The Sweet 0253sixteen is fun and all, but we need to get back to doing what we are supposed to be doing here, representing the center of the universe. Our main responsibility is to seek out injustice and misinformation about the 02536 in order to expose it and to shed light on stories of greatness in the Caligula of the peninsula.

Today we have two stories that need to be told. The first is not a new phenomenon but it is one of the ongoing fights we face as a zip code… Ballymeade and their deep conspiracy to reject the code and not admit they are located firmly in the 02536.

In the midst of our ever widening 025threesearch we came across yet another rotten apple on the compost pile of rejection that is Ballymeades treatment of its zip. A post at one of the most god awful, carpetbagging websites we have come across a website run by understanding people who admit their mistakes is perpetuating the myth.

Since we are stewards of the center of the universe, we have done our part to debunk the lore of Bullymeade by posting the truth in the comment section of said post. Click here to visit the post in which the crime takes place, we urge you, the citizens, to get involved by commenting about this grave deceit. Let’s hit them with outrage, let them know we demand the truth about the 02536 and send a message to all other outsiders in the process. A message proclaiming that the stewards of the code will be there on the front lines to meet any disrespect head on!

UPDATE: The 02536 army has succeeded in reversing this injustice!

This next story is one of 02536 triumph. Of the little man thriving in the center of the universe and doing the right thing when they outgrow their humble beginnings. The Cape Cod Church on Teaticket Highway is a grass roots operation that started like most in the 02536, with humble beginnings. The Enterprise reports:

Their first service, he remembered, was held in the living room of their condominium with just the two of them making up the congregation. “We skipped the music, opened a Bible, and took an offering,” he said.

The next week some friends drove down from Norton. The following week, more people came. A few months later, they rented the basement of the Bennett Plumbing building on Rose Morin Drive in Falmouth.

Five years after that they purchased a property on Teaticket Highway and held services there.

By 1999, they had outgrown the facilities again and constructed a new worship center, a 3,500-square-foot addition, where they currently hold services.

“We started to grow and we never stopped,” Mr. Feldott said. Every Sunday, he said, about 600 people show up for three services, part of a congregation of about 1,000 people. The regulars are asked to park down the street at Falmouth Lumber, so there are parking spaces available to newcomers. “

Warms the heart doesn’t it? You know what keeps the heart warm? The Cape Cod Church has outgrown its facility, so what are they going to do? Pick up and move to some other place? Build a church in Ballymeade and tell everyone they are in North Falmouth? No. They did what people who know who they are and where they came from do, they didn’t mess with the worlds most perfect recipe for success: Address + 02536 = Awesome Sauce:

Mr. Feldott had just finalized paperwork to purchase 10 acres between Currier Road and Plum Hollow Road, Hatchville, across the street from the Barnstable County Fairgrounds.

“In some ways, when I look (at the property) I see the youth ministry. I see open space, and ball fields, and outside events.”

Now that is what I am talking about. A congregation born in the 02536, grows in the 02536 and stays in the 02536. A story like that is enough to warm the heart of the most reptilian of Ballymeadians.

Side note: If you’re wondering what it is that has made the Cape Cod Church grow so fast, check this out…

Mr. Feldott gave three reasons for their exponential growth: the music, the message, and the people.

The music is a group of about 20 musicians, including a brass section, called the Worship Team. They have professional quality audio and video equipment and a computerized lighting system.

Professional quality audio? Computerized lighting system? Holy shit, they are putting on Pink Floyd style shows in that place? Jesus Christ I need to get down there, no wonder they are outgrowing their venue!

Do you think they’ll take in a goat with a potty mouth who takes the lords name in vain while describing their services?