Helping without Hurting: Key Principles for Walking Well Across Socioeconomic Lines
Addressing material poverty is a central component of both preventing family separation and caring for vulnerable children and families. Unfortunately, good intentions are not enough; it is possible to harm poor people in the very process of trying to help them. Based on principles from the best-selling book When Helping Hurts, we’ll explore key principles…
Read MoreFrom Transactional to Transformational: A Better Way to Approach Short-Term Missions
Short-term missions (STM) are not about bringing change to others. They are about stepping into the ongoing work that God is already doing. Instead of a task-driven approach, this workshop explores STM as a mission of companionship, where mutual learning, shared leadership, and deep relationships take priority over projects. Participants will reflect on how cultural…
Read MoreFilling the Gaps Where You Live: Launching Effective Foster Care Strategies
You see the gaps in foster care where you live, and you know you need to fill them if you’re going to reach more than enough for children and families. The good news is that there are a growing number of effective strategies from across the country that are uniquely designed to help local communities…
Read MoreEveryone Matters: The Power of Teaching the Whole Family
Everyone in the family plays a role in keeping it strong and healthy. Families thrive when there’s a shared understanding and clear expectations for each person’s responsibilities to themselves and the group. This workshop aims to provide ministry leaders with the skills and tools to teach healthy family principles. Participants will learn how to engage…
Read MoreFaithful Neighbors: Simple Acts, Lasting Impacts
Many churches and community groups want to support kinship, foster, and adoptive families, but often don’t know how. In this interactive workshop, we will crowdsource simple ways communities of faith can serve their neighbors through hospitality, relationships, and simple acts of care, because when it comes to vulnerable children and families, everyone can do something!
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