by Joe and Cindi Ferrini | Jul 17, 2023 | Families, Foster Care
Photo by Sandra Seitamaa on Unsplash Walking into a new and unfamiliar home, announcing her name, and leaving her biological mom behind without any tears, came a 5-year-old girl. She could not write her name, count to three or say the alphabet when she entered our...
by Sandra Peoples | May 10, 2022 | Adoption, Church Support, Foster Care
This is the third and final post in the series: Churches That Encourage Adoption Should Be Trauma Informed and Disability Accommodating. Read Part 1 and Part 2.Now that we understand the challenges children may have with behavior, based on the trauma they have...
by Sandra Peoples | Apr 12, 2022 | Adoption, Church Support, Foster Care
Churches rightly encourage adoption and support families going through the adoption process, but are they prepared when the child or teen comes home and is diagnosed with special needs or trauma-related issues? This series will present a theology of disability that...
by Jeremy Smith | Sep 21, 2021 | Adoption, Church Support, Foster Care, Pro-Life
Last month I was in Columbus, Ohio for a state-wide training for Ohio’s Child Protective Services (CPS). Part of my job as a clinical counselor is working with parents who struggle with substance misuse that may lead to neglect and involve police or CPS, and the...
by Shelly Roberts | Aug 27, 2019 | Adoption, Culture of Life, Foster Care, Worship
We didn’t meet in a labor & delivery room like most moms and daughters do. Instead, we met in a back room of a foster care agency. Caring for children that weren’t from my womb wasn’t new to me. My husband and I had previously adopted two daughters from other...
by Key Ministry | Jun 13, 2019 | Adoption, Foster Care, Parents
While Mother’s Day and Father’s Day aren’t official “church” holidays, they are celebrated on Sundays every year, making it part of the day’s events for many families in church. Whether the holiday is acknowledged as part of the worship service or not, we’re wise to...
