Stories of Faith
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SUPPORT FOR THE FOSTER CARE JOURNEY BY KEN GARFIELD PHOTOS BY ROBERT ROSS A TENDER, NEW MINISTRY IS BRINGING THE WORDS OF SCRIPTURE TO LIFE: LET THE LITTLE CHILDREN COME TO ME… (MATTHEW 19:14). ONLY AT MOUNT TABOR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN SALISBURY, A NEW SUPPORT GROUP IS OPEN TO FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE PARENTS, TOO. THE MISSION, SAID REV. KRIS MARES, IS TO REMIND ALL GOD’S CHILDREN AND PARENTS THAT THEY ARE A CHERISHED PART OF THE BODY OF CHRIST.
Mount Tabor United Methodist Church, with 60 typically in worship each Sunday, is a country church with big dreams. It helped establish the One Church One Child ministry in Salisbury, a partnership of the Department of Social Services and local congregations devoted to helping families involved with DSS. With a heart for the unseen and overlooked, the congregation has now organized this support group for foster and adoptive parents. It took a
