FamilyWorks! Ministries Annual Bowl-A-Thon
FamilyWorks! Ministries is having its Annual Bowl-A- Thon. This event is a great way to help raise funds in support of FamilyWorks! Ministries, and build stronger relationships with the people in our community.
How can I be involved?
There are several ways for you to be a part of this years event, and the following is a brief description of each:
Team Captains—Recruit people for their team, which consist of 5 bowlers. These teams could be a collection of family, friends, co-workers, or clients. Organizations like Neighborhood Associations, Churches, or Businesses could have teams that represent them.
Bowlers—Collect contributions of $5, $10, $20, or more from friends, family, clients, and co-workers. Each bowler is asked to raise a minimum of $100.
A Friend of FamilyWorks! Ministries—If you are unable to attend the day of the event or bowling is not your cup of tea, you can still actively collect contributions just as the bowlers do.
Why FamilyWorks! Ministries?
The landscape of family life in our communities is complicated and riddled with difficulties that leave us with no simple answers or solutions. Placing judgment on the mistakes made within families will not make the problem go away. Equally, we can’t afford to give up on a family no matter what state it’s in! Here are a few examples of why we must find effective ways to support families:
• Right now in every school there are teachers and administrators who are hoping the families of their students will be strong enough to help with the daunting task of educating their children.
• At this moment there are couples out there who are sitting on the edge of divorce, who really don’t want to, but feel powerless to prevent it.
• Somewhere there is a single parent, mother or father, who is yelling at their kids because they are exasperated by their children’s rebel- lion and the self-awareness of their own countless mistakes and pour choices in life.
• There are marriages doing well but still want to be intentional about investing their time in learning more effective ways to communicate, evaluate their relationship, and connect with their spouse in order to prevent serious issues from developing.
Who will make an effort to walk through life with these families? Who will meet these families right where they are; look them in eyes, and say, “I believe in you!”? Who will believe families are the greatest asset a community has? Who will? ...FamilyWorks! Ministries will! BECAUSE WE BELIEVE FAMILY REALLY DOES WORK!
The Vision of FamilyWorks! Ministries
At FamilyWorks! Ministries we use a faith-based approach that believes families are inherently created to succeed. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing effective ways that support families as a whole system rather than as individuals.
We believe all families, whatever condition they are in, can benefit from the encouragement we offer as we walk in partnership with them. Along the way we will equip each family with the skills that gives them the competence to fulfill the goals of their mission.
What we do
Currently FamilyWorks! Ministries offer programming in three areas:
• ESL instruction to strengthen families who are relying on their children to translate for the parents causing a role imbalance.
• Bi-monthly workshops where couples or individuals can hear from experts on a multitude of topics related to building healthy relation- ships within the family.
• Lions of Judah, which offers leadership development and life skills to boys ages 10-18, helping to prepare them for the rigors of manhood and future family life.
By sponsoring a bowler this year you will be supporting one of these pro- grams and helping create more programs that will encourage families!
Bowler Instructions
• Please arrive to the event at least 15-30 minutes prior to 1pm
• Collect donations from sponsors with a goal of getting a minimum of $100
• Place collected money in your donation envelope and fill out the accounting information to track each sponsor’s donation
• Bring your donation envelope to the event and give it to your Team Captain
• People can pay three ways when donating: They can give cash
They can write a check They can give online by going to www.famworks.org, then click the “Donate Now” button
If you’re not sure how to ask someone to give a donation here is a short script of what you can read to them:
"Hello my name is ___________, and I’m helping FamilyWorks! Ministries raise money to support the services and programs they offer. I will be participating in their annual bowl-a-thon and have made a commitment to raise money for this organization because ______________. Would you like to sponsor my effort to raise funds for FamilyWorks! Ministries. I have a goal of raising $100 or more, so anything you can give would help me reach that goal!"
