LOCAL OUTREACH
We love our communities and we are committed to serving them the best that we can. We believe in engaging in our communities to help meet needs, whether they are spiritual or physical. We have local opportunities for your entire family to reach out and give back to amazing local non-profit partners, and those in need right now! Get out, start a conversation, share the love of Jesus!
Community Partners
Looking for more information about some of our local partners? Here are a few of the local non-profit organizations we love and support regularly. We encourage you to contact them directly or join us in our mission to reach and serve locally.
Rising Above
Rising Above is a ministry that works with families of special needs children. Their mission is to bring the love of God and hope of Christ to families through encouragement, community, and support. They sponsor several events each year that require volunteers.
UPPER CUMBERLAND Habitat for Humanity
Habitat For Humanity provides affordable housing to qualifying families. They are a Christian organization that relies on the help of volunteers and donors to help offset the cost of the homes.
Cookeville Rescue Mission
For 38 years, the nonprofit Cookeville Rescue Mission has provided emergency, temporary shelter for the homeless. Offering two residential buildings plus a chapel, general store, salon and dental clinic, the Rescue Mission offers assistance lasting from three to 30 days.
Cookeville Pregnancy Clinic
Cookeville Pregnancy Clinic is a free medical clinic providing confidential services. They offer ultrasounds, pregnancy tests, SRTI/STD testing and treatment, post abortion support, parent education, peer counseling, and material assistance.
Mustard Seed Ranch
Mustard Seed Ranch (MSR) is an interdenominational Christian ministry serving children who have been neglected, abused, orphaned or are in need of a loving family environment.
food To the Rescue
Food to the Rescue was birthed after learning there were children who do not eat while on school breaks. The Christian organization is comprised of local churches, business, and citizens of Putnam and Overton Counties working together to make sure no child in the community is hungry.
Next Steps for Life
The mission of Next Step for Life is providing a home to adults who gain freedom from life controlling issues through Christian discipleship, finding purpose and identity in Christ. They have a men’s home and a women’s home where students live for a year or more of teaching, work study and support in transitioning into independence. Call (931)-400-0316 for more information or click the button below to get involved.
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
The vision of FCA is to see the world transformed by Jesus Christ through the influence of coaches and athletes. The mission of FCA is to lead every coach and athlete into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and His church. Life Church supports FCA throughout schools in the Upper Cumberland.
Heart of the Cumberland
The mission of Heart of the Cumberland is to bring hope and healing to grieving children, teens, and adults by providing peer support groups to those on a journey through grief. Their peer support groups are offered in the community as well as in Putnam County School BEST Groups. All services are provided free of charge.
Helping Hands
Helping Hands of Putnam County has been dedicated to supporting our community by providing essential services to those in need for almost 50 years. Our efforts would not be possible without the dedication and support of volunteers.
We are currently seeking volunteers to assist us with various tasks. The available shifts are Monday through Friday, 9 AM - 12 PM and 1 PM - 3 PM, with the exception of Wednesday, when the shift is only from 9 AM - 12 PM.
This IS LIVING MINISTRIES
This is Living Ministries is committed to restoring women through the transformative power of the Gospel. Their reentry program brings females out of incarceration discipling them with Biblical principals to break strongholds and allow them to overcome daunting obstacles.
Upper Cumberland Foster Closet
Upper Cumberland Foster Closer acts as a resource for foster families who can quickly visit upon receiving a placement and get items children need such as: clothing, shoes, carseats, and other basic needs, free of charge. Through the generous donation of these items from our local community, foster families will be able to use their own resources in other ways while the children are in their homes.
YOUNG LIFE
Young Life is a Christian ministry that reaches out to middle school, high school, and college students in all 50 of the United States and in more than 100 countries around the world.
deeper still upper cumberland
Our mission is to bring healing and lasting freedom to men and women with abortion wounded hearts. If you have experienced abortion, we want you to know you are not alone.
Lighthouse christian camp
Lighthouse Christian Camp, Inc., is dedicated to helping under-resourced, disadvantaged and often needy children. The purpose of the camp is to provide an enjoyable, exciting, enriching, quality outdoor experience, where they learn of God the Creator and are afforded an opportunity to come to a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Magnolia Foundation
The Magnolia Foundation exists to support and assist families in emotional, spiritual, and financial ways as they grieve the loss of a child.