Together for Adoption has posted the audio from their Nov. 1 conference. Check it out at their 2008 Conference Audio page. The audio titles are:
Jason Kovacs and Maridel Sandberg - “Conference Welcome and the Christian Alliance for Orphans’ Vision for Orphan Ministry”
Dan Cruver - “Adoption in God’s Story of Redemption”
Rick Phillips - “The Good News [...]
Carolina Hope is offering a live online course this Thursday (Nov. 6) about Domesticating an International Adoption in South Carolina. Participation requires a phone and an internet connection.
Please pay and register today or Wednesday if you would like to participate. More information on the course contents and on registering is available at the course page.
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Open adoption is a frightening or strange idea to many people. I remember talking to a friend whose sister had recently adopted — with an open adoption. My friend thought that the openness was unnecessary and probably a bad idea. This from a well-educated, sophisticated man.
One of the goals of our Openness in Adoption workshop [...]
Jason Kovacs of the ABBA Fund will participate in the Oct. 23 online workshop entitled Financing an Adoption.
On October 23 (Thursday) at 9 pm, Carolina Hope Director Laura Godwin is teaching an online education course entitled Funding an Adoption. This approximately hour-and-a-half-long course will be conducted by phone and internet, so you can participate from the comfort of your own home.
Tomorrow evening (Tuesday, October 7), Carolina Hope Christian Adoption Agency will hold its monthly Adoption Education workshop entitled “Introducing Domestic and International Adoption.” The workshop is free of charge and will be held at Carolina Hope’s office in Greenville, SC. More details at our Adoption Workshops page.
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Carolina Hope’s director Laura Beauvais-Godwin will be presenting during a break-out workshop at New Jersey’s 27th Annual “Let’s Talk Adoption” conference to be held on November 1. Laura’s session is entitled, “Openness in Adoption: A Birth Mother and an Adoptive Mother Tell Their Shared Story,” and presenting with her will be Margaret, the birthmother of one of Laura’s daughters.
I just put this announcement up over on our Adoption Workshops and Events page. But we don’t want you to miss it, so I’m putting it here, too!
Together for Adoption Conference, Greenville, SC
Saturday, November 1, 2008
www.togetherforadoption.org
Together for Adoption wants Christians to think vertically about adoption and allow the truth of vertical adoption (i.e. God [...]
Have you ever been frustrated by how much an adoption costs and wished there were ways to offset those costs? You’re not alone. Funding an adoption is very difficult — but adoption agencies do recognize this reality. One way we try to help is by educating families about things they can do that might help cover some of those costs. This week (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) Carolina Hope is offering a live online course about Financing an Adoption.
Carolina Hope is offering a live, interactive online education course on Transracial & Transcultural Adoptions. The cost for this course is only $15. You must sign-up at least 2 hours before the course begins.
Carolina Hope has rolled out its first pre-recorded online education course, The Adoption Homestudy.
Tomorrow (Tuesday, Sept. 2) at 7 pm, Carolina Hope Christian Adoption agency is presenting a 2-hour workshop introducing domestic and international adoptions. The workshop is free of charge and will be held at Carolina Hope’s office in Greenville, SC.
More information and sign-up information is available at Carolina Hope’s adoption workshops page.
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On Sept. 2, 3, and 4, Carolina Hope is holding free online adoption homestudy education courses. Each will last approximately 1.5 hours.
From Laura Christianson, author of The Adoption Network:
Hope you’re having a wonderful summer! I’m taking a break from publishing Adoption World e-zine until September, but to celebrate my wedding anniversary, I’m having a 1-day book bash on August 21.
Here’s how it works:
1. Buy The Adoption Decision: 15 Things You Want to Know Before Adopting on Amazon.com.
2. Send me your Amazon proof-of-purchase, [...]
Helping Your Adopted Child: Understanding Your Child’s Unique Identity by Paul David Tripp
Publisher’s Description: Long before you decided to adopt, long before your child was born, God planned to put your adopted child into your home. Your child is an amazing gift from God, but nurturing an adopted child also brings unique challenges.
Understanding your adopted [...]
In a post two days ago, Dorothy Bode wrote in answer to those who ask the question, “Am I making a terrible mistake by adopting transracially?”:
The main thing I help them question is their motivations. “Is God building your family or are you trying to do it in spite of Him and in your own [...]
Carolina Hope is conduction an hour-and-a-half online education course about open adoption issues: reasons that open adoptions are preferred, possible situations that families and birth parents may face, and stories about successful open adoptions.
In this June 2 online education course, learn creative ways to pay for your adoption while keeping your finances in good order.
Sign up today (May 20) for Carolina Hope’s online education course, Domesticating Your Child’s International Adoption in South Carolina. The course will provide all the information you need to domesticate your child’s international adoption under South Carolina law.
[Update: 5/14: The date for this webinar has been changed to 5/22. Please register at least 3 days in advance.]
Are you a South Carolina family that has grown through international adoption, but you don’t feel that you can afford a South Carolina readoption at this time? Well, there’s an alternative in our state, something called [...]