✦ Local Outreach
Love our neighbors. Show up with hope.
Love takes us beyond Sunday and beyond our walls. We want to go where Jesus would go, meet real needs, and walk alongside our neighbors. Here are some of the ways we put that love into practice.
✦ Church on the inside. Family on the outside.
Journey Deer Ridge Campus
In 2023, God opened a door for Journey to launch a campus at Deer Ridge Correctional Institution. What began as an opportunity to bring the hope of Jesus behind prison walls has grown into a thriving church community with weekend services, ROOTED groups, and meaningful relationships that extend beyond incarceration.
Our heart is to ensure that when someone walks out of prison, they have been transformed by Jesus and they don’t walk alone. We want every person to have a church family ready to welcome them, walk alongside them, and support them as they step into a new chapter of life and continue growing in their relationship with Jesus.
✦ Love that shows up
Guerrilla Love
Surprise someone with love when they least expect it. That is the heart of Guerrilla Love. We don’t have to wait until we have every resource or a perfect plan to make a difference.
A small act of kindness. A practical need met. A willing heart. We put the ways of Jesus into practice with what we have, because God loved us first (1 John 4:19). Have someone in mind or an idea to share? Let’s talk.
✦ Our partners
People we love.
Work we believe in.
✦ Protecting freedom
Guardian Group
Every person is worth fighting for.
Guardian Group works to prevent and disrupt the sex trafficking of women and children in the United States. Founded by Jeff Keith in 2010, the organization brings skilled analysts and trained volunteers together to identify victims online and provide leads to law enforcement at no cost.
Through Project 1591, volunteers put their research skills to work in support of that mission. We’re grateful for people willing to do this difficult, often unseen work.
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✦ A place to call home
Furnish Hope
A fresh start needs somewhere to land.
A bed to sleep in. A table to gather around. The everyday things that help a house feel like home. Furnish Hope provides furniture and household essentials to people in need across Central Oregon.
Working with referring agencies, donors, and volunteers, this local furniture bank helps neighbors settle into their homes with comfort and dignity. A piece of furniture. A few hours. A willing pair of hands. There are practical ways to be part of that welcome.
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✦ Shelter. Care. Community.
Shepherd’s House
Hope can begin with an open door.
Shepherd’s House Ministries walks alongside people experiencing homelessness and hardship in Central Oregon. Through meals, shelter, recovery programs, and ongoing support, the team helps people find safety and take steps toward a more stable life.
At the heart of this work are relationships: someone to listen, a community to belong to, and people willing to keep showing up. We love seeing that kind of care take root in our region.
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✦ Recovery in Central Oregon
Adult & Teen Challenge
A life can take a new direction.
The Central Oregon campus in Bend offers men a residential recovery program centered on Jesus, discipleship, and lasting life change. Daily community, practical training, and spiritual growth are part of the work of rebuilding.
Adult & Teen Challenge also offers Life Renewal outpatient groups. Their team can help people and families understand the available programs and take the next step toward support.
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