Addie Jarrett with Neighborhood Life House - 16

What happens when faithful people say "yes" to serving an overlooked neighborhood? In this conversation with Addie Jarrett, Executive Director of Neighborhood Life House, we discover how a historic building from 1871 became the epicenter of transformation in North Joplin, MO.

The story begins with prayer walks and 200 people gathering to ask God what He wanted to do with a church building that was closing its doors. Sixteen years later, that simple act of availability has blossomed into comprehensive weekly programming serving children and families in a community where 85% aren't connected to local churches and 80% face food insecurity.

Addie shares beautiful stories of children who first asked "Who is Jesus?" in Kids Club now growing into teenagers committed to ministry careers. We hear about creative outreaches through art, dance, music, and basketball that provide multiple entry points for neighborhood youth to experience Christ's love. Most powerfully, she recounts how consistent relationship changed the life of a mother who moved from atheism to faith through the ministry's faithful presence during her family's darkest moments.

What makes Neighborhood Life House extraordinary isn't elaborate programs or substantial resources – it's the power of showing up consistently in a place many overlook, believing that small acts of faithfulness yield harvests "thirty, sixty, or a hundred times what was sown." This conversation will challenge and inspire you to consider how your own "yes" might transform the lives of those just beyond your doorstep.

Ready to support this vital kingdom work? Visit neighborhoodlifehouse.org to learn how you can volunteer, donate, or pray for this ministry cultivating gospel presence in North Joplin.

Chapters

• 0:08 Welcome to the Rise Up Podcast
• 0:58 Meet Addie Jarrett
• 4:25 History of Neighborhood Life House
• 10:20 Current Programs and Ministries
• 19:57 Joys and Struggles in Ministry
• 31:53 Future Vision and Kitchen Remodel
• 36:50 Prayer and Conference Information

Transcript

Kim McIntire: 0:08

Hey everyone, welcome to the it's Time to Rise Up podcast. I'm your host, kim McIntyre. We know there are so many things you can do with your time. Thank you for choosing to spend your time listening today. We pray you are encouraged by what is shared. If you're not familiar with our show, check out our website at itstimetoriseuporg where you will find our social media links and for our podcast platforms. You'll find us on YouTube, apple Podcasts, spotify and anywhere else you find your podcast. We would humbly ask you to subscribe, leave a comment or give us a review on Apple Podcast. Welcome to the episode today. Today I'm so excited to have Addie Jarrett in the studio. Welcome, addie. Thank you so much for having me. You're so welcome. Addie is the executive director of a nonprofit ministry in Joplin called the Neighborhood Life House. It's doing a great work in the community of Joplin and she's here to tell us more about what the Lord is doing in that place. But first I would love for you just to introduce yourself and tell our listeners a little about who you are.

Addie Jarrett: 1:19

Yeah, so my name is Addie, and Joplin area has been my home for my whole life and so I have been a part of Christ Church of Oronogo for about 32 years now, and that's my church family and was raised in the church. I joke and say I was a Buick brought up in church kid. I joke and say I was a Buick brought up in church kid. I love that and I'm just really grateful for my family pointing me to the goodness of our God and showing me what it looks like to serve His kingdom in and through His name and with His Spirit at work in and through us. And I'm grateful for the opportunities to have been able to serve the kingdom at a young age as well, and just mentors and spirit-filled leaders who helped and encouraged me along the way to step into ministry roles later in life as well. And so I was raised up in the church, felt the call to go to Ozark Christian College to study the Bible and to study what ministry could look like and how to serve the church His church as best as we can. And then, after I graduated, I felt the call to step into ministry outside of a church capacity, so I started at Neighborhood Lifehouse almost nine years ago this summer and that's amazing About a year and a half after I started there I met my now husband and through our church Bible study group and that's a funny story in itself, but we were in the same group of about 12 young adults and became really good friends and studied the Bible alongside of each other through that group and then fell in love and got married about a year later.

Addie Jarrett: 3:42

And so now we have a two-year-old daughter named Andy Grace, and she keeps us busy, but we see joy personified in her and we know that she's already shining His light and going to bring a lot of people to know His goodness and serve His kingdom. Because of her story and how she came into our family, we know God has good, good plans for her, absolutely.

Kim McIntire: 4:12

I fully agree. I got to meet your sweet little girl what a couple months ago. Yeah, she's just beautiful and she looks like she's full of joy. Yes, two years old and full of the joy of Jesus. What a gift. She's full of joy. Yes, two years old and full of the joy of Jesus. What a gift. Well, I'm excited to hear all about what's happening at Neighborhood Lifehouse, but first let's just talk about the beginnings.

Addie Jarrett: 4:35

Yeah, how did Neighborhood Lifehouse come to be, and I know you probably have a lot to share about this as well, because you were a part of the leadership team and service team before I came on board. But it's just cool to see how God has worked through that building Like. It is a very old building and it has been a place where ministry has happened for over 70 years, and so just thinking about the legacy of faith and the kingdom workers who were serving in that building even before Lifehouse became a ministry 16 years ago in 2009, is just really really amazing to think about. Ago in 2009 is just really really amazing to think about. And if those walls could talk, I know there would be so many countless stories of people coming to know the Lord and being encouraged to step into ministry and step into their God-given calling.

Addie Jarrett: 5:40

It was a house built in 1871. It was a house built in 1871. And I know that after that it was Ozark Bible College in the 1940s through 1960, early 60s, and my grandma went to Bible College there, and so she told me where her dorm room was, and so it was in one of the attic spaces, so I got to go up and see where my grandma had her dorm room with a couple of her gal friends and saw some of her desks that she might have sat at when she was studying Hebrews and Old Testament scriptures, and so just really cool that God brought me to a ministry where my grandma was studying scripture and studying going into ministry so many years before. Talk about legacy yeah, it's just really, really amazing to think about all the people who walked through those doors and the ripple impact that they have made for the kingdom Sure.

Addie Jarrett: 6:42

And then after that it was North Joplin Christian Church and I hear still about from neighbors who some of our older neighbors who went to VBS and were part of some kids programs at that church and just the legacy that that church and the impact that that church has had on the neighborhood.

Addie Jarrett: 7:03

I can still see the impact now, absolutely, and even so many years later, absolutely. In 2008, they were just faced with closing the church's doors. They didn't have as much new growth and then they approached Jay St Clair and some other people and said, if we gave this building for $10, could you all pray about what ministry could look like and how to serve the neighborhood and continue bringing the gospel into this neighborhood that's often overlooked, neighborhood that's often overlooked, and so I don't know how long ago you got involved, but I would love to hear some from you on that too Well, I know after they went to Jay and I believe College Heights leadership Jay, I remember just in a service at College Heights said if you have a heart to see God do something in this building, come and pray.

Kim McIntire: 8:08

And I'm pretty sure it was a Sunday night and when my husband and I got there we were shocked. I mean there were cars everywhere.

Addie Jarrett: 8:17

I think over 200 people showed up.

Kim McIntire: 8:19

We got into the sanctuary and I'm sure at least 200 there to pray on a Sunday night, with a last-minute invitation, and I knew I was teaching in a school that at that time was located just a few blocks away and I'd been praying about Lord. How do I just share the love of Christ openly in my classroom, in the public school classroom? I really just want to preach the gospel to these kids. You know, and I did in different kinds of ways, but I knew that in that moment, somehow this is going to be connected to teaching and preaching the gospel to kids that may not ever hear it otherwise. Yeah, and that is what happened. And so shortly after that, we had a cleanup day. You weren't on staff yet Walked to the neighborhood praying, went in groups praying, just walking through the blocks. You know, walking around the blocks, walking around the school, saying God, what do you want to do with this building? Who do you want to bring? Our answer is yes, and so it wasn't too long after that, jay invited my husband and I to be on the board, and then programming began and they hired a director At that time it was Katie Hargrove and I started volunteering at a Tuesday after school program called Kids Club, which I believe is still going today.

Kim McIntire: 9:49

Yeah, for sure, I served in that capacity for, I believe, 12 years and seasons change, but my heart for that ministry hasn't changed. I love the ministry that you're doing, and so what I believe is, I believe that there are going to be listeners who are tuning in, who are prayer warriors, who are maybe looking for a place to volunteer, a place to invest in the kingdom financially, and so that's what I'm excited for them to hear from you what's taking place in this facility in North Joplin. And so why don't you just talk a little bit about? You know, when I started volunteering, we had a Tuesday Kids Club. That was the primary ministry. Yeah, volunteering, we had a Tuesday Kids Club, that was the primary ministry, and then it just it seemed like every other year we would add another day of ministry or a event you know, through different seasons. So this is your time to just talk about, like, what is happening Monday through Saturday and even Sunday. I know there's some big things happening on Sundays at Neighborhood Lifehouse.

Addie Jarrett: 11:04

Yeah, I love that Kids Club is the program that kicked off Lifehouse in 2009.

Addie Jarrett: 11:11

And that is still a program that we have. And I know when Jay was sitting on the porch praying about what it could look like and praying for God to give him a vision of what ministry could be, he was seeing kids running around the street playing without any adult supervision, and that's what started that stir. To what if we did something for some students and kids to provide a safe place for them to be after school where they could come and eat and have a Bible lesson and have adults that are asking about their day and praying with them and pouring the love of Jesus into them? And I know that College Heights Christian School, which is now New Heights Christian Academy, but College Heights Christian School, which is now New Heights Christian Academy sent us a group of high school students before spring break that's Missions Week and they did a VBS and that was in 2008. And this is what's crazy to me Without Lifehouse being an established ministry, 30 kids showed up without even knowing what this ministry was about, and so they had that VBS and then kicked off Kids Club that next fall, after the ministry was established as a nonprofit and I just love that. That's a continued program that we have. And then New Heights Christian Academy still sends a group every missions week right before spring break and I love that God has woven those details of those continued things that first started. You know the programs and the ministry and that's something that we still do. I love that, almost 16 years later.

Addie Jarrett: 13:05

So we've been able to not only have elementary programs but we've been able to add middle school and high school programs and I know you were a part of the middle school group for a while with the kids that you saw grow up in the elementary programs. So we have a Bible study group on Mondays for them and we split up with mentors and they have a Bible lesson and small group material that they go through and they keep the same small groups for the whole year so those connections are built, they can follow up with ways that they can pray for one another. They really know what's going on in the students' lives and then we have a meal with them. About 85% of our neighborhood they're not connected to a local church, so we bring Bible lessons and scripture into all of the programs that we provide and almost 80% of our neighborhood struggles with food insecurity. So we provide a couple dinners a week with our students and snack bags and provide different ways like snacks with all our programs so that we're helping with this physical need that is so prevalent in our neighborhood.

Addie Jarrett: 14:23

And on Tuesday we've got Kids Club, which is the elementary Bible club. We've got a Bible lesson and games that connect with the lesson and small groups and then we serve them dinner on Tuesday nights. And then later on Tuesday nights we have a group of Ozark Christian College students who come play basketball on our basketball court outside to connect with some of the youth in the neighborhood who might not be coming to the other programs. So it's a really good entry level point that they can get to know some of our leaders and they pray over them and they have like a quick five minute devo and then they play basketball for an hour. So it's just a really easy way for those students who might not feel comfortable fully coming into our building yet they can make some good gospel centered connections with mentors who are consistent and praying over them and loving them well.

Addie Jarrett: 15:19

And then Wednesdays we're getting ready to start another gymnastics class. We had one last year where we went to Helix Gym in Joplin, which is a Christ-centered gymnastics club and gym, and able to have a class with that. We're also right now working on doing some fundraisers with our middle school and high school students so they can go to church camp over the summer. So a lot of the organization we're doing on Wednesdays after school with them.

Addie Jarrett: 15:50

And then we also have an art class called Imago Dei, which means Image of God Art Class, and that's for elementary kids class and that's for elementary kids, so they have a Bible lesson that goes along with a fun and messy art project or something that can remind them that we're created in God's image. He makes masterpieces, not mistakes, and that since they're created in His image, they can create beautiful things too, and so that's something that we've done on Wednesdays as well. And then Thursdays we have a music class. We've got a little youth gospel choir and they sing some worship songs together and also learn how to play some instruments and some of the fundamental music stuff too. And then we've got a Daughters of the King dance class where they come and we pray over them. We have, we read some scripture and then they get to learn some fundamentals of ballet and some other fun dance stuff too. I love that and we sometimes throughout the year we have some neighborhood outreach events and to connect with more neighbors and just to show the love of Jesus in our neighborhood.

Kim McIntire: 17:04

It's amazing when do you draw your volunteer base from? Where would you say you mostly draw those willing people?

Addie Jarrett: 17:13

Anywhere and everywhere. But most of our volunteers because it's after school and people's work schedules are tricky to navigate that with Most of our program volunteers are from Ozark Christian College we're just like a couple minutes away. But we also have a lot of volunteers who will come with their small groups and maybe serve one of our dinners that we provide the two a week. They might commit to doing that once or twice or maybe every second Tuesday of the month, so it's not as much of a time commitment if it's hard to work with their schedule and it's only like about 30 to 45 minutes of serving a meal with our kids. But we also have some that come and our building is old and there's always repairs that are needed and projects that need to be tackled and yard work and cleaning. So sometimes we have small groups will come serve or a youth group that will come serve and tackle some of those, those projects together for a serve day. So those are all kinds of different ways that they can serve.

Addie Jarrett: 18:22

Some of our other volunteers will, just if they can't. We have a few who can't serve like on a regular basis with our programs but they want to be involved and so they, when they can. They just drive around the neighborhood, or walk around the neighborhood, depending on the weather, and just pray. Pray over the houses and our students' houses and over the neighborhood. And that is the most important way we can serve is through our prayers. It's the most powerful thing we can do, it's true, and so we're just grateful for all our prayer partners who are, you know, going to the Lord on the ministry's behalf and on the behalf of our students and neighbors. It's so good Addie.

Kim McIntire: 19:05

Yeah, it was born with prayer. It was born from prayer. I should say I still remember those prayer walks and standing on those steps at the front door just listening to Jay read some scripture and send us out and the fruit is being born now right. Like God's doing that and wow, I just am blown away that it's been 12 years, 12 years, right.

Addie Jarrett: 19:30

No, it's almost 16. Oh, my word, I know Sorry. No, you were 12 years.

Kim McIntire: 19:36

I was there 12 years.

Kim McIntire: 19:38

Yes, thank you for correcting me 16 years of ministry there 12 years yes, thank you for correcting me 16 years of ministry Coming up on, yeah, almost to the 20-year anniversary mark. Oh, wow, yeah, that's incredible. Okay, that's amazing. Well, I know that with this kind of ministry there are many joys and also some struggles, so I feel like I've witnessed some of your joys. I've been there for some baptisms, some Christmas services, and I think those are the times when you see more parents come in. Families are there present to witness either the Christmas program or the baptism of their child. That has to be one of your greatest joys, am I right?

Addie Jarrett: 20:23

Yeah, absolutely. For people that you've walked with, seeing them go all in for Jesus and wanting to follow Him for the rest of their life is the most amazing thing that you can see and be a small part of. I mean, you know it's all the Holy Spirit's work, but being able to witness that and see it firsthand.

Addie Jarrett: 20:48

Yes, what other joys have you experienced other than I mean? Those are two that stand out to me. I seeing students grow up in the ministry has been beautiful to see and seeing them step into their God-given calling. We took 11 students to see how I move last summer and it's a youth conference and out of the 11, three made the decision to step into vocational ministry and kingdom work. And one of them that I have known since she was fifth grade, is about to disciple. He is calling them to be disciples makers. And just knowing that, you know that analogy of like an acorn being planted and it's not just going to produce one tree, that's right, but so many more trees and you think about the legacy and the kingdom impact that these students are going to have in their families and changing the trajectory of those life cycles and those family chains being broken, and thinking about what God is going to do through these students.

Kim McIntire: 22:20

Yeah, that neighborhood. I feel that you large, the largest majority of that neighborhood that receives ministry from Neighborhood Life House is high poverty. Not every family, but many are high poverty.

Kim McIntire: 22:36

A lot of them are single family homes, single parent homes rather Some multiple families living in one unit, Some kids going home because parents are at work. So I think about how, when I first started serving, how many kids actually didn't know about Jesus? I remember doing a Christmas craft, like the very first year in kids club, and a little girl saying who's Jesus, and it just struck me like there are kids. Actually it was Thanksgiving, we were drawing our hands and every finger represented you know. We traced our hand to make a turkey and every finger represented something we were thankful for and Jesus was on the first finger and the little girl said who's Jesus? And I was like she's going to know who Jesus is because of LifeHouse.

Addie Jarrett: 23:30

It's incredible, and when you think of us being in the Bible Belt and there's so many churches in our area, for 85% not to be connected to a church. It's a huge number. It's huge and a lot of these students, like you said, are learning these Bible lessons for the first time and hearing the hope of the gospel for the first time in our backyard, yeah, yeah, because people are willing to say yes, yeah.

Kim McIntire: 23:57

Or pray or send a check, or serve a meal, yeah. Or read the Bible, mm-hmm. Or play a game with a kid, or shoot hoops, mm-hmm. Really, the gospel goes forth because of yes, mm-hmm. And so what an incredible, incredible opportunity in the backyard, yeah, in the backyard. What are some of the struggles that you face, addie? Maybe as a leader, but also just as a ministry?

Addie Jarrett: 24:23

What are, like, some of the hard things, mm-hmm, seeing the darkness in the neighborhood and the spiritual warfare going on, especially with some of our students who have made big decisions to follow Jesus and big decisions. To have made big decisions to follow Jesus and big decisions to, you know, follow Him and lead others to Him, and seeing them come under spiritual attack is heavy. And so we're, you know, just continuing to pray that that does not keep them from knowing that God is good or try to take them away from his plan for them and his calling on their lives, and that you know we want the gospel to be on full display in all the things that we do, in every single detail, whether the neighborhood's pretty transient families in and out. So, if they're here with us for several years or even if it's just a short amount of time, we want them to know that God is with them, god is for them, god sees them, he loves them, he knows them and he's calling them into relationship with Him. So, just, you know, loving them and pointing them to Him, no matter how long they're with us.

Addie Jarrett: 25:52

And I know, like we had a couple weeks ago, we had a couple students who had just moved into the neighborhood over Christmas break and they got connected to our ministry and you could just see the glow on their faces as they were hearing these Bible lessons and learning memory verses over the past couple months and just a couple of weeks ago they had to move across town and you don't think South Joplin is that much farther but that means that they can't get off the bus and come to programs and they, you know, can't meet with their mentors and their small group leaders, who are praying with them and praying over them every week. And so things like that, knowing that we are living open handed and knowing that God loves these students more than we ever could, and he's got them and he is going to take good care of them, and he is going to remind them and sustain them and remind them that he is with them, that's right, even if we're not with them, that's right. So just trusting that— it's a trust journey, yeah.

Kim McIntire: 27:03

For sure, yeah, because you're not always guaranteed to have. You have had a lot of retention, though, and it's amazing to me how many kids you know started attending, like kindergarten age, who now are in high school or getting ready to enter into college, and just that you've been able to see the journey from start to finish, and a lot of their maybe not very start, but a lot of them start, you know, elementary and then elementary to middle school, into high school. Yeah and wow, what an impact.

Addie Jarrett: 27:41

I just think, impact.

Kim McIntire: 27:42

The impact is you can't even speak to what it is because we'll know in eternity, right the impact of a yes. So do you feel like the families are pretty supportive of Neighborhood Lifehouse being there? Do you feel that feedback from them?

Addie Jarrett: 27:58

I do, and we have been able to connect more with the parents and there's a lot of mamas in our neighborhood and we've done things like mom appreciation night where they could come and we fed them a yummy meal and had a spa kind of set up in our area where we had hairdressers and a massage artist, a massage person who could rub their shoulders and give them a facial and all these things that were letting them know that we love them and we were able to share scripture with them and let them know that they are daughters of God and they're loved and we are coming alongside them. In this journey of being a mama and doing things like that and having baby showers for some of our moms and just loving them in tangible ways and building up that trust over years have helped us be able to make more connections with them and, you know, be able to come alongside them as well. With them and you know, be able to come alongside them as well For sure, not just their kids and be able to point them to Jesus too. We had a mom several years ago who when I first started she would have said she was an atheist and I, over time, you know, build up that trust would connect with her. You know, wanted to be her friend. You know I felt like God was putting her in my heart to be her friend.

Addie Jarrett: 29:30

And four years ago, after her family was hit with some deep grief and tragedy, lifehouse was there. We were the ones. They were her first calls and showing up and meeting her and her family where they were at in that moment, God opened the doors for more gospel conversations to be had, and only God can do something like that and her heart was softened to His Spirit leading in that moment, to his spirit leading in that moment. And now she tells, like a few years later, she tells me she's praying for me and loves Jesus and wants to serve him. And when we were bringing our daughter home during our adoption journey, she was the one who was writing prayer cards and scripture. And so that is just really sweet too, because, as you think about, we were helping her kids know the gospel and now she is in turn helping my daughter know the gospel. It's just really cool to see how God works in that and how the Holy Spirit leads us and brings us into relationship with our.

Addie Jarrett: 30:51

Father, so true.

Kim McIntire: 30:53

Well, I was really grateful that you sent an invitation my way for a baby shower on a very icy day in January or February, I think. Yes, yeah, I can't remember if it was January or February, but a little one that I had in third grade was having her first baby. Yeah, and you hosted a baby shower and I just think you know, maybe her little one will be at Lifehouse in the future. You know, I mean, it's just, I believe that's going to happen For the families who have stayed. There have been some consistent families who haven't left the neighborhood and I think the impact is going to be significant. So I'm so thankful for you sharing that. Addie, I wanted to also talk about what happens there on Sunday.

Addie Jarrett: 31:36

Oh yeah, and Saturday night we have. There's a church plant that currently rents our space on Saturdays. Saturday night is just a better time for a lot of our neighbors who might be working on Sundays. So they have kicked off almost a year ago It'll be a year in late May a Saturday night service in the Lifehouse building so that a lot of our neighbors who might not have reliable transportation or might not be comfortable stepping into one of our church buildings, has a space that's close to their house. That is a place that they're familiar with and comfortable with and can connect to a faith community that loves Jesus. That's even outside of LifeHouse, so there's more kingdom workers and people who love Jesus coming alongside more of our neighbors.

Kim McIntire: 32:34

What time does that service start? It is at 630. 630 on Saturday evenings, okay, and is it called Connect? Yeah, connect Christian Church. Connect Christian Church. That's awesome. So how are some ways our listeners could be praying for your ministry at Neighborhood Life House?

Addie Jarrett: 32:52

Yeah, I mentioned before that the gospel is just so front and center of all the things that we do whether that be an event or, you know, programs throughout the week, or you know, hanging out with a family on the playground or the basketball court that, no matter who is on our grounds, they know this is all about Jesus and for Jesus and that they are welcomed in to have a seat at his table.

Addie Jarrett: 33:23

And just that God continues to bring more neighbors to know him through this ministry and that we will be obedient to whatever he calls us to do and how, whatever programs or events that he desires for this ministry to carry out, for us to be able to continue to make those gospel connections with more of our neighbors. For sure, and I know he has set some vision on our hearts. As a board we meet every year for a vision casting meeting where we spend a lot of time in prayer over the next year to five years, and he's pressed on our hearts some dreams and goals over the next five years with some different things that we feel him leading us to do, and so just continued vision and direction from the Holy Spirit to do what he's calling us to do.

Kim McIntire: 34:26

It's amazing what he's done in 16 years. I can't wait to see what happens in the next 16.

Addie Jarrett: 34:31

I'm excited we are about to finish up a kitchen remodel. We didn't have a usable kitchen space and a house. You know a lot of kids call a life house home and a home needs a kitchen. So, and with us providing meals a couple of times a week and having neighborhood events, you know we need to have a kitchen space, and a lot of our students are in high school or middle school and a lot of them might be taking care of their dinners at home or younger siblings, and so we are excited to be able to, over the summer, start some nutrition and budget-friendly meal prep classes with our middle school high school students and help them as they get ready to launch into adulthood. And help them as they get ready to launch into adulthood, while ultimately pointing them to the goodness of Jesus through providing meals and helping them know how to do that. Yeah.

Kim McIntire: 35:32

How many people don't have the lifestyle of cooking? I mean, really, that's pretty important that they have that knowledge and learn about Jesus while they're doing it. So two for one Feed your spirits, feed your body. That's so good. Well, how can people find out more about the ministry? Do you have a website?

Addie Jarrett: 35:57

Yeah, we have a website and you can look it up neighborhoodlifehouseorg. Or we also have a Facebook page, neighborhood Lifehouse, and Instagram is the same as that, so you can follow us on social media and connect to us through our website. Also, there's a Lifehouse phone number if you want to call and get more information, or maybe come visit and take a tour of the building and see it firsthand, if you're local, and get connected in that way too.

Kim McIntire: 36:33

Yes, it's a historic building, so it has some pretty cool architecture. For anyone who's interested in historic buildings, it would be a beautiful tour for you to take. So well, thank you so much, addie, for being here. It's been a blessing to hear your heart. I'm excited for what's in the future for the Neighborhood Life House. I'd just like to close us in prayer over your ministry, okay.

Addie Jarrett: 36:57

Yeah, it was so good to be here. Thank you so much, Kim.

Kim McIntire: 36:59

You are so welcome. It's so good to visit again too. Father, God, we just thank you for what you have done in the Neighborhood Lifehouse Ministry and, God, we are believing that your Holy Spirit is doing a mighty work in the hearts of students and volunteers and families that make up this ministry. God, we ask that you continue to do a work of just planting the gospel in these hearts. God, that these seeds would be planted, they would be watered and grown by your Spirit and they would produce a harvest 30, 60, 100 times what was sown. God, may the hearts of these students be the hearts of good soil. We pray also, God, that people who enter feel welcomed in that they have a seat at the table at this ministry.

Kim McIntire: 37:53

God, we pray, God, for the future vision of Neighborhood Life House, that it would continue to minister Lord to the families and the children in that area. And also, God, we just pray that your name would continue to be glorified and magnified through this ministry. We thank you for everything you've done, God. We thank you for what you are doing right now and what you have yet to do in the future. So, God, just continue increasing the vision that your hand of blessing would be upon it your hand of favor, God, that many would come to know Jesus because people said yes to the call. Pray your blessings over Addie, her husband and her child, and protection, Lord, and protection over that neighborhood and every life that represents this ministry.

Kim McIntire: 38:49

God, guide their board in their decisions. God, we just pray for wisdom and direction and counsel from your Holy Spirit. We thank you again, God, for all that you've done, and we ask these things in the holy and beautiful name of Jesus, Amen. Thank you again for being here and thank you, listeners, for joining us for this episode. Just a quick reminder that the Rise Up Conference in 2025 will be held August 1st and 2nd at the Keter Center near Branson, Missouri. All the information about conference is found on our website at itstimetoriseuporg. I'm very excited to share that we have a discount promo code just for podcast listeners, so use podcast 15 when you sign up and get a discounted rate on your conference registration. I'm looking forward to meeting you all at conference this year. Once again, you can find us on our socials at Facebook or Instagram at the official underscore rise underscore up. May God's grace and peace be with you all.