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Not everyone can foster or adopt, but everyone can do something. Whether you are 8 or 80 years old, there is a place for you to serve kids who need family. Each of these top 10s are filled with ideas that you, your kids, your senior saints, or your church as a whole can get involved in big and small ways!
TOP 10s
Get these resources for your church’s orphan care ministry.
Prayer Guide
Check out this Prayer Guide to learn more about the foster and adoption needs in this nation, and to pray through it by yourself, with your family, or with your congregation! We have a digital and a print version ready for you to download.
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Our hope is to equip your church with all the tools needed to minister to foster and adoptive families and children in need of family in your community. Above are our FREE resources, we have created a private portal for our partnered churches. On the exclusive resource page, you will find many tools you can use for inspiration, recreation, or simply copy and paste with your own church’s logo.
If you are a partnered church and have misplaced your password, please contact us at info@backyardorphans.org.
If you want to learn more about becoming a partner church, set up a meeting with our team today.
Other’s Resources
As a bridge ministry, we connect you to only the best resources and organizations. You’ll find these helpful whether you’re looking to serve foster and adoptive families, understand trauma, provide small group discussion, or more!
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One Big Happy Home
Ryan and Kayla North started One Big Happy Home to help adults to create places where children feel safe, welcome, and loved. In their trauma-informed care classes, you’ll unpack brain basics, fear responses, and healthy attachment qualities in just one hour.
Ted and Angie Stackpole
With their wealth of experience and training, Ted and Angie specialize in helping local churches develop personalized foster and adoption programs, aimed at providing stability and improved wellbeing of children in foster care. In the Stackpole’s 1 hour class, you’ll learn compassionate responses to adverse childhood experiences, and much more.
Kelly Hamilton
In Kelly’s training, you’ll increase your knowledge of trauma-informed parenting strategies and formulate practical, attachment-based, trauma-informed parenting techniques that meet your family’s needs. Available for individuals, couples, & small group workshops.
