BERLIN (RNS) Realizing that families can’t always be kept together, a Lutheran church in Munich has jumped online to find ways to at least help them stay in touch.

The project, “My Daddy’s Coming!” is a new take on “couch-surfing,” where out-of-town visitors connect online with locals who are willing to host a stranger on a couch or in a guest room for a short time.

The Web site helps fathers who have children in Munich register their intention to come see their families. Local hosts who participate can help the dads save on hotel costs and, hopefully, make the visits more frequent.

“Children don’t get divorced,” reads the Web site (http://www.alleinerziehen-evangelisch.de, which translated means “raising kids alone — Lutheran”).

The Web site does not differentiate by creed; there is no need to prove that one is a member of the Lutheran church in good standing. However, it does require fathers to provide proof of residence and identity before they can enroll in the system. Visiting fathers are also expected to abide by their hosts’ rules and to stay for no more than two nights.

According to the Berliner Zeitung newspaper, the coordinating office is starting to branch out. The church trustee in charge of the program, Annette Habert, recently helped a man find some lodging so he could visit his child in northern Germany, far away from southern Munich.

Habert told the paper that, after hearing from the man trying to see his child, she contacted a pastor in the town where the child lived. The pastor mentioned the service in his sermon and, next thing Habert knew, she had several offers of places to stay in the new town.