By Julie D’Aloiso
Chase Jones grew up in in Boston Heights, attended Parkside Church and Walsh (he even played on the football team) but did you know that he wanted to go to Nordonia? Now he gets a chance to, because he is launching a church on March 29th of 2020 at the Nordonia High School.
But let’s back up a bit, who is Chase Jones? He is the Lead Pastor at The Chapel Nordonia. The Chapel Nordonia is affiliated with the Chapel in Akron. However, you won’t find his chapel here yet. He is still building his following.
They are currently in phase one which is to have social gatherings in town. They had a Family Fun Day Earlier this year and had 56 people attend. They will have a Community Wide Scavenger Hunt with a cook out in July (see info above) and on August 8th, they will have a Vision Night which is a informational meeting for those who are interested and a doorway to their second phase. This event which will be at Gambitta’s Party Center in Northfield Center, will run for about 2 hours including dinner. After that event, they will be meeting monthly.
According to Chase “We want to be a diverse church that is centered around the bible but that is in the community for the community.”
Chase also says that “We plan on having contemporary style music, and a kids ministry. Everyone is struggling with something – hopefully we can help people that have no where to go and are looking for a blank canvas. A new start.”
The Chapel in Akron planted the church in Hudson the Christ Community 30 years ago. Chase is planning on replicating that success here in town.
Chase expressed that he wants to start a church, that is not only a diverse church ethnically, but also multi-generational with a heavy emphasis on the young generation. “The youth aren’t the future church they are the church now. We need to get then plugged in now.”
He is not wanting to take people from other churches. He is looking for lost souls. Even if all of the churches in town were full, there would still be people who need help and need to be reached.
He really does have an incredible story about his journey here. I encourage you to watch the video below:
Nordonia Campus Vision from The Chapel on Vimeo.
Click here for more information about The Nordonia Chapel.
Check out the Chase Jones YouTube Channel here.
