Luke 6:38 – Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

In the last 5 years, we have had a transition house for men to live in who didn’t or couldn’t go out on their own quite yet. Fresh Start has been renting this house all along. We have looked at other homes to buy but we haven’t found a good fit for a long list of different reasons.

I’m glad to announce that in December of 2011 we purchased a beautiful 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom ranch style house with 1986sq. ft. of living space. The house is on a spacious corner lot, with a large utility shed, and is less than a quarter-mile from the Ministry in a beautifulCollege Parkneighborhood, that houses 8-9 men comfortably.

The men moved in on January 10^th 2012 and have settled in already and made it their home. This is just one more testimony of how the Lord will bless those who are patient on Him.

We have everything we need to furnish the house except dresser drawers. We could use about a half-dozen of them (in decent condition). If anyone would like to donate one or all of them or even the money for us to purchase them please get in touch with Kelly or I and we will arrange a pick up.

In His service,

Pastor Joe Cordovano

Church

• 2/5/12 – Christ Church - 9:00 am
• 2/12/12 - Journey – 9:30 am
• 2/19/12 - Faith Assembly - 9:30 am
• 2/26/12 - Northland – 9:00 am

Support Group Teachings

• 2/7/12 – Tim Carlsward – Cure for Fear 
• 2/14/12 – Bentley Lovely – Fantasy and Fear
• 2/21/12 – Jim Sansom – Tackling Giant Problems
• 1/24/12 – Graduation -  George W., Zach D., Hank O., John W., Charles M.

Currently, we are missing email addresses for 323 alumni.  PLEASE SEND YOURS.

We like to send out our monthly newsletters, special event notices like our annual HOMECOMING and the periodic seminars we provide, such as the most recent, “Cutting the Chains of Co-Dependency”.

Please send an email to info@freshstartministries.com with your email address, or find one of the sign up sheets at the Tuesday night meetings.

You’ll need 1 or 2 outfits suitable for church &/or outside meetings. We require a collard shirt (dress or polo). Clothes for job hunting & work work, jeans & tee shirts. And you will need 1 or 2 shorts or hanging out clothes. Underware, socks & all personal hygiene items. Shoes: 1 pair of casual or tennis shoes, 1 pair of work shoes & if you want, 1 pair of dress shoes. You will need an alarm clock & it must be one that does NOT play music. If you have it, you may bring a bible.

We provide all bed linen. If you’d like to bring your own pillow, it must be freshly laundered and covered in a zippered cover to prevent bed bugs.

Cell phones are o.k., but are handed in every day at 6pm.

Bikes are a good source of transportation but must have locks.

What NOT to bring

• No drugs or pills of any kind except aspirin, unless you have prior staff approval.
• No Laptops, DVD players, MP3 players, or Ipods.
• No clothes with advertisements of drugs or alcohol.
• No valuables. We will not be responsible.
• No pornographic or suggestive materials (including pictures of wives/girlfriends)
• No body building products.

If you have a question about something in particular, ask the staff prior to bringing it.

It can be anywhere from 150 – 250 words. Please submit them to info@freshstartministries.com

Please indicate if it is o.k. to use your full name, as they will be published in our newsletters and brochures.

  Additionally, for our alumni house:

• several durable CHEST OF DRAWERS

The Gang

 

Jay & Steven

 

Patrick, Hank, Kevin & Mike

Larry H. & family

 

Jimbo, Enrique, Tom & Daisy

Chris & Josh

Dennis B & Kelly

Sean S. & Kevin B.

Vasily

Vasily, Scott & Chris

George & Ray

Steven S.

Troy & Danny

Wayne M.

D'Angelo & Chuck

 

Cam & Zack