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powerful emphasis on being with. intimate. ” and eve in the cool of the evening ( genesis 3:8) made his dwelling with us ( john 1:14) with his people ( revelation 21:3)
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welcome What joy to be together virtually. The past 18-months have left us longing for fellowship. As both Scripture and science affirm, humans thrive in healthy togetherness. We wither without it. Little wonder that so many across the globe -- perhaps all of us -- feel off kilter and out of sorts. COVID and its ripples have split human togetherness like nothing in all of history. Yet in this moment, we recall something deeper and truer. We see a light that darkness cannot overcome. From the burning core of Scripture pulses a single, powerful word: WITH. For we believe that at the center of all things lives eternal fellowship, the Trinity: Father with Son with Holy Spirit. He formed us not merely to look at us, like a sculpture, but that He might be with us. When sin split us from Him, He took on flesh and made His dwelling with us. Indeed, Jesus is Immanuel, God with us. His last words on earth promised this presence is permanent: “Lo, I am with you always...” This fellowship of God with His people rises naturally into fellowship among God’s people -- us joyfully with one another. And, from there, we follow our Lord’s example and call together, gladly choosing to be with our neighbors in their need, too. While the world pulls outward and apart, God draws us nearer, to Himself and to one another. That is why we are here: --To worship the God who is with us --To delight in fellowship with one another virtually --To learn to be more fully, wisely, fruitfully with our neighbor in need It is a true gift to experience these things together. Thanks be to God, our Immanuel. Jedd Medefind President, Christian Alliance for Orphans
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Care for Children is delighted to launch the USA world premiere of the feature documentary ‘Children of Shanghai’ at CAFO 2021. Narrated by Bear Grylls, ‘Children of Shanghai’ shares the incredible outcomes of the first orphans, now thriving adults, who were placed into families in Shanghai, China, over 20 years ago.
Matt Redman’s ‘The Father’s song’ is the theme song for ‘Children of Shanghai’ Shanghai’, and we are excited that he will both lead worship and make a special introduction ahead of the world premiere screening during the general session in the main auditorium on Thursday morning.
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Join the CAFO Community There’s room in the CAFO Community for you. Join in a vision for God’s glory and the care of orphans that is larger than any one individual, organization or project. Together, we seek to inspire, connect and equip God’s people to reflect His heart for the orphan.
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CAFO Core Commitments Responsive Love. To act upon God’s call to care for orphans is not merely a matter of duty, guilt or idealism. It is first a response to the good news, the Gospel: that God, our loving Father, sought us, adopted us, and invites us to live as His sons and daughters (Jn 1:12, Gal 4:6, Eph 1:15; I Jn 3:1). We love because He first loved us. (1 Jn 4:19)
safely possible. Likewise, when families have been separated, reunification of children with their biological family is of first priority whenever children can be returned to a safe, nurturing home environment. Efforts that enable struggling families to stay together are a vital part of the Bible’s call to care for orphans and widows in distress.
Informed Action. Good intentions alone are insufficient. All care for children should be done with love that is guided by both knowledge and wisdom (Phil 1:9-11; Prov 19:2). Amidst the deep complexity of human need, no solution will be without flaws. Yet our aim must always be to offer the excellent care we would want to give Jesus himself – informed by both Scripture and the best available research, knowledge and proven practice.
Residential Care. Even as we champion the ideal of family, we can also honor the devoted care and protection provided by many quality residential facilities. We also recognize that therapeutic group settings can play an essential role in the healing of children with intensive needs. God created the family as the best environment for children, so new orphanages should not be created except in extreme circumstances. Existing orphanages should be helped to improve their quality of care and to develop programs that minimize out-of-home care.
Commitment to the Whole Child. To meet only spiritual or only physical needs is incomplete (1 Jn 3:17; Jms 2:16; Mk 8:36). Christian love seeks to address both. Even a cup of water given to quench the thirst of a child is of eternal worth (Mt 10:42). Yet of surpassing value is to know Jesus and our identity as children of God (Phil 3:8). Just as in the ministry of Jesus, we hold together the meeting of physical need with the Gospel that reveals God’s love. Priority of Family. Both Scripture and social science affirm that the very best environment for children is a safe, loving, permanent family. When this is not possible, the goal for each child should be – as a general rule – to move as far as possible along the “spectrum of care” options toward permanent family. Care for children should always be as safe, nurturing and close to family as is feasible for the given situation. Family Preservation. Children classified as “orphans” that have a surviving parent or other relatives willing to care for them should be helped to remain with family members whenever #CAFO2021
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Central Role of the Local Church. The local church in every nation possesses both the Christian mandate and many other resources needed to care for the world’s orphans in a nurturing, relationship-rich environment. Every initiative to care for orphans should prioritize and honor the role of the local church, carefully pairing what foreign resources may be necessary with local believers willing to open their hearts and homes to orphans in their community. The Power of Unity. Scripture overflows with calls for unity in the Body of Christ (Ps 133; 1 Cor 12:12; Eph 4:3, Col 3:11-15; Phil 4:1-3). Such unity yields special strength (Ecc 4:9), welcomes the presence of Christ (Mt 18:20), and ultimately presents the truth of Jesus to the world (Jn 17:20-23). Disagreements are inevitable and sometimes even necessary. Yet amidst all that strains unity, we commit to honoring each other above ourselves (Rom 12:10) – and labor in unison to see every orphan experience God’s unfailing love. For more information visit CAFO.ORG/JOIN 15
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E DWI N AG UI L A R He lived in an orphanage from the ages of 6-18yrs old. To this day, his family history is unclear and spent most of those years at the institution without any visitors, until the Lord heard his prayers and a young mentor showed up and kept showing up, thru him, the Lord made his love and care palpable. They remain close. He is currently a documental photographer specially focused on social work. He is now Mentor to 8 children from the same orphanage he grew up in, faithfully visiting them. B IS H O P A A RO N B L A KE The Bishop’s experience with foster children and leadership ignited a call within Greater Faith Community Church. This church of less than 200 members became family to scores of children previously living in the foster care system. As the movement grew stronger, The Blakes launched Harvest Family Life Ministry. They have been successful in their model of teaching and training state staff and church leaders the faith-based concepts of marrying church and state to equip the church to meet the needs of children from prevention to permanency. K E VA N CH A N D L ER Kevan Chandler has a BA in Counseling, with a focus in prison ministry, from John Wesley College. He has authored several books, including a memoir of his adventures being carried in a backpack around the world. Kevan is also the founder of We Carry Kevan, a nonprofit striving to redefine accessibility as a cooperative effort between friends. He and his wife, Katie, live in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where they bake scones, read aloud to one another, and open their home for friends to join in these pastimes. ST EV EN CURT I S CH A P M A N In a career that has spanned over 30 years, Steven Curtis Chapman is the most awarded artist in Christian music history with 59 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, five GRAMMYs®, an American Music Award, 49 No. 1 singles, selling more than eleven million albums and with ten RIAA-certified gold or platinum albums to his credit. Chapman also became a best-selling author in 2017 with his memoir “Between Heaven and the Real World: My Story”. A vocal supporter of adoption, Chapman, along with his wife Mary Beth, founded Show Hope in 2003, a nonprofit organization that helps restore the hope of a family to orphans. C RO S S WO RS H I P Cross Worship is a collaboration of worship leaders with a heart to reconcile the body of Christ across denominational and racial divides. It was founded by Troy Culbreth in Cincinnati, Ohio as a regular gathering, inviting churches from around the city to come and worship together united as one. As a collective team of individual artists, Cross Worship blends the strengths of different styles to create an eclectic sound capable of reaching a unified church. 18
JU S TI N W HI TM E L EARLEY I’m trying to figure out how to live a life of love in an age of chaos.The Common Rule is born out of my own tendency towards inward disorder, and the habits of a culture that seem to exacerbate those tendencies. It is a communal way of forming your life in the love of God & neighbor, amidst a culture beset by individualism and consumerism. Whether you’re an office worker, stay-at-home parent, a church, or an organization – I’d love to talk to you. I’d love to share with you the way the most ordinary habits of love can create extraordinary lives of light. BRI AN F I K K E RT Dr. Brian Fikkert is a Professor of Economics and Community Development and the Founder and President of the Chalmers Center for Economic Development at Covenant College. He is coauthor of the best-selling book When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor…and Yourself as well as Helping Without Hurting in Short-Term Missions, Helping Without Hurting in Church Benevolence, and From Dependence to Dignity: How to Alleviate Poverty Through Church-Centered Microfinance. D I EG O F U LLE R Diego Fuller a foster care alumni whose past is something you would see in a movie, something so unspeakable, but terribly true. Diego, a troubled kid that grew up without his parents, molested at eight years old & neglected by family, Homeless living in the back of a church. At 15 years old Diego’s life was changed when he was Engrafted into Pastor Aaron Blake’s home. Diego is now founder of B.I.G Records and Foundation. He’s also a highly known Christian hip hop artist, Student Pastor, book author, motivational speaker, and more importantly a Husband and Father. PARI S G OODY E AR-B ROWN Paris Goodyear-Brown, LCSW, RPT-S, is the creator of the TraumaPlay™ model, the founder and Clinical Director of Nurture House, and the Executive Director of the TraumaPlay™ Institute. She is an Adjunct Instructor of Psychiatric Mental Health at Vanderbilt University, guest lecturer for several universities, and travels around the world helping clinicians, parents, and teachers better serve children from hard places. She frequently provides parent consultation, dyadic assessment and parent coaching to help parents manage and resolve their children’s behavior problems. She delights in her husband and her three children. BE TH G U C K E NBE RGER Beth and her husband, Todd, live with their family in Cincinnati, Ohio where they serve as Co-Executive Directors of Back2Back Ministries. After graduating from Indiana University, the Guckenbergers moved to Monterrey, Mexico where they lived for 15 years. Between biological, foster, and adopted children, they have raised ten children. Beth is the author of seven books including adult and children’s titles. She travels and speaks regularly at conferences, youth gatherings and church services. Her style is based in storytelling and she draws from her vast field experience as a missionary, Bible teacher and #CAFO2021 parent for illustrationsFEEDBACK of biblical SURVEY concepts.
D.J . J O RDA N D.J. Jordan is a Senior Vice President at Pinkston Public Relations in the Washington, DC area, leading the company’s work with faith-based clients. He has served on the boards of several state and nonprofit agencies focused on family issues, including the Virginia State Board of Social Services, which oversees the foster care system in Virginia. D.J. and his wife have four children, including a child who is adopted from the foster care system. D.J. currently serves on the board of Virginia’s Kids Belong, which advocates for children in the foster care system. JED D M ED EF I N D As husband, father, leader and friend, Jedd desires most of all to reflect the Heart of Jesus Christ. For many years, he has served as president of the Christian Alliance for Orphans. Prior to this role, he served in the White House as a Special Assistant to President George W. Bush, leading the office of Faith-Based and Community initiatives. Jedd has worked, studied and served in more than 30 countries, with organizations ranging from Price - Waterhouse in Moscow to Christian life Bangladesh. Jedd and his wife, Rachel and their five kids, now live near Washington, DC.
JAS ON W E BE R Jason Weber wants to live in a world where people build great things together rather than good things by themselves, and where there is more than enough for children and families in foster care. Jason has helped to write and produce several books, bible studies, and other tools all created to serve churches as they care for hurting kids. He is the author of the new book Until There’s More Than Enough: Working Together to Transform Foster Care Where You Live and is the host of the brand new More Than Enough Podcast. Jason serves as the CAFO National Director of Foster Care Initiatives and currently lives in Plano Texas with his wife, Trisha, and their five kids. LE A W RI G HT Lea Wright is Ethiopian by birth and American through adoption. In 2019, she returned to “home” to serve full-time alongside the ministry of Hope for the Fatherless (HFTF). She feels privileged that God has truly brought her story full circle as she participates in HFTF’s work in the growing movement of domestic adoption and foster care in Ethiopia. Lea is newly married to Sammy, and they live in Addis Ababa.
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In the book, The Great Divorce, CS Lewis’ imaginative portrait of hell contains no horns or pitchforks. Rather, what gives the netherworld such horror is the utter separation. Its residents are eternally divided from their Creator and one another. Unable to bear with others, they move continually further apart. This fanciful image reveals a fundamental truth. The nature of evil is to sunder. It divides humans from their Maker… severs people from one another… and ultimately leaves us estranged even from ourselves. Separated. Alone. Without. Indeed, there is nothing worse. The deepest suffering is not physical pain, but isolation — a soul with recourse to no other. Little wonder COVID has left us deeply off-kilter and ill-at-ease. COVID has eroded human togetherness like nothing before. Amid all the losses of 2020, the heaviest were those that kept us from being with those we love. Perhaps more than we yet know, our souls languish without hugs and handshakes, shared worship and shared meals, times to mourn with those who mourn and rejoice with those who rejoice. To the degree that we found ways to still do these things, we yet could thrive amidst struggle. To the degree we did not, we began to shrivel. Without fellowship, humans wither. A century ago, careful observers noticed that when orphanages failed to provide babies with intimate connection, children became sick and died, even when all their physical needs were met. In contrast, studies show that when a child experiences tender care and connection, they are far more likely to thrive all throughout life — even in the face of great adversity. This need never disappears. One landmark 2015 review found that for adults, the regular experience of loneliness shortens life expectancy as much as smoking 15 cigarettes per day. Even in old age, people with vibrant relationships remain measurably stronger, while those without fellowship decline far more rapidly, both physically and cognitively. Seeing all this, we begin to grasp why Scripture places such powerful emphasis on being with. Near. Close. Intimate. In the Garden, God walked with Adam and Eve in the cool of the evening (Gen. 3:8). In Jesus, He became flesh and made his dwelling with us (John 1:14). In the end, He will again live with His people (Rev. 21:3). Perhaps it is no exaggeration to suggest the word WITH is an axis upon which all Scripture turns. This begins with our understanding of God himself. For the Christian, blazing at the very center of all reality is the Trinity: the eternal fellowship of Father with Son with Holy Spirit.
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Attachment Training For Non-Literate Caregivers of Reintegrated Children Examine the impact and outcome of the Attachment Theory Workshop pilots across countries, including Sierra Leone, Haiti, Uganda and more. This workshop is designed specifically for non-literate caregivers of children being reintegrated home, in order to equip parents with the understanding and skill needed to form healthy attachments with their children who have suffered various trauma. Data collection seeks to measure its impact through pre/post survey data and Most Significant Change methodology will be shared as evidence of the efficacy of the workshop and its iterative, collaborative approach. Presenters: Laura Horvath, Helping Children Worldwide and Julie Dellamattera, University of Maine Track: Wisely Engaging for Vulnerable Kids Worldwide
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Reframing the Struggle: Finding Strength When Things Are Hard Foster and adoptive parents face a unique set of challenges and circumstances that are most meaningfully understood and experienced through the lens of God’s truth. This session will help you “reframe” some thinking through those experiences along your journey in a helpful and sustaining way. We’ll explore how to handle our own perceived weaknesses, what to do when we feel like quitting, and how to more deeply understand the spiritual nature of the work we are doing. If you’ve ever found yourself alone with your own thoughts, fears, hopes, concerns, and anxieties along this journey of fostering and adopting, then this workshop is for you. You’ll be encouraged, inspired, and reinvigorated to take your next best steps forward. Presenter: Jason Johnson, CAFO Track: Help for Adoptive & Foster Families
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Until There’s More Than Enough: Working Together to Transform Foster Care Where You Live You are tired of foster care in your community being defined by the words “not enough.” You know it doesn’t have to be that way - but are a little foggy on the way forward. This session will introduce you to the principles, practices, and people of local foster care transformation through the power of community collaboration. A team of leaders from various backgrounds, who have seen thriving foster care movements start and grow in their own communities, will share their insights and answer your questions about how churches, organizations, businesses, and government can work together to go from not enough to more than enough. Facilitated by: Jason Weber, CAFO Joined by: Shelly Radic, Project 1.27; Philip Pattison, Foster the City; Lauri Currier, The CALL; and Sharen Ford, Focus on the Family Track: Building Effective Foster Care Ministries
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From this burning core rise three great WITHs. God with us. Sin split the with between God and humanity. But at the heart of the gospel is God drawing near again. Jesus is Immanuel, God with us. On earth, this Immanuel chose disciples “that they might be with Him…” (Mark 3:14) Later, their opponents marveled at the result. “When they saw the courage of Peter and John… they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus” (Acts 4:13). Jesus’ final words to His followers promised this presence was permanent. “…Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the world” (Matthew 28:20). Us with one another. God’s presence with His people spring naturally into fellowship among His people. It is gathered prayers and worship, grief and delight carried together, common meals, shared sacrifices, mutual care (John 13:35, Acts 2:42). Our hearts long for this. The greatest stories — from The Fellowship of the Rings to Little Women — glow with this kind of devoted togetherness. It is what we were made for. Even when it is difficult, to live truly with one another is among life’s sweetest gifts. God’s people with those in need. These first two withs rise into a third. God entered our space and pain, and now invites us to do likewise for others. The prime verb in James 1:27 shimmers with this with-ness. “To care for” (episkeptesthai) orphans and widows carries no hint of sending aid from a safe distance. Rather, it suggests showing up, drawing near, hazarding deep personal involvement. It takes the hand of a woman who has just lost her son. Holds the drug addicted newborn all night. It welcomes into our church and home and heart the parents whose children were removed by CPS. When God’s people demonstrate with like this, a pure and undefiled reflection of God-with-us is set before the world. This with is at the heart of all we experience together here in Cincinnati, side-by-side. Together, we laud the God who is with His people. Together, we take joy in being again with one another. Together, we each both give and receive, learning how to most fully be with the hurting in ways that effectively heal and wisely restore. Following a year marked by so much separation and distance, to be gathered here together is a precious with indeed.
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Exclusive World Premiere: Children of Shanghai: A Documentary Narrated by Bear Grylls Join Matt Redman, and the Children of Shanghai team to hear stories of the first children placed into family care over 20 years ago in China. See how their lives were transformed by the love of a family - and the impact this is now having on child welfare reform around the world. childrenofshanghai.com Track: Wisely Engaging for Vulnerable Kids Worldwide
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Growing the Foster Care Ministry in Your Church: A More Than Enough Workshop You want your church to have a thriving and effective foster care ministry, but it all seems a little overwhelming. You could use a little clarity about the next steps you should take. Whether you are just starting out, or have been at it for years, this workshop is created to give you that clarity. We’ll unpack six key pillars of what an “actively engaged church” in foster care looks like. You’ll walk away more connected with other leaders like you, more inspired to do the work God has called you to do, and more confident in what the next best steps are for your church’s foster care ministry. Facilitated by: Jason Weber & Jason Johnson, CAFO Joined by: Gabriel Forsyth, Mosaic Church; Carly Souza, Hope Church; Sarah Norris, True Vine Ministries; Bishop Aaron Blake, Harvest Family Life Ministries; Kondo Simfukwe, Mission Point Community Church; and Lesli Reece, Fostering Together Track: Building Effective Foster Care Ministries
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The Teaching-Family Model: An Introduction and Overview of Applications This workshop will introduce the Teaching-Family Model, its origin and history - as well as its current uses, throughout many different settings and levels of care. The basic components of the model will be explained including goals, systems, and elements. Within the presentation, the key concepts used to implement the model will be discussed and some significant questions about accreditation answered. These questions will include: How does the model address trauma? How does the model ensure a positive approach to treatment? Who is using this model and where? What makes TFA Accreditation unique? ...and more! Presenter: Michele Boguslofski, Teaching-Family Association Track: Help for Adoptive & Foster Families
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Family Economic Strengthening: Microfinance and Orphan Care Microfinance is a powerful tool that can improve the economic well-being of households and individuals in the Majority World. As such, microfinance has the potential to prevent children from becoming orphans, contribute to reuniting children with their birth parents, strengthen foster or adoptive families, and better the lives of former orphans. Although microfinance can be quite complicated, this workshop introduces simple, high-impact strategies and tools that virtually any ministry can use. Presenter: Brian Fikkert, Chalmers Center Track: Wisely Engaging for Vulnerable Kids Worldwide
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Finding Families for Children: A More Than Enough Big Idea Workshop There are more than enough families for the children in your community who need them. It’s just that they haven’t been found . . . yet. Come, see, and steal (uh, borrow) some of the best ideas in the country for finding foster, kinship, and adoptive families in your community. You’ll come away with practical steps learned from several leaders who are getting results in their own communities in innovative and surprising ways. Facilitated by: Jason Weber & Jason Johnson, CAFO Joined by: Ian Anand Forber-Pratt, Children’s Emergency Relief International - CERI; Darren Washausen, Orphan Care Alliance; Sharen Ford, Focus on the Family; and Renaut van der Riet, Mosaic Church Track: Building Effective Foster Care Ministries
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Parents as Partners in Healing: Becoming Safe Boss, Nurturer, and Storykeeper Parenting the child from a hard place, whose needs are complex and difficult to assess momentto-moment, requires parents to continue adapting. The triangle of the caregiver role: Safe Boss, Nurturer, and Storykeeper, provides the scaffolding for empathy, consistency, delighting in our children, nurturing ourselves in order to nurture them, and holding their hard stories. When equipped to move in and out of these roles, parents become even more powerful agents of healing for their children. Presenter: Paris Goodyear-Brown, Author, & Clinician Track: Help for Adoptive & Foster Families
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Habits of the Household: Spiritual Practices for Parenting from Technology to Family Devotions We become our habits, and our children become us. So if we care about spiritual formation in the family, we should care about the ordinary habits of the household - especially when it comes to technology. This workshop will dive into the regular rhythms of family life such as waking, mealtimes, screen time, moments of discipline, family devotions, and more. In each, we’ll look at how these normal moments of the day are incredible opportunities for spiritual formation in the love of Jesus. Presenter: Justin Whitmel Earley, The Common Rule Track: Help for Adoptive & Foster Families
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Helping Without Hurting: Key Principles Poverty alleviation is a central component of both orphan prevention and care. Unfortunately, good intentions are not enough. It is possible to hurt poor people in the very process of trying to help them. This workshop explores key principles that lay the foundation for successful poverty alleviation strategies at home and abroad. Presenter: Brian Fikkert, Chalmers Center Track: Wisely Engaging for Vulnerable Kids Worldwide
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Keeping Families Together: A More Than Enough Big Idea Workshop If anyone should be GREAT at helping struggling families find restoration and reconciliation, it ought to be followers of Jesus. You believe this with all your heart - but could use a little help making it happen in your community. Learn from leaders some of the best ideas going in the field of family preservation and reunification. Faciliated by: Jason Weber, CAFO Joined by: Alejandra Castro, Back2Back; Chris Johnson, Lifeline Children’s Services; Amber Knowles, Fostering Family; Drake Bassett, Palmer Home for Children; & Ryan Mobley, Safe Families for Children Track: Building Effective Foster Care Ministries
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Supporting Families: A More Than Enough Big Idea Workshop If your community is like most, you are losing approximately 50% of the foster families you recruit within the first year. However, there are communities with a MUCH better retention rate for one simple reason: they are supporting their families incredibly well. If you want to know what is working and how to wrap around foster, kinship, adoptive, and biological families, this workshop is your next best step. Facilitated by: Jason Johnson, CAFO Joined by: Nicole Taylor, Congregations for Kids (CFK); Pam Parish, Connections Homes; Johnna Stein, Promise686; and Lesli Reece, Fostering Together Track: Building Effective Foster Care Ministries
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10 Principles for Effective Family Strengthening We know that children belong in families, but the reality of our broken world is that millions of children live apart from family care. Frequently, families are not able to care for their children unaided, but would be able to do so with support. This can both prevent children from being separated from their families, and ensure child and family wellbeing during family reintegration. “Family strengthening” has become a popular term in the field, but exactly what does it me? Learn principles and practices that you can apply to support children in families right where you are. Presenters: Delia Pop, Hope and Homes for Children & Kimberly Quinley, Step Ahead Track: Wisely Engaging for Vulnerable Kids Worldwide This session will be on Zoom, click link below to join the meeting
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Global Engagement: How Our Church Can Help, Not Hurt The question is not should your church be engaged in global missions. The question is rather, “Where is your church excelling and where can you afford to make some shifts in your current approach to be more effective long term?” We will explore together: essential practices, developing an OVC care team, onboarding potential partners, assisting partners in improving quality of care, short-term missions, and healthy sponsorship practices and strategic partnerships. Come and receive a wide reproducible framework that can be contextualized to meet your church’s individual needs. Presenters: Toni Steere and Jenny Sheets, Legacy685 Track: Building Effective Foster Care Ministries
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Nurturing Care Connecting through relationships with our kids is vital. In this workshop, parents and ministry leaders will understand why nurture is important, experience a nurture group, and leave with a plan to do one within their own family or organization. Presenter: Ryan and Kayla North, One Big Happy Home Track: Help for Adoptive & Foster Families
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UNLEASHING THE BODY OF CHRIST TO BECOME EVERYDAY HEROES FOR VULNERABLE KIDS AND FAMILIES. A BRIDGE MINISTRY SERVING KENTUCKY & SOUTHERN INDIANA
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We are a community of devoted volunteers motivated by faith who open our hearts, our arms, and our homes to families in crisis. Ways you can help: Host children in your home Be a Family Friend to a struggling parent Provide goods and services to families in need Donate to this movement Pray that the work will flourish
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Discipleship and Foster Care Even though foster care is not mentioned directly in the Bible, it is one of the greatest opportunities for churches to direct a discipleship making movement. Come learn with how a biblical effort in your church intentionally targeted at child welfare can produce those who depend more on Jesus. Intentional experiential pathways of deepening opportunities can help put faith into action while also seeing a transformation of a community. For child welfare practitioners come learn from experts in faith engagement on how your desire to get more families from churches can lead to the detriment of what is best for the church. Presenter: Chris Campbell, 111 Project Track: Building Effective Foster Care Ministries
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Strengthening Families: Caregiver Attachment as a Protective Factor This workshop will explore the importance of facilitating secure caregiver attachment as a protective factor for vulnerable families. Protective factors are conditions in families and communities that, when present, increase the health and well-being of children and families. They are attributes that serve as buffers, helping parents who might otherwise be at risk of maltreating their children - to find resources, supports, or coping strategies that allow them to parent effectively, even under stress. The workshop will focus on specific strategies to promote secure attachment in caregivers when working in different contexts including family preservation, kinship placements, foster care, reintegration, and residential care. Presenters: Mandy Howard, Samford University Track: Wisely Engaging for Vulnerable Kids Worldwide
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Writing and Speaking About Your Story Learn how to communicate your family’s story in a way that honors your children, and inspires/ educates your audience. Join Beth for a rich Q&A based on your own stories - focusing on getting started, understanding the delicacies, and maneuvering challenges. Presenter: Beth Guckenberger, Back2Back Track: Help for Adoptive & Foster Families
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virtual tracks
EASTERN TIME ZONE
BUILDING EFFECTIVE FOSTER CARE MINISTRIES Wed, 4:15pm-5:30pm
Until There’s More Than Enough: Working Together to Transform
Foster Care Where You Live
Thurs, 9:15am-10:30am
Growing the Foster Care Ministry in Your Church: A More than Enough
Workshop
Thurs, 11:00am-12:15pm Finding Families for Children: A More Than Enough Big Idea Workshop Thurs, 1:30pm-2:30pm
Keeping Families Together: A More Than Enough Big Idea Workshop
Thurs, 4:00pm-5:00pm
Supporting Families: A More Than Enough Big Idea Workshop
Fri, 8:30am-9:30am
Global Engagement: How Our Church Can Help, Not Hurt
Fri, 9:45am-10:45am
Discipleship and Foster Care
HELP FOR ADOPTIVE AND FOSTER FAMILIES Wed, 4:15pm-5:30pm
ReFraming the Struggle: Finding Strength When Things Are Hard*
Thurs, 9:15am-10:30am
The Teaching-Family Model: An Introduction and Overview of Applications*
Thurs, 11:00am-12:15pm Parents as Partners in Healing: Becoming Safe Boss, Nurturer,
and Storykeeper*
Thurs, 1:30pm-2:30pm
Habits of the Household - Spiritual Practices for Parenting, from Technology
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Thurs, 4:00pm-5:00pm
Trauma-Informed Education - Empowering Your Child’s Teacher to be
Trust-Based*
Fri, 8:30am-9:30am
Nurturing Care*
Fri, 9:45am-10:45am
Writing and Speaking About Your Story*
WISELY ENGAGING FOR VULNERABLE KIDS WORLDWIDE Wed, 4:15pm-5:30pm
Attachment Training for Non-literate Caregivers of Reintegrated Childrens
Thurs, 9:15am-10:30am
Children of Shanghai Documentary
Thurs, 11:00am-12:15pm Family Economic Strengthening: Microfinance and Orphan Care
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Helping Without Hurting: Key Principles
Thurs, 4:00pm-5:00pm
Discipleship and Leadership Development. Let’s Walk Together.
Fri, 8:30am-9:30am
10 Principles for Effective Family Strengthening
Fri, 9:45am-10:45am
Strengthening Families: Caregiver Attachment as a Protective Factor
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