Little Patch of Heaven Teaching Homestead.

Aim

Our aim is to establish a Homestead where visitors can experience the simple ways of living again. A place where neighbors become family.

Charlene and I have had a vision to create a homestead for years. A place for people to experience the old ways of living. In a busy world, we're all searching for something simple, yet profound at the same time.   A place that reminds us of what matters most, our common humanity. Our longing for meaning and significance. Little Patch of Heaven-Teaching Homestead will be a place to experience new meaning of how to live and discover significance in our time through the lives of our ancestors.  

 I believe what we are creating will be a place that will bring healing to our family that has lost more than words can express. Two years into planning GOD took Charlene's sister Tracy McCalla and her father James McCalla. My dream is to have Little Patch of Heaven become a reality in her lifetime. A special place for all who come to learn to slow down and experience the healing power of GOD.  By working together, we can build a legacy that will last for generations to come.  

 Bluegrass music is an American heritage our aim is to have Bluegrass music on a regular basis.   My wife Charlene is an expert in quilting, candle making, homemade health products and food preservation. We see Little Patch of Heaven a place to step back in time and experience the great heritage of our grandfathers and grandmothers.

 A time when families gathered around the dinner table, ate grandmas home cooking and then retired to the front porch to listen to some good ole bluegrass music and hear stories about real life lived. A time of creating with your hands what you needed to survive along with the music and stories that kept one going through the hard times. We see classes being offered in quilting, food preservation, and other homesteading ways for anyone wanting to learn.  We see a community garden where we will make available to the public. A General Store filled with handcrafted treasures made my local artist---each telling a story of heart and soul.   We see Special Event Days like an Ice Cream Social and Dance, An Old Country Fair, a Bluegrass Festival, Farmers Market Day, Craft Day with live demonstrations and Story Telling of the Old Days.

 Our grandparents built a world with their hands--for a purpose. Their wisdom lives in every thread, every grain, every note of the past. But if we don't preserve it now, it could slip away forever. Little Patch of Heaven is where these traditions will breathe again. The donations will be used to purchase a 5 acre plot of land, a small metal building for our store and materials to construct a stage for the bluegrass/gospel groups.

 From the words of our pastor Abner Neil. "Some dreams are too meaningful to let go. For John and Charlene Little Patch of Heaven is one of those dreams. When Charlene shared this vision with her father and her sister, they believed in it with her. They were excited to help. But in the last several months, both of them have passed away. Their love still inspires the dream. Now John and Charlene are pressing forward in faith, but they need help now to keep this vision moving. Your gift today can help make Little Patch of Heaven a reality."

www. littlepatchofheaven.org

Funding method

Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made by 22nd December 2026 at 12:00pm CST