Local Outreach
Serve in Our Community
There are many needs within our community. Thus, we’ve chosen to come alongside several local ministry partners, all of whom are gospel-centered, discipleship-oriented, and near our church campuses. These partnerships allow us to invest in those areas of our community that have the greatest needs. We also recognize that many within our body are impoverished relationally, with little diversity across ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds. These diverse relationships allow us to see and more fully experience the beauty and goodness of God and his creation.
Local Partners
Over time, we have developed relationships with local Gospel-centered organizations we trust, and with whose vision we find alignment. With some of these organizations, we help financially to assist them in accomplishing their mission. With others, we encourage our people to serve and give their lives away in the name of Christ, providing each of us with opportunities to live “on mission” in our community.
Men of Valor
Men of Valor is committed to bringing men in prison to Jesus Christ, disciple them, and equip them to reenter society as men of integrity – becoming givers to the community rather than takers.
Current Service Opportunities:
- Discipleship Leader: lead a weekly discipleship group on Thursday evenings at 5PM
- Mentor: walk alongside a man in the discipleship program, meeting at various times/places.
PATH United
PATH United is a faith-based ministry in Franklin – exclusively serving Latino students (K-12th grade) and families in the Franklin Estates community. PATH’s goals are to share God’s love with each student, so they know God loves them and created them on purpose and for a purpose.
Current Service Opportunities:
- After school volunteers Monday – Thursday
- Volunteer help with administrative tasks
- Volunteer help with general facility tasks
- Volunteers with various ongoing special events such reading challenge, community wide Easter Egg Hunt, Pack-a-Snack and more!
Star Ministries Food Pantry
Star ministries in the Chestnut Hill Neighborhood of Nashville serving primarily African American and Hispanic families in need of food, reaching people as far away as Goodlettsville and Murfreesboro.
Current Service Opportunities:
- Drive-thru food distribution on the third Monday of every month
- Volunteers needed from 10AM-2PM to set up tables, signs, pallets and boxes; sort pallets of food from the deliver; fill boxes and reusable shopping bags with food; load food into vehicles; clean up boxes/trash.
- Need for Spanish speaking volunteers
All Nations Soccer Club
People from different backgrounds gather to play pick-up soccer, bringing immigrants and others in different parts of the community together. While playing soccer, this space allows participants to be intentional in building relationships and ideally create opportunity to share the gospel and make disciples, leading others to find wholehearted life in Jesus.
Current Service Opportunities:
Thursdays and Sundays, times vary according to season.
- Play soccer
- Provide refreshments and snacks for players
- Increase hospitality and build relationships with players and spectators
“I Was Hungry” Garden Ministry
A couple in our body, Paul and Melanie Campanis, operate a prolific community garden growing nutrient dense food to feed and care for the people right in our backyard.
God’s provision and abundance are on display in these fertile gardens and orchards.
There are three components to these efforts. First is to supply local charities with fresh produce for distribution to the poor. Second, to provide nutrient dense food for the sick. This is generally at the recommendation of their medical team in order to support ones immune system. Finally to grow flowers for distribution to local senior care homes. The many widows in these homes are greatly blessed by the regular receipt of fresh flowers.
Current Service Opportunities:
Every Saturday at 9:00am, other times can be arranged directly by appointment. Community groups and ministries are welcome at a coordinated time.
- Volunteer help with planting, watering, weeding, fertilizing, and harvesting a variety of foods in the garden
- Volunteer help with distributing food throughout the community
I-FAM (International Family)
I-FAM, a ministry of The Navigators, ministers to international students at Nashville area universities by welcoming them and creating a community for them to connect, explore the campus and city, learn to lead and help each other to grow emotionally, socially, and spiritually through a Christian perspective.
Current Service Opportunities:
- Picking up new international students from the airport
- Serve at biweekly ‘Dinner and Discussions’ on Vanderbilt University’s campus
- Host meals for international students
- Attend or provide rides to off-campus events
New Hope Academy
New Hope Academy is a Christ-centered community school with an economically, racially and culturally diverse student body. It exists to serve low-income families by establishing a solid biblical worldview, instilling vision, confirming hope and preparing each young person for a life of service.
Current Service Opportunities:
- Serve lunch daily (2 volunteers)
- Read during storytime to younger students
- Volunteer as a substitute teacher
- Volunteer to help with facility/maintenance projects
- Mentor students
Young Life
Young Life’s mission to introduce high school kids to Jesus Christ and help them grow in their faith is achieved by caring adults taking the time to enter the world of high school kids, building relationships, earning trust, and sharing the great news about a God who loves them. They particularly have a heart for kids who are disinterested in God or disconnected from him which fuels their deep conviction that every kid has a right to hear the good news of Jesus from someone they trust.
Current Service Opportunities:
- Become a Young Life Leader
- Serve on the Young Life Board or a Young Life School Committee
- Provide gifts, encouragement, or prayer to a Young Life Volunteer Leader
Barefoot Republic
Barefoot Republic's mission to facilitate Christ-centered relationships between individuals from diverse racial, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds through an equally diverse platform of artistic, athletic and team-building programs.
Current Service Opportunities:
Monday–Friday from 4:00pm–6:00pm
- Volunteer as an Instructor or assistant to help with after school programs—Making of the Band, ballet, vocals, piano, film, stomp, basketball, soccer, and flag football.
- Childcare assistance
Every other Tuesday from 7:00pm–8:30pm
- Musicians, engineers, and AV techs to support worship nights
Other opportunities include:
- Yoga, dance, barre, or pilates instructors—1-2 hours/week between 7am-7pm
- Admin, marketing, videography, social media, and accounting volunteers
El Shaddai Christian Church
A missional, Spanish-speaking church located in the Brentwood area, El Shaddai Christian Church consists of over 300 members from 16 different nationalities, primarily from Latin American countries. Fellowship is partnering with El Shaddai and their vision to reach the growing Spanish-speaking community and equip leaders to make disciples for the Kingdom both here and abroad.
Current Service Opportunities:
Thursdays from 7:00pm-9:00pm
- Volunteer as an ESL Teacher—curriculum is provided, and no teaching experience is needed. Spanish is helpful but not necessary.
Light of the World Club
Light of the World Club's mission is to empower families in Myanmar (Burma) through education and spiritual discipleship by teaching children English and the Bible through weekly Zoom classes.
Current Service Opportunities:
- Teaching opportunities—2-3 hours/week
- Assist with curriculum development, event planning, or writing quarterly blogs
- Financial sponsors for Burmese students pursing college education
Servant Group International
Servant Group International strives to create programs that help Nashville area Christians meet their Muslim neighbors, form friendships and share the hope and love of Christ.
Current Service Opportunities:
- Women's English Classes—Monday and Wednesdays from 10:30am–12:00pm
- Sewing Classes—Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday
Siloam Health Center
Siloam’s mission is to share the love of Christ by serving those in need through health care. Siloam serves the uninsured and undeserved, and their patients come from more than 80 countries and speak over 50 languages. Siloam also serves the immigrant community through Community Health efforts.
Current Service Opportunities:
- Volunteer nurses
- Interpreters (Arabic or Spanish)
- Nashville Neighbors teams: Groups walking alongside a refugee family for 6 months
- Collection drives for over-the-counter medications, hygiene products, first aid kits and other essentials
FrankTown Open Hearts
FrankTown Open Hearts is a Christ-centered ministry whose goal is to bring physical and spiritual hope to low-income youth within the Franklin community by instilling in them critical life skills. We provide academic assistance, mentoring, recreation and spiritual growth opportunities for K-12th grade in the form of weekly educational and vocational classes.
Current Service Opportunities:
- Weekly tutoring
- Teach a class—Wednesday evenings
- Provide a meal for students
- Donate supplies for programming
Athletes in Action
Athletes in Action are trusting God to see college athletes’ lives transformed by the power of the Gospel through life-changing discipleship.
Current Service Opportunities:
- Discipleship opportunities
- Provide a meal at weekly meetings
United4Hope
United4Hope is the education initiative of Operation Andrew Group. They connect churches to public schools to see our students thrive and our communities transformed.
Current Service Opportunities:
- Student Achievement – literacy programs, tutoring, lunch buddies
- Staff Encouragement – proctor tests, classroom aide, food on in-service days
- Family Engagement – fall festival, family fun, night meals
- In-Kind Contributions – classroom supplies, uniforms & clothing
Faithfully Restored
Through hope in Jesus, Faithfully Restored lifts up women who need care, encouragement and community.
Current Service Opportunities:
- Assemble individual and community care packages
- Write notes to women needing encouragement and care
ThriftSMART
ThriftSmart exists to create jobs, serve underserved families with an affordable shopping experience for clothing and all household goods, while giving 100% of profits to four local charities.
Current Service Opportunities:
- Super Sorter – process and sort donated goods
- “Hang Ten” clothes hanger – hang clothes in preparation for pricing
- Heavy Lifter – help with furniture positioning and sales
- Dressing Room volunteer – help customers at dressing room, rehang garments
- Colorization/sizing specialist – organize clothing racks
Give to Local
Your giving makes a difference! Because of the generosity of Fellowship givers, we have contributed over 15 million dollars to our partners, supporting the training of leaders, the education and feeding of children, the planting of churches, and the broad reach of the gospel message here and around the globe!
