Dark to Dawn Ministries held an orphan and adoption seminar on Saturday, September 26, 2009 in Newbury Park, CA. The passion of Dark to Dawn is to equip believers from any and every season in life to discover their God-directed path to care for orphans.
Through God's Word, they introduced attendees to several ways you can get involved in caring for orphans. Check out their ideas for caring for orphans in any stage of life. The event was completely bathed in prayer as the committee prayed over each registered attendee.
Each attendee was encouraged to consider how they could incorporate National Orphan Sunday into their church and community.
There was also a panel of advocates availalbe to share their stories and field questions.
The committee also used the event to announce their partnership with Lifesong through the Conejo Valley Adoption Fund, which local churches can get involved in.
An attendee shared,
Last Saturday was a delightful event. The display tables were helpful, the presenters were engaging, the panel members were authentic and the closing comments were brilliant and very valuable. We don't hear enough about the need to "understand" bonding/connection from the child's perspective.
In my opinion, the day was a home run!!"
Another said,
The scales fell from my eyes. Now, we just need to ask the Lord where do we go from here, we'll go....where he leads..."
As you can see, the event was a huge success!