FREE DOWNLOAD: GETTING STARTED GUIDE
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Thinking about starting a foster care bridge ministry? Download our free Getting Started Guide, the first part of the 1.27 Network Tool Kit, that walks you through the first steps of the process. You'll be able to discern how to start, discover opportunities and make a plan for launch.
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WHAT IS A 1.27 NETWORK MINISTRY?
The 1.27 Network is a group of ministries committed to serving children and families involved in the foster care system. Each ministry in the network is uniquely structured and engaged to meet ministry opportunities surrounding foster care in their home state.
1.27 Network ministries meet 6 criteria:
1.27 Network ministries meet 6 criteria:
- Believe in a church-based, holistic approach to safety, well-being and permanence for children which includes family preservation, reunification, foster care, kinship care and adoption
- Serve as a bridge (not an agency) for multi-church collaboration with the local foster care system
- Recruit foster/adoptive families through local churches
- Promote support for foster and adoptive families through local churches
- Resource churches, families and individuals to respond to James 1:27
- Believe in The Apostle’s Creed as a common statement of faith
Ask yourself these questions...
Should kids in US foster care miss out on a great family?
Should foster and adoptive families feel isolated and discouraged?
NO!
When churches in communities across the country say YES to James 1.27...
Kids discover families waiting to care!
Families find support and community!
Say YES today.
Should kids in US foster care miss out on a great family?
Should foster and adoptive families feel isolated and discouraged?
NO!
When churches in communities across the country say YES to James 1.27...
Kids discover families waiting to care!
Families find support and community!
Say YES today.
PROVIDING RESOURCES NATIONWIDE
The 1.27 National Network offers resources and support to individuals and churches interested in connecting the church with kids in US foster care.
1.27 National Network ministry leaders join together monthly to share encouragement, ideas, questions and challenges. Network ministries agree to:
1.27 National Network ministry leaders join together monthly to share encouragement, ideas, questions and challenges. Network ministries agree to:
- Pray for one another
- Share resources, ideas and learning
- Participate in scheduled conference calls
- Refer families/churches to other network organizations
CONSTANT SOURCE OF ENCOURAGEMENT
“Project 1.27 was crucial as we launched D.C. 1.27. They helped us work through our questions as we launched and offered continual encouragement and prayer. Project 1.27 has been a constant source of encouragement and a reminder that what we're doing is possible- it is possible to be a place where no child is waiting for a home.”
-Chelsea Geyer, DC 1.27 Director
CURRENT 1.27 NETWORK LOCATIONS
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JOIN THE 1.27 NETWORK
The 1.27 Network is a group of ministries committed to serving children and families involved in the foster care system. Each ministry in the network is uniquely structured and engaged to meet ministry opportunities surrounding foster care in their home state.
Network ministries agree to:
Network ministries agree to:
- Pray for one another
- Share resources, ideas and learning
- Participate in scheduled conference phone calls
- Refer families/churches to other network organizations
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