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Breakout Sessions —
Summit VI
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CONFERENCE BREAKOUTS
Breakout sessions will provide in-depth training on all aspects of caring for orphans, including local church ministry, adoption, foster care, and global orphan care. Ministries are encouraged to send more than one representative to take full advantage of the diverse sessions offered.
You will be prompted during your online registration to select your preferred breakout sessions. If a session is full, you will need to make a different selection. You may edit your breakout selections on your online registration profile at anytime before April 1, 2009.
This page will be updated as needed leading up to the event.
BREAKOUT SESSION I
Church-Based Orphan Ministry 101: Overview (repeated)
Learn the Fundamentals of Church Orphan Ministry, including the significant decisions, challenges and solutions involved in starting an adoption, foster and/or global orphan care.
Organization Matters: Church Ministry v. 501c3
Gain wise counsel on the big decisions orphan ministries face as they grow, such as creating the right organizational and leadership structures.
Bridging the Great Divide: Building Positive Relationships Between Church Ministries and Government
Move beyond seeing working with government as a "necessary evil" to understand state and local agencies and partner with them to serve foster children more effectively.
Longing for Home: Building a Successful Adoption-from-Foster Care Recruiting Event
Learn how to replicate in your area the remarkable success of Focus on the Family's "Wait No More" events to recruit families to adopt from the foster system.
Understanding Childhood Development of Overseas Orphans
Learn key ingredients for developing children's minds and bodies in resource-poor settings .
A Lifelong Love: Keeping the Gospel at the Center of Orphan Ministry
Explore God's redemptive story of adoption and how it can mobilize and motivate the church in orphan care and adoption ministry.
Engaging Youth and College Age for Orphan Ministry
Pick up tips and tools for harnessing the energy of young people to grow orphan ministry…and for growing students as disciples of Jesus in the process.
Giving Voice to the Orphan (repeated)
Learn from Dr. Karyn Purvis how to become a true advocate for orphans and foster youth.
BREAKOUT SESSION II
Church-Based Orphan Ministry 201: Adoption (repeated)
Building on 101, grow your toolbox of useful nuts-and-bolts for building effective adoption ministry in your church.
Church-Based Orphan Ministry 201: Foster Care Ministry (repeated)
Building on 101, grow your toolbox of useful nuts-and-bolts for building effective foster care ministry in your church.
Church-Based Orphan Ministry 201: Global Orphan Care (repeated)
Building on 101, grow your toolbox of useful nuts-and-bolts for building effective global orphan care ministry in your church.
Implementing a Balanced Orphan Care and Adoption Ministry in your Church (repeated)
Pick up both the theory and practice of uniting the sometimes divergent emphases of adoption and orphan care into a balanced and well-integrated church ministry.
Orphan Permanency: How Can We Achieve It?
Examine one of the most important questions in global orphan care: what are truly "permanent" solutions for children and how do we find them?
Adoption of HIV Positive Orphans and Other Special Needs
Learn how to overcome the real but surmountable challenges of adopting an HIV+ child, with practical guidance from acquiring U.S. travel visas to dealing with health.
Fundraising for Orphan Ministry
Practical skills and tools for growing funding and personal support for an orphan-serving nonprofit organization.
Adoption and Orphans: Acclimating to a New Family Member (Adoptive families receive 1 Hague Hour)
Prepare yourself for the challenges and joy of receiving a new child into the family though adoption.
Raising Orphans to Succeed in the World of Work
Learn key principles and replicable models for teaching children practical skills to enable them to find and thrive in employment, even in countries where jobs are hard to come by.
BREAKOUT SESSION III
Engaging Church Leadership (repeated)
Get your church's leadership excited about orphan ministry, drawing upon key theological and practical principles for spreading enthusiasm for a biblical vision for adoption and orphan care
Starting in the Right Direction: Helping Pre-Adoptive Couples Make Sound Decisions
Learn how to aid families that are considering adoption through the difficult but significance-filled choices leading up to adoption, from whether to adopt to where and how.
Church-Based Orphan Ministry 101: Overview (repeated)
Learn the Fundamentals of Church Orphan Ministry, including the significant decisions, challenges and solutions involved in starting an adoption, foster and/or global orphan care.
Best Practices of Church to Church Orphan Care Partnerships
Survey top examples and key principles for lasting relationships between U.S. and indigenous churches for effective, on-the-ground orphan care.
Working Together: The Benefits of Regional Church Orphan Ministry Alliances
Discover the substantial benefits of regional orphans ministry alliances and take home ideas and resources that can help you start a regional alliance in your area.
Help Wanted: How Every Season of Life Can Advocate for the Orphan
Learn how to draw creatively upon the unique capabilities present at each stage of life, with particular focus on late career and retirement.
Now What? Helping Children Age Out of Foster Care
Learn how to help foster youth survive the most difficult transition they'll ever make: from life in the system to living on their own.
Adoption and Orphans: Grief and Loss (Adoptive families receive 1 Hague Hour)
Gain a fuller understanding of the wounds and burdens orphans carry and what is required to love children adopted after early childhood wisely and well.
BREAKOUT SESSION IV
Church-Based Orphan Ministry 201: Foster Care Ministry
(repeated) Building on 101, grow your toolbox of useful nuts-and-bolts for building effective foster care ministry in your church.
The Financial Challenge of Adoption and How the Local Church Can Respond (repeated)
Get to know available resources and services that enable churches to help adoptive families overcome the biggest barrier to adoption: money.
Suburban-Urban Partnerships to Serve Foster Youth
Discover how the sometimes-vast differences between suburban and inner city churches can become complementary strengths in delivering a united foster care ministry.
Engaging Church Leadership (repeated)
Get your church's leadership excited about orphan ministry, drawing upon key theological and practical principles for spreading enthusiasm for a biblical vision for adoption and orphan care
Implementing a Balanced Orphan Care and Adoption Ministry in your Church (repeated)
Pick up both the theory and practice of uniting the sometimes divergent emphases of adoption and orphan care into a balanced and well-integrated church ministry.
Adoption and Orphans: Attachment and Trauma – Part I (Adoptive families receive 1 Hague Hour)
Understand the significant emotional, social and other issues faced by orphans and what it takes to build lasting, loving connection with them.
Supporting Families in the Post-Placement Journey
Build an adoption ministry that meets the needs of adoptive families through the most rewarding, and difficult, part of the journey: life after placement.
Orphan Care Ministry Where There is No Local Church Presence
Learn what it takes to deliver distinctively Christian orphan care in places where local churches are few and far between.
Keeping Your Ministry Above Reproach: Keys to Financial Accountability
Learn from Alliance partner ECFA core principles and practices for ensuring that your ministry meets the highest standards for financial integrity.
Local Churches and Families Providing Permanent Solutions for Children in Developing Nations
Expand the in-country care alternatives. Review working models where networks of local churches and families increase our capacity to respond.
BREAKOUT SESSION V
Church-Based Orphan Ministry 201: Adoption (repeated)
Building on 101, grow your toolbox of useful nuts-and-bolts for building effective adoption ministry in your church.
A Theology of Adoption and Orphan Care
Examine the theological grounding of Christian commitment to adoption and orphan care, including how our spiritual adoption shapes our view of earthly adoptions.
A Child’s Journey Through the Foster Care System
Get to know both the mechanics of the process and the personal struggles faced by a child entering a state Foster Care System.
How Does It Work? Models of Global Orphan Ministry Based in US Churches
Gain examples and practical advice from individuals who've built successful overseas orphan ministries in their U.S. church.
Practical Ideas of Orphan-Focused Events
Come away with a full array of ideas for Orphan Focused events for your Orphan Sunday 2010 – and other times of the year as well.
The Communications Stack: A Model of Creating and Maintaining An Effective Web Presence
Make the most of technology, from Facebook to your ministry's website, to boost the reach and impact of your efforts to engage others in serving orphans.
Adoption and Orphans: Attachment and Trauma – Part II (Adoptive families receive 1 Hague Hour)
Understand the significant emotional, social and other issues faced by orphans and what it takes to build lasting, loving connection with them.
Reflections from Multicultural Families
Laugh, cry, and consider the real-world joys and struggles of families that become multi-racial through adoption.
Holistic Care for Orphans
An important aspect of caring for orphans is to address the holistic needs of orphans. This session will focus on effective ways every church can address the medical needs of the orphan and effectively minister to those infected and affected by HIV and AIDS.
BREAKOUT SESSION VI
Church-Based Orphan Ministry 201: Global Orphan Care (repeated)
Building on 101, grow your toolbox of useful nuts-and-bolts for building effective global orphan care ministry in your church.
The Church as an Alternative to the Foster System
Learn how to replicate a model that is currently turning Illinois' State Foster System on its head…and transforming churches in the process.
Giving Voice to the Orphan (repeated)
Learn from Dr. Karyn Purvis how to become a true advocate for orphans and foster youth.
Serving the Birthmother
Consider how an adoption ministry can serve birthmothers, who often need love and tangible help as much as anyone involved in an adoption.
Growing God’s Heart for the Orphan in Children
Discover teaching models, curriculum and practical advice for nurturing in children a heart that reflects God's tenderness and compassion for orphans.
The Financial Challenge of Adoption and How the Local Church Can Respond (repeated)
Get to know available resources and services that enable churches to help adoptive families overcome the biggest barrier to adoption: money.
Understanding HIV/AIDS and the Orphan
Examine the many disturbing intersections between HIV/AIDS and orphans with one of the world's leading researchers on the subject.
Adoption and Orphans: Becoming a Multicultural/Multiracial Family (Adoptive families receive 1 Hague Hour)
Explore the growth, challenges and rewards that come with transition from a single-race to a multi-race family.
The Truth About Orphan Care: Are We Doing More Harm than Good?
Garner on-the-ground observations and practical wisdom on effective orphan care from more than 250,000 miles traveled to service and support in-country care of orphans.
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