Do you know the game Jenga? It’s the one with the blocks… you stack them up to form a tower and then remove as many blocks as you can without the tower falling. As you play the game you find out which blocks are pivotal to the whole structure. Remove one of the essential blocks, and the whole thing comes tumbling down.

We each have our pivotal blocks – parts of us that stack up to form our whole being. Think of them as physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual building blocks. To have each in place is to have the Jenga definition of health and wholeness. But without all the essential blocks in place, life is just a mess of blocks on the floor.

When we think of alleviating poverty, we tend to think of just one block – the physical availability of food, clothing, and shelter. But it takes more than one block to build the whole. Without education, relationships, and a healthy sense of one’s connection to the universe, the tower comes tumbling down.

Unruly Hope is asking for Likes on its Facebook page, and for each Like we will give $1 to  Wesley Chapel Mission Center in Over-the-Rhine. Each Like helps with the physical stuff for WCMC – things like toys, food, staffing and facilities. Your Facebook Likes and Shares can be pivotal building blocks.

At WCMC, every volunteer and every family in OTR can also find mental, emotional and spiritual building blocks through education and loving relationships built on the foundational love of Jesus Christ. That’s the WCMC definition of health and wholeness; all the essential building blocks moving into place.

Stop by sometime! You might even get to play Jenga.

Click here for a full list of serving opportunities at WCMC. If you’d like to participate in activities at the center, please give at least one day’s notice before you arrive.

Contact James Jensen, Volunteer Coordinator

The Building Blocks – Day to Day activities at WCMC:

Afterschool KLASSes (Keep Learning After School Stops) support students in grades K-8.  The program meets daily Monday-Thursday, from 2:30-5PM, and provides homework help, academic activities, Christian education, games/social time, enrichment activities and a healthy snack.

These students also have the opportunity to attend the STAR Club (Science, Technology, Arithmetic, and Reading) on Saturdays from 10AM-Noon.

In addition, they are invited to attend volunteer-run Super Saturday programs on Saturday afternoons which includes lunch, a focused theme and crafts.

The youth and high school aged students, grades 8 -12, are also supported in after school programs Monday-Thursday from 3:30 to 6PM.  The focus of this program is homework help, academic enrichment, life skills and future planning.