• The warming center will open on days when temperatures drop below 25 degrees (according to the National Weather Service). 
• Check-in is from 7 to 8 pm and is first come, first served. 
• Pets are allowed and must be crated. We can provide crates as supplies last.
• The warming center will close at 8 am. 
• The warming center is located at 9919 Kingston Pike's North Campus. Follow signs down the left side of the building to Fig Tree.

We can always use the following items: 

• Sleeping bags (new or gently used)
• Camping pillows
• Snack items (individually packaged, nonperishable)
• Easy-prep, individually packaged breakfast items (pop-tarts,  yogurts, granola bars, muffins, donuts, etc.)
• Hand warmers

You can also shop our Amazon Wish List. Items in the Warming Center category apply specifically to our overnight guests, but all categories of items greatly benefit our ministries. Donations can be shipped to  Cokesbury's offices, dropped off at our offices  Monday through Thursday,  8:30 am-3:30 pm, or to Guest Services during weekend worship services. 

Join our Interest Group  to learn more about volunteer opportunities.

Financial donations to the Connection Center directly benefit the Warming Center ministry.

WHITE FLAG

At the Connection Center, we empower lives with human connection and real solutions. One of those solutions is to offer weather respite through our White Flag hours at Fig Tree. 

In cases of extreme temperatures in winter and summer, we hang a white flag outside of Fig Tree to indicate that we are open. While Fig Tree offers a variety of services (laundry, showers, a hot meal, and more), White Flag offers only weather respite, water, coffee, and restroom access. 

White Flag hours are temperature-dependent and also rely on staff and volunteer availability. As a general rule, we try to operate White Flag hours on winter mornings when the temperature is below 35 degrees, between 8:30 and 10:30 am, Monday through Thursday. In the summer, White Flag may be offered in the afternoons when the temperature is 95 degrees and above, between 2:30 and 4:30 pm, Monday through Thursday. 

White Flag hours are not guaranteed, but we do our best to offer weather respite whenever possible.

To volunteer with White Flag, please contact Kristine at kristine@cokesbury.tv.