16-03-2025
Volunteers spend the weekend renovating local outreach center
JOPLIN, Mo. — Members of Joplin's James River Church spend their Saturday serving a local organization.
Today, about twenty volunteers spent their Saturday renovating one of Watered Gardens facilities.
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The church calls it 'Saturday Serve,' an opportunity to give back to their community.
The Forge serves as a ministry, outreach center, and overnight shelter for men offering a support program centered on virtue and work.
Church volunteers tackled several projects, like deep cleaning, power-washing, and painting.
'It's huge for the people of James, for our volunteers to come together for projects like this. That's one of the great things about James River is we have amazing volunteers who love to serve not only in the church, but in the community,' said Justin Jahanshir, James River Church Joplin Campus Pastor.
'We exist to serve the church and its mission to help the poor, so we're looking for ways the church can come and that's what James River has responded,' said Dana Bunn, Watered Gardens Group Project Coordinator.
These renovations are designed to improve the environment for the shelter's guests.
James River Church's next 'Saturday Serve' will be on Easter weekend.
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