Over the past 10 years, The Rose of Sharon COGIC has focused on its most precious resource, its children. Under the leadership of Pastor Griffin in 2002, Missionary Danielle Griffin created the concept of JWATT (Jesus Was a Teenager Too), and the church began to focus on seminars, programs and outreach activities geared toward the church's youth and teens. The Rose of Sharon youth department is headed up by Elder Reuben Roberts and First Lady of the Youth Department, Dianne Griffin-Roberts.

In 2006, The Rose of Sharon created the JWATT Foundation with the belief that positive youth development is achieved when our young people are exposed to programs and activities where they can be encouraged to achieve educational excellence, learn responsibility and teamwork, and are offered opportunities to exhibit leadership. The goal of the JWATT Foundation is to ensure that our youth are provided every opportunity to excel academically, socially, physically, and spiritually.

JWATT is a 501 c3 organization and its activities and programs are sponsored and funded through church and community donations and community block grant funds. All programs are geared toward youth from ages 5-18 and are opened to the community at large.

Through the work of the JWATT scholarship program, The Rose of Sharon COGIC has raised over $30,000 for college scholarships and sent 4 classes of high school graduates to college with scholarships and will send their fifth class in 2010. With this mission, The Rose of Sharon has made an indelible impact on the lives of the children who have benefitted from the JWATT Foundation.

Past graduates:

Class of 2006: Akiiki Davidson, Darius Gibson, and Garrett Hinton

Class of 2007: Khalia Brown, La'Sandra Bush, Nicole Davidson, Jessica Hawkins, Devin Mack, Carlton Rogers and Richerd Winton

Class of 2008: Gregory Draines, Alisha Estwick, Lauren Gibson, Veronica Glisson, Kristen Jackson, Victor Jones, Tiffany Moore, Preston Riddick, Pacari Woodland

Class of 2009: Nicholas Bright, Kiara Draines, Alvin Ford, Breanne Harvey, Stephanie Harvey, Alonzo Roberson, Jasmine Stokes, Kechara Torrence, Carmelita Young

The JWATT Foundation has also set up scholarships in the names of three individuals whose lives impacted The Rose of Sharon and their community at large: The Brandon Spight Scholarship, The Carl Caldwell Scholarship and The Matthew McNeely Scholarship

The Carl Caldwell Scholarship

The Matthew McNeely Scholarship

The Brandon Spight Scholarship