Message from our Executive Director
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What a delightful reaction you had to the No-Show Gala last month! It appears many of you were thrilled to have the evening of your choice and/or to not be asked to be on a decorating or clean-up committee! Thank you for your enthusiastic response to this No-Show event in celebration of Family Promise of Grayson County’s first anniversary of serving guests!
To learn about another recent gratifying event, read below about three small children who now will spend their summer running around in their own yard and having their own bedrooms in which to sleep. Thank you for your efforts on their behalf. You ARE making a positive difference in our community!
Happy June,
Leigh
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Upcoming 'Open Host' Weeks
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Family Promise has three upcoming "Open Host" weeks in which we do not have host congregations signed up to serve our guests. The first week is
June 9-16
. Covenant Presbyterian church graciously is letting us use their building. Joe Frank and Leigh Walker will be coordinating the volunteers for the week. You may sign up to help via Sign-Up Genius:
Click Here
or you may call Leigh (903-271-1088) or Joe (903-271-2796). You will be a blessing to our guests, and I believe you will be blessed in return!
Our second Open Host week is the week of
June 23-30.
Georgetown Baptist Church in Pottsboro is opening their hearts and their building that week. All volunteers for food, evening hosts, and/or overnight hosts will be greatly appreciated! If you have any questions, please call Leigh at 903-271-1088 (or email her at
director@familypromisegrayson.org
). Danielle Farrington also can help answer questions (580-380-1331).
Our third Open Host week is the following week:
June 30-July 7
. Grace Lutheran church generously is providing their church building that week. Again, all volunteers for food, evening hosts, and/or overnight hosts will be greatly appreciated! If you have any questions, please call Leigh at 903-271-1088 (or email her at
director@familypromisegrayson.org
).
We actively are recruiting new host congregations, so that we will have all future weeks covered, but until those congregations sign on and get trained, we need your help to provide hospitality, food, and shelter for our guests.
Thank you in advance for having the heart of Christ for our guests!
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Volunteer training will be held Monday, June 10, from 6-8 PM at the Day Center (901 E. Houston Street in Sherman). Be sure to let people in your congregation know. If you have any questions, call Leigh (903-271-1088). Everyone is welcome!
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Another Family Graduates!
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Congratulations to our most recent “graduates” from Family Promise! In no small part due to our volunteers’ time and effort, this mom and her three children (ages 1, 3, and 6) were able to move into their own apartment last week! We are so happy that these children now have a safe, stable place to live and will be settled in when their new sister is born in August. Through a previous gift from the
Denison Service League
, we were able to send them off with a Hope Basket filled with paper goods, toiletries, diapers, cleaning supplies, and food. We are thankful to Carrie Bolen at the
Habitat for Humanity Re-Store
for helping our family obtain furniture and a washing machine at an affordable price. The Sherman Quilt Makers also blessed this sweet family with a beautiful, handmade quilt—truly a labor of love!
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It’s with sadness that we say goodbye to Sister Lines and Sister Lai. They and other missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints have been weekly volunteers at the Family Promise Day Center since September 2018. They have helped with cleaning, sorting, organizing, and other fun tasks! They recently were reassigned to other areas in the USA. Sister Lines says she loves coming in and seeing that the families have a clean, safe place to be. She is happy that Family Promise of Grayson County is here to help. Sister Lai says she loves the children and feels like she has made a real difference here. We agree! We truly will miss these faithful servants!
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Sister Lines and Sister Lai volunteer weekly at the Day Center!
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We also are going to miss our fabulous FCCLA volunteers, many of whom recently graduated from Sherman high school. These 16 students, all trained Family Promise volunteers, gave a total of over 40 hours of volunteer time to Family Promise this semester. They cheerfully helped in myriad ways, including providing a delicious meal and hosting our families one evening! We love our volunteers!
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Sherman high school FCCLA students.
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Newlyweds Share Their Love
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In last month’s newsletter, you read about Johnathan Byrd and Megan Taylor, who listed Family Promise on their wedding registry. Below, you can see the happy couple along with some of the items that were donated in their honor. Family Promise also received gift cards and a check in their honor. We are so grateful to this generous couple and wish them many years of happiness together! (Note: the RightGift.com giving platform is available to anyone at any time. To make a donation to Family Promise of Grayson County via RightGift, simply go to:
https://rightgift.com/nonprofits/family-promise-of-grayson-county
.
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The new website is under construction at
DSBWorldWide. One exciting new feature – the site will spotlight each church partner in the Family Promise of Grayson County program. What this looks like:
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Each host and support church has been invited to submit a picture of their church, sanctuary, or congregation to be included on the new website homepage.
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Additionally, each church was asked to submit a statement that describes their church and what they are about.
For more information about the new website, or if you have questions about any of our updates, contact Mike Grubb (
mikegrubb58@gmail.com
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