The Montana Rescue Mission

Mt. Republic Chapel of Peace supports five ministries that serve people in Montana, the U.S. and the world. This week a group of servants took a trip over the Beartooths to Billings, to the Montana Rescue Mission, a ministry that serves the needs of men, women, and children in Billings without homes and hot meals. MRM is a wonderful organization, run by faithful stewards of few resources, driven by loving hearts and a faith in a God who can change lives. They know because several of the full-time staff members were themselves once residents in the building.

After a grand tour of the building facilities, we were served a wonderful (and unexpected!) lunch before heading upstairs to the two rooms were had traveled three hours to paint! It was a joy to serve the ministry in even a small way such as that, but also to think of those who would occupy those two rooms for a time and call them "home." It's often in the small things, such as clean, painted walls, that give a person a sense of dignity and self-respect, making that person without a home, still feel like a person. Even small acts of service can truly be a blessing to the world and to individuals. We were glad to be a part of the Mission that day.

Round Two

I initially took this post of INTERIM pastor anticipating my time here to be 3-5 months. Then it turned into 7 months. Then 10 months. Now I'm looking at a round-two winter, extending my time here to 19 months!!!! As unexpected as it is, I am delighted at the opportunity. Winter is, by far, my favorite time of year here in Cooke City - which is good since it dominates more than six months of the year! Not to mention the three months of the year when it tries to dominate!
It seems that this year winter has come a bit earlier than others. One year ago yesterday, Seth posted about how he woke up to a light frost and anticipated snow to fall within a few weeks. A few weeks ago I woke up to a hard frost on many mornings and the mountains have been white now for a couple weeks! The ground around Cooke City has had snow on it one morning already!


If you have checked this blog with any regularity, you've noticed that I have not updated it in a long while. I'm not a blogger, per se, and find it difficult to force myself to do so. I will do my best though. If you haven't already checked out the new church website, do so! http://www.mtrepublicchapel.org/. There are many great pictures from the summer on it!