Archive for February, 2010

Beginning in March, Sojourn Community Church will host a program, along with several other churches, that brings together pregnant teens and Christian mentors.  This first round will be a 12 week training program, held on Monday nights, that will assist the teen moms with practical life skills.  The opportunity to be a mentor is open to Sojourners, who if interested, should attend the Informational Meeting/Orientation on March 1, 2010.

Let them know you are coming by filling out this reservation. See their website for more details.

Go to this LINK to register.

Right in our own backyard, Southern Seminary is hosting a conference promoting education about the needs of, as well as the practice of caring for, orphans.

“You may be wondering whether this will be a conference about the doctrine of adoption or “real” adoption. Well, one of the things that we’ll be discussing is the fact that you can’t talk about the one without talking about the other. Also, it is not as though we master one aspect and then move to the other—from the vertical to the horizontal or the other way around. That’s not the picture God has embedded in his creation work.

“The Bible tells us that human families are reflective of an eternal fatherhood (Eph. 3:14-15). We know, then, what human fatherhood ought to look like on the basis of how Father God behaves toward us. But the reverse is also true. We see something of the way our God is fatherly toward us through our relationships with our own human fathers. And so Jesus tells us that in our human father’s provision and discipline we get a glimpse of God’s active love for us (Matt. 7:9-11; cf. Heb. 12:5-7). The same is at work in adoption.

“So we’ve invited a number of great speakers to “Adopting for Life” who will seek to equip us to create a culture of adoption in our families and churches. We’ll be answering questions such as, “What does adoption have to do with the Great Commission?”, “How can I pay for adoption?”, and “How can we start an adoption ministry in my church?”—along with so many others.

Go to this LINK to register.

Title: Habesha Kids and Families Skating Party
Location: Champ’s Hurstbourne Rollerdrom, 9851 Lagrange Rd., Louisville
Description: Please join us for a private evening of fun and great opportunity to acquaint our children!! (Bring your friends too)

COST: $10/person
DINNER: Open snack bar at cost

RSVP: 502.235.8682, smareligne@gmail.com

Unikids is a not-for-profit organization that collaborates with area schools and parents to provide school supplies to students in developing countries. Louisville area students and parents donate new and gently used school supplies at the end of the school year where Unikids sorts, packs, transport, and distribute to students in developing countries. The proceeds from this event will go towards the cost of transporting school supplies to Ethiopia. We thank you for your patronage.  – Senait Mareligne, Founder, UniKids
Start Time: 6:00 pm
Date: 2010-02-24
End Time: 8:00 pm

The Adoption Ministry of Highview Baptist Church is hosting a five consecutive week class called “Considering Adoption”, beginning Feb. 28th.

The class will cover God’s heart for adoption, as well as the basics of:

• home studies
• immigration
• domestic adoptions
• international adoptions
• foster to adopt adoptions
• embryo adoptions

Class is free. Certificate given to those attending that may count for Hague accreditation. Contact your agency.

Location: Highview Baptist Church, 7711 Fegenbush Lane – Room 212, Louisville, KY

Dates: Sundays: Feb. 28, Mar. 7, Mar. 14, Mar. 21, Mar. 28, 2010

Time: 5:30-7:00 p.m.

Contact: Tera Melber (tmelber@highview.org) for more information.

Title: An Evening with Maridel Sandberg
Location: Highview Baptist Church, 7711 Fegenbush Lane, Louisville, KY – World Cafe (sanctuary entrance)
Link out: Click here
Description: Join us for an evening with Maridel Sandberg, former President and current board member of the Christian Alliance for Orphans. Maridel is the wife of Bruce and the mother of eight children. Five of her eight children were domestic, transracial adoptions. She has been an adoptive mom for over 18 years! She and Bruce also have four grandchildren, two of whom are adopted.

Maridel is also the director of The MICAH Fund. A ministry of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, The Minority Infant Child Adoption Help Fund strives to make adoption financially possible for Christian families. Maridel uses her personal life experiences as a platform to not only advocate for adoption, but also to communicate the message of God’s redeeming love. Some of her past speaking topics include “Orphan Care Ministry in the Church” and “Transracial Adoption.”

Maridel will share her amazing testimony and will be available for a Q/A session. You won’t want to miss it!

Start Time: 7:00 pm
Date: 2010-02-25
End Time: 9:00 pm