Benefits of a Host Congregation • Responsibilities

Benefits of a Host Congregation
Hosting families allows lay people to personally make a difference by ministering to those in need in the safe setting of their own churches.  Host churches provide meals and private rooms for each family. Also, volunteers interact with the guest families.

Participation in the network as a host church causes congregations to have a broader "outward focus" as opposed to concentrating only on the congregation's internal needs. 

The network forms close bonds to "build bridges" between denominations and cultural differences. 

Host Congregation Responsibilities
The families are housed as guests by members of the congregation at each host church from 5:30 p.m. to 7 a.m. for seven consecutive days, four times each year, the host church provides the families with, breakfast, dinner, recreation and friendly support. At 7 a.m., the families are transported to the network's day center where they shower, prepare for the day and go about their normal, daily routine including work, school, training, counseling and other helpful activities. Assistance at the host churches is provided by members of various support churches.


To find out how to become a host church in the network,
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