We're trying to engage the kids around here in a cool way... We let them use our stuff to make money, mowing, cleaning yards, shoveling snow (soon), etc...
the idea is that they can earn the use of our tools by learning the proper care and by helping us out at the houses... This puts us together and makes them a lot of money, or at least a good opportunity to...
but right now we're still in the testing phase. Not that we're evaluating whether or not it's a good idea, but THEY are testing US to see of we're really for real...
So, they break every rule.
Yesterday they purposefully used the wrong fuel, instead of using their earnings to buy some... They're supposed to supply their own fuel out of their earnings... they used 2-cycle in the lawnmower... that means a new sparkplug and a cleaning are in order, soon, i bet...
but really, who cares? This is a once a day opportunity to engage these guys and get them going...
check out lewminator to see a pic from the "stolen mower" fiasco!
Monday, September 26, 2005
Little Jay, get off that poisonous porch!
i caught Little Jay out on the Poison Porch, the other night... actually, i came to the door, looking for my stolen lawnmower, and he bolted out...
Repaint this Poisonous Porch
Here are pics of the porch with the lead problem in Northside, just next door to the guys...
Little Jay/Lead Poisoning
The porch and food pantry in Little Jay's (see photos below) house are poisonous. The water'll be tested for lead from the plumbing, this week. He can't go out on the porch, but that's impossible. Look at the pics that'll follow and you'll see how his porch is the only way out of the house, and the safest place to be, since the road is so near...
Our confidence that the landlord will take care of this in a timely fashion is low. Is there anybody out there who wants to help us buy paint (high quality seal) and get into the task of carefully scraping, cleaning up (shop vac) (dust mask), and painting the thing for them? Pantry too...
This little guy needs you in at least two ways, right now. So do we. Would you help, and join us, and him?
elbow to elbow
Our confidence that the landlord will take care of this in a timely fashion is low. Is there anybody out there who wants to help us buy paint (high quality seal) and get into the task of carefully scraping, cleaning up (shop vac) (dust mask), and painting the thing for them? Pantry too...
This little guy needs you in at least two ways, right now. So do we. Would you help, and join us, and him?
elbow to elbow
October thru December Help Needed
I have become aware that a lot of folks would like to come to the house to help out our life here. Thank you all for your interest in our efforts and the mission we're seeing develop as the Holy Spirit guides the Church here, in Northside.
A lot of you have time constraints, though. I'd like to offer you an invitation to come share your skills and willing hands, any time you want. Let me know when you're coming, and we'll have hands here to work alongside...
yesterday, a brother came to give 2 hours to the Lord in service... He cut the hedges and cleaned around the house, outside... That stuff hadn't been touched for nearly two years...
We have a leaking third-floor gutter
a damaged outside sill.
the need to do a little plumbing and build a small wall in a bathroom
a tub that needs reglazing
a basement floor to repaint
a room down there to finish and furnish as a food/clothing pantry
we need a dehumidifier
There are a lot of things that, if completed by winter, will enable us to better serve our surrounding area... Drop me a comment on this blog and let me know what you want to do. I'll email you and we'll set it up...
A lot of you have time constraints, though. I'd like to offer you an invitation to come share your skills and willing hands, any time you want. Let me know when you're coming, and we'll have hands here to work alongside...
yesterday, a brother came to give 2 hours to the Lord in service... He cut the hedges and cleaned around the house, outside... That stuff hadn't been touched for nearly two years...
We have a leaking third-floor gutter
a damaged outside sill.
the need to do a little plumbing and build a small wall in a bathroom
a tub that needs reglazing
a basement floor to repaint
a room down there to finish and furnish as a food/clothing pantry
we need a dehumidifier
There are a lot of things that, if completed by winter, will enable us to better serve our surrounding area... Drop me a comment on this blog and let me know what you want to do. I'll email you and we'll set it up...
Friday, September 23, 2005
Lead Poisoning
Today it was confirmed to me that Little Jay is suffering from Lead Poisoning. His porch, his plumbing, the dirt around his house...
Zach and the boys can't plant there... Cincinnati is covered with ground lead from all sorts of sources... UC profs are writing a book on it...
there's a theory that lead is behind the low scores in our schools in the city.
what we know is that you can make a difference by praying, by selling all, by going in, among, and serving with Christ in the abandoned places, with the abandoned people... it is there we find ourselves, abandoned and retrieved...
Zach and the boys can't plant there... Cincinnati is covered with ground lead from all sorts of sources... UC profs are writing a book on it...
there's a theory that lead is behind the low scores in our schools in the city.
what we know is that you can make a difference by praying, by selling all, by going in, among, and serving with Christ in the abandoned places, with the abandoned people... it is there we find ourselves, abandoned and retrieved...
Meet Little Jay
I want you all to meet Little Jay. we love this guy around here... has a single mom, Shannon, expecting again... house hot in summer, cold in winter... life is closing in on him all the time... his days are an endless string of getting yelled at and being loved on... the traumatic juxtaposition of love and hate all around us on the street, here... in life, here, for all of us...
Monday, September 19, 2005
bbq boyz
to us, this is so easy! Instant youth group, and most of these kids already have more christian background than most! just add encouragement, sell all you own, give it away...
JP grillin
you know, it's hilarious when people ask about our "ministry", I tell them this guy is our "associate minister". priceless...
Freestyle
We got a noise ordinance citation from the city on our last "freestyle contest". the funny thing is that it was issued in response to a COMPLAINT FROM A NEIGHBOR.
now, if you lived here, you'd see the irony in that. I'm talkin' major noise issues, all the time... so funny that in a 'hood where people are constantly thumpin' away with the bass, screaming, playing loud music in their houses... that during the daytime there'd be a fuss over this... seriously funny...
it was a great way to introduce ourselves and our mission to the police...
now, if you lived here, you'd see the irony in that. I'm talkin' major noise issues, all the time... so funny that in a 'hood where people are constantly thumpin' away with the bass, screaming, playing loud music in their houses... that during the daytime there'd be a fuss over this... seriously funny...
it was a great way to introduce ourselves and our mission to the police...
All things done for building up the body of Christ
Recently a question arose among us about the removal and addition of links to other blogs, here on the Chase House/Northside Church/Grubbykupp blog. The bottom line here is edification. We want to connect you with web logs and sites that embody the principles of Ephesians 4:29.
"29Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. 30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you."
Anytime I see contentious, argumentative name-calling, or other such speech in a blog linked to this one, I'll simply remove the link.
"29Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. 30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you."
Anytime I see contentious, argumentative name-calling, or other such speech in a blog linked to this one, I'll simply remove the link.
John and Prari
John and Prari are getting Married! next April! JP proposed to her on a starry full-moon night, on a hilltop overlooking Amish Country in Sugar Creek, OH.
We all stayed up extra late that night, singing around a campfire.
We all stayed up extra late that night, singing around a campfire.
Sept 2005 Football
So, you've got a Sunday night comin' on and you've got the burgers all cooked, and you're ready to have church night with the family of God, and this heathen football game comes up... church night postponed! Sweet! We put off church for over an hour to have this stuff! Lovin' it!
Sunday, September 4, 2005
Prophecy for the Body of Christ
This prophecy was shared this Sunday evening by Johannes Weiss:
Behold my children: Be much aware that you are living in the last days. And remember the man warnings that deception will be rampant during that time.
If I do not cut the days short, even some of my very elect will be deceived.
The main problem is that you always are looking for comfort. However it is in the days of your great discomfort that I can work my best changes in you.
My desire is to change you into the likeness of Jesus Christ more and more, every day. And therefore I am bringing suffering and discomfort on you.
Be not discouraged, but endure until the end.
Thus says the Lord.
Behold my children: Be much aware that you are living in the last days. And remember the man warnings that deception will be rampant during that time.
If I do not cut the days short, even some of my very elect will be deceived.
The main problem is that you always are looking for comfort. However it is in the days of your great discomfort that I can work my best changes in you.
My desire is to change you into the likeness of Jesus Christ more and more, every day. And therefore I am bringing suffering and discomfort on you.
Be not discouraged, but endure until the end.
Thus says the Lord.
Saturday, September 3, 2005
How We Bible Study
Take a 6am time slot, once a week, at a caffeine house: the Sidewinder in Northside...
Add a 52 Chapter book of the Bible: Jeremiah
...and there you have your 1-Chapter-a-week deep study... Jeremiah at the Sidewinder!
Starts in just a week or so, so get yourselves ready and committed. We're finishing up Ephesians, and we'll spend the next year in Jeremiah.
Add to that Yearlong study a daily chapter of Proverbs (there are 31, so that works with monthly), a daily Psalm (there are 150, so that's a little off. Feel free to always read more), and you got yourself a great, simple, workable plan to get us all "on the same page".
The great thing is how, all this time, we've found ourselves echoing each others' scripture readings, just by the leading of the Spirit. I hope this is something that will INTENSIFY that.
So, Each Friday Morning at 6, we mosey down to the Sidewinder.
We read that day's Psalm
We read that day's Proverb
We read that week's Jeremiah Chapter
We drink coffee and discuss/share around the readings
We go to our days' work...
No kidding. We've had the 6am's running really smooth, now, for about a month and a half.
And there are also 6am's on monday and wednesday for prayer at the Sidewinder... Folks in mission in Northside come together to pray. Gary from City Cure and Joann from North Church come regularly...
I know that these early morning times seem hard, but it's great. You really grow with this, and it regulates life a bit with a discipline that honors the Lord!
Add a 52 Chapter book of the Bible: Jeremiah
...and there you have your 1-Chapter-a-week deep study... Jeremiah at the Sidewinder!
Starts in just a week or so, so get yourselves ready and committed. We're finishing up Ephesians, and we'll spend the next year in Jeremiah.
Add to that Yearlong study a daily chapter of Proverbs (there are 31, so that works with monthly), a daily Psalm (there are 150, so that's a little off. Feel free to always read more), and you got yourself a great, simple, workable plan to get us all "on the same page".
The great thing is how, all this time, we've found ourselves echoing each others' scripture readings, just by the leading of the Spirit. I hope this is something that will INTENSIFY that.
So, Each Friday Morning at 6, we mosey down to the Sidewinder.
We read that day's Psalm
We read that day's Proverb
We read that week's Jeremiah Chapter
We drink coffee and discuss/share around the readings
We go to our days' work...
No kidding. We've had the 6am's running really smooth, now, for about a month and a half.
And there are also 6am's on monday and wednesday for prayer at the Sidewinder... Folks in mission in Northside come together to pray. Gary from City Cure and Joann from North Church come regularly...
I know that these early morning times seem hard, but it's great. You really grow with this, and it regulates life a bit with a discipline that honors the Lord!
Thursday, September 1, 2005
HOPE FOR TOM
HEY ALL: WRITE A LETTER ON TOM'S BEHALF! GET IT TO ME ASAP! THESE LETTERS COULD GET HIM SPRUNG AND BACK TO US QUICK! email Lew or Zach
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