Support Group Meetings
Fostering Hope hosts monthly support group meetings where foster and adoptive families come to find community, support, connection, and encouragement. There are two separate groups, one dedicated to foster families and the other to adoptive families. On occasion, we have a guest speaker or provide a specialized training session during our meeting time.
The meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month from 6:30 – 8:30 pm in the ROC Building. The foster group meets in Room 304, and the adoptive group meets in 302. Childcare is available, and a reservation is required. To learn more about how to get involved, email fosteringhope@fruitcove.com.
Whether you are fostering or have adopted or considering how God would use you to serve vulnerable children, come join us as we help each other on the fostering/adoption journey. You will be amazed at how God will use your story to bless others and how their stories will bless you!
HOPE FOR THE JOURNEY CONFERENCE
April 22-23, 2022
Hosted by: Fostering Hope, Fruit Cove Baptist Church and Seek Refuge, Refuge Church
YOU MUST REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE AND FOR CHILDCARE IF NEEDED.
Formerly known as Empowered to Connect, the Hope for the Journey Conference will equip parents and caregivers meeting the everyday needs of children impacted by adoption and foster care. The conference includes four high-level learning modules based on the foundational principles of Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) and a fifth component, The Gospel + TBRI. Embedded within each learning module will be a “Going Deeper” teaching video on a select topic, and also included will be one practical, encouraging “Practical Perspectives” video featuring the voices of adult adoptees as well as adoptive and foster families.
There are two options to view the conference this year, either in-person at Fruit Cove Baptist Church or Refuge Church, or online. In-person attendees will receive a viewer guide, and we will have time for questions and interactive discussion. We will have a TBRI Practitioner on-site for the entire conference. Feel free to only attend the sessions and modules you would like to.
In-person*:
- Session One: April 22, 2022, 6:30 – 8:30 pm (Childcare available). Coffee and dessert will be served. The cost is free.
- 6:30 – 7:00 pm: Welcome and Introduction to Hope for the Journey
- 7:00 – 8:30 pm: Learning Module 1, Introduction to TBRI
- Session Two: April 23, 2022, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm (No childcare) Breakfast and snacks will be provided. Lunch will be offsite. The cost is $20 per family.
- 9:00 – 9:30 am – Welcome and Introduction to Session 2
- 9:30 – 10:50 am – Learning Module 2, Connecting Principles
- 10:50 – 11:00 am – Break
- 11:00 am – 12:20 pm – Learning Module 3, Empowering Principles
- 12:20 – 1:30 pm – Lunch (offsite)
- 1:30 – 2:50 pm – Learning Module 4, Correcting Principles
- 2:50 – 3:00 pm – Break
- 3:00 – 3:30 pm -The Gospel +TBRI, Special Guest Speaker
*Fostering Hope and Seek Refuge will provide certificates for licensing hours for foster parents for any modules attended.
Online: Digital attendees will receive a link to the pre-recorded conference that can be accessed anytime from April 26th through May 31st. It will consist of the entire event hosted by Show Hope. After completing a short quiz, certificates for licensing hours for digital attendees. The cost is $20 per link.
Additional Details:
- Learning Module 1: An Introduction to Trust-Based Relational Intervention
- Teaching Session with Daren Jones of KPICD at TCU
- Going Deeper with Paris Goodyear-Brown on the topic of ACEs
- Practical Perspectives
- Learning Module 2: Connecting Principles
- Teaching Session with Amanda Purvis of the KPICD
- Going Deeper with Dr. Melody Aguayo on the topic of Connecting with Teens
- Practical Perspectives
- Learning Module 3: Empowering Principles
- Teaching Session with Amanda Purvis
- Going Deeper with Marti Smith on the topic of Sensory Integration
- Practical Perspectives
- Learning Module 4: Correcting Principles
- Teaching Session with Daren Jones
- Going Deeper with Tona and Mark Ottinger on the topic of The IDEAL Response
- Practical Perspectives
- Learning Modules 5: The Gospel + TBRI
- Panel Discussion: The Church + Trauma-Competent Care
- Going Deeper with Scotty Smith
