Housing and Clothing

Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) is a consortium of over 30 local churches of various denominations that volunteer to serve the needs of families living at Alpha House family homeless shelter. Each church serves on a rotating basis, a week at a time. FUMC serves three times a year. Hosting requires that volunteers provide a hot meal each evening, be on hand to serve dinner and eat with the families, and clean up after dinner. In addition, activity volunteers play with the children after dinner which provides time for the parents to do their own chores or attend required meetings. In addition, churches provide food for lunches and supplies needed during their host week. During COVID, FUMC has continued our commitment to the homeless families by delivering meals daily and providing supplies during our Host Weeks, although health precautions have made it inadvisable to visit the families in person. If you would like to help with the cost of supplies, you can do so here.