniture Ministry needs volunteers to assist with calls, warehouse and delivery help

To request a volunteer applications or get more information, please contact Gina Whitmore (251-1591 ext. 222 or gina@compassioncoalition.org).

Restoration House of East Tennessee is currently recruiting individuals and whole families interested in mentoring single mothers and their children. TRH is in need of a group of 8-12 mentors to begin serving in April/May. If you are interested in this opportunity please visit the website at www.therestorationhouse.net to learn more about volunteering as a mentor. TRH is also seeking churches willing to post the need for mentors in their newsletter and/or bulletins. If you need additional information, please contact Mandy Watson, Program Coordinator, at (865) 406-0168 or mandy@therestorationhouse.net.


The Amachi Program is a program which provides mentors for children of prisoners in our area.  The word Amachi is a Nigerian word which means “Who knows what God has brought us through this child?”  We are always in need of caring adults, age 19 and older, who would be willing to spend one hour a week for one year being a special friend (mentor) to a child of a prisoner.  There are over 800 of these children in the Knoxville area and the results which have come from these children having mentors is amazing.  If there is anyone interested is helping to make a real difference in the life of a child and has just one hour a week to spend doing it, please call Linda Williams at (865) 524-2774 X103, or e-mail to lwilliams@klf.org.


Lonsdale Elementary Big Brother Big Sister Program

Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee (BBBS) provides children support, guidance, friendship and fun by matching them with positive adult role models. We have been serving the community for more than three decades. Bigs and Littles have fun together and create memories that last a lifetime- we call it “Little Moments...Big Magic.”

Research points to a powerful lasting impact on the lives of young people who are mentored. Children that have a Big Brother or Sister are:
- 52% less likely to skip school
- 46% less likely to begin using illegal drugs
- Less likely to use violence
- More likely to get along with family and peers

You can add a little magic to your life by volunteering as a school-based mentor at Lonsdale Elementary. It only takes 30 minutes to an hour a week to make a BIG difference. Call today...because it’s not about telling children how to live, it’s about showing them. For more information contact Kara Finger at Big Brothers Big Sisters (523-2179 ext. 14) or Susan Bryant, Campus Manager at Lonsdale Elementary (300-1584).

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