Afghan Resettlement Program

In partnership with Shepherd of the Hills and Lutheran Family Services, Spirit of Joy has chosen to co-sponsor an Afghan refugee family in resettling to the Fort Collins area! Our congregations will be working together to help the family to acclimate to life in Colorado - securing housing, food, transportation, etc.

The family arrives in Fort Collins on June 1st. There will be a training session for Spirit of Joy and Shepherd of the Hills volunteers on Tuesday, May 24th at Spirit of Joy (in our Joy and Faithfulness room) from 1:00 - 4:00PM. Please RSVP to Dave at dave@sojoyfc.org if you are able to attend.

Anyone who is going to be in direct contact with the family must meet these requirements: background check, COVID vaccine (1 J&J or 2 Pfizer/Moderna; no requirement for boosters), and a training session. If you don’t meet these criteria, you will still be able to make calls on the family's behalf and support this ministry in other ways, but you will not be able to be in direct contact with the family until all of these things are complete. 

If you are unable to attend the Tuesday, May 24th session, there is a two-part session on June 7 and June 14 at 6:00 PM via Zoom. There will be a 1) Refugee 101 presentation on June 7 at 6:00 PM for anyone in the community that is interested in learning more about the current refugee situation and ways to advocate for refugees and Asylees locally and globally. On June 14, there will be a 2) Volunteer Training* where you will learn best practices while working with refugees and ways that you can get involved. Both pieces of training are 1.5 hours each and you must register before in order to get the Zoom link. Once you have completed the two pieces of training, you will be sent an online application for a background check.

*Refugee 101 is a prerequisite for the Volunteer Training.

Register in advance for the June 7th Refugee 101 meeting at 6:00PM:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYldOGrqjgpH9JqEehrqGZzCQN0agWlhDDC

Register in advance for the June 14th Volunteer Training meeting at 6:00PM:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclfu-oqzMiEtEW1cSclULKBhJEtoPSRYgZ

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Thanks for your participation in this ministry!