Local Missions Newsletter

"A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, but when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, they withered away. Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear. " - Matthew 13: 3-9

May the Gospel grow in your community this May. We encourage you to keep on engaging with your neighbors, friends, and family and to continue to spread the hope of the Gospel. We see in the parable of the sower, that the sower went out and threw seeds along four different soils. The sower was obedient to share the Gospel on all the different soils and we encourage you to do the same. Let us pray that the Gospel may take root.

Hope for the Journey
Continues May 1, 8, & 15. More info available HERE.

May 5: Care Communities Lunch & Learn
Adoption and Foster Care ministry is growing rapidly at JF, and we are excited to be launching Care Communities. JF Care Communities are designed to provide tangible care, support, and encouragement to families engaged in fostering and adoption. We will be having a Care Communities Lunch and Learn on Sunday, May 5 @ 11:30 in Room 105 for anyone interested in learning more about this ministry. Please make plans to join us and learn how you can utilize the gifts and talents the Lord has blessed you with to serve these families! For more info, click here.

Cobb DFCS Foster Parent Appreciation Event:
Help celebrate Foster Parents in Cobb County by contributing needed items needs for the Cobb DFCS Foster Parent Appreciation Event by checking out items on their Amazon Wish List.

Interested in learning more about Adoption & Foster Care Ministry at JF? Check out johnsonferry.org/afc

Summer Lunches are back!

We will be decorating bags, packing lunches, and delivering them to our friends in the apartment complexes off of Delk Road this summer. Check out the Sign Up for times & dates when you can serve with your people! Monetary donations can be made online or by check designated to Summer Lunches 

Help Teens in Foster Care Celebrate High School Graduation
Cobb DFCS is celebrating with 20 teens who have overcome many obstacles to graduate high school by GED or diploma this spring, and they need your help! Amazon, Target, Walmart, and Visa gift cards are being collected to provide graduation gifts and to help provide for these teens as they take next steps into adulthood. Please consider joining in the celebration by sending a gift card to:

Cobb DFCS 
Attention: Samantha Hassler (Graduation)
1090 Northchase Parkway SE
Suite 200
Marietta, GA 30067

Wellspring Living
Wellspring Living provides domestic sex trafficking victims and those are risk (ages 12+) with comprehensive, trauma-informed, victim-centered recovery services through residential programs, community-based programs, and graduate services. There are several ways to volunteer with Wellspring Living, such as: working at one of their retail stores, doing a group serve day or box buddy group project with your people.

Their retail stores in Duluth & Peachtree City are not just a revenue source for our restoration programs, but also a hub for communities to engage with our work and be a part of the solution to help restore lives. They are in need of volunteers to assist with tagging and steaming clothing, organizing donations, and providing great customer service in their retail stores. To get started, click HERE
Check out their website to learn more. 

Check out some of our Local Partners that you can serve with year-round.  You can click each name and it will take you to each organizations volunteer opportunity page. 

Wellspring Living

Storehouse Ministries

Atlanta Mission

First Care Women's Clinic

Good Sam Cobb

The Table on Delk

MUST Ministries

Check out the list below of trips that you could go on in 2024. It's amazing how God takes our "yes" and turns that small act of obedience into something life changing. As you read through the trips below, take some time to be praying about how you can be a part of what God is doing around the world. We will be adding trips throughout the year, check out the JF Website to learn more and register for a trip today! 

Greece: August 31- September 9 | The team will be working with AMG and local churches in Athens to host a sports camp. They will be using sports as a platform to build relationships to share the gospel as well as encourage and disciple believers. 

Tanzania: September 9-19 | The team will be working with e3 Partners using Community Transformation as a bridge to enter unreached villages to open doors for gospel conversations and discipleship. 

Ecuador: September 20-29 | The team will be serving through VBS, family bible studies, and working with local churches.

Japan: October 2-11 | The team will work alongside an IMB team working with the local church to do discipleship training and local outreach. 

Japan: October 10-20 | The team will work with Sent Ones to support the local church through a sports day, prayer walks, and sharing the gospel with locals.

Sevierville, TN : October 25-27 | The team will be assisting with landscape maintenance and light construction projects at Wears Valley Ranch.