Your Church Can Help Foster and Adoptive Families. Here’s How.
In your church, families who are fostering and adopting need your help. Here at Lifesong, we take seriously our responsibility—and privilege—to encourage churches and church leadership like yours to get involved, and to equip church members to reach children and …
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Good Grief: 7 Ways to See Your Grief as a Gift
Heartache is nearly a pre-requisite on the foster care/adoption journey. You probably know already that no foster care or adoption story is without loss or grief … and not only for the child. Maybe you’ve experienced— Infertility Loss of a dream Difficult …
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Critical Need: Men in Orphan Care
Dad, you are needed in orphan care today more than ever. Men are called to protect and provide for families, and to help father fatherless children. In Deuteronomy 10:18, God set an extraordinary example by “executing justice for the fatherless.” This is …
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It Was Instant Love
Love at first sight. It’s the stuff of fairy tales and romantic comedies… right? Believe in it or not, nearly all parents talk about this feeling. When their son or daughter is born, many birth parents mention the instant love …
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Reaching the Fatherless Among the Unreached
There are orphans in every country and every people group around the world. The fatherless are in our communities, and the fatherless are often among the unreached. Who are the unreached? According to the Joshua Project, an unreached people …
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What’s Happening in Bolivia?
Thank you for loving and supporting children in need—like our kids in Bolivia. Here’s an update from one of our Bolivia teammates, Kathryn Gurley. *Alison and her younger sister Maria are playing outside pretending to cook a meal. After …
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The Orphan & the Widow
Those involved in orphan care and adoption often quote James 1:27– “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by …
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Run with Purpose
June 8, 2019. A week from Saturday, orphan advocates and exercise enthusiasts will gather at the Connie Link Amphitheater in Normal, IL, for the annual Safe House Walk/Run to help care for the girls living at the Safe House in …
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How to Reach Orphans This Summer
Memorial Day is summer’s starting gun– signaling the beginning of sun-filled days, neighborhood cookouts, and (inevitably) your family’s busy to-do list. If we aren’t intentional, this season can come and go like a flash and leave us in its wake …
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Food, Friends, & Fundraising | Chef’s Table
On May 14, nine of Central Illinois’ top chefs gathered at The Cannery in Eureka, IL for Chef’s Table–an exclusive tasting event hosted by and benefitting Lifesong for Orphans. The event raised over $195,000 to help orphans become sons and …
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