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Stewardship Community Prosperity Mentoring Events Sitemap FAMILY PROMISE TRAINING SCHEDULE March 23, 2006 First Lutheran Church 225 South Black Ave. Bozeman, MT 59715 Rev. Robert Mitchell, 586-5374 Volunteer Coordinator: Terri Wolfgram, 587-2714 March 30, 2006 Belgrade Community Church 119 South Broadway Belgrade, MT 59714 388-6791 Volunteer Coordinator: Tonda Schroeder, 388-0884 April 4, 2006 Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ 2118 South 3rd Ave. Bozeman, MT 59715 587-3690 Volunteer Coordinator: Julia Bruner, 587-3659 April 11, 2006 Bozeman United Methodist Church 121 South Willson Ave. Bozeman, MT 59715 586-5413 Volunteer Coordinators: Mike Brown, 556-5839 and Martha Hendricks, 586-6389 To learn more about the Family Promise program from the Interfaith Hospitality Network, visit online at www.nihn.org An important note: Completing the Family Promise training program is mandatory for all volunteers. Your help is greatly appreciated..	THE FAMILY PROMISE PROGRAM Our time to co-host the Family Promise homeless families has come again. We begin the week on May 21^st and end it on Sunday morning May 28^th. The request is that we host the day of Saturday May 27^th. This includes preparing Breakfast, lunch and dinner, and having a man and woman host the overnight Saturday night. The day hosting will take four folks at any given time. We envision overlapping shifts from our church. Leila and Philip will take as many shifts as necessary. We had five folks at the last pre-training, and another pre-training will be held before our week begins. Let us step with confidence into this work of love. Please call Leila and Philip (597-5259) for scheduling and further information. "FAMILY PROMISE" COORDINATOR TRAINING Unity Church is participating in a local inter-faith program for sheltering and training homeless families. We are partnered to with Christ the King Lutheran Church to help prepare and serve meals for a week five times in the next year. We will also help children with homework and support the parents during our week. Jim Grossman, our Unity Family Promise Coordinator can be reached by phone at 383-9392 with any questions you might have about the program. MORE IN FORMATION ABOUT THE TRAINING SESSIONS: Completing the Family Promise training session is a must for anyone wanting to volunteer their time to get directly involved with the guest families. It's necessary for anyone wanting to cook, mentor, stay overnight, visit or participate in any related activities with the families. The first training session , held March 21 at Christ the King Lutheran Church, was a huge success with more than 50 people attending. Please take a moment to note the schedule of upcoming sessions to the left of this article. If you’re interested it is not necessary to make a reservation. Simply show up, complete the four hours of training, let your Unity Family Promise coordinator or church office know you’ve completed the training and then get plugged into the volunteer schedule the next time Unity co-hosts a family. Please call the church hosting the training for session times. Important note: Completing the Family Promise training program is mandatory for all volunteers.
	a family in Bozeman needs your help !	An old man was walking along a sandy beach where thousands of starfish had been washed up on the shore. He noticed a boy picking up the starfish one by one and throwing them back into the ocean. The man studied the boy for a few minutes and then walked up and asked the boy what he was doing. The boy replied, “The sun is up and the tide is going out. If I don’t throw them in, they’ll die.” Upon hearing this, the old man said, “But, young man, don’t you realize that there are miles and miles of beach and there are starfish all along every mile? You can’t possibly make a difference.” The boy paused for a moment. Then, he picked up another starfish, threw it back into the ocean and said, “Made a difference to that one.” The old man went home. But, soon he returned to the beach and spent the rest of the day helping the boy throw starfish into the sea. (Based on “The Star Thrower” by Loren Eiseley) Support the Family Promise program from the Interfaith Hospitality Network through Unity Church of Bozeman		make a difference lend a hand !
	Homelessness can seem like an overwhelming problem. Many people wonder how one person or congregation can truly make a difference. The answer is by participating in the Interfaith Hospitality Network’s Family Promise program. This interfaith program provides a way for congregations to work together to help homeless families. Each congregational team participating in the network provides overnight lodging, meals and support for three to five families (up to 14 people) for one week every two to three months on a rotating basis. Network guests stay in provided housing from 6:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m. daily. Each morning guests are taken to the day center where they meet with the network director, care for pre-school children, make phone calls and seek housing and employment.			Through this program, we can help meet a homeless family’s important, basic needs. Usually, more than half the guests in the network are children. Most of these children are under the age of six. Volunteers are the foundation of the network. Nationally, more than 3,500 congregations and literally thousands of volunteers participate in this program to help families regain their independence. There are many ways you can help. Whether you provide a hot meal, arrange children’s activities or stay overnight, you’ll make a difference in the lives of families who have suffered the loss of their home. Unity Church of Bozeman is teaming with Christ the King Lutheran Church to participate in this important community service. Guests will be housed at Christ the King but there are many ways that Unity members can help and support this effort.
	[FrontPage Save Results Component] The Family Promise Program and what you can do to help You can help by volunteering to: ____ Bring food, prepare and serve an evening meal. ____ Provide on-site activities for youth ____ Help children with homework ____ Provide non-perishable food staples (cereals, snacks, juices, coffee, tea, peanut butter, jelly, honey, syrup, nuts, popcorn, etc.) ____ Give other staples (currently, there is a need for 10 towel sets—hand towel, bath towel, wash cloth) ____ Set up Sunday afternoon as the guests arrive (beds, tables, room dividers) ____ Clean up Saturday afternoon after the guests leave (beds, linens, etc.) ____ Offer professional support services on-call (e.g. physician, nursing or E.M.T.) ____ Write a check to make a tax-deductible donation toward overall program expenses. Make your check payable to Unity (Family Promise) and write Family Promise program on the notation line. Join the volunteer team. Just copy and paste this form into any text editor (ie. Word), print out, fill in and return it to the Unity Church office: Name__________________________________________________ Phone/ E-mail___________________________________________ Areas of interest (Check above or write in)___________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
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