Christian Women's Job Corps
Middle Tennessee
Middle Tennessee
"A hand up, not a hand out...."
Contact Us
Becky Sumrall
Executive Director
Phone: (615) 244-3669
Fax: (615) 244-3696
Madison:
(615) 578-6902
Williamson County:
(615) 977-8908
General Inquiry
Volunteers
Nashville Email
Madison Email
Wmson Cty Email
Mail:
PO Box 22388
Nashville, TN 37202
Directions for:
Nashville
Madison
Williamson County
Becky Sumrall
Executive Director
Phone: (615) 244-3669
Fax: (615) 244-3696
Madison:
(615) 578-6902
Williamson County:
(615) 977-8908
General Inquiry
Volunteers
Nashville Email
Madison Email
Wmson Cty Email
Mail:
PO Box 22388
Nashville, TN 37202
Directions for:
Nashville
Madison
Williamson County
Nashville Office Hours
M - Th: 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Fr: 8:30 am - 11:30 am
Madison Office Hours M/Th: 1:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Tu/W/F: 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Williamson Office Hours M - Th 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
M - Th: 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Fr: 8:30 am - 11:30 am
Madison Office Hours M/Th: 1:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Tu/W/F: 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Williamson Office Hours M - Th 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Mission Statement
The Christian Women's Job Corps of Middle Tennessee is one ministry in three locations: Nashville, Madison, and Williamson County. It has been serving working poor women in the Greater Nashville community for over ten years. Its mission is to provide the potential for transformation of body, mind, heart and spirit of the participants and the volunteers who serve them. We are supported by grants, churches, individual donors, and most importantly prayers. Without God's hand in our ministry we would not be able to serve the women we have nor transform the lives we have seen transform.
Purpose
The purpose of Christian Women’s Job Corps is to equip women for life and employment with basic life skills necessary for self-sufficiency, within her culture, which may include: sustained employment; adequate income; housing; transportation; child care; and/or medical care. CWJC provides a loving environment where self-image can be restored and a place where women can develop life skills, set personal, educational and career goals and discover a realistic plan for accomplishing them. CWJC of Middle Tennessee does this by offering women in need "A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out."
History
Five CWJC pilot projects were established in January 1996, and the following year CWJC was among the eighteen charter members of the Vice President’s Welfare to Work Coalition to Sustain Success. Candy Phillips served as the Associate Director of the Nashville Baptist Association’s WMU Leadership Team during that period, and she, along with WMU Director Creely Wilson, clearly recognized the potential of CWJC to transform the lives of women trapped in poverty. With their strong support and encouragement, the WMU Leadership Team voted to establish a CWJC site in Nashville. In October of 1997 the first ten women were enrolled in CWJC-Nashville. Originally based at Lockeland Baptist Church, today CWJC of Middle Tennessee is housed in the Downtown Ministry Center on 8th Avenue South.
Christian Women’s Job Corps – Nashville (CWJC) was founded in 1997. During the first five years, the agency served women in need in the Nashville area under the non-profit status of the Nashville Baptist Association. CWJC-Nashville was incorporated as a 501(c)3 organization in February 2003.
Major milestones include: established computer lab (1998); established GED classes (1999); Teen Life Challenge participants enroll in computer classes (1999); a Habitat for Humanity House is built for a participant in partnership with Woman’s Missionary Association of the Nashville Baptist Association Woman’s Missionary Union (2000); college student intern on staff (2000); SCEPT placed seniors as staff (2001); moved to new central downtown location (2003); classes provided to recently released women offenders (2004); received a Seedco Planning Grant (2004); high school intern on staff (2004); largest class of graduating participants (2005); Social Worker added to staff (2005); Office Coordinator added to staff (2006); Strategic Plan Formulated (2006); Name was changed to CWJC of Middle TN (2006); Received national recognition and was awarded the 2006 Samaritan Award by Acton Institute (2006); Developed Business Partnerships with HCA, Jobs for Life, Career Steps and Spheris (2007), Nominated as one of the Top Ten Nominees for the 2007 Samaritan Award (2007).
Board of Directors
Mr. Joey Moss Ms. Suzan Hindman
Mr. Larry Tatum Ms. Michelle Bahner
Mrs. Charlyne Couey Mrs. Dawn Ferguson
Mr. Richard Winstead Mrs. Jamie Dunham
Ms. Christy Vaughn Ms. Samantha Bouler
Ms. Marcia McDonald Ms. Lori Clark
Mr. Jay Adcock
Staff
Mrs. Rebekah K. Sumrall, Executive Director
Mrs. Anne Calton, Development Director
Mrs. Jessica Thompson, Office Assistant
Mrs. Marilyn Manno, Financial Assistant
Mrs. Amanda Opelt, Nashville Site Director
Mr. Ron Jones, Custodian
Mrs. Michelle Murdock, Madison Site Director
Mrs. Angela Good, Williamson County Site Director
Mrs. Melissa Greenwood, Volunteer Coordinatorr
The Christian Women's Job Corps of Middle Tennessee is one ministry in three locations: Nashville, Madison, and Williamson County. It has been serving working poor women in the Greater Nashville community for over ten years. Its mission is to provide the potential for transformation of body, mind, heart and spirit of the participants and the volunteers who serve them. We are supported by grants, churches, individual donors, and most importantly prayers. Without God's hand in our ministry we would not be able to serve the women we have nor transform the lives we have seen transform.
Purpose
The purpose of Christian Women’s Job Corps is to equip women for life and employment with basic life skills necessary for self-sufficiency, within her culture, which may include: sustained employment; adequate income; housing; transportation; child care; and/or medical care. CWJC provides a loving environment where self-image can be restored and a place where women can develop life skills, set personal, educational and career goals and discover a realistic plan for accomplishing them. CWJC of Middle Tennessee does this by offering women in need "A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out."
History
Five CWJC pilot projects were established in January 1996, and the following year CWJC was among the eighteen charter members of the Vice President’s Welfare to Work Coalition to Sustain Success. Candy Phillips served as the Associate Director of the Nashville Baptist Association’s WMU Leadership Team during that period, and she, along with WMU Director Creely Wilson, clearly recognized the potential of CWJC to transform the lives of women trapped in poverty. With their strong support and encouragement, the WMU Leadership Team voted to establish a CWJC site in Nashville. In October of 1997 the first ten women were enrolled in CWJC-Nashville. Originally based at Lockeland Baptist Church, today CWJC of Middle Tennessee is housed in the Downtown Ministry Center on 8th Avenue South.
Christian Women’s Job Corps – Nashville (CWJC) was founded in 1997. During the first five years, the agency served women in need in the Nashville area under the non-profit status of the Nashville Baptist Association. CWJC-Nashville was incorporated as a 501(c)3 organization in February 2003.
Major milestones include: established computer lab (1998); established GED classes (1999); Teen Life Challenge participants enroll in computer classes (1999); a Habitat for Humanity House is built for a participant in partnership with Woman’s Missionary Association of the Nashville Baptist Association Woman’s Missionary Union (2000); college student intern on staff (2000); SCEPT placed seniors as staff (2001); moved to new central downtown location (2003); classes provided to recently released women offenders (2004); received a Seedco Planning Grant (2004); high school intern on staff (2004); largest class of graduating participants (2005); Social Worker added to staff (2005); Office Coordinator added to staff (2006); Strategic Plan Formulated (2006); Name was changed to CWJC of Middle TN (2006); Received national recognition and was awarded the 2006 Samaritan Award by Acton Institute (2006); Developed Business Partnerships with HCA, Jobs for Life, Career Steps and Spheris (2007), Nominated as one of the Top Ten Nominees for the 2007 Samaritan Award (2007).
Board of Directors
Mr. Joey Moss Ms. Suzan Hindman
Mr. Larry Tatum Ms. Michelle Bahner
Mrs. Charlyne Couey Mrs. Dawn Ferguson
Mr. Richard Winstead Mrs. Jamie Dunham
Ms. Christy Vaughn Ms. Samantha Bouler
Ms. Marcia McDonald Ms. Lori Clark
Mr. Jay Adcock
Staff
Mrs. Rebekah K. Sumrall, Executive Director
Mrs. Anne Calton, Development Director
Mrs. Jessica Thompson, Office Assistant
Mrs. Marilyn Manno, Financial Assistant
Mrs. Amanda Opelt, Nashville Site Director
Mr. Ron Jones, Custodian
Mrs. Michelle Murdock, Madison Site Director
Mrs. Angela Good, Williamson County Site Director
Mrs. Melissa Greenwood, Volunteer Coordinatorr
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Becky Sumrall, Executive Director
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