The National Foster Care Prayer Vigil is a call to believers to join with others and pray during the month of May, which is National Foster Care Month. Join thousands around the country as we cry out to God on behalf of the over 400,000 children in our nation's foster care system, workers, their families (foster and birth), and the church’s response to the foster care crisis.
Youthreach International - is an international missions ministry focused on providing positive adult role models (through 12-3-1- Mentors) to orphans and at-risk children in Simferopol, Ukraine. We prepare short-term mission team leaders and teams to partner with 12-3-1 Mentors in-country to introduce Jesus Christ and demonstrate the Kingdom of God to the next generation. We return annually to Simferopol, Crimea to minister to, and unconditionally love the children living in the orphanges of that city. Join us for one of our mission trips!
The Worship Center is hosting a screening of Sex and Money on May 31 at 6:30 pm. Sex and Money: a National Search for Human Worth is a documentary about domestic minor sex trafficking and the modern-day abolitionist movement fighting to stop it. If you haven't yet viewed the film, here is your chance! This is also an excellent opportunity for you to introduce your friends and family to the reality that sex trafficking is happening right here in our country.
The World Weekend of Prayer for Children at Risk is held every year over the first weekend of June. This global initiative brings together hundreds of thousands of adults and children across more than 40 countries. Whether you attend a nationwide event, plan something with your church, go to a prayer breakfast, or spend a quiet few minutes praying in your own home, we would love you to stand with us in interceding for the children of the world.
Summer camps start on the 1st of June and go the middle of August. Each camp lasts about 15 days. We normally need cooks, but any help will be appreciated. People can come any time during these nearly 3 month period, meaning you don’t neccesarilly need to come at the start of a camp, but can fall in any time.
Join Focus on the Family, The Texas Department of Family & Protective Services as well as church and adoption leaders from around Texas on June 1, 2013 from 10:00am to 2:00pm at One Community Church. You'll hear more about kids who are waiting, the process of adoption from foster care and ways to support adoptive families. In addition, agency and county representatives will be on site to answer questions and help you get started.
Get equipped to lead the fight against modern-day slavery!
-LEARN from IJM Leaders
-TRAIN with advocates from across the country
-TAKE ACTION with your Senators, Representatives and their staff on Capitol Hill
Every year at the annual National Adoption Conference, leaders in the field of adoption learn what is happening at the forefront of adoption policy and practice and how they can play an active role in improving and safe-guarding adoption. In addition, in recent years, organizers have added a day for prospective adoptive parents.
You are invited to a very special week in Haiti with Child Hope International and the Manassero family! Child Hope's special "Dream Team" missions week was created for people who have always wanted to visit Child Hope in Haiti but have been unable to join a formal missions team group. Individuals, couples, families and other interested people will comprise this special "Dream Team" week long experience at Maison de Lumiere (the Lighthouse), Child Hope's mission in Haiti.
Want to impact the life of an orphan or economically depressed child? Are you a believer that Jesus wants ALL people to be saved and come to the knowledge of His saving blood? We have 125 children at the local orphanage waiting for YOU! We hope that you will consider traveling to Ukraine to minister to these and the hundreds of children His Kids Too! serves throughout the Donetsk region.
Enjoy a family-friendly mission trip to Village of Hope where your children will experience serving others in another culture. Application deadline - March 1, 2013
ROOF is now recruiting volunteers for the Belskoye-Ustye 2013 Summer Camp! We are now looking for volunteers interested in spending a few weeks in the Pskov Region of Western Russia working with the children of Belskoye-Ustye Psycho-Neurological Orphanage during the month of July 2013.
Want to impact the life of an orphan or economically depressed child? Are you a believer that Jesus wants ALL people to be saved and come to the knowledge of His saving blood? We have 125 children at the local orphanage waiting for YOU! We hope that you will consider traveling to Ukraine to minister to these and the hundreds of children His Kids Too! serves throughout the Donetsk region.
Core Module 1: Trauma and Crisis Care presents foundational issues and principles that provide an understanding of children’s traumatic experiences and the resulting impact of trauma. Additionally, it addresses planning and implementation of biblical interventions in order to bring healing and hope to hurting children.
Our conferences provide 30+ sessions on race and identity, family relationships, parenting tools, search and reunion, etc. Presenters include authors, educators, activists, therapists, and grassroots leaders. Each block includes an adoptee-only session as well as many choices open to all. Cultural and social activities are offered as well as vendors, exhibits, and film screenings.
Train the Trainer is designed to equip individuals who have taken Module 1: Trauma and Crisis Care and desire to teach the CCTI curriculum modules to caregivers and communities to bring healing and hope to children and families in crisis.
The Konotop Trip has been such a special trip for us here at Mercy Projects. For the past few years MP UK has been sending teams to work with special needs children at the “Hearts of Love” center in Konotop, Ukraine. We have seen drastic changes in the children as well as the quality of the center’s building as Mercy Projects teams and supports worldwide have given time and finances to invest in these often overlooked children. Join the team whether you are from the U.S. or the UK and help put on an awesome program for these kids. No visas needed.
Join Focus on the Family, Florida Child Welfare, along with agency and ministry leaders from around Florida on August 24, 2013 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at First Baptist Church Orlando. You'll hear more about the kids who are waiting, the process of adoption from foster care and ways to support adoptive families. In addition, agency and county representatives will be on site to answer questions and help you get started.
Join Heart for Orphans for the Spring or Summer 2013 Vision Trip to Ukraine! We will be traveling to several of the Heart for Orphans homes and visiting orphanages. Estimated cost $2,250 per trip.
Empowered To Connect, together with Show Hope, hosts the Empowered To Connect Conference — a two-day conference designed to help adoptive and foster parents, ministry leaders and professionals better understand how to connect with “children from hard places” in order to help them heal and become all that God desires for them to be.
Friday, October 4, 2013 - Saturday, October 5, 2013
The theme for the upcoming Together for Adoption National Conference is “The Story that Changes Everything—for Us and the Fatherless.” Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more info about this great event that will be held in Louisville, KY in 2013!
The theme of the upcoming 2013 National Association of Christians in Social Work (NACSW0 conference, “Social Justice: Contributions of Faith and Spirituality,” reflects the Biblical challenge for Christians to “act justly” and to care for “the least of these” among us. This conference will help Christians who are social workers examine ways of responding to this challenge in both their professional and personal lives.
Application deadline - July 15, 2013 - Enjoy a mission trip designed specifically for fathers and sons to experience serving others together in another culture.
