Practical Ways to Support Foster Children

What I wish I Had Known Before Starting Foster/ Foster Adoption

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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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The Top 10 of Top 10 Lists For Foster Parents

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Click on The_Top_10_Defining_Foster_Care_Experience by Tapestry @ Irving Bible Church in Irving, TX. The following lists have been compiled by a foster family with 3 biological children who have been fostering for 6 years, had 26 foster children (ages 4 days to 16 years), and are in the process of adopting for the first time! These lists [...]

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Adoption and Foster Care Blogging Tips

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Click on Adoption Foster Care Blogging Tips by Tapestry @ Irving Bible Church in Irving, TX. From the How, the Why, to the DO’s and DON’Ts about Blogging, this article will give you wise advise.

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The Middle Mom : By Christie Erwin

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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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One Small Boat : By Kathy Harrison

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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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Small Town, Big Miracle: How Love Came To The Least Of These

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A Focus On The Family Book.  On one memorable day, while Bishop W. C. Martin and his wife, Donna, were in prayer together, God gave them a one-word message: “Adopt!” They were called to carry out literally James 1:27: “Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans . [...]

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The Dangerous Classes of New York, and Twenty Years’ Work Amo

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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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The Safe Families Model Webinar

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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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The Post-Placement Journey Webinar

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Dr. Karyn Purvis and Amy Monroe offer insights and resources to equip adoption and foster ministries to help families meet the challenges of loving, nurturing and building strong relationships with children from hard places.

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The One Factor : How One Changes Everything

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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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