CrossRoads Church in Westfield opens applications for home repairs

Do you need home repairs?

The construction or repair of wheelchair ramps, the construction of terraces, the creation of plinths for mobile homes or the painting of the interior or exterior of houses are offered free of charge in June 2025. This program is mainly aimed to seniors, veterans and all low-income families who live in Hamilton County and own their own home.

This program is offered by CrossRoads Church in Westfield.

More than 200 high school students from across the United States will come to Westfield next summer for a week to provide free repairs to those in need. This program is offered in partnership with Group Mission Trips, a youth mission organization based in Ft. Collins, Colo.

“Each summer, Group Mission Trips serves 15 to 18 communities across the United States by hosting a week-long youth home repair camp,” explained CrossRoads Senior Pastor Eric Lohe. “I have been participating in these camps since 2005 as staff and volunteer. Our church has sent a number of students and adults to these labor camps over the years.

Group Mission Trips has been providing home repairs throughout the United States for 40 years. Learn more at groupmissiontrips.com.

“The qualification is very simple,” Lohe told the Reporter. “If you need repairs so you can live in your home, we want to help. We will not check your bank statements. Once you submit a request, we have people in our community who will assess the necessary repairs and determine if we have the skills and human power to meet the need.

Lohe said the effort is one of four church initiatives called “For Our Neighbor.”

“Helping people stay home is why we do home repairs,” Lohe said. “During the week of June 16-20, 2025, children from the church and their adult leaders will come to our community, live at Westfield Middle School, and go out in small groups of six to serve 25-30 households in the county of Hamilton. In 2021 and 2023, CrossRoads repaired 53 homes under the same program.

Online applications are available on the CrossRoads website at ForOurNeighbor.Life or directly at crchurch.org/for-our-neighbor/home-repairs, and in PDF format downloadable via the links above.

“In addition to looking for home repair sites, we are also looking for businesses or service organizations to be a part of it,” Lohe said. “If a local business or club asks, ‘What can we do?’ I would say, “The kids come back really hungry in the afternoon. Could you make some hot dogs and have them available when the kids come back from camp? Or, we could bring ice cream to a group or to a few job sites during the week to say, “Thank you.” We’re glad you’re here and thank you for what you’re doing. This effort is not just about us as a Church trying to do something for our neighbor, it is also about helping people be the best neighbors they can be.

If you would like to contribute to these efforts to serve neighbors, email [email protected].

You can learn more about CrossRoads Church’s many efforts to care for their neighbors online at ForOurNeighbor.Life. The church is located at 19201 Grassy Branch Road, Westfield.