"Waymarks"

Along with the Town of Hampstead the Hampstead Meeting House is celebrating its 275th anniversary. I have heard that it is the oldest continuously used meeting house in NH. According to Wikipedia: “The Hampstead Meetinghouse, also once known as Hampstead Town Hall, is a historic meeting house... The core of this dual-purpose (religious and civic) structure was begun in 1749, although its interior was not completely finished until about 1768. It is one of a number of… 18th-century meeting houses in southeastern New Hampshire, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. …It is a two-story wood frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Unlike 19th-century churches, it has its original main entrance on the long side, at the center of a five-bay facade. The entrance is framed by pilasters and a triangular pediment. A bell tower rises just to the left of the main block, with a similarly styled second entrance at its base. It rises square to an open octag

Please join us for our Annual Thanksgiving Service at the Old Meeting House in Hampstead, NH. November 24th 4:00pm to 6:00pm. This year a monetary offering and an offering of non-parishable food goods will be received as part of the service and given to St Anne's Catholic Church, Hampstead, NH. At the conclusion of the service refreshmnents will be served and a tour of Heaven's Kitchen's food truck and food pantry will conducted for those wishing to see their amazing operation of feeding those in need in our communities.

Yesterday I began to highlight the history of Isaiah 58 NH since its founding 10 years ago. I plan to continue to do that until we celebrate our 10th anniversary on October 3. I hope you can join us in that celebration. Go to www.isaiah58nh.com for more info about tickets and sponsorships. Today's blog is the first newsletter published in 2014.

The Exchange Club is a significant part of the history of Isaiah. Before Isaiah 58 NH became the non-profit it is today it was an outreach ministry of Triumphant Cross Luther Church, Salem NH (Isaiah 58 Ministry). A gift from the Exchange Club was the catalyst for the formation of Isaiah 58 Ministry. The gift was a 1980 Liberty Mobile Home. As pastor of Triumphant Cross I was keenly aware of the affordable housing issue in the Salem area. So when I heard the Exchange Club had a mobile home it was offering to a local nonprofit or church, I applied for it and was given the home. I thought it would be a simple process to help a local family rehab it and help them find a home for the mobile home. Not knowing how difficult it would be to find one for an older mobile I became deeply involved in the local housing community and the pending crisis in our area of affordable housing and hidden homelessness. It took three years before a home for our homeless mobile home had a home. It’s n