Wise Engagement: How Families Can Get Involved

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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Beyond The Foster Care System : The Future For Teens

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Each year tens of thousands of teenagers are released from the foster care system in the United States without high school degrees or strong family relationships. Two to four years after discharge, half of these young people still do not have either a high school diploma or equivalency degree, and fewer than ten percent enter [...]

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How To Help Without Hurting Webinar

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As church groups nationwide head out on summer missions trips, learn key principles and practices to ensure that the long-term results are for good.  Show an orphan the tangible love of Christ, building on principles that are practical, field-tested and useful for your next mission trip.

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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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Personal Stories : Families Loving and Serving Children in Foster Care

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Many Tapestry families are loving and serving children through foster care and foster adoption.  Here are just a few encouraging and inspiring stories that reflect both the honest realities and the indescribable joys that come with the privilege of serving these precious children: The Cuchens Family: Home Is Where Your Story Begins – It is amazing [...]

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