This evening from 7 until 8:30 (Eastern), there is an online education course about Transracial and Transcultural Adoptions. This adoption course is offered as a webinar, which is a teleconference combined with web interface so that participants can see the presenter’s PowerPoint slides as she talks. The cost is $15 (free for Carolina Hope families). [...]
Announcement about the annual Guatoberfest, to be held in Myrtle Beach, SC, this October. All adoptive families are welcome. Check out their website. (more…)
I just returned from attending the Christian Alliance for Orphans SUMMIT IV. It was a very encouraging event. Paul Pennington (Director of FamilyLife’s Hope for Orphans) and Maridel Sandberg (pictured at right, President of Christian Alliance for Orphans’ board) did a great job of introducing the emphasis of SUMMIT IV and stressing the centrality of [...]
Tuesday May 6, Carolina Hope is holding a free evening workshop on domestic and international adoptions. Our office is located in Greenville, SC. Please call ahead to register. (more…)
From FamilyLife.com: “The First Annual National Foster Care Prayer Vigil has been created to help believers slow down, gather together with other believers in their community, and go before God, petitioning Him on behalf of the half million children living in our nation’s foster care system. In doing so, we are aligning our hearts and [...]
Carolina Hope is conducting a free 1-hour adoption home study education course tomorrow (April 15) at 7 p.m.
The course will be conducted online as a webinar, so participation will require an internet connection faster than dial-up. (No gas, no travel time: The perfect way to get an education!)
This webinar is open (and free) to all, [...]
Come hear Carolina Hope’s Dan Cruver at The Vine Community Church this Sunday. Here’s the announcement from our Workshops page:
Adoption Awareness Service
Sunday, March 30, 2008 (6pm)
Dan Cruver, Carolina Hope’s Ministry Outreach Director, who is an adoptive father, will be speaking at this special adoption service. Also, two birthmothers and an adult adoptee [...]
Here is the adoption video that Desiring God made for our Caedmon’s Call benefit concert for our Ethiopia orphan care and adoption programs. Enjoy!
I cannot express how thankful I am for all the volunteers who helped with our Caedmon’s Call benefit concert. It was a great opportunity to raise awareness of and funds for the Ethiopian orphans we are sponsoring as an agency. The concert began with a deeply moving three minute video created by Brannon McAllister from footage [...]
This spring, Carolina Hope celebrates its 10-year anniversary! As part of the celebration, we are hosting an Easter Egg hunt for families whose lives have been touched by adoption. All children are welcome, whether they came into your family by adoption or birth. Here’s the announcement from Carolina Hope’s website:
Easter Egg Hunt at Carolina Hope
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Just a reminder that tomorrow evening (Tuesday, March 4) from 7 to 9 pm, Carolina Hope is conducting an informational workshop about domestic and international adoptions at our office in Greenville, SC.
Here’s the announcement from our workshops page:
Introducing Domestic and International Adoption
Tuesday, March 4, 2008 (7-9pm)
At this adoption workshop, Carolina Hope Christian Adoption Agency and [...]
This evening at 7, Caedmon’s Call will be in concert at Southside Fellowship. This event is part of the Caedmon’s Call Overdressed Tour, which re-unites Derek Webb with the band. I’m writing from Texas, but as far as I know at this moment, the band is in Greenville, seeing the sites and getting ready for [...]
From Carolina Hope’s Adoption Workshops and Education page:
Workshop on Ethiopia Adoptions with Wesenyelew Sahilemariam
Saturday, March 1, 2008 (9am - Noon)
Come hear Carolina Hope’s Ethiopia adoption coordinator, Wesenyelew Sahilemariam, this Saturday at Woodruff Road Presbyterian Church. The workshop is free of charge. Advance registration is appreciated but not required. Simply contact us to indicate your interest. [...]
The concert is this week! We’re gearing up for it, and we’d like to ask your help in getting the word out. Because we’re an adoption agency and not a public relations firm, our advertising dollars are limited. In addition to our promotional efforts in churches, on the radio, and here on the web, we’re [...]
(Don’t forget about our benefit concert for Ethiopia orphan care and adoptions, with Caedmon’s Call, on February 29! Order tickets here.)
In January Lisa Prather (Carolina Hope’s Director of International Programs) and Dan Cruver (Director of Ministry Outreach) took a survey trip to Ethiopia. When they got back, Lisa made a slideshow with some compelling photos. [...]
Interest is gathering for the Ethiopia Adoption benefit concert being held in 9 days. Just yesterday I got an email from a friend encouraging me and others to attend! I’ve copied the email below as a reminder to all of you within driving distance of the South Carolina Upstate. Caedmon’s Call and Derek Webb are [...]
Carolina Hope is scheduling our basic informational workshop about international and domestic adoptions for the first Tuesday of every month. Here’s the announcement from our Workshops page:
Introducing Domestic and International Adoption
first Tuesday of every month
next one: Tuesday, March 4, 2008 (7-9 P.M.)
At this adoption workshop, Carolina Hope Christian Adoption [...]
The following workshop is being hosted by Carolina Hope Christian Adoption Agency:
Introducing Domestic and International Adoption
Tuesday, February 5, 2008 (7-9 P.M.)
At this adoption workshop, Carolina Hope Christian Adoption Agency and the Law Office of Raymond W. Godwin will present basic information about international and domestic adoptions. Topics will include understanding the advantages [...]
Carolina Hope is pleased to announce a Greenville, SC, benefit concert for Ethiopian orphan care and adoption programs scheduled for Friday, February 29, at 7 pm. The concert is part of the Caedmon’s Call Overdressed Tour, featuring Derek Webb. Tickets cost $12 each, or $15 at the door. All proceeds from ticket sales will support [...]
Our Ethiopia benefit yard sale on Saturday (November 17) went very well. More than $600 was raised through the sale directly, and an additional $550 was donated by two former Carolina Hope clients. The Law Offices of Raymond W. Godwin also made a very substantial donation.
Our gratitude goes out to everyone who helped make this [...]