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    • Make a Donation
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Congregational Involvement

We couldn't do what we do without congregations. Congregations help provide everything from food, hygiene, cleaning, and household items to volunteers, space, and monetary donations. Scroll down to see how your church can be involved with helping homeless children and their families!

“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice
    and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free
    and break every yoke?
7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry
    and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter--
when you see the naked, to clothe them,
    and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn,
    and your healing will quickly appear;
then your righteousness[a] will go before you,
    and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.
Isaiah 58:6-8



Host Congregations

Host congregations open their building to provide a safe, hospitable shelter for the families in the Family Promise of Lima-Allen County program for a week at a time, three or four times a year. To be a host congregation, your building must have 3 areas that can be turned into bedrooms for the families, a room for the volunteer overnight hosts to sleep, a common area for families and volunteers to congregate, and kitchen facilities. Showers are helpful as well, but not necessary as our Day Center has shower facilities. The rotation of host congregations is set in November for the following year, so there may be a waiting period before your congregation can be plugged in.

In the mean time, partnering with an existing host congregation can be a great way to get involved and get ‘up to speed’ in how the program works. A partner congregation helps provide some of the many volunteers that are part of a Family Promise of Lima-Allen County host week.

Support Congregations


There are many ways that your congregation can help Family Promise of Lima-Allen County in a support capacity. Some of these include:
* Financial support — donations are vital to keeping our ministry strong
* Partner with a host congregation to provide volunteers during a host week
* Commit to providing meals, activities for kids, etc. on a regular basis
* Develop a bank of volunteer services that members of your congregation could provide to families in the program

Call Family Promise of Lima-Allen County at 419-879-4600 to see how your congregation can become involved in the lives of homeless children and their families!


Host Congregation Brochure
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COntact us!

Address

129 S. Pierce St.
Lima, OH 45801

Telephone

419-879-4600

Email

familypromise2008@gmail.com