Sunday, October 11, 2009

Together for Adoption Conference Update; Orphan Sunday & Orphan Summit VI

Together for Adoption Conference, Oct 2-3, 2009

God is moving His people for orphans. Last year 150 people attended the first Together for Adoption Conference, this year close to 600. The scope of the conference included foster care, orphan care and adoption. We came away with; tons of resources and materials, good connections, personally challenged, encouraged, motivated and at the end of the day overwhelmed.

Keynotes
Available Online

Keynotes that impacted us:

1. Dan Cruver, founder of Together for Adoption –
  • Adoption: Making Outsiders Insiders - James 1:26-27 (true and false religion). True religion is to bridle our tongues, visit the orphans in their distress and remain unstained by the world. His challenge was not only to care for orphans but also to bridle our tongues and be unstained by the world. The three work together, not in isolation. He warned against the danger of putting on a robe of false religion in caring for orphans.
2. Scotty Smith, Pastor at Christ Community Church

Freedom(s) of Adoption (our personnel adoption in Christ)
  1. The Freedom of Legal Rights – adoption secures us in a state of objective blessings, Galatians 4:4-7, Colossians 1:12-13
  2. The Freedom of Personal Delights – Adoption calls us into a realm of subjective wonder, Ephesians 3:14-19, 1 John 3:1-3, John 14:18, Romans 8:15-17
  3. The Freedom of a Missional Life- Adoption propels us into the world with sacrificial hope, Romans 8:18-25
3. Mike Easley
  • Orphan Care and Jesus, the Great Servant

Orphan Sunday, November 8th

Location TBD but on Orphan Sunday Ann Marie and I will host:

LIVE From Nashville!

Brought to you by the Cry of the Orphan

Special Music: Steven Curtis Chapman, Geoff Moore, Children of the World Choir

Guest Speakers: Jim Daly (Focus on the Family), Dennis Rainey (FamilyLife), Jedd Medefind (Christian Alliance for Orphans), Sharen Ford (Colorado Division of Child Welfare Services).

On November 8th from 6:00 - 8:00 PM EST (4:oo to 6:00 pm CST), join voices with Steven Curtis Chapman, Jim Daly, and Dennis Rainey to reach the nation with God’s call to care for orphans. Through excellent music and the sharing of the heart of God, we hope to give a megaphone to the cries of the millions of orphans around the world. Other guests include Geoff Moore and the Children of the World Choir.

The concert will be broadcast LIVE via webcast and satelite. Locations with high speed internet access will be able to view the concert remotely via the web. Go to http://www.orphansunday.org/ to learn how you can host this concert event also.


Christian Alliance for Orphans’ Summit VI
April 29th-30th, Minneapolis MN

Ann Marie and I are making plans to attend. We will be recruiting friends at large and some folks from our home church, Hope Chapel to come with us. We are praying for 12 people (friends and Hope Chapel). How 'bout you praying and joining with us?!

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