Men’s Shelter:

Welcoming Those Experiencing Homelessness

When: Every Saturday night from mid-April to mid-October, beginning April 16th and ending October 8th, 2022

How:  Welcome our guests for food, fellowship, and a safe and warm place to sleep, from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.

Where: CLC’s Fellowship Hall and Activity Center

HOW CAN YOU HELP THIS MINISTRY?

FOOD:

Dinner: We will again be using our “Take Them a Meal” website account to schedule Saturday evening meals.  The site is an easy way to sign up for providing meals to our guests.  You can find a friend and share the making or providing of a meal, or it can be an opportunity for a family event.  Come with your meal, serve our guests, and share some fellowship with them (usually 12-25 men).  An e-mail will be sent to the listed dinner meal provider each week to tell them how many    anticipated meals to prepare for the week. 

The meal website is: http://www.takethemameal.com

The name is Shelter (capital S) with the password 6660 (last 4 digits of

church phone number)

Pantry: Provide breakfast or lunch materials on a one-time or regular basis for our shelter pantry.  Provisions include milk, bread, lunch meat, cheese, chips, juice, hard boiled eggs, cereal, and fruit cups and fresh fruit.

A group email will be sent so you can see what is needed and sign up. Lunchmeat is always needed each week.

SUPERVISION:   

Contact one of the following persons regarding an opportunity to provide intake services or overnight supervision services to the guests, or sign up in the gathering space.  Any of us would be happy to answer any questions you might have.

Lisa Owen (Intake and Lead): jlo46383@msn.com or 219-477-9240

Diana Iltzsche (Meals, pantry, and Lead):  diltzsche@hotmail.com or

219-628-0950

Tim Sutherland (Lead): sutherla@iun.edu or 219-309-4413

Please consider trying one of these shifts if you never have.  We will pair you with a partner who has experience working the shift.  All shifts require that at least one man be present during the hours we provide services to our guests.  We have three supervision shifts each Saturday to Sunday for 26 weeks from April 16 through October 15. We will start the availability and scheduling process after April 1. Training will be provided in late March or early April.

Intake and evening shift:   6:30 pm  --  10:00 pm

Late evening and first overnight shift:   10:00 pm  --  2:30 am

Early morning and breakfast shift:   2:30 am  --  7:00 am

Meals are served from 7:10-8:00 pm; doors generally open at 6:30 for volunteers to set up. Our guests are admitted at 7:00 pm unless weather causes us to open earlier. Bringing the meal hot and just keeping warm is best as our church kitchen is only used for warming.

LAUNDRY:  

Contact Kathy Lundstrom at klundstrom@frontier.com

Bedding used by our guests is washed every four weeks. 

We need many volunteers to offer our church as a home once a week. Some folks do a shift just once or twice during the 6 months and that makes a HUGE difference. For those that can do more, we are so grateful for you!

 PRAY for this ministry and for your part in it. Pray for all the volunteers. Pray especially for our guests, so that Jesus’s love may be shared and that God may receive glory through our service in His name. Thank you!