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 30, 2019 | Guests & Graduates, Staff
It’s important and fun to report the GOOD and happy news in the Family Promise program. Lately we’ve had a lot of good things to report in this work to empower homeless families. Happy News: Staff Reviews Guests have been talking about the...
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 | Jan 8, 2019 | Mission & Values
You probably know we work with homeless families, but why and how exactly does that happen? In the start of a new year and new season, it’s a good time to re-focus on who we are and where we hope to go next. We are honored to have so many new friends and followers...
by Katy Penner | Dec 22, 2018 | Mission & Values
It’s been a year of change and growth, and we have much to be grateful for. 16 new partner congregations have started serving for the first time this fall — YOU have made it possible for more families to have the opportunity to graduate into housing, into...
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...
by Katy Penner | Dec 15, 2018 | Mission & Values
In 2017, we wrote this list of dreams for our program and community. Please join us in celebrating how far we have come in 2018, and in continuing to dream new things for 2019. We have a dream… As we look to the future, we believe it’s important to dream. We have a...
by Katy Penner | Dec 10, 2018 | Fund Raising, Mission & Values
Dear friends, Can you imagine celebrating Christmas without a home? Without a support network of people to help you in hard times? Michelle, a Graduate mom, recently told us, “Family Promise has really been the promise of a family. Now I have a family,...
by Katy Penner | Nov 25, 2018 | Mission & Values
Before the cold of winter set in, we met this goal together to empower more families to achieve a home of their own. We set out this year to DOUBLE our family capacity by recruiting a second round of 13 Host Congregations. You all, our community, have responded in BIG...
