LOCAL MINISTRIES TO CHILDREN & STUDENTS
BACKPACK BUDDIES Provides weekend meals for students in need in our community.
Description: Backpack Buddies is a ministry of Church at The Mill that provides weekend food bags for underprivileged children in local elementary schools. Volunteers meet each week to pack and prepare bags that are then delivered to local elementary schools for distribution. Specific food donations are accepted.
Relationship Coordinator: Position available
Key: Background check, Adults Only, weekdays, evening
Specific serving opportunities: Wednesdays, 6-7 PM at CATM, Assist 1st - 3rd graders with packing bags.
CAROLINA PREGNANCY CENTER Helps to preserve life by ministering to mothers, babies, and families through counseling and education
Description: Carolina Pregnancy Center provides pregnancy services to clients in Spartanburg, South Carolina. They minister to women, men and families who are considering or going through abortion, adoption and parenting. They also offer services and mentorship programs for Dads through their Dad to Dad program. Grief consultations are also offered for those who have experienced miscarriage or previous abortions.
https://carolinapregnancy.org/
Relationship Coordinator: Shannan Manly
Key: Adults, Additional Training Required, days and times vary
Specific Serving Opportunities: Daily opportunities, Morning & Evening; Donations accepted, cleaning and organizing, counseling opportunities.
CRU Reaches students on college campuses with the Gospel and helps them grow through discipleship
Description: Our mission on the college campus is two-fold: we want every student to hear about the life-changing news of Jesus Christ, and we want to help students grow in their relationship with Him. Our vision is that every student and faculty member in the Upstate of South Carolina would be exposed to the Gospel and equipped to impact their world for Christ. To do this, we help students and faculty build spiritual movements on their campus which last long after they are gone.
Relationship Coordinator: Joel & Rebecca Chrisfield
Key: Family Friendly, days and times vary
Specific serving opportunities: Serving students on retreats and special on-campus events. Hosting groups of students in your homes for events and Bible studies. There are weekly discipleship and Bible study opportunities.
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES (FCA) Engages coaches and athletes to grow in their faith and sport
Description: Our mission is to lead every coach and athlete into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and His church. Our relationships will demonstrate steadfast commitment to Jesus Christ and His Word through Integrity, Serving, Teamwork and Excellence.
Relationship Coordinator: Kyle Henry
Key: Background check required, dates and time vary
Specific serving opportunities: Serving with sports events and camps as needed. Character coaches needed throughout the year.
GOOD NEWS CLUB Bears a loving Gospel witness to children at local schools
Description: Good News Club is a ministry that is part of Child Evangelism Fellowship here in the Upstate. They host fun, evangelistic, after-school Bible clubs that meet once per week on the campuses of public elementary schools in our community.
http://www.cefspartanburg.com/good-news-club.html
Relationship Coordinator: Hailey Dill
Key: Background check, Adults, week days(Mondays only), afternoon
Specific serving opportunities: Adults are needed to help serve with carline pick up, leading devotions, playing games and loving on children in local schools during the school year.
HOPE CENTER FOR CHILDREN Takes a stand against child abuse and neglect by counseling, housing, and sponsoring at-risk children
Description: The mission of Hope Center for Children (HCFC) is to build stable, healthy families and to provide children a safe place from abuse and neglect. HCFC is the result of a 2013 merger between two organizations with histories of providing residential care for children in foster care, The Ellen Hines Smith Girls’ Home and the Children’s Shelter of the Upstate.
These two strong organizations merged to form Hope Center for Children, resulting in a pooling of resources to provide a wider continuum of services for children and families in Spartanburg and the surrounding areas. This name captures the heart of each program: providing hope to children and families. Since the merger, HCFC has continued to expand services, and today six cohesive programs fulfill the mission. All six programs use evidence-based and/or evidence-informed models, yielding outstanding annual outcomes.
Relationship Coordinator: Ginger Nichols
Key: Background check, Adults, Additional Training Required, Days and time vary
Specific serving opportunities: Tuesdays, once a month, spanish speakers, men and women.
HOPE REMAINS RANCH Provides counseling for youth, families, and adults through equine therapy
Description: Hope Remains Ranch provides counseling, therapy sessions, and Biblical-based mentorship through equine therapy. They serve local children, adults, and families to focus on healing with trauma resolution and marriage & family counseling. They also focus on various behavioral diagnoses including but not limited to ADHD, ADD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder; Anxiety; Depression; Resilience training, and PTSD.
Relationship Coordinator: Vacant
Key: Background check, additional training required, Weekdays, Weekends, Times vary
Specific serving opportunities: Ranch care work, mentorship, leading Bible studies for children, Equine care, woodshop, special projects
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD Loving children in other countries by simply packing shoeboxes filled with gifts, love, and the Gospel
Description: The mission of Operation Christmas Child is to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to children in need around the world. Through this project, Samaritan’s Purse partners with the local church worldwide to share the Good News of Jesus Christ and make disciples of the nations. Shoebox recipients also have the opportunity to enroll in a 12-lesson discipleship program, The Greatest Journey, where they learn how to follow Christ and share Him with others.
https://www.samaritanspurse.org/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/
Relationship Coordinator: Ashlee Mahoney
Key: Family Friendly, Days and times vary
Specific serving opportunities: Donations, organizing, leading teams, October - November.
SIDEWALK HOPE Creating positive change in the lives of children in the heart of our city and the communities in which they live through the hope of Jesus Christ
Description: Sidewalk Hope is a mobile children’s church making weekly, year-round visits to low-income housing developments within the inner-city of Spartanburg, SC. Using a modified box truck with a drop-down side that converts into a stage and complete with media needs, Sidewalk Hope takes the gospel of Christ to children directly where they live. Each visit consists of praise and worship, Biblical teaching, scripture memory, games, incentives, a meal or healthy snack, and individual or group prayer time. Sidewalk Hope currently serves 200-250 children per week and is currently the only organization of its kind in the Spartanburg community.
Relationship Coordinator: Vacant
Key: Family, Weekdays & weekends, times vary
Specific serving opportunities: Mentorship and Bible studies with inner-city children.
LOCAL MINISTRIES TO ADULTS
FOSTER AND ADOPTION CARE TEAM (FACT) Provides care and support for families who are fostering or adopting or starting the process.
Description: The vision of our ministry called FACT (Foster & Adoption Care Team) is to provide support and encouragement to church members who are currently involved in foster care or adoption or desire to start the process. FACT also provides on-ramps to individuals, families, and small groups to support foster and adoptive families.
https://central.churchatthemill.com/factministry/
Relationship Coordinator: Jenny Howard
Key: Background Check, Family Friendly, Additional Training Required, Weekly, Weekends, various times
Specific serving opportunities: Volunteers for childcare during our date nights. Groups of people to be a part of a Community Care Group to support one foster family. If serving in a Community Care Group within FACT, the volunteer will need to attend a short training provided.
GREATER SPARTANBURG MINISTRIES Provides food boxes for the hungry, discount clothing through their thrift store and emergency financial assistance with utilities
Description: Greater Spartanburg Ministries (GSM) is a faith-based organization that's dedicated to helping those in need in our local community. Through our Care Ministries and sharing the Word of God, we strive to meet the needs of those less fortunate through the food pantry, thrift store, utility bill assistance and the Gospel.
http://www.greaterspartanburgministries.org/
Relationship Coordinator: Vacant
Key: Family friendly, weekdays and weekends, morning and evening
Specific serving opportunities: Donations would be monetary and canned goods. GSM is always looking for volunteers in the thrift store as well. If packing boxes, Saturday mornings. If working in the thrift store, any time GSM is open.
HIS STOREHOUSE Embraces our neighbors in need with caring relationships by providing household care bags
Description: His Storehouse is a ministry of Church at The Mill that embraces neighbors in need with caring relationships by providing household care bags filled with cleaning products, hygiene products, paper products, and more. Neighbors in need are those in our community who do not have access to life’s daily necessities. You do not realize how much your common everyday items cost until you are struggling to make ends meet.
Although we meet physical needs, our desire is to develop holistic relationships through which we can minister to our neighbors physically, spiritually, and emotionally. We also want to utilize this ministry to bring awareness to the poverty levels and the needs of the people in our own community.
https://central.churchatthemill.com/his-storehouse/
Relationship Coordinator: Tammi Harrison
Key: Family Friendly, Tuesday/Wednesday mornings, as needed
Specific serving opportunities: Embracing our neighbors in need by building a one-on-one relationship with them. Donations of household & personal goods.
JUMPSTART Ministers to prisoners inside and out, including social reintegration and mentorship
Description: In cooperation with our donors, churches and the community, JUMPSTART disciples current and former prisoners and assists with re-entry to society. We accomplish our mission through Community Partnerships to address the spiritual, educational, employment, healthcare, housing, and family relationship needs.
https://www.jumpstartvision.org/
Relationship Coordinator: Vacant
Key: Additional Training Required, Days and Times vary
Specific serving opportunities: Monetary donations are always welcome. Additionally, they are always in need of people to step up and be mentors to those who are in the program. Additional Discipleship training is required to be a mentor.
MIRACLE HILL Serves the homeless in Spartanburg County by housing, counseling, and rehabilitation
Description: Spartanburg Rescue Mission is an emergency shelter that serves a multitude of people experiencing homelessness, including men, women and mothers with children. Housed in separate wings, individuals receive the basic needs of shelter, food and clothing along with counseling, educational opportunities and discipleship. In partnership with local volunteers from the medical and dental fields, a free on-site medical clinic provides services once a month for our guests and individuals from the community.
https://miraclehill.org/shelters/spartanburg-rescue-mission/
Relationship Coordinator: Bobby Pannell
Key: Family friendly, weekends, morning
Specific serving opportunities: Purchase and serve breakfast on Saturday mornings, host Bible studies and other duties as needed.
MOBILE MEALS Delivers a hot meal along with love, compassion and hope to the homebound.
Description: Each weekday approximately 150 generous members of our community dedicate their time to deliver a nutritious, hot meal to approximately 1,500 of our frail and homebound neighbors throughout Spartanburg County. Mobile Meals is much more than a meal. We provide nourishment for the mind, body and soul. Mobile Meals delivers love, compassion and hope to those in need.
Relationship Coordinator: Keri Rowland
Key: Family, Weekdays, Times vary
Specific serving opportunities: Delivering meals on routes in Spartanburg and the surrounding areas
SC BAPTIST DISASTER RELIEF Helps others near and far who have experienced a disaster in their lives
Description: Baptist Disaster Relief strives to bring help, hope, and healing after a crisis. With 12 different ways to serve, there’s a place for everyone and every church. Disaster Relief units in South Carolina include chaplaincy, sheltering, children’s response, communications, assessment, fire recovery, incident management, chainsaw units, mass feeding, flood recovery, rebuilding and more.
https://www.scbaptist.org/disasterrelief/
Relationship Coordinator: Position available
Key: Adult, During disasters- can be anytime, requires training and background check
Specific serving opportunities: Admin, chainsaw, mudout, food service, shower trucks, childcare.
LOCAL MINISTRIES TO DIASPORA
ENGLISH CROSSING Teaches English as a second language as a platform to share the Gospel with internationals
Description: As a faith based ministry, we exist to build trusting, long term relationships with local internationals through the platform of teaching English in order to reach and disciple them with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
We offer free weekly adult beginner, intermediate, and advanced English classes as well as free childcare and homework help for their children at multiple locations in Spartanburg. Classes are offered weekly during the school year and bible study is available during the summer months for those that want to learn more about Jesus Christ.
English Crossing is staffed by trained, skilled, and compassionate volunteers. Many of our teachers currently teach in another setting, are retired from the teaching profession, or have taught abroad. Our childcare workers have a heart for children and all have a cleared background check.
With thousands of international neighbors here in the Upstate of South Carolina, there are many ways you can be on mission with us!
https://hopepoint.org/global-missions/regions/north-america/english-crossing/
Relationship Coordinator: Position available
Key: Background check, adults, Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday, morning and evening
Specific serving opportunities: English Crossing holds classes on Monday and Tuesday evenings and Wednesday mornings. English Crossing does allow teenagers to help with child care.
ETHNIC OUTREACH: EAST ASIAN CHURCH, INDIAN OUTREACH, LAOTIAN OUTREACH A ministry that reaches the nations in our local community.
Description: The outreach includes visiting restaurants, markets, quick stops, and the camp croft area to build relationships with the people of the different ethnic groups and religious beliefs we serve and share the Gospel. Outreach events and Bible studies are utilized as tools to build those relationships and to learn more about the people.
Relationship Coordinator: Walter Ludwick
Key: Family Friendly, Times and Days vary
Specific Serving Opportunities: We need people to pray for & evangelize in the Chinese, Indian and Laotian, Philippine communities.
WORLD RELIEF Serves refugee families through their placement transition
Description: Many refugees flee their country seeking asylum from threats to their well-being and safety, which is not an easy choice to make. Most are empty-handed with no place to live and often no money to feed themselves or their families. World Relief Upstate assists individuals and their families as they face a new reality by providing gospel-centered assistance to help them meet their needs such as housing, transportation, employment assistance, mental health support, and more.
Key: Background check, Additional Training Required, family friendly, time and dates vary
Specific Serving Opportunities: Join our Good Neighbor team and assist refugee families in their transition from their home country to America.
If you would like to serve with one of these ministries or have questions, please email Ashlee Mahoney at ashlee@churchatthemill.com