Post-Adoption Support Prayer Ministry

WHO:

Adoptive and foster parents are invited to redeem their hearts as they journey through their family’s adoptive and fostering process.

WHEN/WHERE:

On the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month, 9:30 to 11:00 a.m., at Adoption Associates Inc., 1338 Baldwin, Jenison, MI 49428 in “The Meeting Room” (across the parking lot from the main entrance).

• 9:30 to 10:00 Coffee and Sharing
• 10:00 to 10:30 Educational Topic (schedule below)
• 10:30 to 11:00 Prayer and Closing

You may come for all or part of the time!

WHAT:

Come share your challenges, progress, healing, struggles, and triumphs with others who are on a similar journey. Our hope is that you will receive comfort and peace through prayer and sharing.

EDUCATIONAL TOPIC SCHEDULE:

We’ll watch a short video and use discussion questions using materials provided by Dr. Karyn Purvis (author of The Connected Child) which can be found at www.empoweredtoconnect.org.

From Seven Insights & Seven Gifts for Parents of Kids from Hard Places:

• Friday, October 14 Expect Long Term Challenges…Trauma Responses (Insight #5)
• Friday, October 28 Embrace Complex Needs of Child from Hard Places (Insight #6)
• Friday, November 11 Create a Balance of Nurture and Structure (Insight #7)
• Friday, November 25 Give Your Child Voice (Gift #1)
• Friday, December 9 Give Your Child Nurture (Gift #2)
• Friday, December 23 Give Your Child Shared Power (Gift #3)
• Friday, January 13 Give Your Child Predictability (Gift #4)
• Friday, January 27 Give Your Child Permission to Process Feelings (Gift #5)
• Friday, February 10 Give Your Child Playfulness (Gift #6)
• Friday, February 24 Give Your Child Healthy Parents with Good Self-Care (Gift #7)