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Mark your Calendars for March 18, 2017!

The Orphan Care Ministry Team will be hosting a collection site at the Victory Chick-fi-A in Kiln Creek from 8AM to 8PM.  We will be collecting the following items that will be placed in the foster care backpacks set to be packed May 6, 2017 at the Restoring Fractured Lives: Communities Helping Children event!

»» TOOTHBRUSHES
»» TOOTHPASTE
»» SMALL DIAPER PACKS (ALL SIZES)
»» BOYS/GIRLS UNDERWEAR (ALL SIZES)
»» CHILDREN’S BOOKS
»» SMALL BLANKETS
»» TOYS (AGES 6 MO TO 10 YEARS OF AGE)
»» COLORING BOOKS & CRAYONS
»» JOURNALS & PENS

 

Help PROMOTE this EVENT but printing and handing out the following file:

Foster Care Chickfila Event Flyer!

Save the Date:

The next Orphan Care Expo will be on May 6, 2017 located at Peninsula Community Chapel.  There are some new changes taking place with the upcoming event.  If you are interested in getting involved please email orphancareexpo@pencomchap.com.

Currently we are looking for the following organizations that would like to hold an information table:

*Adoption

*Global Orphan Care

*Foster Care/Respite Care

*Counseling Services

*Financial Resources for Adoption

 

 

 

Mark your calendars— January 15th at 6:30PM join us as we view “THE DROP BOX” at Peninsula Community Chapel. The cost is $5 with all proceeds going to CareNet Pregnancy Crisis Center.

Here is a sneak peak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTQ2VTf5vWc

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

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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

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 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/

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).

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!