by Katy Penner | Mar 24, 2019 | Mission & Values
National media coverage last week has helped expand awareness of the problem of family homelessness and the solutions that nonprofit Family Promise is offering. Local nonprofit Family Promise of Greater Wichita is an affiliate of this national network. Today Show...
by Katy Penner | Mar 20, 2019 | Mission & Values, Volunteer
Join us to learn about the progress in our program this past year and new possibilities for 2019!! We will meet Tuesday, April 23 at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 402 N. Topeka. 6-7:30pm. You can share the Facebook event here. What is a shareholder? Isn’t...
by Katy Penner | Feb 28, 2019 | Mission & Values
We will do our part and help as far as we can, but ultimately, you choose where to go from here and create a life of sustainable independence. This is what we tell guest families who take the brave step of entering our program to learn new ways to use their skills and...
by Katy Penner | Feb 5, 2019 | Mission & Values
We do this for the kids. Plain and simple, their success is the end goal here. Children who experience homelessness have the deck of life stacked high against them, and we each have the power to do something for the kids. This is part 3 of 4, exploring the different...
by Katy Penner | Jan 23, 2019 | Mission & Values, Volunteer
Lately I have felt a push to re-think hospitality. Traditionally, it is a skill or gift that includes delicious food, pretty decorations, and a clean home. This could be part of it, but it seems there is more. Hospitality has a “going outside” quality to it too,...
by Katy Penner | Jan 15, 2019 | Mission & Values, Volunteer
A pastor, a bishop, and a priest walk into a meeting…. this sounds like the start to a joke, right? The differences in faith communities are easy to spot, but what unites us? We also hear this question a lot: HOW can 40+ churches agree on anything? Well friends, if we...
