Our next Family Promise hosting week will be August 5th to August 12th. Please see the food donation list in the narthex for items needed for the week We will also need volunteers to help set-up the rooms, cook dinner, stay overnight and re-set the rooms at the end of the week. For more information on volunteer opportunities or Family Promise in general please contact Beth Cherry.
Our next hosting week for Family Promise is August 5th to August 12th.
Please remember these changes to our nightly schedule: dinner volunteers plan to arrive at church and be ready to serve dinner by 6pm and stay until 8pm. Overnight volunteers plan to arrive at 8pm to relieve the dinner volunteers. I will plan to arrive at the church each night by 5:30 to unlock the doors and greet the families. I will try to stay for dinner some nights, but that will depend on my personal schedule.
We need of volunteers for the following:
Room Set-Up volunteers will need to help set up the rooms and unload the beds and families items from the trailer on Sunday afternoon August 5th 2:30pm.
Room Re-set volunteers will need to reset the RE rooms on Sunday morning, at this point we will only be cleaning the rooms not resetting, August 12th at 7:00am.
2 Overnight volunteers each night Sunday August 5th through Saturday August 11th . You would need to be at the church by 8pm. The van will pick up families about 6:30am and then you would be free to go. We will provide a bed and a fitted sheet, you will need to bring a blanket and pillow. If you spend the night on Saturday, would you be able to stay until 8:30am, the Women’s Club plans to provide a hot breakfast? With our changes, I will ask that overnight volunteers arrive by 8pm to allow the dinner volunteers to go.
Dinner and/or Fellowship volunteers Sunday August 5th through Saturday August 11th. We ask that you be ready to serve not later than 6:00pm. You would provide a meal cooked at your home or at the church (drinks and all dinnerware are provided by MQP). In the past we have paired families together for meal preparation. Please let me know if you would like to prepare the meal on your own or be paired with another. We suggest you plan to feed 15 people (FP families and MQP volunteers), plus your family. We have created menu suggestions for the week to help avoid any repeat meals and to provide a variety for the families. With our changes, I will ask that dinner volunteers be arrive and be ready to serve dinner at 6pm and plan to stay until the overnight volunteers arrive at 8pm
Menu Suggestions below if you have other ideas please let me know.
Sunday: Beef, side, veggie/fruit
Monday: Chicken, side, veggie/fruit
Tuesday: Tacos, veggies
Wednesday: Pasta, salad, bread
Thursday: Any meat (beef, chicken, pork, turkey), side, veggie/fruit
Friday: Pizza, veggie/fruit (we will get this donated, you would just need to provide a dessert and fellowship)
Saturday: Volunteers Choice (please plan around what has been served on prior nights)
As always, please let me if know you have any questions or concerns. Also give me a few days to respond if you are volunteering, several of you give me multiple days that you are available, and it take me some time to work out the schedule.
