A whole ecosystem of support, built around the family.
Building and rebuilding the foundations of our community.
Saving Our Families is a community outreach program in partnership with Christ United Methodist Church.
Saving Our Families (SOF) works to help build or rebuild the foundations of our communities by offering wraparound services for families that are in need of assistance. Those families include single, military, grandparents and fostering families.
We address homelessness, social and emotional support, employment, justice impacted and education.
Our current commitment, 100 Families Strong, is one expression of that — a hundred households, known by name, wrapped in this ecosystem of care.
“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” — Galatians 6:2
One church. One neighborhood. One goal.
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Five kinds of support, one family at the center — connected, not siloed.
Families carrying more than most people see.
Saving Our Families exists for households across Gary who are working hard and still stretched thin — single parents, military families, grandparents raising grandchildren, and fostering families among them.
Five kinds of support, working as one system.
These aren't separate programs handed off to different offices. They're connected — the same family, the same team, the same church, showing up across all five.
Homelessness
Help finding stable housing, utilities, and food when things get tight.
Stability Get this supportSocial & Emotional Support
A church willing to sit with you, listen, and connect you to the care that helps.
Care Get this supportEmployment
Job readiness, connections to openings, and support finding steady work.
Growth Get this supportJustice Impacted
Support for individuals and families navigating reentry and the justice system.
Restoration Get this supportEducation
Tutoring connections, school-readiness help, and someone in a child's corner.
Learning Get this supportFrom a phone call to a family that isn't doing this alone.
You Reach Out
A family, neighbor, teacher, or church member gets in touch — no referral form required, just a conversation.
We Listen
Someone from our team sits down with the family to hear their story and understand what would actually help.
We Build a Plan Together
Not a form we fill out for you — a plan we build with you, around what matters most to your family.
We Stay
Check-ins, encouragement, and support that keeps going long after the first conversation.
Ready to take the first step?
If your family could use support in any of these five areas, our application takes about ten minutes. A real person reads every one.
Let's get your family connected.
This application takes about ten minutes, and a real person on our team reads every one. Tell us a little about your family and what kind of support would help most — we'll take it from there.
What happens after you apply
- 01 Someone from our team reviews your application within a few business days.
- 02 We call or email to set up a time to talk and listen to your story.
- 03 Together, we build a plan around what matters most to your family.
- 04 We stay connected — check-ins and support that continue over time.
Need to talk to someone now?
Call the church office directly:
Or email us at:
“A family that is seen, supported, and never asked to carry it alone — that's what this church is here to be.” CHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH · GARY, INDIANA
There's a place for you in this work.
A hundred families is bigger than any one of us. It takes volunteers, donors, and neighbors who show up to make it real.
Volunteer
Mentor a family, tutor a student, help with a resource drive, or lend a hand at events throughout the year.
Sign Up to VolunteerGive
Every gift goes straight back into families — groceries, gas money, a tutor, a warm coat. Nothing gets lost along the way.
Support a FamilyPartner
Are you an organization, school, or business that shares this heart for families? Let's talk about working together.
Become a PartnerReach out — for your family, or someone else's.
Whether you're a family looking for support, or a neighbor, teacher, or provider who knows a family that could use ours — we want to hear from you.
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Emailsavingourfamilies@christumcgary.org
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Phone(219) 555-0175
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LocationChrist United Methodist Church, Gary, Indiana
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ReferralsOpen to families, schools, congregations & agency partners
Send a Message
For urgent needs, please call the church office directly.
Before you reach out.
Not at all. Plenty of the families we walk with are stable in some areas and stretched in others. You don't need to be in crisis to reach out — just looking for support is enough.
No. Saving Our Families is open to any household in the Gary community. Our church runs the program, but our door is open to our whole neighborhood.
It depends on the family. Some connect with us for a single resource; others walk with us for a season while they rebuild their footing. We move at your pace.
Wonderful — use the contact form below, or reach out directly. We just ask that you let the family know you're referring them, so our first conversation isn't a surprise.
No. Every part of Saving Our Families is offered at no cost to the families we serve.