Conferences you don't want to miss!

Calling all church pastors, adoption & orphan advocates and adoptive (or considering adoption) families!! We're excited to highlight some incredible upcoming conferences with a focus on the fatherless...

July 26, 2012

Afflicted Conference (Eureka, IL)

"Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and destitute." Psalm 82:3

Afflicted Conference will share the needs of not only the fatherless, but also reflect on the human slavery that is tragically increasing in our world and what WE, as the body of Christ, can do to help make a difference! Visit the Afflicted Conference Facebook page for more details!

September 14-15, 2012

Empowered to Connect (Nashville, TN)

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. Click here to register.

September 14-15, 2012

Together for Adoption Conferce (Atlanta, GA)

Romanticizing orphan care and adoption is so very easy and tempting to do. But there is no such thing as orphan care and adoption without suffering. The primary objective of this conference is to take Christians deeper into God’s story of adoption to give hope and practical tools to walk with deep joy through “the sufferings of this present time” (Romans 8:18-23) for God’s glory and the good of orphans around the world.  To register or learn more, visit their website.

Upcoming Conferences! Together for Adoption & Summit VIII

Wanting to let you know of some EXCITING conferences that are coming up in the next couple months!

Together for Adoption Regional Conference -- Winston-Salem, North Carolina

April 28th, 2012 at Calvary West

Join us in the Winston-Salem, North Carolina area for our first Together for Adoption Regional Conference. T4A has been called, “the theological engine of the evangelical orphan care movement.”

Our objective: to magnify the adopting grace of God the Father in Christ Jesus and to mobilize the church for global orphan care. T4A Winston-Salem will provide you with a deeper sense of God’s adopting love for you and a better understanding of how to love and care for orphaned and vulnerable children in tangible ways.

Register online: https://togetherforadoption.webconnex.com/T4A_Winston-Salem

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Orphan Summit VIII Conference -- Lake Forest, California

May 3-4, 2012 at Saddleback Church

If you've adopted or are considering adoption, Summit VIII is for you!

*Adoption Track includes a host of vital issues: cross-racial adoption, attachment & bonding, thriving marriage amidst adoption challenges, fundraising for an adoption, straight talk from adoptees, adoption medicine and much more...

*Hague Credits -- See more...

*For Moms: Women's Path (New this year! Connection, Refreshment, Relationship)

*For Dads: Men and the Cause of the Fatherless

*Pre-Summit Session with Karyn Purvis and Milan & Kay Yerkovich (Come early! See more...) 

*Unforgettable plenary sessions, Steven Curtis Chapman concert, and a host of other amazing resources, Special Features, and much more!

Register online: https://summit.webconnex.com/summit8

Summit VIII - Speakers

Summit VII is coming up May 3-4 in Lake Forest, CA (Saddleback Church)...will you be there?

Check out some of the speakers that will be there:

Rick Warren

Francis Chan

Kay Warren

Crawford Loritts

Jedd Medefind

...and so many more! To see the whole list of speakers, schedules, and how YOU can get resgistered, visit Summit VII! 

Mission's Night

You couldn't take one step without seeing a child at Mission's Night, hosted by the Apostolic Christian Church in Bloomington, IL. It was a dynamic evening full of different ministries that this congregation has been supporting.  It was their desire to highlight these ministries and have them connect to their church body in a family friendly way presenting the importance of serving in the Kingdom and how they as families can get involved.

The Lifesong for Orphans "Experience"...

Handprint Wall - showing the 2300 children Lifesong has help bring into families through adoption financial assistance. 

Africa before Lifesong...

Africa after Lifesong...

The Forgotten Initiative

It was so great to connect with the youth and impact their minds and hearts of the importance of working with God for His Kingdom!

Hope for Orphans Institute

Check out the new HFO Institute website and their upcoming conference in Plano, TX!

This event is planned to meet head on the rising issue of disruptions and at-risk placements by mobilizing the local church and professionals as partners.

They will also be OFFERING CEUs for all Social Workers, Counselors and Marriage and Family Counselors!

With speakers like Karyn Purvis and Paul & Robin Pennington (check out more speaker bios HERE) and music from Geoff Moore this is definitely a conference worth attending!

And our winners are... Allison Heinkekamp & Beth Carey Tysdal!  Congratulations!

You will both be entered into our GRAND PRIZE drawing at the end of the month. Please send your contact information to info@lifesongfororhpans.org and we'll send you the Orphanology book! We will have another contest next Wednesday for another chance to be entered!