What started as a weekly gathering for residents and supporters has become one of the most powerful worship nights in the region. Two hundred people. Live worship. . And the Holy Spirit — every single week.
"Tuesday night is not a church service in the traditional sense. It is an encounter — and it has been since the very beginning."
What happens on Tuesday nights at Breaking Bonds is genuinely difficult to describe to someone who hasn't been there. The worship is powerful. The preaching and teaching are real. The atmosphere in the room is different from the moment you walk in — and most people feel it before they understand it.
Two hundred people fill the room week after week — not because of programming or marketing, but because God keeps showing up and the word keeps spreading. Men from the program sit alongside community members, supporters, and newcomers. Graduates come back. Families come for the first time. Everyone is welcome.
There is always . There is always worship. There is always a word. And several times a year, there is a graduation — a man standing before the room, his family beside him, his brothers behind him, and his story on his lips. Those nights are unforgettable.
The Breaking Bonds Worship Team is led by Julie Boswell — a woman who came out of addiction and into the presence of God, and who has made it her life's work to bring others there too.
Julie doesn't lead worship the way someone who learned it in a comfortable setting might. She leads it the way someone leads who knows what it cost — and what it's worth. The team she has built carries that same weight and that same joy.
The worship at Tuesday nights is not polished for performance. It is built for encounter. The goal is never impression — it is always the presence of God. And week after week, that presence is exactly what fills the room.
Several times throughout the year, the men also go on retreats where worship takes on a different dimension — away from the house, deeper into the presence of God, and into some of the most significant moments many of them will experience during their seven to twelve months.
"Worship is not something we do to get the service started. It is the reason we gather. When Julie leads that room, something happens that you cannot manufacture — and God gets all the credit."The culture of Breaking Bonds Tuesday Nights
When a man completes the program at Breaking Bonds, he doesn't receive a certificate in a quiet room. He stands in front of two hundred people — his brothers behind him, his family beside him — and he tells his story.
Graduation nights are among the most powerful moments this ministry produces. There is worship. There are tears. There is laughter and joy and the kind of holy weight that only comes when the people of God gather to celebrate what He alone can do.
For the families in the room, these nights are often the first time they have seen their son, or husband, or father standing free. That is not a small thing. It is, for many of them, the answer to years of prayer.
As of February 24, 2026, Breaking Bonds has celebrated 105 such moments. Every one of them on a Tuesday night. Every one of them in front of a community that showed up.
As of February 24, 2026 — each one celebrated on a Tuesday night, in front of their community, declaring their freedom in Christ
Tuesday nights are open to everyone in the community — no connection to the program required. Whether you're a family member, a neighbor, someone who needs an encounter with God, or someone who just wants to see what Breaking Bonds is all about — you are welcome in that room.
If your son, husband, father, or brother is in the program — Tuesday nights are for you too. Come and see what God is doing. Come and be part of the community that is walking beside your man through this season.
If you've heard about Breaking Bonds and want to understand what it really is — come on a Tuesday night. You'll leave with an answer. What happens in that room is the clearest picture of what this ministry is.
If you're carrying something heavy and don't know where else to go — come Tuesday night. Bring nothing. Expect everything. God has a way of meeting people exactly where they are in that room.
"Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I with them."Matthew 18:20 — and on Tuesday nights, it's two hundred
Every Tuesday at 6:15pm. New McKendree United Methodist Church, Jackson, MO. . Everyone welcome. No exceptions.