Extended Family
The Extended Family is a partnership between our congregation and Lafayette Christian Church to provide furniture and household items to previously homeless families and helps them move into their own home with dignity. SHELTER, Inc., the Veteran’s Administration and Winter Nights locate housing and the Extended Family program provides the household items.
In 2026, we are celebrating 32 years of this vital ministry. In 2014 we celebrated our 200th move; now it’s over 500 moves. Take a look at this video that was created in 2014 to celebrate the amazing accomplishment of 200 moves!
The program is always in need of the following items (click to reveal)
All items must be in good and clean condition
Bedroom furniture:
- Dressers
- Table Lamps
Living Room furniture:
- Sofa (no sleepers)
- End tables
- Chairs
- Lamps
Kitchen:
- Table with a least 4 chairs
- Plate sets: dinner, salad, bowl, cups
- Glasses
- Serving bowls
- Coffee Makers
- Pots and pans, with lids
- Skillets
- Pot Holders, Oven Mitts
- Silverware
- Manual can openers
- Kitchen hand-towels
- Kitchen Utensils
- Bakeware
- 9″ x 13″ Casserole dishes
- Small countertop microwaves
Linens:
- Sheet sets: twin, queen and full
- Mattress pads: twin, queen and full
- Towel sets (bath, hand, washcloth)
- Blankets: twin, queen and full
- Comforters: twin, queen and full
- New Pillows
Cleaning Supplies:
- Cleaners
- Bucket
- Mop
- Broom
- Dustpan
- Trash can, 13-gallon (nl kitchen)
- Vacuum cleaners, bagless
Bathroom
- Small packages of toilet paper
- Shower curtains with rings
Boxes of Tissues
Clothes Hangers
Bicycles
Food Drive
SHARE Food Pantry needs our help in providing emergency food supplies for local families.
Items of ongoing need (click to reveal)
- Cereal
- Canned vegetables & fruit
- Macaroni-n-cheese
- Pasta
- Mustard
- Mayonnaise
- Jelly/Jam
- Peanut Butter
- Potatoes
- Yams
- Onions
- Oranges
- Apples
- Pears
- Nuts
- Rice
- Beans
- Crackers
- Marshmallows
- $10 grocery gift certificates (Grocery Outlet or Safeway)
ILSP (Independent Living Skills Program)
Youth aging out of the Foster System need help learning how to live on their own. ILSP supplies clothing, skills training, education, and support for these vulnerable youth. Our church supports them in many ways, supplying and organizing clothing, giving materials for Thanksgiving dinners, keeping the food cupboard supplied, supplying labor for their large workshops, etc.