Detroit Hope Giving Opprotunities
Quarterly Response
October -December
Warm Clothing- Including: Hats, Gloves, Mittens, Scarves, Coats, Blankets, Wool Socks, Boots, Bedding, Flannels, Light Jackets or Sweatshirts, Gently used or new.
January - April
Non Parishable Food Items, Canned items prefered, but will find use for anything non parishable. Produce and Meat storage is a little more difficult. Food is used for activities, and food pantry service. Food Pantry Gets depleated between october and January because of the greater needs of the community.
May-June
Outdoor Equipment and recreational supplies to help us with our summer camp programming. Balls, Games, Nets, Bases, Equipment used in Recreational Events for Kids and Families.
July- September
School Supplies: Pencils Pens, Erasers, Glue, Boxes, Folders, Notebooks, and all those types that would help us assemble school bags, and a supply base for our tutoring programs that happen all year round.
Don't let this list stop you from sending supplies or support to us anytime, all of the programs that we have are on-going and frequent. Any help to any of these lists would be appreciated and a blessing to the congregation we work with.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Monday, November 27, 2006
Thanksgiving Festivities!!!
Last Wednesday Night, We had a great turn out for church. Hinged on the fact that it was thanksgiving, we talked about ways we were blessed and the ways we could give to those less fortunate than us. We prayed and we talked about discernment. And how when we pray, we could think about people, and the spirit could help us discern who to contact and help. The kids prayed and came up with 5 new names, and contacts of people who were in dire need of food on that night before thanksgiving, and they were blessed to find that those people were really in desperate need. a lot of the kids came out with me, and witnessed that there was a huge response, a "oh how we are blessed" or "Thank our lord and savior" it was cool. the kids felt really great about having the spirit help them decide who needed the food more than them. The other blessings of the night included Mike Slupinski and Jeff Stoker and Sara and Stacie coming and helping to fix Beef stew instead of pizza this week. A healthy meal of carrots, potatoes, beef and gravy, and we had pumpkin pies for desert. Then we had a poor woman come into the congregation asking for help, and we offered clothing and food, blankets and a hot meal. The congregation saw numerous ways we were helping in the community that night, every time an opprotunity arose, we were there, affirming to the needy. I think this night was a big boost of faith for our new believers.
Last Wednesday Night, We had a great turn out for church. Hinged on the fact that it was thanksgiving, we talked about ways we were blessed and the ways we could give to those less fortunate than us. We prayed and we talked about discernment. And how when we pray, we could think about people, and the spirit could help us discern who to contact and help. The kids prayed and came up with 5 new names, and contacts of people who were in dire need of food on that night before thanksgiving, and they were blessed to find that those people were really in desperate need. a lot of the kids came out with me, and witnessed that there was a huge response, a "oh how we are blessed" or "Thank our lord and savior" it was cool. the kids felt really great about having the spirit help them decide who needed the food more than them. The other blessings of the night included Mike Slupinski and Jeff Stoker and Sara and Stacie coming and helping to fix Beef stew instead of pizza this week. A healthy meal of carrots, potatoes, beef and gravy, and we had pumpkin pies for desert. Then we had a poor woman come into the congregation asking for help, and we offered clothing and food, blankets and a hot meal. The congregation saw numerous ways we were helping in the community that night, every time an opprotunity arose, we were there, affirming to the needy. I think this night was a big boost of faith for our new believers.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Young Adult retreat a Success!!!
Thanks to the staff that prepared it, the spirit that was there, and the members that gathered, we had a marvelous retreat at blue water last weekend. There were some great classes taught by Mark and Jacquie Hanton, "Fitness Jeopardy" Julie (Sarahs sister) taught "Giving your Heart to God" An Exercise in spirituality and calling. Khristi Bernhardt-Atkinson gave a great presentation on financial Management and Rachel and I taught about being a timely Disciple and NOW being the time for young adults to serve and feel calling.
It was awesome. i will write more later.
Jacob
Thanks to the staff that prepared it, the spirit that was there, and the members that gathered, we had a marvelous retreat at blue water last weekend. There were some great classes taught by Mark and Jacquie Hanton, "Fitness Jeopardy" Julie (Sarahs sister) taught "Giving your Heart to God" An Exercise in spirituality and calling. Khristi Bernhardt-Atkinson gave a great presentation on financial Management and Rachel and I taught about being a timely Disciple and NOW being the time for young adults to serve and feel calling.
It was awesome. i will write more later.
Jacob
Report on a Tradgety
One of our most active young people recently lost a Grandma. She passed recently and asked that the congregation keep her in our prayers.
I also worked with her on and off recently to assemble a slide show for the funeral of music and pictures, and the Funeral is being held tomorrow I believe. I have not been invited but I felt really good ministering to the family by helping scan 40 photos into digital format to help the attendees remember the woman she was. I know it will make an impact.
Pray for this loss, and the family to heal.
Thank you - - Pastor Jacob
One of our most active young people recently lost a Grandma. She passed recently and asked that the congregation keep her in our prayers.
I also worked with her on and off recently to assemble a slide show for the funeral of music and pictures, and the Funeral is being held tomorrow I believe. I have not been invited but I felt really good ministering to the family by helping scan 40 photos into digital format to help the attendees remember the woman she was. I know it will make an impact.
Pray for this loss, and the family to heal.
Thank you - - Pastor Jacob
Thursday, November 09, 2006
LET THERE BE LIGHT!!!!!
Well, two ways I have been enlightened, one the simple solution, I bought a ladder and replaced some bulbs in the sanctuary here and it really made a difference in the members ability to read the scripture during our bible study,-I felt so bad that we had only 2 bulbs remaining when I changed the rest, and now we have 8 bulbs cascading down with light and warmth, and 300 watts of light. (they are old fixtures) But we are blessed because last night at pizza church we had 24 members there, and 10 of them read for us from the bible as we studied about Ruth and her love, and support for Naomi, and being faithful no matter what. Giving us an example of how we can be faithful and how God is there for us. I think this is a miracle because frankly, 2 or 3 usually read. and yesterday, we seemed to whip right through the reading, and the folks understood, and were moved. We are also relating scriptures week to week with our theme "Ways Jesus would want us to be Faithful." I give bonus points (leftover halloween candy) for the people who can remember back to scriptures in previous weeks and remember why we talked about those people and what the lesson was. IT WORKS PRETTY WELL!
Oh I said two ways I have been enlightened. I appreciate all of the concern, for members that I have been writing about. People have been posting comments however difficult, and emailing me, but the most regular response has been that names should be protected. I will be sure to use more pronouns and false names to protect those who I am talking about. Unless permission is provided. I am new at this web based publishing, and I understand now that the world does need to hear the witness of Jesus working here, the world is still enriched by not name dropping. Thank you all those out there for your guidance and direction, and don't be afraid to email if you want to leave comments, I know this blogspot situation is hard to respond to.
Here is my email again for those of you that may want to write to us here.
jacobblakesley@gmail.com
Thank you for being supportive, and if you notice, the names in the testimonies have been changed for protective purposes.
Well, two ways I have been enlightened, one the simple solution, I bought a ladder and replaced some bulbs in the sanctuary here and it really made a difference in the members ability to read the scripture during our bible study,-I felt so bad that we had only 2 bulbs remaining when I changed the rest, and now we have 8 bulbs cascading down with light and warmth, and 300 watts of light. (they are old fixtures) But we are blessed because last night at pizza church we had 24 members there, and 10 of them read for us from the bible as we studied about Ruth and her love, and support for Naomi, and being faithful no matter what. Giving us an example of how we can be faithful and how God is there for us. I think this is a miracle because frankly, 2 or 3 usually read. and yesterday, we seemed to whip right through the reading, and the folks understood, and were moved. We are also relating scriptures week to week with our theme "Ways Jesus would want us to be Faithful." I give bonus points (leftover halloween candy) for the people who can remember back to scriptures in previous weeks and remember why we talked about those people and what the lesson was. IT WORKS PRETTY WELL!
Oh I said two ways I have been enlightened. I appreciate all of the concern, for members that I have been writing about. People have been posting comments however difficult, and emailing me, but the most regular response has been that names should be protected. I will be sure to use more pronouns and false names to protect those who I am talking about. Unless permission is provided. I am new at this web based publishing, and I understand now that the world does need to hear the witness of Jesus working here, the world is still enriched by not name dropping. Thank you all those out there for your guidance and direction, and don't be afraid to email if you want to leave comments, I know this blogspot situation is hard to respond to.
Here is my email again for those of you that may want to write to us here.
jacobblakesley@gmail.com
Thank you for being supportive, and if you notice, the names in the testimonies have been changed for protective purposes.
So A long time coming the conclusion of the Halloween Party Festivities.
We had over 100 people, new people, families, children, and good interested people coming into the church, the Cake walk was a huge hit, Thank you Lamoni P.T.A. for introducing that one to me. When I planned this activity I thought back to those P.T.A. Carnivals of my childhood, and I remembered how the kids could not get enough of those cup cakes as prizes on the cake walk. I remembered that, the airwalk, and the dunk tank, and this was the least fuss and most enjoyable. These Urban kids and folks from michigan had never even considered a cake walk to be as fun as it was. I cut out paper pumkins about feet sized 15 of them, and drew carved out looking numbers on them. I taped them in a circle on the floor and played creepy sounding halloween music. When the music stopped, I drew a number out of a bag, and when a person won the event, then they were out for that round, so they could eat their cupcake. That opened up a slot for someone new from the croud around to jump in and take their place. Parents were involved, small children that had to take two or three steps between pumpkins, and everyone loved it. We went through 48 cupcakes pretty quick, I think we had 7 rounds of people. No idea how many people were involved in just that game.
So in the last post I talked about pumpkin carving. That was great, and a suprize like I said. I bought 30 pumpkins and 17 of them got carved, 3 more got painted, and 5 more got these potatoe head looking eyes poked into them. so we only had five left when we were done. Pretty good. I bet our dumpster was a little more heafty this week.
Overall a huge blessing, and what an impact was made in that short time. Halloween was safer and more fun because of the ministry we provided here that night.
We had over 100 people, new people, families, children, and good interested people coming into the church, the Cake walk was a huge hit, Thank you Lamoni P.T.A. for introducing that one to me. When I planned this activity I thought back to those P.T.A. Carnivals of my childhood, and I remembered how the kids could not get enough of those cup cakes as prizes on the cake walk. I remembered that, the airwalk, and the dunk tank, and this was the least fuss and most enjoyable. These Urban kids and folks from michigan had never even considered a cake walk to be as fun as it was. I cut out paper pumkins about feet sized 15 of them, and drew carved out looking numbers on them. I taped them in a circle on the floor and played creepy sounding halloween music. When the music stopped, I drew a number out of a bag, and when a person won the event, then they were out for that round, so they could eat their cupcake. That opened up a slot for someone new from the croud around to jump in and take their place. Parents were involved, small children that had to take two or three steps between pumpkins, and everyone loved it. We went through 48 cupcakes pretty quick, I think we had 7 rounds of people. No idea how many people were involved in just that game.
So in the last post I talked about pumpkin carving. That was great, and a suprize like I said. I bought 30 pumpkins and 17 of them got carved, 3 more got painted, and 5 more got these potatoe head looking eyes poked into them. so we only had five left when we were done. Pretty good. I bet our dumpster was a little more heafty this week.
Overall a huge blessing, and what an impact was made in that short time. Halloween was safer and more fun because of the ministry we provided here that night.
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Well, I am having technical difficulties showing all of you the pictures of the Halloween Party. I will get them up and going as soon as possible.
Until then, I will tell you about the festivities. We started early, one of our church folks came by and wanted help with his costume. I helped him create a shield and a sword for Link, and burned up some precious time getting decorations up. But That is the ministry. Plans change, things get changed, and we roll with it. So, when he had his armor made from duct tape and cardboard, with colorful duct tape from the summer camp we had left over, he left and got his clothing to match his plan. He left and came back three times, in the time I hung streamers, laid out the festive pumpkin vinil tablecloths, and set 6 pumpkins to start carving. then, I laid out 15 paper pumkins with numbers on them and taped them to the floor. This was our cake walk. Then, I mixed cool aid, and got halloween cups out, laid out the face paints, and as soon as that was set, church folks were showing up, with additional help from Jackuline McKinney and John Barrett and Les Quartier. They helped me staff the event, and there was a constant flow of people coming in, and some stayed a while and did cake walking, painted faces, and carved and painted pumpkins. One testimony I have was that the children, (Senior High and Jr High) saw the pumpkin I had carved that said "Jesus Loves You" and so they were inspired and started to work. However the hang up was they stared carving, and didn't clean out the inside, and when they cut it they cut at a degree angle that allowed the carving tied down with string to drop inside. I asked "how many of you have carved a jack-O-lantern before?" None of them had, and we had 30 pumkins to clean and when I cleaned one, then I put the tea light in it, and lit it up, and the kids were amazed, like they didn't know how it worked, they all said "OOOHHH AHHHH" and this testimony will be continued.
Until then, I will tell you about the festivities. We started early, one of our church folks came by and wanted help with his costume. I helped him create a shield and a sword for Link, and burned up some precious time getting decorations up. But That is the ministry. Plans change, things get changed, and we roll with it. So, when he had his armor made from duct tape and cardboard, with colorful duct tape from the summer camp we had left over, he left and got his clothing to match his plan. He left and came back three times, in the time I hung streamers, laid out the festive pumpkin vinil tablecloths, and set 6 pumpkins to start carving. then, I laid out 15 paper pumkins with numbers on them and taped them to the floor. This was our cake walk. Then, I mixed cool aid, and got halloween cups out, laid out the face paints, and as soon as that was set, church folks were showing up, with additional help from Jackuline McKinney and John Barrett and Les Quartier. They helped me staff the event, and there was a constant flow of people coming in, and some stayed a while and did cake walking, painted faces, and carved and painted pumpkins. One testimony I have was that the children, (Senior High and Jr High) saw the pumpkin I had carved that said "Jesus Loves You" and so they were inspired and started to work. However the hang up was they stared carving, and didn't clean out the inside, and when they cut it they cut at a degree angle that allowed the carving tied down with string to drop inside. I asked "how many of you have carved a jack-O-lantern before?" None of them had, and we had 30 pumkins to clean and when I cleaned one, then I put the tea light in it, and lit it up, and the kids were amazed, like they didn't know how it worked, they all said "OOOHHH AHHHH" and this testimony will be continued.
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