Thank you to Erik Thoennes for teaching at our last gathering on the theology of play. We have provided a link below where you can download and read his paper. God invites us to approach him as his free, forgiven, secure children. We are to approach our holy God with healthy fear and hearts broken [...]

Register today for Summit VIII!  Registration costs will go up on April 1st. Click here to register. “The Christian Alliance for Orphans’ annual Summit has become the national hub for what Christianity Today recently called, “the burgeoning Christian orphan care movement.” Summit VIII on May 3-4, 2012 at Saddleback Church in Southern California is expected to [...]

Many of you were able to join us for our January Project Hope Gathering when Lyndsay Boulton shared about Project HOPEFUL and their mission to equip families to adopt children with HIV/AIDS. She showed us the Truth Pandemic video, that provides some facts about HIV/AIDS: Here, in an interview with the Chicago Tribune, Kiel and [...]

I stumbled upon this video when reading one of my favorite adoption blogs, www.onethankfulmom.com It is an incredible picture of the power of adoption in the life of a young woman.  In the video Meredith is being told that her current living situation is about to become permanent.  More importantly, that the family she has [...]

Tony Dungy (former football coach) and his wife Lauren are adoptive parents. They have produced some materials that present the needs of orphans and challenge Christians to respond. It’s a free halftime kit to use at your Superbowl party! http://www.adoptionjourney.com/share/dungyhalftime/

We had a wonderful time for our annual Defending the Fatherless Sunday last November. Here is one of our videos with testimonies of God’s faithfulness. DTF 2 from Grace EV Free on Vimeo.

Last year the Christian Alliance for Orphans Summit was wonderful!  I’m very excited that this year Summit VIII is happening in our own backyard!  Save the dates May 3-4, 2012 and plan to be at Saddleback Church!  Click here to pre-register and save $10. http://www.summitviii.org/

Today is a life-changing day for the Coulombe family.  They will meet their sweet daughter today at a transition home in Ethiopia.  They will begin to form deep bonds of love and trust.  They will play with her.  And most importantly, from a legal perspective, they will go to court and be legally declared her [...]

  Dear friends, Please join us for a special Project Hope Gathering!  Lyndsay Boulton, State Director for Project HOPEFUL, will speak to us on “Adopting and fostering the child with HIV/AIDS” on Monday, January 16 at 6:30 pm in room 117.  Let’s equip ourselves to care well for children with HIV by learning the facts and [...]

A few years ago a group of about thirty people at Grace read through and discussed Adopted for Life.  It was a rich time and the soil from which our monthly Project Hope meeting sprang.  Russell Moore helped us think about our adoption in Christ and then biblical examples of adoption, like Joseph.  So, as [...]