Church Adoption Fund Webinar

Are you considering starting an adoption fund at your church?
 
Is God stirring in your heart to take the next step toward engaging your local body of believers? 

The webinar will include:

• An overview of the Lifesong Church Adoption Fund concept.
• Lifesong partnership with churches and solutions to overcome "Common Barriers".
• Personal testimony/experience from Irving Bible Church / Tapestry Ministryof how Lifesong has partnered with his church and ministry, including obstacles he encountered.
• Concerns churches often face when starting an adoption fund
• Q&A- an open forum allowing you to ask your questions to Michael Monroe (Iriving Bible/Tapestry) and/or Lifesong staff

Please join us for this opportunity to hear the heart of a ministry leader and adoptive parent.

Why? | Empowered to Connect

Helping children from hard places...to heal and become whole

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Adopting the Older Child

Posted on September 23rd by the Tapestry Team,

Adopting the Older Child

In light of the fact that more and more families are considering and pursuing older child adoptions, earlier this year Tapestry hosted an event entitled Adopting the Older Child.

Older child adoption comes with its own unique set of joys and challenges, and this Tapestry event explored both.  In addition, the event focused on helping parents and parents-to-be better understand what to expect, how to respond and where to turn for support and help when it comes to older child adoption."

Read the rest of the article here.

Lifesong will be speaking at the 2009 Tapestry Adoption & Foster Care Conference on Saturday, October 24th at Irving Bible Church. Registration is now open...

Adoption Uncovered on September 12th

On Saturday, September 12, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at Irving Bible Church, Tapestry will host an event entitled Adoption Uncovered: Understanding the Adoptee's Perspective. This unique event will be led by adult adoptees from different backgrounds and will provide helpful insight into some of the often felt, but seldom discussed thoughts, struggles and emotions that adoptees deal with. At this event attendees will also be able to pre-register for the 2009 Tapestry Adoption & Foster Care Conference in order to guarantee their spot.

Childcare will be available for this event for ages 0-12 with registration at least 48 hours in advance. Click here for information about how to register for childcare.

For more information contact Amy Monroe at tapestry@irvingbible.org.

Empowered to Connect

Virtually every facet of the Christian orphan movement—from foster care and adoption ministries to overseas orphan care—is growing more robust by the day. In both discussion and ministry-emphasis, however, one vital element can often be overlooked: the resources, training and support needed by families whose children via adoption, foster care or otherwise have special emotion, psychological or relational challenges to overcome.

Our friends from Tapestry, Michael and Amy Monroe, and Dr. Karyn Purvis have teamed up to engage this need with a significant new website, Empowered to Connect. It promises to be a great resource for sharing wisdom and skills among families, ministries and others committed to helping parents connect fully with their children, even in the face of real difficulties. The site already contains a solid and growing online library of articles, audio and video presentations. It will play an important role in helping to build out an aspect of the orphan movement that has often been underdeveloped. More importantly, it will help many families overcome real barriers to grow deep connectedness between parent and child.