KOG Partners with Harbor Families
Special Notice: An informational Q & A meeting for Harbor Families will be Thursday, August 11, at 6:30 p.m. for anyone interested in learning more about this serving opportunity. Use the link below to sign up for this meeting.
You have heard during our July Sunday worship services about a way we intend to serve our community together. Harbor Families, a ministry program of Lifeline Children's Services, is a new way for King of Glory to serve struggling families in our community. We encourage families to prayerfully consider becoming a host family or a support for a family going through a difficult time.
The Need: Imagine needing a surgery or long hospital stay, having a desire to get in patient addiction rehabilitation, or being faced with homelessness and having nowhere for your children to go during your temporary crisis. You are faced with either not getting the help you need or leaving your child in an unsafe situation. This places the child at risk of entering foster care.
The Vision: We also know God designed the family unit as a place of healing and safety for children. And a broken family needs the support, healing, mercy, and guidance from God’s people. Harbor Families exists to extend the hope, restoration, and love of Jesus Christ to children and families experiencing a crisis in order to keep families together.
The How: Through the Harbor Families ministry, local churches recruit Christ-centered host families who provide temporary, short-term care to children and church volunteers support parents working through a crisis. Lifeline equips the church to implement the model in your community, provides assessment and training of host families and volunteers, and provides connection between vulnerable families and the church.
If you would like to download a PDF version of this information, please use the link below. On the flyer is a QR code that will take you to a Harbor Families sign up form.