{"id":1939,"date":"2013-12-02T11:06:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oshetablogs.wordpress.com\/?p=1939"},"modified":"2013-12-02T11:06:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-02T16:06:00","slug":"knee-deep-in-chuch-planting-biznass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/shalominthecity\/2013\/12\/knee-deep-in-chuch-planting-biznass\/","title":{"rendered":"Knee Deep In Chuch Planting Biznass"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Things have been so busy around here with planting our church,\u00a0 New City Covenant Church.\u00a0 It\u2019s been wonderful but exhausting\u2026like, I came home from Operation Turkey Sandwich, turned on whatever holiday flick ABCFamily was airing and passed out on the couch letting the kids fend for themselves\u2014 from my understanding there were jelly sandwiches and cream soda involved in their T-Day lunch.<\/p>\n<p>But whatever, they were fine\u2014hopped up on sugar\u2014but fine,\u00a0 while TC and I rested from a very exciting morning! By the grace of God and with the help of lots of friends, we pulled off our first Operation Turkey Sandwich where:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We collected over 200 lbs of roasted, de-boned, and carved turkey<\/li>\n<li>5 \u201cbaking bashes\u201d, parties where people gathered to bake for New City, took place all across Greater Boston area<\/li>\n<li>We baked 200 stuffing muffins and pumpkin chocolate bars<\/li>\n<li>We delivered two hundred bags to Starbucks employees, check-cashing retail associates, 20 fire-fighters, 13 police officers, countless bus drivers and cabbies, as well as one unfortunate person in lock-down at the Dudley police station<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0We had over 20 volunteers not counting kids join us today<\/li>\n<li>One brave woman chased down a bus to give the driver a lunch<\/li>\n<li>All of the children on the trip got to pose in or on a fire truck<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1940\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1940\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oshetablogs.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/img_3931.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1940 \" alt=\"IMG_3931\" src=\"https:\/\/oshetablogs.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/img_3931.jpg?w=300\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My kiddos packed in tight on our way to Operation Turkey Sandwich. there\u2019s 12 reusable bags with over 200 brown paper bags, nearly 150 lbs of turkey, 170 stuffing muffins, 50 pumpkin chocolate bars and 3 kids\u2026now that\u2019s a church planter\u2019s car<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1941\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1941\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oshetablogs.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/img_3933.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1941 \" alt=\"IMG_3933\" src=\"https:\/\/oshetablogs.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/img_3933.jpg?w=640\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1941\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We were so excited to use The Emmanuel Gospel Center\u2019s kitchen as our work site and home base. Check the cool label the Hubs made for OTS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1942\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1942\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oshetablogs.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/img_3942.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1942 \" alt=\"IMG_3942\" src=\"https:\/\/oshetablogs.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/img_3942.jpg?w=640\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1942\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">First wave of turkey sandwich making. We made 200 in total! I thiiiiink there\u2019s 80 sandwiches there. I don\u2019t know I was standing on the other side of the room on a chair yelling, \u201cmake sure every bag that goes out for delivery is complete with a lunch box note, a pumpkin bar, a stuffing muffin, mayo and mustard\u201d Y\u2019all my OCD came out hard-core that day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1943\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1943\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oshetablogs.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/img_3943.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1943 \" alt=\"IMG_3943\" src=\"https:\/\/oshetablogs.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/img_3943.jpg?w=640\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hey now, check my cute Hubby in black making sandwiches. There\u2019s something sexy about a man preparing food, no?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1944\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1944\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oshetablogs.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/img_3962.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1944 \" alt=\"IMG_3962\" src=\"https:\/\/oshetablogs.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/img_3962.jpg?w=640\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">These firefighters were so touched by our bagged lunches, they invited us to take a picture with them. There I am, with a firefighter that looks exactly like my older brother. Wow. Small world.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">This week I\u2019m preparing for our<a href=\"http:\/\/newcityboston.org\/upside-down-christmas-party\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> Upside Down Christmas Party<\/a> so I\u2019ll post something about that next week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newcityboston.org\/upside-down-christmas-party\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1945 aligncenter\" alt=\"UpsideDown_Party_Banner\" src=\"https:\/\/oshetablogs.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/upsidedown_party_banner.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"240\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">I\u2019m also starting a new series later this week called, \u201cPublic Housing Hospitality\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">What happens when God responds to a woman\u2019s complaints that she feels lonely and wants a tribe by asking her to embrace hospitality even though she lives in a tiny, public housing apartment?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">What happens if said girl read,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bread-Wine-Letter-Around-Recipes\/dp\/0310328179\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1373065019&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=bread+and+wine\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> \u201cBread and Wine\u201d <\/a>and she thought, \u2018Shauna\u2014 if you think I\u2019m going open my lowly public housing home to people and invite them to sit around my dinged up table that takes up too much space in my matchbox kitchen to eat (probably burnt or bland) food on plastic serving trays because I can\u2019t afford the good stuff\u2014then you\u2019re drunk\u2026go home?\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">What happens if the radical hospitality of Jesus messes up said hospitality-aphobic public housing dweller and she\u2019s challenged to open her home for the holidays?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">This advent series will explore all that. So tune back in later on this week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">And for now, if you want to know more about our church planting story, visit my friend Heather\u2019s blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heathercaliri.com\/2013\/12\/02\/the-unsettling-empowering-and-surprising-journey-to-community-one-womans-yes-with-osheta-moore\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cA little yes\u201d<\/a>.\u00a0 I have the honor of being featured as today\u2019s \u201cyes\u201d and sharing our journey towards church planting that started on our epic road trip, \u201cMoore Tour 2013\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Back to Biznass,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oshetablogs.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/signature1.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1096\" alt=\"signature\" 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