Host Site
VOLUNTEERS OF ALL FAITHS CHANGING LIVES
Family Promise’s shelter program relies on a partnership of interfaith congregations and other volunteer groups to help local families facing homelessness. Our host sites provide lodging, meals, and hospitality to families in need. For families in the program, each day begins with breakfast at a host site with volunteers, followed by a ride to our Day Center. In the evening, guests return to the host site, where volunteers provide dinner and spend some quality time. The evening hours are for homework, relaxing, and family fun time. Each day ends with the family all together, under one roof.
HOST CONGREGATIONS
Local houses of worship provide temporary overnight lodging in otherwise unused spaces in their buildings. A host congregation team of volunteers may be involved with the following:
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Cooking and hosting dinner
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Spending the evening with families, talking, tutoring kids, or playing games
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Sleeping overnight in the congregation
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Coordinating children’s crafts & activities
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Donating necessary supplies for the hosting week
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Setting up and breaking down guest families’ rooms
MANAGEABLE COMMITMENT
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Families stay overnight, not 24 hours a day
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Each congregation hosts families for just one week, four times a year
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Guests consist of up to 4 families at a time (14 people max)
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Family Promise runs criminal background checks and drug screenings on all program participants
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A Family Promise driver transports the families to and from the host facility and carries their bedding and luggage to each new host location
We need your help! Can your faith group become a host or support congregation?
WE THANK OUR CURRENT CONGREGATIONS!
Host Congregations
Central United Methodist Church
First Baptist Church of Lodi
First Presbyterian Church
First Unitarian Universalist Church
Holy Cross United Methodist Church
Saint Andrew's Lutheran Church
St. Paul's Methodist Church (Manteca)
Stockton Covenant Church
Temple Israel
United Lutheran Church (Manteca)
Support Congregations
Cathedral of the Annunciation Catholic
Church of the Presentation
Crosstown Community Church
Ebenezer AME Church
First Congregational Church
LDS Northland Ward (Manteca)
Shiloh Delta Valley Church
St. Anne's Episcopal Church
St. Anthony's Catholic Church (Manteca)
St. Bernadette's Catholic Church/St. Vincent De Paul
The Open Door House of Prayer
Transformed Through Hope Ministries (Manteca)
Trinity Presbyterian Church
Zion Lutheran Church