Honoring More Friends

Our volunteers and partners are the backbone of Family Promise. This week, we are thanking a couple of long time friends for their help in making us so effective at helping “the least of these”.

Our Friends, First Presbyterian Church in Morehead City

Our friends, First Presbyterian Church in Morehead City

The First Presbyterian Church in Morehead City took care of our families last week. With fabulous amenities, the church provided resources needed and very welcome to our guests. The kids loved their youth group room, which hosts a variety of activities. Everyone was impressed by the little niceties of this active church community. We are all grateful for the comfort and ease furnished by our most recent hosts.

In our office this week, Betty Goodwin has spent this winter providing us all with beautiful, colorful hats knitted while she takes care of calls and requests to our program. Her hands are never still, and we thank her for it.

For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me. Matthew 25:35-36

Welcoming New Friends

Family Promise succeeds because of the efforts of our volunteers and partners. This week, we honor a new partnership and an old friend.

Large church from front

Our new friend, Parkview Baptist Church

Today, we would like to welcome our newest hosts, Parkview Baptist Church of Morehead City. Last week was their very first week hosting homeless families at their church, and our families met some new friends, and eat some wonderful meals. The volunteers who spent the nights with them in this new place made them feel like extended family, with grace, generosity, and God’s love. We are so glad to welcome them as our newest partners, they truly know how to treat “the least of these”.

We would also like to highlight our volunteer Miriam Green, for her tireless efforts keeping our systems up to date and organized, and for training newcomers to those same systems.  Miriam has dedicated a great deal of her time and expertise to the homeless in our community and we honor her as our Volunteer of the Week.

Honoring our Friends

We would like to acknowledge the aid we receive from our volunteers and local partnerships. Thank you for all your help, friends. You are the heart and soul of Family Promise of Carteret County, NC.

Our friends, the First Baptist Church of Beaufort

The First Baptist Church
of Beaufort, NC

Today we are focusing the spotlight on the First Baptist Church of Beaufort, NC, who hosted Family Promise guests last week. Your church opened its doors to us, and many fond memories were made while under your roof. Thanks as well to your congregation for making this time warm and inviting. Thank you for your friendship and aid to our family.

At the Day Center, we are thankful for our new volunteer, Alicia, a Social Work student at UNC. She is helping out our families find their feet with local connections and paperwork. She is also streamlining our Day Center resources and providing tools to fix our stroller. Welcome Alicia, you’re going to go far!

For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me. Matthew 25:35-36