Jumpstart SC

Jumpstart SC We believe that with Christ anyone's future can be greater than their past.

By discipling the incarcerated and assisting returning citizens with re-entry services we are transforming lives and communities.

Exciting news. We started a podcast! Check it out here: https://jumpstartsc.org/podcast/At the Table: Voices of Restorat...
06/16/2026

Exciting news. We started a podcast! Check it out here: https://jumpstartsc.org/podcast/

At the Table: Voices of Restoration Podcast

Around this table, you will hear from men and women who have walked different roads. Participants. Alumni. Donors. Volunteers. Pastors. Leaders. Some have come out of prison. Some have funded homes. Some have mentored through long nights. All of them share one thing in common. At some point, they needed grace. And grace met them. There is always a seat at the table.

Subscribe on your favorite platform!
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/at-the-table-voices-of-restoration/id1896827982
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL53rzgTBCy4c0CM6rxu64VbTWo6XQ10OT
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033sI2IyvyVWj0HBDMjqjj

06/11/2026

"That's the missing piece." Did you know 1 in 5 people in homeless shelters were formerly incarcerated? Stable housing is one of the strongest predictors of whether someone stays free. Watch the full interview here: https://jumpstartsc.org/deb-richardson-moore/

06/09/2026

"As you well know, society says you've paid your debt, but we sure don't act like it." We loved getting to interview Deb Richardson-Moore and hear about her ministry and the challenges she faced along the way. Listen to the full interview here: https://jumpstartsc.org/deb-richardson-moore/

For 27 years, Deb Richardson-Moore was a reporter at The Greenville News. She never imagined her gift for listening woul...
06/08/2026

For 27 years, Deb Richardson-Moore was a reporter at The Greenville News. She never imagined her gift for listening would lead her out of the newsroom and into ministry.

One conversation with a homeless man changed how she saw everything: "He told me the worst thing about being homeless isn't being cold or wet or hungry. The worst thing is being looked right through."

That single idea became the heart of her work: eye contact, a handshake, the simple message of we see you.

In our latest interview, Deb shares what she learned about homelessness, dignity, and why employment, not handouts, is so often the missing piece. She also explains why she points people our way to serve: we catch people on the front end, before the streets ever become their story.

Watch or read her full interview here 👉 https://jumpstartsc.org/deb-richardson-moore/

This past Monday was one for the books! 🎉 We celebrated our BIGGEST release day in JUMPSTART SC history, with 10 people ...
06/04/2026

This past Monday was one for the books! 🎉 We celebrated our BIGGEST release day in JUMPSTART SC history, with 10 people stepping into a fresh start at Restoration Village.

Thank you to all the volunteers, mentors, alumni, and families who came out to participate in this day of celebration. Want to be a part of the next one? Feel free to come swing by and join us on July 1st at 1:00!

If you have a moment, please pray for these 10 new arrivals, as this can be a good, but overwhelming time of transition and for our transitional team as they strive to serve these men and women as Jesus would! All the glory to God!

We are excited to announce that JUMPSTART SC received a grant from the Milliken & Company! We can’t wait to use this gra...
06/02/2026

We are excited to announce that JUMPSTART SC received a grant from the Milliken & Company! We can’t wait to use this grant to further our mission in South Carolina through 360º re-entry support. Thank you!

What connects a 27-year-old prisoner and a mom of two little ones? A retired business owner and a high school dropout? A...
05/27/2026

What connects a 27-year-old prisoner and a mom of two little ones? A retired business owner and a high school dropout? An empty nester and an ex-con?

On paper, nothing. Different zip codes. Different schedules. Different stories. The world looks at that lineup and sees no thread, no through line, no reason any of them should share a pew, a Bible study, a meal, or a life.

The world doesn't understand it. It's a mystery to them.

"…the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints. To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." (Colossians 1:26-27)

Christ in you. Christ in her. Christ in him. That is the thread. That is the only thread strong enough to tie a prisoner to a young mom, a retiree to a dropout, an empty nester to a man just released from two decades inside. The Spirit of the living God indwelling ordinary people and stitching them together into one body that the world cannot explain.

And here is the beautiful part: that mystery is not meant to be admired from a distance. It is meant to be lived out. The same Spirit that connects us is the same Spirit that sends us. Into prisons. Into recovery groups. Into nursery rooms and tutoring centers and hospital hallways and back porches with neighbors who don't yet know His name.

Ministry is not a calling reserved for the polished or the credentialed. It is the natural overflow of Christ in you. The 27-year-old prisoner and the mom of two little ones really do belong to the same family. The retired business owner and the high school dropout really are brothers. The empty nester can offer something the ex-con needs, and the ex-con can offer something the empty nester needs. This is the beauty of the gospel.

This is your reminder that the church the world cannot explain is the church the world most desperately needs to see today in you. Click the link to see how you could fit into this puzzle: https://jumpstartsc.org/

05/21/2026

This is your sign!! Don’t worry we saw it too 🤭 Come get involved in prison ministry today: jumpstartsc.org

From 10 foster and group homes to 10 years in prison, Morris Wood had never known a solid foundation. Until he found one...
05/19/2026

From 10 foster and group homes to 10 years in prison, Morris Wood had never known a solid foundation. Until he found one in Christ.

While incarcerated, Morris gave every minute to God's Word and growing in his faith. When he was invited to lead a JUMPSTART group inside the prison, he prayed on it and said yes. God used him to lead others, and built him in the process.

When Morris walked out of prison, our transitional team was waiting. Today he's working for the landscaping team, saved up and purchased his first car, and living proof that no matter what you've done or where you've been, God is able to use it for good.

"As long as we are willing to give what we have to Him, He will multiply it." - Morris

This is why we do what we do. Read the full blog post here: https://jumpstartsc.org/meet-morris/

Behind the walls, we hear the same story again and again: "My grandmother prayed for me." "My grandfather took me to chu...
05/14/2026

Behind the walls, we hear the same story again and again: "My grandmother prayed for me." "My grandfather took me to church." "I haven't thought about those Sunday mornings in thirty years, until now."

Seeds planted decades ago by faithful grandparents are sprouting in prison cells across South Carolina. A hymn half-remembered. A verse memorized as a child. The smell of a worn Bible on a kitchen table. These small, faithful moments don't disappear. They wait.

To the grandmother who prayed over a sleeping grandchild. To the grandfather who read Scripture at the breakfast table. To the ones who slipped a Bible into a backpack, who took little hands to church, who whispered Jesus' name into childhood:

Your seeds are still growing.

In our ministry, we meet men and women who tell us they found their way back to God because they remembered the Jesus they saw in you. A song you sang. A verse you taught. The way you talked to Jesus like He was in the room.

You may have wondered if it mattered. It mattered.

"Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it." — Proverbs 22:6

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870 Jumpstart Drive
Wellford, SC
29385

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Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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