Heartworks Ministry at Crescent Hill

We have updated the Jubilee school lunch calendar for 2009. Please login to CareCalendar.org to see what dates are available in 2009 to provide lunches for our students.

Here’s how you log in to our CareCalendar:
user id: 6993
password: 7197

As always, your donations of school lunches are very much appreciated by all of us at Heartworks. Have a Merry Christmas!

I want to say thank you to all who help us with our assignment from God to work at turning the hearts and lives of our children towards Christ and Academic Excellence! I am seeing more and more fruit from our labor and hope that you feel the Holy Spirit working during the times you are here!

Please pray for Precious and Princess who have been plucked up and moved to Charleston without a word to us. DSS is on it.

Please pray for “just the right” Pre-school/Kindergarten teacher to be shown to us - we have an interim who will be with us through December - we have 4 precious little ones who are at different stages of development and who need a “tough love” teacher who will mold them and
inspire them to be their best!

Giving is down this month as folks evaluate their priorities - please pray that God will continue to bless those He has chosen to use to bless this work! He is our Jehovah Jirah - My Provider! He is faithful and will work all things for the good of those called according to His purpose!

Blessings to you - hope to see you soon!

Dear loved ones,

We are very sad as we wait with Jessica, Jada and Asia (and family) to see what God will do with their sweet granddaddy who suffered a horrible stroke yesterday morning. It is very much like what happened to my own daddy and it is torture waiting for CT scans to see how flooded the brain really is.

These girls are destroyed emotionally - you can imagine. He is the only daddy Jessica and Jada have ever had - of course, Grandma is having a struggle keeping her own blood pressure down in this process - Imagine screaming and crying children of all ages in and out, in and out of the house, waaaaayyyy tooo much commotion! I brought Jada home with me to sleep and we’ll get to school late, but….Jessica and Asia are at Jubilee already trying to focus. There will be much business to help Grandma attend to - please pray as I help them as I can.

If you are interested in volunteering for Heartworks, check out the new sidebar link “About Volunteering“.

Thank you for your support!

Dear friends,

We have put the Jubilee Academy lunch calendar online at CareCalendar.org! This should allow all of our lunch donors to view what days we still have available and to sign up online to provide lunches. I personally have used the Care Calendar in the past for providing meals for families with new babies and have found it very easy to use.

Click here to access Jubilee Academy’s private CareCalendar site, and enter the following information in the appropriate spaces:

CALENDAR ID: 6993
SECURITY CODE: 7197

You should then be able to see a calendar from September through the end of the year. Days in green mean the need has already been met and days in red mean that we still need someone to fill that spot. Click on the day you’d like to sign up for and enter your information. That’s all! You’ll be sent an email reminder a few days before your assigned day.

Please take a look at the available days in September. As you can see, we still have quite a few days to fill.

Thank you so much for your valuable support!

Rachel Wisdom
252-4236

PS - For those who would rather call or email to sign up, please don’t
hesitate - I will be happy to put you on the calendar.

[Admin's Note: The link to the care calendar has also been put on the "About Providing Lunch" Page of this site.]

Courtesy of First Presbyterian Church here in Columbia:

This will also be posted in our “About Us” page.

Share Your Gifts and Talents
How do you see yourself involved with Heartworks?
Be creative! We would love to hear your ideas!

10. Think Pre-Kindergarten - Donate used or new Pre-Kindergarten materials and toys. (Outdoor toys, puzzles, curriculum, manipulatives, etc. – see our wish list for more details)

9. Help us build “God’s House” in the midst of the “Gates of Hell” – We have been given a unit in the apartment alley known as the “Gates of Hell” to hold Bibles studies and programming for the many children and families. God has told us to clean it up and make it a beautiful place of His presence for the community. We need laborers, materials and equipment to create a great and holy space!

8. Sponsor a student to attend Cedar Cliff Camp at The Cove – Even better….let your child attend this marvelous camp and go as a “buddy” with a Heartworks student.

7. Push Paper – Help in the office one morning a week with filing, organizing, answering the phone, photocopying, and computer work.

6. Provide Lunch – Lunch is scheduled for 11:30 during each day of Jubilee Academy through the end of June. Please call our office to get on the calendar – summer times vary.

5. Put on Your Rubber Gloves - Weekly or monthly help cleaning the building. The children have daily chores that help, but deep cleaning is necessary!

4. Share Your Heart: Be a Mentor - Mentors spend quality time weekly with their child. We have lots of great mentor activity ideas to offer – an application process is required. Some of our children have been waiting expectantly for a caring, committed mentor, for several years!

3. Give the Gift of Learning - Become a Tutor

Brandon, our senior, is preparing to take the SAT or ACT. He needs a tutor to work with him on specific skills. (One hour sessions – we will flex his schedule any day.)

Devin, our newest student, came to us off the streets at the end of April. He is only 4 and we are in need of a tutor to help prepare him for Kindergarten in 2008-2009. Brandon’s youngest brother, Eric (3), has joined us as a learning buddy for Devin. (Help needed each morning for several hours – an hour any day would be a big help.)

Reading – Individuals who are willing to listen to a child read while providing support, correction, and encouragement. (Needed for 30 minute sessions per child – preferably in the morning.)
Math – Many of our students are behind in their math skills. Tutors are needed to help with daily assignments and homework. (Very flexible times)

2. Join our Financial Support Team - Become a monthly giver or give a one time gift.

1. PRAY! - Please make praying for Heartworks a part of your daily prayers.

Thanks for your consideration. We are always praying that God would lead more of his saints to catch the vision and support the work that he is doing through us.

Here are some needs we have for our newest ministry location (An apartment unit at the “Gates of Hell” that will be called “God’s House”):

• 2 exterior doors and 2 sturdy screen doors
• Supplies to tear down walls and renovate
• 3 Plastic “school cafeteria type” tables with attached stools (fold and roll for storage)
• Refrigerator
• Fencing
• Flowers, bushes, landscaping materials for entire alley
• Outdoor Play Equipment for a tiny space
• Kitchen Sink and Counter

General needs for Heartworks:

• Camp Scholarships
• A refrigerator for the family of one of our students.
• New Updated Experiencing God Materials for upcoming Bible Study Groups (new dvds, study workbooks)
• Available materials for study of Lies Women Believe and the Truth That Sets Them Free
• Tripod for Video Camera
• Portable Microphone/Speaker/Sound System appropriate for large rooms and outdoor activities
• Summer Bible Day Camp Materials/Supplies
• Soccer Balls, Basketballs, Hula hoops, outdoor Yard Water Sport Fun
• 20-30 New Children’s NIV Readers Bibles (green)
• No sugar added juice boxes
• Tons of small bottles of water and Gatorade
• Healthy Snacks
• Paper products
• Cleaning products
• Sidewalk Chalk/Paint
• Craft Supplies, Large Magic Markers, Poster Board
• Rolling Coolers
• Rolling Containers for “movable’ activities
• Lots of toiletries/hygiene supplies to use and to give

Hello, All. Here are some things that will need for next year:

• Materials for our 3-5 year olds (Kindergarten Program and New Outreach Apartment)
• Large, Vinyl Blocks to build with, climb on, crawl under, etc.
• Wooden Items for Kitchen
• Plastic Fruits and Veggies for Kitchen
• Outdoor play equipment (tricycles, scooters, etc.)
• Train table and train
• Number/letter/color materials
• Early Childhood Curriculum (Academic and Bible)
• Manipulatives, flash cards
• Quality Early Childhood Books
• Easels
• Craft and Art Materials
• Dress up outfits
• Our quilts and blankets are in need of washing and drying.
• Hair Appointments for some of the Jubilee students.
• 3-4 additional sets of real wood, sturdy library bookshelves for our Thomas Cozart Library.
• Medium sized copier
• Medium Laminating Machine
• Home School Materials
• Hands-on Manipulatives for any/all ages
• 25-35 small and medium clear storage containers with lids for supplies and materials
• 10-15 large clear storage containers with lids

At Sandee’s request we are working on putting together a new look for this website. It will take some time, but we hope to have it all finished nicely by the first of August at the latest. So we’ll be under construction in the meanwhile, but we hope you will like it when it’s finished.

Dear Valuable Volunteers and Heartbeat Donors,

Please come to our Heartworks and Jubilee Open House on Sunday, April 13 @ 5pm for the special program designed to honor and thank YOU for what you do for our ministry!

OPEN HOUSE 4-6 pm
Special Program @ 5

Bring your family and friends - have a piece of cake, get your face painted, see a magic show and visit our “home”!

We are forming a PROPERTY SEARCH COMMITTEE and a JUBILEE - DESIGN ON A DIME COMMITTEE

Let us know if you are interested in joining either!

Hope to see you on Sunday - It will be a JOYFUL TIME!

Heartworks @ Crescent Hill
Jubilee Academy
252-4236

Well, we found a hard copy of the November newsletter on my refrigerator, and we scanned it in and uploaded it. Also, Sandee made a PDF file of the latest newsletter, renamed “Heartworks Happenings”. Both are now posted in the white sidebar under Newsletter Archives, along with all the others. Enjoy!

We’re catching up on posting PDF files of back issues of the Trumpeteer. Here are the December 2007 and January 2008 issues. I will also be putting up the list of all the posted issues up on the sidebar somewhere, so look to page right for that.

Rachel has been organizing the office and has found some really old newsletters. It will be fun to share those when we can make the time.

Happy Leap Day!