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!
For any activities that have childcare including support groups, One More Child trainings, and Parent’s Night Out, we are asking that you download and complete the childcare form.
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*:
*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:
Fruit Cove Baptist Church is a part of a nationwide Christian Alliance for Orphans (CAFO) initiative called More than Enough. More than Enough is rooted in Stand Sunday, which originated in Brownwood, Texas, where the first Stand Sunday message was delivered by Bishop Aaron Blake in 2002. There was a movement in the church and community after Bishop Blake’s message, and by 2010, his county eliminated the need for foster families. To this day, there are more families than foster children waiting for homes in Brown County. We can accomplish the same here in Northeast Florida. When 10% of churches are involved in serving the foster care system, we will see: More than enough
Let’s continue this movement together.
Stand Sunday | The Story of a Movement [Video]
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