Our friends at Hope for Orphans have graciously given us 25 copies of Launching an Orphans Ministry in Your Church to giveaway!

This Monday (Sept 28) at 9 pm ET, Laura Godwin is teaching an online class to introduce the adoption homestudy. Please sign up in advance at the Course Page. To participate on Monday night, use this URL: https://nightlightevents.webex.com/nightlightevents/onstage/g.php?d=666217919&t=a. No password is required, because the event is free.

Nightlight is helping to spearhead the all-day workshop, Your Church and the Orphan. The goal of the workshop is to provide church members with the necessary information and tools to explore how your church can effectively minister to orphans and waiting children.

Don’t forget about Together for Adoption’s upcoming conference (I’ve posted about this previously). Our SC Director Laura Godwin will be teaching in one of the break-out sessions. Additionally, there’s a CD-giveaway going on over at Together for Adoption through September 14.

Professor of Genetics Robert Moss: The idea of an adoptee having access to a detailed medical history through a DNA profile is bogus, and the ‘profiles’ being offered to predict disease and traits are pretty useless.

Prospective adoptive families who have been screened use words and photos to give expectant mothers considering placement a glimpse into their lives. These profiles are posted online.