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 [...]
From our Workshops and Events page:
The Vine Community Church in Taylors, SC, is hosting an Adoption Awareness Night on Sunday, November 9 (5-9pm). There will be dinner and speakers (adoptive parents, adopted persons, and birthmothers). More information is available at Child of the King’s website. Please RSVP to Katie.M.Nyblom@gmail.com or 864-430-4367.
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Dan Cruver of Together for Adoption will be speaking in the 9:30am service and 11am Sunday School this Sunday (October 26) at Woodruff Road Presbyterian Church in Simpsonville, SC. Carolina Hope’s Laura Godwin will be there as well with information about Carolina Hope’s adoption services and also embryo adoption.
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Jason Kovacs of the ABBA Fund will participate in the Oct. 23 online workshop entitled Financing an Adoption.
In a week and a half, on October 29 (Wednesday, 9 pm), Carolina Hope is offering a live online adoption education course about openness in adoption. Here’s the write-up from the course page:
We often hear that families who are considering a domestic adoption are afraid of an “open” adoption. In this 1-and-a-half-hour course, you will [...]
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 [...]
Pre-registration for the Child of the King Hike-a-thon ends today. After today, the cost rises and you aren’t guaranteed a t-shirt. More details at the adoption Hike-a-thon event webpage.
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The Ethiopian Orphan Benefit Dinner and Auction was a great success: through the generosity of our sponsors and of those attending, we raised $3600!
Thanks to all who participated.
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Child of the King is organizing a family hikeathon promoting adoption awareness to be held on Saturday, October 11. The hike starts at Paris Mountain State Park (shelter #6) at 10 am. Lunch is included, as well as a t-shirt — if you preregister by September 26. Registration information is available at the event website.
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.
From our Ethiopian Orphan Benefit Dinner and Silent Auction page:
On Saturday, September 6, from 6:30-8:30 p.m., Carolina Hope is having an Ethiopian Orphan Benefit. The event will be held at Furman University in Greenville, SC.
In addition to dinner, the fundraiser will feature…
live musical entertainment
a silent auction with jewelry, rounds of golf, clothing, home interior pieces, [...]
Russell Moore: When did you first begin thinking theologically about adoption?
Russell Moore is the Dean of the School of Theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and one of the speakers at Together for Adoption Conference 2008. Carolina Hope is one of the conference exhibitors.
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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Carolina Hope invites you to join us for an Ethiopia Orphan Benefit Dinner & Auction at Furman University (Greenville, SC) on Saturday, September 6, from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
In addition to dinner, the fundraiser will feature…
» live musical entertainment
» a silent auction with jewelry, rounds of golf, clothing, home interior pieces, purses, spa treatments, a girls night [...]
Registration for Together for Adoption Conference 2008 is now open! Please join us for this unique event as we explore what our adoption in Christ means for us and for orphans.
Conference Speakers: Rick Phillips, Russell Moore, Carl Robbins, and Tullian Tchividjian.
See conference schedule here.