We had a wonderful day Saturday!—- thank you to all that attended. If even one child will be positively affected by this event we have accomplished great things.
James 1:27
Join us this Saturday-November 14th 9AM-3PM
The 2nd Annual Orphan Care Expo is THIS Saturday, November 14th– doors open at 8:45AM and will finish by 3PM. The event is FREE with over 23 organizations in attendance!! Click on our registration link to signup and attend.
Location: Peninsula Community Chapel/4209 Big Bethel Road, Yorktown, VA
Don’t miss this great opportunity to learn more on how you can get involved with helping children in need! Invite a friend…. Praying for ways to live out James 1:27.
SCHEDULE
Doors Open 8:45AM
- Exhibitors [GYM]
- Reflection Room [Hall C]
Breakout Session 1: 9:40AM – 10:30AM
- Hall B: Faultless – The American Orphan (Video)
- 202/203- Adoption 101 (Rebekah Hall)
- 204/205- Healing the Orphan’s Heart (Barbara A. Ward)
Main Speaker: 11AM – 12PM [GYM]
Lunch Available for Purchase: 11AM – 1PM [CAFÉ]
Breakout Session 2: 12:30PM – 1:20PM
- Hall B: Faultless – The American Orphan (Video)
- 202/203- Creating a Healing Environment for Adoption/Foster Children Based on TBRI (Melody Caton)
- 204/205- Prepare/Enrich – customized Adoption/Foster version (Tracey R. Crawley)
- 206/207- 10 Things Not to Do When a Woman Tells You She Wants an Abortion (Shantelle Giles)
Breakout Session 3: 1:50PM – 2:40PM
- 202/203- A Biblical Basis for Adoption & Practical Application (Patti Cubstead)
- 204/205- Showing Love to Adopted Youth with Insecure Attachment – A Biblical Family Systems Perspective (Megan Oravetz)
- 206/207- Recognizing and Treating Compassion Fatigue Among Foster/Adoptive Parents (Dr. Amanda N. Trent)
Closing 3PM
Register to Attend Today!
Registration is under way for the 2015 Orphan Care Expo on November 14, 2015 from 9AM to 3PM. Doors will open at 8:45AM for this FREE event.
Join us and learn how you can get involved in caring for the orphan. James 1:27
Click on our registration link today to signup to attend and help spread the word!
Orphan Sunday- November 8, 2015
Orphan Sunday is around the corner- November 8th!! Mark your calendars and begin praying/thinking about how your church/organization can get involved on 11.8.2015 promoting justice for orphans! http://orphansunday.org/
Announcing the 2015 Orphan Care Expo!
We’re excited to announce that we will be hosting our 2nd annual Orphan Care Expo November 14, 2015.
Our guest speaker this year is Sara Beth Fentress of 127 Worldwide. She has fourteen years of non-profit experience and sixteen years of ministry experience. She is a graduate of Carson Newman University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. God has grown a passion in her heart for orphan care, advocacy, and discipleship. Through networks in the international missions and non-profit sectors, Sara Beth has connected with national ministry leaders and international missionaries who desperately need a voice and connected them to influential circles in order to create awareness and facilitate change. Creating awareness to facilitate change – this is the heartbeat of Sara Beth.
More info including breakout session information is on the way!
If you have any questions about this event, please contact Amanda Smith (asmith@pencomchap.com). 
Guest Speaker SaraBeth Fentress – 2015 OCE
SaraBeth Fentress, founder of 127 Worldwide Inc., is our guest speaker for our 2015 Orphan Care Expo. She has fourteen years of non-profit experience and sixteen years of ministry experience. She is a graduate of Carson Newman University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. God has grown a passion in her heart for orphan care, advocacy, and discipleship. Through networks in the international missions and non-profit sectors, SaraBeth has connected with national ministry leaders and international missionaries who desperately need a voice and connected them to influential circles in order to create awareness and facilitate change. Creating awareness to facilitate change – this is the heartbeat of SaraBeth.
Join us on November 14th to hear what she has to share!
ReMoved film
Originally created for the 168 Film Festival, ReMoved follows the emotional story through the eyes of a young girl taken from her home and placed into foster care.
“It would be impossible to fully understand the life and emotions of a child going through the foster care system, but this short narrative film portrays that saga in a poetic light, with brushes of fear, anger, sadness, and a tiny bit of hope.” – Santa Barbara Independent
The 2014 OCE
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Guest Speaker Tony Merida – 2014 OCE
Our guest speaker, Tony Merida, is the founding pastor of Imago Dei Church in Raleigh, North Carolina. He also serves as the Associate Professor of Preaching at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is married to Kimberly, with whom he has five adopted children. Tony is the author of Faithful Preaching and co-author of Orphanology: Awakening to Gospel-Centered Adoption and Orphan Care. Along with David Platt and Danny Akin, Tony serves as the general editor and as contributor for the upcoming commentary series with B&H entitled Christ-Centered Exposition. He travels and speaks all over the world in a variety of venues, including pastors’ conferences, church planting conferences, theological institutions, orphan care events and youth and collegiate events, and he has become a leading voice in the growing movement for adoption and orphan care.
Welcome
This was the welcoming page for our first Orphan Care Expo. Check out the other pages for this year’s expo. We again have an exciting speaker, informative breakout sessions, and many agencies to learn about. For those who want to help children in need this is the perfect opportunity to get information about adoption, fostering, mentoring, counselling, tutoring, and other support and matching services.
Welcome to the Orphan Care Expo website! We’re looking forward to our 2014 Expo event Saturday, May 3 from 9AM-3PM at Peninsula Community Chapel in Yorktown, Virginia. We have great speakers and agencies joining us and hope to provide helpful resources to those interested in adoption, foster care and other family support services. Check out the info here on our website and make sure you like our Facebook page to stay up-to-date with the latest news!
Orphan care Ministry 
