Next OFF The WALL Meeting June 3rd

NEXT OFF the WALL Meeting

Sunday June 3^rd, 5:30 pm - Christ The Redeemer Church

Dessert provided.  Please RSVP : Jason@SpokaneOrphanSummit.com

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The Body of Christ Mobilized for Orphans:  Speaker -Anna Rowe

One of the benefits of being a Christian is that we are “adopted” by God and placed in a big crazy family.  The body of Christ is most beautiful when it works together.  For reasons that are unique and specific, some families are not called to adopt, others are called, but wait.  No matter what your circumstance the “Church” is called to care for the orphan.  There is a need, and as Christians we can share God’s love and mercy by stepping up and saying we care.

 The burden is great.

·         There are roughly 900 foster children on any given day in Spokane County.

·         There are approximately 11,100 children in the Washington foster care system.

·         2,800 children wait for a family to adopt them in Washington.

·         Approximately 400 children turned 18 last year and never found a permanent adoptive      home in Washington.

·         143 million orphans world-wide wait.

So what can the “Church” do?  We can speak up for the orphan, collaborate with agencies, and participate in the judicial system.  Give of our time, money and resources.  Sacrifice as Christ has.  Come learn how you can be involved with orphan care beyond adoption and join with the body of Christ.

ADOPTION: Authentic Christianity in a Culture of Disposable Children

Carey Hughes is Senior Pastor of Christ The Redeemer Church in Spokane, Washington. His heartbeat in ministry has always been for kids, having served as a youth pastor and family pastor for over twelve years. Carey and his wife, Tricia, committed themselves to be involved in adoption during their engagement, and after having four biological children, welcomed their first adopted child Josiah. Soon came Abby, Chaya, and Maddie bringing the family total to eight – thus far! 


The Hughes’ have considerable experience in both fostering and adopting through the state and now have helped to found an orphan care ministry at their church called  “Off the Wall,” so named for the early church’s practice of receiving discarded children left at the city wall. Carey and Tricia minister with the passionate conviction that if Christians want to share the gospel with authenticity and power in a culture filled with “disposable children,” Christians must give their support to providing foster care and adoption both here and around the world. 
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Orphan Care: What God Could Do in the Churches of Washington (and Idaho)

Rick Valore leads a ministry in Colorado called Project 1.27.  Project 1.27's founder, Pastor Robert Gelinas said, 


“The body of Christ needs to come together to make sure there are no children waiting for homes in Colorado. It is a travesty that we have kids waiting for homes in our own back yards. That should never be the case….”  


To that end, this ministry seeks to mobilize churches to take care of orphans in the state of Colorado.  Since its beginning in 2008 the number of children waiting to be adopted from the foster care system has been cut in half.  The vision is to have no waiting children in the next 3 years.  Rick is coming to spread this vision of no waiting children to the Inland Northwest.  Come and hear his talk, "Orphan Care: What God Could Do in the Churches of Washington (and Idaho)."


More details for the conference are available at http://SpokaneOrphanSummit.com
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