Family Promise Hosting Week May 24th-31st

We are looking forward to welcoming Family Promise on our campus once again!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4DA9A62CA2FEC61-54045440-family

Family promise is an organization that partners with churches to provide safe places for homeless families to live and stay together. As a church who partners with Family Promise, we host about 4-5 families during the week that we host. Family Promise sends families to stay in our church during the nights and we provide food and a comfortable place for them to stay while they are here. During that time some of them may move into housing. It is always a meaningful time to meet the families and pray with them during this difficult time.

We mix the right ingredients to help families with children envision a bright future.

Our church, with Family Promise, provides the resources, time, and love for families to stabilize after becoming homeless. It is a scary and traumatic time for them. This minsitry calms their fears and gives them reasons to hope. This Emergency Shelter Program provides shelter, food, and compassion through staff and a loving community of volunteers,  like our church. It as a holistic solution to end family homelessness.

The Family Promise organization supports the families when they are not on church campuses, supporting:

· children through daycare assistance, school, in-house play spaces, and nearby Boys & Girls Clubs activities. It maintains a sense of normal family life that kids crave.

· parents who, knowing their children are safe and cared for, can focus on their goals: to secure employment, save money, and search for next-step housing. Our social services empower families to quickly graduate and move on.

· pets, who now officially count among the homeless population. They get their own food and shelter right alongside their human family! Without such a service, families would either live in their car to keep their pet or surrender it to an animal shelter.

Please consider joining as a volunteer for Family Promise Week, beginning the week of May 24!

Sign up to volunteer here!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4DA9A62CA2FEC61-54045440-family