Ministries of People and Place
LATEST NEWS
At the Reformation Sunday potluck, Hadley Gasser the Executive Director of Family Promise (FP) presented the current FP programs for housing and helping homeless families get re-housed and stablize their economic situations. The temporary housing portion is different than the FP program Mt. Tabor participated in some years ago, where we provided evening meals periodically. They have created a less traumatic model by housing families in one place longer and using two churches in the Salt Lake Valley as sites in tandem.
The New Ministry Team has recommended that Mt. Tabor re-engage with Family Promise to build a second dual church housing ministry for families with First United Methodist, our 2nd South neighbor. For Mt. Tabor this envisions the second floor of our building remodeled to house up to 4 families and be dedicated to this program. Part of the opportunities we are also planning is applying for a grant to carry up to 90% of the remodel cost with the HomeAid Utah Foundation having Family Promise as the 501(c)3 lead applicant and First United Methodist as a FP program partner with Mt. Tabor. This comprehensive program grant and second site development will take some time to fruition, but as these impressive statistics bear out - it is a significant investment in the long-term health and well-being of our Salt Lake City homeless family neighbors in need.
Read more:
- Family Promise of Salt Lake: https://familypromisesaltlake.org/our-impact/
- HomeAid Utah: Impact Report pdf
THE MINISTRIES OF PEOPLE AND PLACE AT MOUNT TABOR
Ministries of People who:
- live in gratitude.
- are called to be generous.
- recognize the abundance of God's gifts.
- are deeply committed to love our neighbors as ourselves.
We are Engaging with Community Partners:
- distributing food boxes for seniors in our neighborhood
- welcoming and providing a safe place for recovery and support group meetings
- supporting the work of Crossroads Urban Center with donations of needed supplies and providing them a large space for meetings
- serving dinner to our homeless neighbors at St. Vincent de Paul Center
- sorting food at the Utah Food Bank
- providing emergency assistance to members facing food insecurity and homelessness
- advocating for our suffering neighbors by participating with FACE Hunger and Homelessness initiatives
- providing shelter for families that find themselves temporarily homeless
Ministries of Place
Mount Tabor is dedicated to providing spiritual service to the body of Christ which involves the wise stewardship of God's resources for the accomplishment of the work of ministry.
Our ministries are defined by finding opportunities to fully engage the church building in service to the greater community and its people suffering from addiction, hunger and homelessness.
Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven." At Mount Tabor, we are advocating for policies that wil get kids and their families off the street for good and working towards a future where we, as a house of God, offer safe, cozy, emergency housing for families in our church building.