Benefit for Orphans with Special Needs

Grace Haven Ministries is hosting their 1st Annual Benefit Dinner & Silent Auction Sunday, March 14, at 5-8pm in Bentonville, AR.

Grace Haven Ministries' two-tiered mission strives to advocate for the orphan along with addressing the healing and restoration needs for adoptive families through prayer, encouragement, and fundraising as well as partnering with Lifesong for Orphans in caring for our orphans with special needs in Ukraine.

Tickets and additional information are available on their website.

We hope to see you in Louisville this weekend!

Adopting For Life Conference- Friday & Saturday, February 26-27th 2010 from Southern Seminary on Vimeo.

We’ll be presenting at a conference on adoption entitled, “Adopting for Life”. You may be wondering whether this will be a conference about the doctrine of adoption or “real” adoption. Well, one of the things that we’ll be discussing is the fact that you can’t talk about the one without talking about the other. Read more here.

What a blessing!

We just wanted to say thank you once again for helping us bring these incredible children home.  It was an adventure to say the least, but we are so blessed that you helped make the impossible, possible!!! 

 In Him,

 Chris, Carrie, Colin, Mykah, Madeline, Jackson, Gracen Elliott

How can my church become more 'adoption-friendly'?

World Magazine article, Look After Orphans (Paul Golden, January 30, 2010), presents 20 proactive ways in which your church can answer the call to 'look after orphans in their distress' (James 1:27)

Here are some highlights:

#1--'Pray that you and your church would become adoption-friendly'

#4--'Make adoption resources available to the church'

#10--'Create a standing chruch fund for adoption costs'

#16--'Sponsor a child'

Want to know more?

Read the article online or join us on our Facebook fan page as we feature these 20 ways in the next 20 days!

See you Saturday in B/N, IL!

Connecting Hearts with the Forgotten, an orphan care team in the Bloomington/Normal, IL area is hosting a FREE orphan care and adoption conference on Saturday, February 20, 2010.

To register, click here.