You can volunteer your time and gifts in many ways with Lost Sheep Ministry. The Under the Bridge (UTB) ministry is only one of the many opportunities to serve Knoxville’s homeless population. There’s a lot of prep work and volunteer opportunities that happen on a weekly basis to make this ministry a success. Your help by way of volunteering is crucial to this ministry and we’d love to have you partner with us in the work that we’re doing to serve those in need.
Find out about all of the current Volunteer Opportunities at Lost Sheep Ministry.
Once you’ve found an opportunity that you’d like to volunteer in, please visit our Volunteer Application page, where you can download a PDF of our Orientation Packet and Volunteer Application.
Why You Should Partner With Lost Sheep
Partnership is something the Apostle Paul understood was necessary if the Kingdom of God was going to advance effectively. Consider what he says to the Philippians, in chapter 4 and verses 15-20:
And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only. Even in Thessalonica you sent me help for my needs once and again. Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit. I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God. And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Notice that Partnership involves both giving and receiving. When you decide to partner with Maxine Raines and the Lost Sheep Ministry, you create the opportunity for three things to happen:
- You are given “fruit that increases to your credit.” In other words, a deposit is made in your heavenly account that rust and moths cannot harm, nor can thieves break in to steal it.
- God supplies every need that you have as a result of your meeting someone else’s need. You “reap what you sow.”
- God receives glory on account of your gift and your partner’s ministry.
Partnership is not just about giving. It is about joining together to extend the Kingdom of God on this earth. It is about working together so that God receives the glory that is due His Name.
We ask you to consider prayerfully, partnering with us as we reach out to the homeless, the hurting, and the precious youth of our city who face dangers each and every day. Your gift enables us to demonstrate and to proclaim the gospel of Jesus to people who are so often overlooked.