Who We Are

In 2004, I recruited a core group of Christian businesswomen who desired to offer a hand-up to women searching for positive direction, who were bogged down by life circumstances, situations the founding women had already experienced. The founders learned about Christian Women’s Job Corps® (CWJC), received training and site certification, and solicited seed money to begin the local organization.

Christian Journey Courses (CJC), previously known as Christian Women’s Job Corps of Kendall County, opened its doors to the first group of 11 women on March 7, 2005. In 2008, the organization incorporated the Christian Men’s Job Corps® (CMJC) Program and reincorporated as the Christian Job Corps of Kendall County, offering programs for both women and men. The CWJC® and CMJC® are proprietary programs of the Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU), Birmingham, Alabama. Currently, CJC does not offer a men’s Job Prepped for Life program.

Since opening in 2005, CJC trained and mentored over 500 men and women students by 2021. Reflecting on the many faces of our students, I know we have planted seeds, equipped them for life according to God’s word, and empowered them to depend upon the Lord and exceed their hopes and dreams. We have broken generational curses and equipped parents to nurture and discipline their children according to God’s word – with love, grace, and mercy.

At the end of 2021, we embarked on another exciting mission. The Lord opened the opportunity for us to offer life-skills and behavioral transformation Courses to those incarcerated in the Kendall County Jail. We began with the women inmates in 2022 and added the men inmates in January 2023. We are truly seeing lives changed before our very eyes. After merging with Bandera County in January 2023, we added Bandera County Jail inmates to our training agenda. We also shared our curriculum and partnered with Mercy Gate Ministries in Kerrville to offer the same programs to Kerr County Jail inmates. 

PREPPED FOR LIFE, COMMUNITY PROGRAMS:

CJC helps unlock the future for probationers and others by offering them a way to break dysfunctional life patterns in order to find their true identify and a new beginning. The goal is to help them become healthier, happier, more productive people by dissolving self-imposed obstacles and limitations that we often place on ourselves.  Often, the answer to one’s future is in their past. If someone is suffering from past or present hurts, our programs can help the healing process. Our Course in not a substitute for professional therapy, but is an adjunct.

A seasoned cadre of volunteers called Wellness Advocates guide clients through our Course and provides them with encouragement, guidance, and prayer throughout their journey.

INMATE PROGRAMS:

CJC’s Inmates – Prepped for Life Course equips both men and women inmates  by offering them a way to break dysfunctional life patterns in order to find their true identify and a new beginning.  We help them navigate their path toward better life-choices and a new start.  We work with our students strengths and encourage them towards God’s intended path. The goal is to help them become healthier, happier, more productive people by dissolving self-imposed obstacles and limitations that we often place on ourselves.  Often, the answer to one’s future is in their past. If someone is suffering from past or present hurts, our programs can help the healing process.  Currently, the Inmates – Prepped for Life program is offered inside the Kendall County and Bandera County Jails. Our Course in not a substitute for professional therapy, but is an adjunct.

We are funded by public donations and some grants. We do not accept government funding that would restrict our mission. CJC is transforming lives, please donate now! 

CJC maintains ministry certification from the national WMU organization.