The purpose of our outreach programs is to be the "hands of Christ."

As Christ-followers, we believe it's our responsibility to take care of people the way Christ would have. In fact, it's a commandment that we love our neighbors as ourselves (Mark 12:31).

For that reason, we work to support the members of our community and beyond, serving through projects such as our Feed the Kids Program, youth mission trips, disaster relief, and organizing food drives for our community food pantries. If you're looking for a true experience outside a worship service or study group, getting engaged in our outreach ministries is a great next step for you.

Serving Our Community

Our Labor for your Neighbor Team along with our Senior High Youth reach out to neighbors in our community by making home repairs, doing yard work, and building wheelchair ramps for those in need. Please contact Sandy Merrill if you'd like to become a part of the team.

Feed the Kids

There are more under-resourced kiddos in the Freeburg community than you can imagine. These children qualify for free breakfast and lunch at school. It’s a wonderful program, except for days when there’s no school. Journey Church has implemented the “Feed the Kids” program which provides nonperishable breakfast and lunch items for primary school kiddos (grades K-8) to take home in their backpacks for the weekend. Bags of food are assembled every Sunday at Journey and are taken to the school to be distributed to the students on Fridays. If you’d like to give us a hand, we’d appreciate your help. During the summer months, the program is expanded to provide additional food.

Youth Mission Trips

Each year our Middle School and Senior High Youth participate in age-appropriate mission trips where they can be of service to others. In 2019 our Junior Youth went on mission to Hammond, Indiana,  and our Senior High Youth went on mission to Knoxville, Tennessee. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020's summer mission trips have been cancelled.