NightLight Inc. Agency

The Carolina Christian Alliance for Orphans is sponsoring a luncheon entitled “Mobilizing Your Church for the Orphan without Reinventing the Wheel” to inform pastors about the “Your Church and the Orphan” one-day program (coming to Simpsonville in October). At the luncheon you will learn about how this program can train and motivate your church leaders to create a church culture that helps Christians fulfill the call to “visit orphans in their affliction.”

A BBQ plate is included (free). More details are available in this brochure (pdf). Here are the essentials:

September 15, 2009 (Tuesday)
Noon to 1 p.m. (Arrive any time after 11:30 a.m.)
First Baptist Church of Simpsonville (Downtown Campus)
3 Hedge St.
Simpsonville, SC 29681

Contact Rhonda Littleton at 967-8591 ext 16 or rlittleton@fbcsimpsonville.org to reserve lunch.

The following write-up is by one of the organizers:

Orphan Care: Plan A

Every church has a mission: stated or not. Yet, in crafting a mission statement, how many churches are asking, “What is true religion? What does God command us to do?” The Bible tells us we are to care for the widow and the fatherless. This is not Plan B, C, or D. This is Plan A. It is a command. It is not a suggestion. Nor is it a nice extra project if there is enough money left in the budget.

The fatherless and orphans are not always starving children holding out rice bowls. They are our unborn children ready to be aborted, the children growing up in single-parent households, the children in foster care, and, yes, the more than 300 million orphaned children around the world — many warehoused in orphanages.

The burden can feel overwhelming. But the church must do something. Most churches do not even know where to begin.

We are here to help you face the challenge of caring for the fatherless. This no-cost luncheon is to give you, the churches’ leaders, the courage and vision to challenge your congregations to take part in an orphan ministry. With your encouragement, your members can attend the all-day workshop on Saturday, October 17th — to equip them to carry out Plan A.

Isaiah 1:23
James 1:27

Every year Nightlight brings children to Southern California from orphanages overseas. In past years we have brought children from Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. This summer we will be bringing children from Taiwan. Excited boys and girls from 6-11 years of age will be joining us for two weeks in July.

Find out more details of this year’s tour — and how you can help — at Nightlight’s Summer Tour page.

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.