Faith Hospitality House
Faith Hospitality House is a mission of Faith Lutheran Church, Carpentersville. It began in the summer of 2024 with the help of Lutheran Church Charities and many volunteers and doners. We are here to help families in need of temporary housing.
Our Mission is to Serve
Our Mission as a church is “To proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ through word and action to the family of Faith, the community, the nation and the world.” Our goal is to bring this good news of Jesus Christ who died to forgive the sins of all who believe and give them eternal life. As followers of Christ our aim is to serve others by caring for them, providing essential needs of body and soul, and sowing seeds of hope.
Our vision in turning our parsonage into a hospitality house began 3 years ago when we began a partnership with Lutheran Church Charities (LCC). With their help and the support of many doners and volunteers, it has transformed into a lighthouse and safe haven. Here families may stay, receive healing and the support they need until they can settle back down into a place of their own.
Our first family guests came to us from Southern Illinois. During the Covid epidemic the father lost the capacity to breath freely on his own and needed a double lung transplant. Together with Lutheran Church Charities we were able to restore and remodel the vacant parsonage so the family of 7 could stay comfortably and be close by while he recovered in the hospital. When he was released he continued his recovery in the Hospitality House until he was able to return to their home.
A few months later we welcomed another friendly family to move in. They have 3 children, two are attending the elementary school across the street and the other is home with mom. They had applied for a VA loan but were denied because their level of income was insufficient. The owner of the house they rented wanted to sell the house and had found a buyer. They were about to be evicted when we heard about their situation. We agreed to let them move in for a while.
It has been seven months now and we are pleased to have such an active and friendly family with us. We pray that the necessary income will come in so they can get a loan for a home of their own in this area.