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Cherie Jobe & Greenhouse Ministries' Impact

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Greenhouse says the Our Chance program currently has over 70 families enrolled.

1. Nourishing The Community Podcast spotlights Greenhouse Ministries and Sherry Jobe’s update on its work in Murfreesboro. 2. Norman Hanks hosts Sherry Jobe, who speaks for Greenhouse Ministries, while LaDonna Parham opens the show as co-host. 3. The episode asks what Greenhouse Ministries does with food, clothing, classes, housing, volunteers, and faith-based support. 4. Sherry says Greenhouse Ministries is celebrating its 25th anniversary and has something planned every month. 5. She says Cliff and Jane Sharp founded the ministry after Cliff returned to Murfreesboro and saw a need. 6. She describes Cliff picking up day-old bread from Kroger and taking it to lower-income homes. 7. She says the ministry grew from that bread-distribution start into a larger operation. 8. Sherry says the mission focuses on the poverty segment and also serves homeless people who come through the doors. 9. She says the mission statement is to “help educate and connect.” 10. She says the organization keeps a huge database and sends people elsewhere if Greenhouse cannot help directly. 11. She says client services run Tuesday through Friday from 9 to 3 and begin with a peer counselor. 12. She says the counselor gives a voucher and sends clients across the street to the Spring House to shop. 13. She says the Spring House lets people choose food and clothing they actually want, rather than receiving unwanted items. 14. She says the Garden Patch sells clothes, jewelry, and donated items, including new shirts with tags and a higher-value jewelry section. 15. She says Greenhouse has a clinic with nurses who volunteer time to treat issues like infected sores. 16. She says the ministry offers cooking, sewing, computer, and Spanish classes, along with connections to mental-health partners. 17. She says the upstairs program houses 17 men in studio rooms, requires a job, charges $750 a month, and runs for 12 or 18 months. 18. She says the program is transitional, drug-tested, rule-based, and designed to help men become better citizens and better men. 19. Listeners interested in practical faith-based community services and volunteer work would fit this episode. 20. Listeners wanting polished interviews with light nonprofit detail may skip it.

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A plainspoken look at Greenhouse Ministries, its anniversary, and the practical support it offers.

Sherry Jobe joins Norman Hanks and LaDonna Parham for a grounded look at Greenhouse Ministries, where a 25th anniversary, monthly celebrations, a program for the guys, and Our Chance all sit within the same lively conversation.

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A 25th-anniversary community nonprofit conversation that stays practical and grounded.

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