FAMILY ADVOCACY MINISTRY
Because kids belong in families.
“He has told you, o man, what is good; and what does the lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your god?”
Micah 6:8
Not all can foster, but all can care.
How might God be calling you to care?
Mentor a youth in foster care?
Bring a monthly meal to a foster family?
Deliver essential items to a family in need?
Commit to praying for vulnerable children and families?
Baby-sit for a foster family?
Provide financial support for vulnerable children and families?
Open your own home to care for a child as a foster or adoptive family?
We encourage you to take the first step and contact us to begin the conversation.
What is CarePortal?
Partnering with CarePortal allows us to meet essential needs for vulnerable families and children in real-time. Sometimes, the effects of poverty lead to children entering foster care for reasons that are entirely preventable.
PREVENTION
“Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.”
Psalm 82:3
When child welfare intervenes to place a child in foster care, the Church must also intervene in the child’s life. Wrapping around a foster family to provide support through meals, practical help and babysitting, allows foster parents to foster longer - which means less moving around for the child. Sometimes having the support of a care community allows foster families to care for more than one child, allowing siblings to remain together with the same family.
INTERVENTION
“Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained form the world.”
James 1:27
Connection changes everything. Through meaningful connection with children and families, God can use us as individuals, and as a church, to play a role in the work He is already doing. Let’s connect children to families and families to churches, to ultimately connect them to the One who can redeem and restore all that has been broken.
CONNECTion
“And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to Me.’”
Psalm 82:3
