July Rescue

Our next Biblical Rescue Intensive is July 17-19th. The Intensive on Thursday and Friday is from 6-9 p.m. and on Saturday 8-4. The July Intensive will once again be held at the New Life Church of God in Christ's Education Center at 1215 Oakwood, near the corner of Detroit and Oakwood.

If you have taken the Intensive and desire to move into the Internship Program, you'll want to take the Intensive again before entering as an Intern. For those of you who have heard about the Intensive and are attending for the first time, here is a partial list of components covered:

The Upstream / Downstream Model of Think

The critical difference between 'compassion' as is being defined today, and Biblical Rescue

The difference between the truth and the fact of people

How to get off and stay off, 'The Cycle of Failure' when working with and serving others

The difference between Adulthood and Autonomy

The Inertia and Momentum of cataclysmic moments

To register for the Biblical Rescue Intensive, contact Ashley Hall at 419-242-5141 or email Ashely at ahall@cherrystreetmission.org. If you have any questions concerning the Intensive you may email me at danrogers@cherrystreetmission.org or contact my assistant Liz Simon at lsimon@cherrystreetmission.org.

Hope to see you in July.

Dan

New Life

I know you'll join me in welcoming our newest Grandson into the world. Born yesterday afternoon at 6 lbs 8 ounces and 20.5 inches long - Noah William.

Here he is less than an hour old and peeking out from behind the covers. Mom, Dad and sister are all doing well.

New Life, New Birth.

What a wonderful example of His infinite promise, God unfolds right before our eyes each time a baby is born.

Have a great day - I will.

Dan

Voice of Rescue

As you can see, we're now on the air at WPOS radio. I invite you to click the link and listen in on some of the topics we're talking about. The Voice of Rescue can be heard each Sunday at 5:00 p.m. As always I'm interested in your opinions and ideas about either the blog or the radio show in terms of content.

Biblical Rescue Intensive.

On Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week (15-17) we'll once again be conducting a three day Rescue Intensive. These intensives are designed to equip you in your efforts to help others - and succeed in the process. This week's Intensive will be held in Oregon at New Harvest Church near the corner of Coy and Seamon Roads, 6-9 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and 8-4 on Saturday.

To register for the class and to receive additional information contact Ashley Hall at 419-242-5141 or ahall@cherrystreetmission.org.

The next scheduled Rescue Intensive will be at New Life Church of God in Christ in Toledo on Oakwood June 12-14. Again, contact Ashley for all the details and information.

Dan

What's in an 'adjective'?

I'm in Cleveland this morning.

My 72 year old dad is undergoing a five hour surgery today to remove part of his liver where a cancer growth was recently detected. My dad is an amazing fellow. A retired truck driver he and my mom own a family restaurant in Lorain called Rosie's. Through the grace, mercy and healing power of God, he is a cancer survivor twice before in just the last three years. My amazement of him comes from his complete patient and peaceful attitude.

I know many of you who read this will take a quick moment and pray for his continued health - I appreciate that, thank you.

Having arrived at the hospital at around 5:30 this morning, I took the opportunity to read up on the local news in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. On the front page of the Metro section is this headline; "Ohio in top 5 for homeless attacks". It caught my attention as you can well imagine. The article has a sizable picture of Eugene Clemons in a hospital bed with his legs bandaged. Eugene is a homeless veteran who was recently attacked in an alley by unknown assailants who robbed him of his $10.00 and beat him with a board that had nails in it.

The article cites a report titled, "Hate, violence and death on Main Street USA 2007," by the National Coalition for the Homeless, ranks Ohio fourth among 26 states who report such information.

Interestingly enough there was another article on the next page of the Metro section entitled, "A dog doesn't die in that manner." It chronicles the death of Charles Gooden Jr., who was beaten, urinated on and stuffed in a trash can on 117th street by 15 youth sometime early Sunday morning.

Mr. Gooden wasn't homeless. He was however, a convicted felon on drug charges and spent at least six of the last several years in either state or federal prison. He was just released in July 2007.

While I'm grateful that more attention is being paid to crimes against the homeless population, it seems segments of our communities find crimes against some people are more sensational than crimes against others. In this case, homeless vs. addict.

Today, I'm wondering if we could just find that crimes against anyone is senseless. I'm not sure why we need an adjective like 'homeless' to get our attention - but we do. Perhaps one day we'll cease to define what we've become, and have allowed ourselves to become, as a community and focus on who we are.

What do you think?

Dan Rogers

Rescue Class Schedule

Good Friday to you all!

Many of you have asked about the Rescue Class schedule for 2008. We have secured the April and May dates and locations. If this if your first time hearing about the Rescue Class, it is a Biblically formed curriculum designed to both instruct and train members of the faith community as well as those in the social services field, who work with and serve people in crisis, to become effective in rescuing others.

Here are the locations and dates for April and May:

(all classes are held in the evening unless otherwise noted)

New Life Church of God in Christ
1215 Oakwood
Toledo, Ohio 43607

Monday April 7^th 6:00 – 8:30
Wednesday April 9^th 6:00 – 8:30
Monday April 14^th 6:00 – 8:30
Wednesday April 16^th 6:00 – 8:30
Monday April 21^st 6:00 – 8:30
Wednesday April 23^rd 6:00 – 8:30

New Harvest
3540 Seaman
Oregon, Ohio 43616

3 Day Intensive
Thursday May 15^th 6:00 – 9:00
Friday May 16^th 6:00 – 9:00
Saturday May 17^th 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

To register for the Rescue Class, contact Ashely Hall at 419-242-5141 or by email at ahall@cherrystreetmission.org. If you would like additional information about the Rescue Class you may contact me directly via email at danrogers@cherrystreetmission.org. To schedule a Rescue Class with your organization or church contact Liz Simon at lsimon@cherrystreetmission.org.

Happy Resurrection Sunday!
Dan

Record Numbers being served!

The record number of men and women reaching the doors of one of our facilities of service, continue to increase. Monday evening, we set a new 61 year record of men and women staying overnight at 232. Last night (Tuesday evening) we broke that record again for a total overnight stay of 239. Our Food Service meal count remains at just over 750 meals each day.

This is wild when you consider that just six years ago the average overnight stay for men and women was 62 and the average daily meal count was 125.

We thank God for the supporting and generous communities of Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan toward the least, last and lost. Your support is demonstrated in giving your time to volunteer, the donations of food, clothing and furniture, your prayers for those in need and of course your monetary support.

So - if you or your family, your place of business or church, your organization or club is one of the many stepping up to help out this winter - THANK YOU. Your love and outstanding care for those in need is both greatly appreciated and accepted.

Seriously - because we operate 100% through private donations, corporate, church and foundation support, we couldn't do it without you.

Can I encourage you to stop by for a tour some time? It would be great to see you.

Dan

It's Time for Rescue

We will be presenting the Rescue Curriculum at New Life Church of God in Christ at 1215 Oakwood. New Life is near the Oakwood and Detroit intersection.

Here's the schedule:
February 21st. - 23rd.
Thursday 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Friday 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The Rescue Class is being offered free of charge and open to anyone who desires a greater level of success in working with others through rescue. This three day intensive includes course instruction, a rescue assessment, material handouts and an opportunity to become a Rescue Intern upon completing the course.

To register or if you have any questions, email me at danrogers@cherrystreetmission.org or call my assistant Maren Kurtz at 419-242-5141. Registration is required to attend the class.

Hope to see you there,

Dan