ADOPTION, FOSTER & ORPHAN CARE
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The Legacy685 Adoption Assistance Fund is made possible by donations from the Houston's First family and friends of the church. Follow the link below to make a secure online donation and help move families one step closer to realizing the blessing of adoption.
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Upcoming Events
Legacy685 Foster Community Group
First Sunday of every month - Rm 145
CONTACT Nick & Rachel Rosenbaum, 832.407.0219.
Sun, Feb 5 @ 4:30-5:30p - Rm 145
We will discuss "Preparing Your Family and Home for Foster Children...Supplies to Have on Hand!" You will want to hear and learn from Nick and Rachel, valuable insight in preparing your home for the foster children that God brings you. Caring for the foster children can bring many blessings, and you'll want to make sure that you are well prepared for them. There will be a time of fellowship and learning among foster families. You can also receive continuing education credit hours and childcare is available.
Sun, Mar 4 @ 4:30-5:30p - Rm 145
We will discuss "Preparing Babysitters for ARROW Approval." Babysitters are necessary when foster parenting through ARROW Family & Child Ministry. Bring your friends and family so they can fill out the required forms to become approved babysitters with ARROW.
Legacy685 Small Group Ministry
First Sunday of every month - Rm 145
CONTACT Nick & Rachel Rosenbaum, 832.407.0219.
Waiting Families Group
Fri, Feb 10 @ 7:30-9p - Steve & Mary Klein's home, 13719 Waverly Crest Ct, Cypress 77429
Over the next few months we will be journeying through a short video and discussion series called "Insights and Gifts" for preparing for your adoptive or foster child.
CONTACT kleinfam6@gmail.com or 281.246.9904.
Moms of the Heart
Fri, Feb 16 @ 7:30p - Misty Lindenberger's home
#1 Pecan Trail Ln, Houston 77055 (off Campbell & I-10)
WISE-UP Powerbook will be presented. Families of adopted children and the children themselves are not strangers to intrusive questions about private information, such as "Is that your real child (or mother)?" and "Why did your mother give you away?" While the questions may be benign, they can be uncomfortable to handle and harmful to a child's self-worth. The "W.I.S.E. Up!" tool is based on the premise that adoptive children are wiser about adoption than peers who are not adopted. The tool uses the acronym W.I.S.E. to teach children four options for responding to uncomfortable questions.
CONTACT Mary Klein or 281.246.9904.
Empowered to Connect Conference
Feb 17-18, 2012 – Irving Bible Church, Irving, Tx.
VISIT www.empoweredtoconnect.org for more information
Together for Them - Adoption, Foster Conference
Sat, Feb 25, 2012 - Kingsland Baptist Church – Katy, Tx.
Orphan Care Mission Trips
We believe in caring for orphans, both our own neighborhoods and around the world. There are several mission trips going on in 2012 specifically ministering to orphanages all over. Be in prayer for the trips to East Asia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Russia, and Kenya. If God stirs you to participate, fill out the online registration forms or contact Rochelle.Tucker@HoustonsFirst.org, 713.957.5861.
Why the name Legacy685?
Our Father is calling His children to be the ones who will be the hands, feet, and voice of Christ to the fatherless. We are compelled to reach out in love to the fatherless because we enjoy a holy legacy of being adopted into the family of God -(Galatians 4:7). Through our spiritual adoption as sons & daughters of the King, we are loved and accepted both now and eternally. It is our privilege as Christians to pass on this legacy to our children. 685 is part of our ministry verse, Psalm 68:5-6a, God truly sets the lonely in families.
“A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows,
is God in His holy habitation. God sets the lonely in families.”
– Psalm 68:5-6a
Through the ministry of adoption, foster care and going on mission trips our desire is to support, encourage and come alongside families and individuals as they seek how God is asking them to care for the fatherless.
Contacts
Steve & Mary Klein
Ministry Leaders
legacy685@HoustonsFirst.org, 281.246.9904