โIโm thankful that she took me in, but probably more thankful that she kept doing it every day. You don’t take somebody in once, you gotta do it a billion times a day.” Hear from Spencer and his brothers as they share about their foster care experience. This story was filmed for Foster Care Sunday …
Equipping Churches to Care Well: TBRIยฎ Caregiver Training Many churches are already responding generously to the needs of vulnerable children and familiesโopening homes, forming wrap-around teams, and walking alongside carers with prayer, presence, and practical support. As this care grows, so does the opportunity to deepen our understanding and strengthen our capacity to love well. …
A resource to grow in awareness and explore the role of the local church in Out-of-Home Care = foster care, kinship care, and residential care. Out of Home Care and the Church is a video series exploring the significant role the local church can play in actively loving and serving children and families who are experiencing the …
Explore your potential next steps towards Foster Care. If youโre wondering if Foster Care is for you, even if youโre still unsure, Foster Care: First Steps is for you. โFirst Stepsโ will help deepen your understanding of a faith-based and holistic approach to Foster Care and help you to consider your readiness to pursue it. …
Building a holistic support system for care families. We want carers to have a ‘team’, for the highs and lows and everything in between on the journey of providing home-based care for children and young people. The Wrap-around Teams resource equips a carerโs ‘team’ with understanding and practical plans to provide a range of support …
Help lead a movement for change. Be a champion for The Homeward Project in your church. Homeward Advocates are ambassadors within their church community for children and families involved in the Out-of-Home Care system. Supported by the Homeward Project team every step of the way, Homeward Advocates are familiar with the Homeward framework and resources, …
The Caring for Carers resource is your guide to providing holistic support for those who are opening their home to children and young people, whether through foster care, kinship care, permanent care, or adoption. It is our desire that none of these families would be on this journey alone and that this resource will help you to …
A Homeward Project Info Session is one of the best ways you can engage and mobilise your church in a ministry of Out-of-Home Care. A Homeward Info Session is for everyone. We’re not all called to do the same thing, but we can all do something. We’ll equip and support you to plan and host …
On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” โWhat is written in the Law?โย he replied.ย โHow do you read it?โย He answered, โโLove the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength …
Join with churches around Australia in celebrating our Foster and Kinship Carers and raising awareness of the needs in this space, as well as the opportunities for the local church to be part of the solution! Foster Care Sunday provides an opportunity for the Church to come together in unity to: Foster Care Sunday 2025 is …
Engaging in the Out-of-Home Care space is a weighty undertaking, inspired by a clear biblical mandate and full of potential for healing and restoration. It can however be complex and challenging, full of both joy and pain. We need to move far beyond good intentions, wishful thinking, or any quick fix solutions. A sturdy theology …
One Sunday morning, Tommy* was brought to church by his carers. Carrying his action-figure everywhere he went, five-year-old Tommy was cuddly, determined, and funny. Tommy had been in foster care homes since he was a little boy. Most placements had lasted only a few months, some just a week or two. Tommyโs foster carer was …
Today is the final leg of our journey to discover what the Bible actually says about Godโs heart for the fatherless. Over the past six weeks we have been studying the Hebrew word yฤtรดm, translated into English as โorphanโ or โthe fatherless.โ As we have studied how the Hebrew Scriptures use the word yฤtรดm, four …
Let me tell you about a beautiful little girl. Within hours of being born, she was placed into foster care. By the time she was three months old, she had already been cared for by four different โmumsโ. Statistics tell us that the outlook on her future is bleak. 71% of girls who age out …
I love the movie Lion King. I think itโs one of Disneyโs best animated films. And any fan of the movie will tell you that the most pivotal scene is not โ contrary to popular opinion โ when Scar convinces little Simba that his father Mufasaโs death was his fault. The most pivotal scene happens after adolescent …
I hate letting people down. I hate that feeling of realizing that you promised to do something but failed to follow through, especially when it comes to my kids. The other day I told my four-year-old daughter that I would take her to the park after I got home from work. She was really looking …
