Ending Homelessness

One Family at a Time

2018 Copyright  Family Promise Yellowstone Valley

First Congregational United Church of Christ Billings

“...We’re proud of being a downtown church but we get to see all too often the symptoms of the pain, the fracture and brokenness that is in Billings at times much sooner than maybe some of the other faith communities do and for us to speak to that is important because it would be cruel to see that pain and not respond in some way… Family Promise helps us to get back to some of our root values of hospitality and justice and mutuality, that are really important to the values and is kind of the blood of this community, it’s life and well being.”

- Rev. Mike S. Mulberry, Senior Minister

Peace Lutheran

“...Where all these faith communities come together and provide a safe place with food and lodging for the homeless … I just love Family Promise, I think about the homeless all the time.”

- Deb Sider, Family Promise Volunteer Coordinator

St. Stephens

“... But its always been a program that's been very near and dear to our heart … when you stay with the families and you just get to know them it seems like a very worthwhile program that we just couldn't not do it even though our volunteer base is not really big anymore.”

- Irene Kawane

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

“We appreciate meeting and working with people where we can see that it is helping them.”

- Lyda Adair, Chair

American Lutheran

“ We’ve got a lot of returning volunteers, that kind of make for a good program. They believe in the program. The people that I’ve talked to have said homelessness is such an overwhelming problem and it seems like the more you learn about it the more overwhelming it seems, the issues the problems can be so deep and so longstanding but through Family Promise it's a way to help, its a way to actually make a difference with that issue in the lives of the families.”

- Kristin Rapacz, Volunteer Coordinator