Have you been thinking about becoming a foster parent? Positively changing the life of a child and their family? If so, please contact COBYS Family Services to learn more about foster care in Lancaster and nearby communities and how you could provide a safe and loving home for children who need them.
Your first step is to contact COBYS to receive details about our foster care and adoption services, followed by attending a newly designed two-part information session with a pre-recorded webinar followed by live content. We offer convenient options for in-person and virtual gatherings.
Our information sessions provide an introduction to the roles, expectations, and approval process for COBYS resource families. Questions are encouraged as you discern if foster care and adoption through foster care is right for you. The sessions are free and place no obligation on those attending. The next 1.5 hour, live information sessions are scheduled for: March 12th, 2024 (in person) or March 28th, 2024 (held virtually). These sessions begin at 6:00 p.m.
To learn more information or begin the information session process, contact Amanda Storrs at 717-656-6580 or careforkids@cobys.org. To learn more about COBYS, or to reach out to us online, go to www.cobys.org.
Have you been thinking about becoming a foster parent? Positively changing the life of a child and their family? If so, please contact COBYS Family Services to learn more about foster care in Lancaster and nearby communities and how you could provide a safe and loving home for children who need them.
Your first step is to contact COBYS to receive details about our foster care and adoption services, followed by attending a newly designed two-part information session with a pre-recorded webinar followed by live content. We offer convenient options for in-person and virtual gatherings.
Our information sessions provide an introduction to the roles, expectations, and approval process for COBYS resource families. Questions are encouraged as you discern if foster care and adoption through foster care is right for you. The sessions are free and place no obligation on those attending. The next 1.5 hour, live information sessions are scheduled for: March 12th, 2024 (in person) or March 28th, 2024 (held virtually). These sessions begin at 6:00 p.m.
To learn more information or begin the information session process, contact Amanda Storrs at 717-656-6580 or careforkids@cobys.org. To learn more about COBYS, or to reach out to us online, go to www.cobys.org.
Have you been thinking about becoming a foster parent? Positively changing the life of a child and their family? If so, please contact COBYS Family Services to learn more about foster care in Lancaster and nearby communities and how you could provide a safe and loving home for children who need them.
Your first step is to contact COBYS to receive details about our foster care and adoption services, followed by attending a newly designed two-part information session with a pre-recorded webinar followed by live content. We offer convenient options for in-person and virtual gatherings.
Our information sessions provide an introduction to the roles, expectations, and approval process for COBYS resource families. Questions are encouraged as you discern if foster care and adoption through foster care is right for you. The sessions are free and place no obligation on those attending. The next 1.5 hour, live information sessions are scheduled for: Tuesday, March 12th, 2024 (in person) or March 28th, 2024 (virtual). These sessions begin at 6:00 p.m.
To learn more information or begin the information session process, contact Amanda Storrs at 717-656-6580 or careforkids@cobys.org. To learn more about COBYS, or to reach out to us online, go to www.cobys.org.
Have you been thinking about becoming a foster parent? Positively changing the life of a child and their family? If so, please contact COBYS Family Services to learn more about foster care in Lancaster and nearby communities and how you could provide a safe and loving home for children who need them.
Your first step is to contact COBYS to receive details about our foster care and adoption services, followed by attending a newly designed two-part information session with a pre-recorded webinar followed by live content. We offer convenient options for in-person and virtual gatherings.
Our information sessions provide an introduction to the roles, expectations, and approval process for COBYS resource families. Questions are encouraged as you discern if foster care and adoption through foster care is right for you. The sessions are free and place no obligation on those attending. The next 1.5 hour, live information sessions are scheduled for: Tuesday, March 12th, 2024 (in person) or March 28th, 2024 (virtual). These sessions begin at 6:00 p.m.
To learn more information or begin the information session process, contact Amanda Storrs at 717-656-6580 or careforkids@cobys.org. To learn more about COBYS, or to reach out to us online, go to www.cobys.org.
Keystone Family Alliance aims to educate, motivate, and equip every Christian in the state of Pennsylvania on the needs of orphans and vulnerable children, both locally and globally. Keystone helps bridge the gap between the desperate need in the child welfare system and Pennsylvania churches. This is done through the engineering of wraparound Care Communities which provide tangible support, prayer, resources, and aid and result in foster families who are involved longer and stronger.
Come hear about the needs of vulnerable children and families in Lancaster County and how you can create a ripple effect that impacts the lives of others. Free deserts and refreshments provided.
November is National Adoption Month! Are you interested in being a foster or adoptive parent? Register today for our next virtual foster care and adoption orientation! This meeting is the first important step in your commitment. Will it be challenging? Sometimes. Will it be rewarding? Yes! Come be part of our team. At Bethany, we believe that family changes everything and everyone deserves a family!
Follow this link for more details: https://bethany.org/locations/us/pa/lancaster/events/virtual-foster-care-adoption-orientation-7
November is National Adoption Month! Are you interested in being a foster or adoptive parent? Register today for our next virtual foster care and adoption orientation! This meeting is the first important step in your commitment. Will it be challenging? Sometimes. Will it be rewarding? Yes! Come be part of our team. At Bethany, we believe that family changes everything and everyone deserves a family!
Follow this link for more details: https://bethany.org/locations/us/pa/lancaster/events/virtual-foster-care-adoption-orientation-6
JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Key Element for Thriving Relationships is helping people in need.
Helping people does not always mean a hand-out. Sometimes, it means a hand-up, helping someone to their feet who is in a state of distress.
The Good Samaritan did that for a man who was beaten after a robbery. Victims of crime often need to go through a healing process. The compassionate outreach from a believer shows the love of Jesus for that person.
James 1:27 talks about the importance of looking after orphans and widows in their distress.
This can happen in practical ways for orphans through mentorship, foster parenting or adoption. This can happen for widows through care-giving, visitation, and checking in on them.
Helping people in need is a key element for thriving relationships that honor God.
John Shirk
john@wjtl.com
JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Word of Encouragement is “Blessed.”
One definition of “Blessed” is a favor or gift bestowed by God, thereby bringing happiness.
To be blessed by God is to receive His favor. His face is turned toward us in relationship, and we enjoy the benefits of His grace.
While God will bless us with material things, His spiritual blessings have far greater value that last forever.
Ephesians 1:3 says, “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.”
What follows is a list of specific blessings: Adoption, Redemption, Forgiveness, Acceptance, and the promised Holy Spirit. These are blessings that reflect God’s unfailing love for us.
Find encouragement in the blessing of being united with Christ in the Year of Endurance.
John Shirk
john@wjtl.com
JOHN SHIRK-Today’s Word of Encouragement is Adoption.
Parents who adopt children choose to welcome them into their family with open arms.
Adoption is one of God’s spiritual blessings for the person who puts their faith in Jesus Christ. We are welcomed into the family of God with open arms.
Ephesians 1:5 says, “In love, he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will-to the praise of his glorious grace.”
What a gift! To be included in God’s family and to enjoy the blessing of His acceptance and forgiveness-that is a compelling reason to praise Him every single day.
Find encouragement in the blessing of being adopted into God’s family in the Year of Endurance.
John Shirk
john@wjtl.com
September 29th, 2020
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JOHN SHIRK – In the Year of Vision, today’s 20/20 Insight focuses on the identity of believers as children of God.
This is what Ephesians 1:4 and 5 says about the identity of those who are faithful in Christ.
“He chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love, he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will.”
When we respond to the Good News of Jesus with a trusting heart, God includes us in His family of believers. He gives us a new identity as a new creation in Christ. We are born of God and loved by God as His child. We become a citizen of heaven, temple of the Holy Spirit, and light in the world to reflect God’s glory and goodness. God’s love forms our identity to see ourselves as God sees us.
Focusing on our identity as a dearly loved child of God gives us greater clarity for living out the Christian life.
John Shirk
john@wjtl.com
