Newhouses

Bill and Kate Newhouse, with daughter, Isa, moved to Plow Creek in Fall 2004.  Elaina joined the family in September 2005.




The Newhouse family left Plow Creek in Fall 2007 for work in Pennslyvania.  We miss them.


We rejoiced when Bill and Kate were both baptized and joined the church in October 2006.
Rich Foss wrote about the Wild and willing baptism in his blog.

Kate has worked helping handicapped folks at Gateway, and is currently a full-time mom: "Although feeding, clothing and cleaning up after the girls takes up a good portion of my day, I do have other interests and hobbies.  I find enjoyment in doll-making, sewing, cooking and baking, organic farming/gardening, biking, walking in the woods, drawing (especially portraits and figures), food preserving (jam-making and canning), music creation, and traveling.  I am a radical at heart who longs to see massive social and political change in our world.  At Plow Creek we strive to create a microcosm environment of a society committed to practicing and promoting peace, loving God and each other, exercising compassion, communicating with each other in openness  and honesty, sharing our labor, food and financial resources, and following the message of Christ.  Our family has just joined the Sharing Neighbors group which is the first first stepping stone in the process of becoming Fellowship (communal) members.  We are anxious to see what direction the Lord is leading us."

Bill is a tattoo artist and a musician, releasing music under multiple monikers – follow the links to discover them. Here's an interview where he tells some of his story and his Wikipedia entry. Check his recording label, Snakebird Records, for more on his music. Here's one review.

Bill is took a trip to Palestine in January 2007 as part of a CPT delegation.  He shares some of his thoughts on trip at his Palestine/Israel page.     His writings include: