PurposeWorks

Unemployment affects far more than a paycheck.

It impacts confidence, identity, relationships, and hope.

One participant described our greatest contribution this way:
"PurposeWorks renews your hope every Monday."

Hope may not solve every problem immediately.
But, hope gives us the courage to keep taking the next step.

Purpose doesn’t appear overnight. It unfolds step by step.

Our 5 step process is designed to meet you where you are and help you move forward with clarity and confidence:

✨ Engage. Discover. Build. Heal. Thrive. ✨

Address the wounds, setbacks, and burnout that can keep you stuck, and experience restoration.

You don’t have to figure it all out at once.

You just have to take the next step.

Heal with PurposeWorks!

✨ Engage. Discover. Build. Heal. Thrive. ✨

Job searching from home can get lonely fast.

Applications. Emails. LinkedIn. Waiting.

Sometimes the best thing you can do for your job search is get out from behind the screen and spend time with people who understand what you're going through.

Join us this morning at Job Seekers Network for practical job-search help, encouragement, and real connection with other professionals navigating career transition.

Come learn. Ask questions. Meet people. And leave with a next step for your week.

📍 Grace Covenant Church
🕤 9:30–11:30 AM
📅 Today

New to PurposeWorks? You're welcome here.

👉 Join us this morning.

You know you need a change. But you’re not sure what you want instead.

Maybe your last job wasn’t a good fit.

Maybe a layoff has given you an unexpected opportunity to rethink what comes next.

Or maybe you’ve spent so many years doing what you can do that you haven’t stopped to ask what you were created to do.

That’s where Design & Focus can help.

This workshop gives you dedicated time to explore how God has uniquely designed you, including your strengths, interests, values, and experiences, and begin connecting those pieces to meaningful work.

You don’t need to have your entire future figured out.

You just need a clearer next step.

👉 Ready to explore what’s next? Learn more about Design & Focus at PurposeWorks.org/Workshops

Today's the Day!

Today, PurposeWorks Job Seekers Network begins a new chapter at Grace Covenant Church.

If you're looking for work, changing careers or wondering what's next, join us.

Come for practical help.
Come for connections.
Come for encouragement.
Come for prayer.

Most importantly, don't do your job search alone.

📍 Grace Covenant Church, Live Oak Building, Room 200
⏰ 9:30 AM

Come join us this morning.

Tomorrow, a New Chapter Begins!

Tomorrow morning, PurposeWorks Job Seekers Network begins meeting weekly at our new home at Grace Covenant Church!

If you're unemployed, underemployed, nervously employed, changing careers or wondering what's next, there's a place for you here.

Come for practical job-search help.
Come for connections.
Come for encouragement.
Come for prayer.

And if you know someone who could use that kind of support right now, invite them to come with you.

📍 Grace Covenant Church, Live Oak Building, Room 200
📅 Monday, September 14
⏰ 9:30 AM

New location. Same mission. More people to reach.

MEETING DETAILS / DIRECTIONS: https://www.purposeworks.org/meetings-support/

Meetings + Support - PurposeWorks Join free Monday job search meetings in Austin or online. Get practical career guidance, networking, encouragement, and support.

Career transition can leave you with more questions than answers.

What should I pursue next?

How do I make myself more marketable?

Am I approaching my job search the right way?

How do I keep going when I'm discouraged?

Those are exactly the kinds of questions PurposeWorks exists to help people navigate.

Our mission is to empower, equip, and guide people to find purpose and fulfillment in every stage of their lives and careers through relationship, encouragement, and training.

In practice, that means helping you:
💚 Find people who understand what you're walking through
🛠️ Build practical skills for your job search and career
🧭 Gain clarity about your strengths, purpose, and next steps
🙏 Find encouragement and hope along the way

Because finding your way forward isn't only about landing the next job.

It's about moving toward a life and career with greater purpose and fulfillment.

👉 Ready to take a next step? Start with PurposeWorks at PurposeWorks.org.

Today is Labor Day. For some, finding work is the work.

They're sending résumés. Waiting for calls. Preparing for interviews. Trying to stay hopeful through another week without a job.

At PurposeWorks, we know unemployment isn't just professional.

It's personal. It's financial. It's emotional. And it's often deeply spiritual.

This Labor Day, you can put Hope at Work for someone searching for what's next.

Give $60, $120 or $180 to help provide practical job-search support, encouragement, community, prayer and the hope of Christ.

Give hope today: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=8KP8DYNKFFFSC

Donate to PurposeWorks

Labor Day feels different when you don't have a job.

For most of us, Labor Day means a long weekend.

But for someone who's unemployed, it can be another reminder of what's missing.

This weekend, think about someone you know who's looking for work.

Call them. Encourage them. Pray with them.

Remind them that they don't have to navigate this season alone.

Work matters. And so do the people looking for it.