Foster care & Adoption Ministry

Updates from the Foster care & Adoption Ministry.

  1. “Welcome Home” A Future and A Hope Conference – Registration Open Now!

    Fostering Hope’s annual adoption and foster care conference, A Future + A Hope is coming up on March 4, 2023.

    This year’s theme is “Welcome Home.”

    Hope Chapel partners with Fostering Hope as we seek to provide holistic support for our own foster/adoptive families and those in our community.

    From Fostering Hope:

    Whether we have adoptive children, foster children, relatives, or we are reunifying with our children after difficult circumstances, our homes should be welcoming. And yet for so many of us, it almost seems laughable to imagine a restful home. 

    Let’s work together to create a community that welcomes children home – even if “home” is temporary! Find more information and register at iamfosteringhope.org.

  2. T-shirt Design Contest!

    It’s a contest party people!!!

    Announcing Women of Hope T-shirt Design Contest for Retreat February 2023. Calling all creatives! Folks with the know-how and good ideas to create a design for our t-shirt. Find more information on Realm, or connect with Cindy Martin. 

    The Men of Hope are body building at their retreat. So we thought, “Ladies, why not do some working out of our own.” Let’s make the enemy run, retreat theme 2023 is  

    FUEL

    “THEREFORE LIFT UP YOUR DROOPING HANDS  & STRENGTHEN YOUR WEAK KNEES.”  Hebrews 12:12

    Submit your design to Cindy, by November 13.  Bragging rights will be announced later!!

    cinzac@aol.com or 512 567 0139 for questions.

  3. Lunch with Humberto and Consuelo

    Our friends will be visiting for a quick weekend and would love to share stories with you over lunch. Please join us in the Family Room on November 13 directly after the service for lunch and great fellowship!

    Please RSVP on Realm

  4. Friends of FAM All Inclusive Event

    Join us Oct 1 at Hope from 9am – 1:30pm  to support the foster families in our church and community.

    This event is open to anyone and includes CPR training, education on Trust Based Relational Intervention techniques for interacting with kids and a presentation from a local non-profit, Foster Village, doing great things in our community for foster families throughout Austin. This event will include lunch as well and childcare is available until full.

    Learn more details here: Friends of FAM Event 

    and register to join us on Realm

  5. Taizé Service Announcement

    Occurring every 3rd Sunday of the month (except for holidays), beginning at 7:00 P.M. theTaizé Service is a contemplative, liturgical service following the lectionary calendar. Numerous moments of silence, liturgy, and lectio divina readings are built into an aestheticaly oriented prayer service. Taizé Services closely follow the French Taizé Community model, a community which began in 1940, and currently boast a community of 100 Catholic and various Protestants who live their lives together as, “a sign of reconciliation between divided Christians and between separated peoples.” 

     

  6. Women’s Retreat 2023 – Save the Date!

    SAVE THE DATE!

    Women of Hope Retreat 2023 is February 24-26.

    Be on the lookout for registration information coming soon.

    We sold out last year, so make plans to attend and be ready to sign up in December 2022.

    Helpful information: 

    Contact Rebekah Voelker for payment/scholarship/donation questions: rebekahjvoelker@gmail.com

    Contact Missy Huibregste for all other retreat questions: mrshui26@yahoo.com