Support Families in Need with Fountains UMC and Family Promise
FAMILY PROMISE: Opportunity to partner with Fountains United Methodist Church colleagues in supporting families experiencing homelessness who are working to become re-housed.
Program information: HOME - Family Promise of Greater Phoenix (familypromiseaz.org)
Fountains houses 3-4 families for one week, 4 times per year at their facilities; we can join them by:
coming over for a casual supper with the families, 6:00 p.m. one evening during the week of October 6-13;
helping to prepare the dinner one evening and joining the meal; or
learning about other volunteer options that make the host weeks possible.
New Journey does not have facilities suitable for providing overnight hosting, despite clear need: prior to Covid-19, 54 congregations were hosting families; that number has grown back 34 congregations, but is still a work-in-progress.
New Journey is very generous in supporting people in need, but most of our work does not involve interaction with folks themselves. Recognizing that not every New Journey member is called to participate in every social ministry project, the Family Promise work at the Fountains offers – for those who wish – a chance to meet neighbors just down the street.
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