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		<title>Mar.9: Post Adoption Education and Support Group</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Title: Post Adoption Education and Support Group
Location: Highview Baptist Church, 7711 Fegenbush Lane, Room 105, Louisville, KY
Link out: Click here
Description: Healthy Kids! Promoting Optimal Medical, Mental, and Developmental Health in Adopted Children. Guest speaker, Dr. Christy Lane, pediatrician
Open to post-adoptive couples. As always, please feel free to invite friends or family members, and bring a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.louisvilleorphancare.com/2010/03/06/0309-post-adoption-education-and-support-group/</link>
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		<title>Mar.13: *Free* LOCI Adoption Seminar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Louisville Orphan Care Initiative will hold a free Adoption Seminar on Saturday, March 13 from 8:00 AM to 2:30 PM at Southeast Christian Church Louisville, KY.
This informative seminar will help get you started by addressing the many questions regarding adoption and how to navigate through the adoption process.  Adoption professionals and adoptive parents will hold [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.louisvilleorphancare.com/2010/03/03/313-free-loci-adoption-seminar/</link>
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		<title>Babies Having Babies: Ministering To Pregnant Teens In Foster Care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sojourn Community Church is partnering with Louisville Orphan Care Initiative (LOCI), a non-profit who believes that the Church and individual Christians are the solution to the foster care problem.  Read HERE to find out how you can get involved in making a difference in the lives of pregnant teens who are in the foster care [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.louisvilleorphancare.com/2010/03/03/babies-having-babies-ministering-to-pregnant-teens-in-foster-care/</link>
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		<title>Just had a meeting with boys a&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just had a meeting with boys and girls haven.  Planning on chapel service for Easter!
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		<link>http://www.louisvilleorphancare.com/2010/03/03/just-had-a-meeting-with-boys-a/</link>
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		<title>LOCI meeting tonight!  So much&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOCI meeting tonight!  So much going on in this ministry.  So many doors opening!
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		<link>http://www.louisvilleorphancare.com/2010/03/03/loci-meeting-tonight-so-much/</link>
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		<title>Minister To Pregnant Teens In Foster Care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.louisvilleorphancare.com/2010/02/26/minister-to-pregnant-teens-in-foster-care/</link>
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		<title>2/26: Adopting for Life Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.

&#8220;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.louisvilleorphancare.com/2010/02/26/226-adopting-for-life-conference/</link>
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		<title>2/24: Habesha Kids and Families Skating Party</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Title: Habesha Kids and Families Skating Party
Location: Champ&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.louisvilleorphancare.com/2010/02/24/habesha-kids-and-families-skating-party/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Considering Adoption&#8221; class starts 02/28</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Adoption Ministry of Highview Baptist Church is hosting a five consecutive week class called &#8220;Considering Adoption&#8221;, 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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.louisvilleorphancare.com/2010/02/21/considering-adoption-class/</link>
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		<title>2/25: An Evening with Maridel Sandberg</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Title: An Evening with Maridel Sandberg
Location: Highview Baptist Church, 7711 Fegenbush Lane, Louisville, KY &#8211; 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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.louisvilleorphancare.com/2010/02/18/an-evening-with-maridel-sandberg/</link>
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