THE PAD AT FISHPOND

Spiritual Foundations:

"To Know Christ and Make Him Known"

• Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all you mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commands." Matt 22:37-40

"To live lives above reproach"

• Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. I Timothy 3:2-3
  
• Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life-in order that I may boast in the day of Christ that I did not run or labor for nothing. Phillipians 2:14-16

"To Serve one another as Christ"

• For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many. Mark 10:45

Theme Passages:

• How good and how pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity! It is like precious oil poured on the head, running down on the beard, running down on Aaron's beard, down upon the collar of his robes. It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion. For there the Lord bestows His blessing, even life forevermore. Psalm 133
  
• Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for war! Rouse the warriors! Let all the fighting men draw near and attack. Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, "I am strong!" Come quickly, all you nations from every side, and assemble there. Bring down your warriors, O Lord! Joel 3:9-11

Standing Operating Procedures:

No pets, smoking, alcohol or dirty TA-50 in the house.

Dishes will not sit in the sink, use 'em and wash 'em.

Tarry not with laundry-get it in, get it out.

Common areas will be maintained in a high state of police and bedrooms kept neat and orderly so that visitors will feel welcome and honored. PLATINUM RULE: Your Mother should feel at home at the PAD.
Agreed-upon regulations to help us live purely in the presence of the

Honored Gender:

If there is only one guy and one gal in a room, the doors will remain open without exception.

No gals will remain overnight.

We welcome guests to use our kitchen, pantry, and laundry facilities! Please observe the same policies and procedures as the brothers of the PAD.

Discipline: Breach of above SOP's will be handled in-house with judicial punishment including dog piles, torture by pillow fights and water immersion, and if necessary, Exile to the Shed. Should these rehabiliatory efforts fail, and in all seriousness discord irreconcilable results that can not be settled in house, Mr. Shepherd may act as a mediator and final authority for a brother's removal.

Brothers will gather Wednesdays at 1930 for dinner, fellowship, to build up one another in the Lord, and to discuss, as necessary, any pertinent issues.

Rent and Bills: if you keep a bed, you pay regardless of field time, deployments, etc.

Maximum capacity for the PAD is five brothers living here on a long-term basis.

New recruits who desire to make the PAD their home shall be of good reputation as known first-hand by the brothers or as referred by reliable sources, and shall be involved in the Navigators ministry. New members shall be invited to join only by unanimous consent of the brothers.

Changes to this SOP shall be made on a clause-by-clause basis by unanimous consent of the brothers.

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