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 | Mar 12, 2019 | Volunteer
We are excited to work with Janice Penner, the newest member to join our Board of Directors! With a history of 38 years in the Wichita Public Schools as a teacher and librarian, Janice has a heart for children and has seen firsthand the effects that homelessness can...
by Katy Penner | Feb 11, 2019 | Volunteer
We are very excited to welcome Dixie Harris to our Board of Directors. Dixie has already been a great help on our Grants & Foundations team, and she has agreed to join the Board, a volunteer group giving overall guidance to Family Promise of Greater Wichita. Dixie...
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...
by Katy Penner | Dec 20, 2018 | Mission & Values, Volunteer
This beautiful testimony of her own childhood homelessness is shared with permission from a volunteer at one of our new Second Rotation host congregations, Reformation Lutheran Church. Over the course of my childhood, I encountered many personal struggles. I was...
