Background and Need Served:
As part of the Children and Family Ministries Team, Families in Service (FIS) is a new initiative that matches families who want to serve together with kid-friendly mission opportunities within our church. Families in Service will work with the various Outreach project teams to understand the needs and opportunities to help, and create kid-friendly family opportunities within existing Outreach projects.
Our church is working with Community Action Network (CAN), a group which serves public housing communities in Washtenaw County. Families can participate in a number of ways, including spending an afternoon as a family on a service project, making or purchasing needed items, or providing donations.
Contact: Chris Nelson (429-0875 , christine_nelson@mac.com )
Accomplishments to Date:
- Silent Auction Baskets were prepared by each Sunday School class, around differing themes, and contributed to the Silent Auction – to help raise funds for FUMC Outreach projects.
- By Kids 4 Kids Crafts
- Communication of Kid-Friendly Mission Opportunities
2007 Goals:
- To understand, identify, and create kid-friendly opportunities within existing mission projects.
- To develop effective means of communicating these opportunities.
- To develop feedback mechanisms so that needs/desires of families and kids are incorporated into FIS operations.
- To collaborate with the Outreach Committee to synergize efforts.
