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Click on What I Wish I Had Known – By Tapestry @ Irving Bible Church – Irving, TX This resource is a PDF list of practical ideas to help one along the journey of foster parenting in Texas. While some of the advice will not be wholly relevant for other states, all of it is very [...]
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Rob Mitchell is one of the last “lifers” raised in an American orphanage. Left by a dysfunctional family in an Illinois children’s home, he grew up with kids who were not friends but rather “co-survivors.” After becoming a Christian as a teenager, Rob found what he was looking for, home and family, in a relationship [...]
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Every foster parent knows how hard, and yet how rewarding it can be to care for a child with a difficult past and an uncertain future. Christie Erwin has been a mom, in the middle of it, for countless children over nearly two decades. In this poignant and insightful book, she honestly shares the reality of [...]
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This is a fairly short, sweet and inspiring book to read. It is a about a little girl entering a loving foster home with many emotional scars and disorders. The family struggles to help her fight to overcome them. We highly recommend this book to anyone who fosters or is considering foster parenting. Buy on [...]
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Father of Foster Care, Charles Loring Brace, wrote a masterpiece about his experience in New York. His history can teach us a lot. This book covers: Christian history of orphan care, sharing the gospel with vagrant children, Christian coffee houses, trade schools, boarding houses, choosing a board of directors, how to fund raise, how to [...]
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Learn about a transformational alternative to foster care that makes the homes of local Christians and their church community the center of care. This model now serves more than 1,000 youth in the Chicago area each year, and is now being replicated by Alliance organizations and churches in seven states.
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Click on Part 1 to hear Pastor Robert Gelinas call the church to adopt from foster care. Part 2 Part 3
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Can one person really make a difference in the world? The answer is a resounding YES! Are you the person? Author Doug Sauder makes the case that you are; at least you can be. But because you may think yourself inadequate to evoke change in the world, you don’t. Sauder writes, “One is always the [...]
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No Better Time Than Now from Tapestry on Vimeo. Your involvement in the lives of children in foster care can make a lasting difference. This short video highlights the many ways you can love and serve kids in foster care. There is no better time than now to start making a difference.
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Join foster parents T and W as they discuss foster care at Foster Care Podcast. With humor, insight and Christian faith, they share their everyday ups and downs as a foster family hoping to adopt. What exactly are the pros and cons of foster parenting? Get your questions answered about the foster and fost adopt [...]
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