By Mary Atkinson
Family Promise of Lancaster County started in September 2007. The essential backbone of any organized group is to have committees to collect needed information or recruit volunteer help.
Family Promise is no different. The committees and their chairmen are: Host Recruitment Committee, the Rev. Dan Batson of First United Methodist Church, chairman: Fundraising Committee, Calvin Miller of Covenant Baptist Church, chairman: Public Relations, Mary Atkinson of St. Catherine Catholic Church, chairwoman and the Day Center with Chad Catledge of First Baptist Church as chairman.
Six churches have committed to be host churches after listening to the Interfaith Hospitality Network/Family Promise representatives and talking it over with their congregation. The churches are Covenant Baptist, First United Methodist, First Presbyterain, St. Catherine Catholic, First Baptist and Grace United Methodist.
Coreen Khoury of Folks, Khoury & DeVenney, LLC Law Firm and a member of St. Catherine Catholic Church, has volunteered her services to Family Promise of Lancaster County.
Doug Burnette, public accountant and member of Covenant Baptist Church, has volunteered his services also.
Claudette Burke, a member of St. Catherine Catholic Church, is the newest member to volunteer to be on the board of trustees.
The other board members are Batson, Harriet Myers and Bill Hutchinson from First United Methodist Church; Marita Eden of First Presbyterain Church; Glenn Steen and Dr. Roy Still from First Baptist Church; Dr. Lee Thomas, Calvin Miller and the Rev. Dr. Bert Welch from Covenant Baptist Church.
The University of South Carolina at Lancaster students are excited about volunteering and doing what they can to help get the day center up and running.
The day center, the core of helping the families effort, will be located at the old Jo’s Day Care at 304 E. Arch St.
A tremendous amount of progress has been made, although we still need quite a few more churches. The time line has moved up. We will need to start raising money for Family Promise of Lancaster County.
Please keep us in mind when thinking of another helpful cause you can donate to.
Family Promise of Lancaster County, S.C. “Helping Families Without Homes” would like to thank you ahead of time for your support and patience.
Please pray for us as we continue on this journey.
You are invited to come to the next Family Promise Core meeting at 7 p.m. Jan. 31 at First Presbyterian Church on Main Street.
Mary Atkinson
Lancaster