New Things!

In the first half of 2023, I received two new knees. During three months of surgeries and physical therapy, I often wondered if restoration was possible, if all the pain was worth it. Finally, I’m enjoying the new freedom of movement without pain or a cane!

Over the last few years, God has been doing some new things in Project 1.27. Unsurprisingly, these are springing out of a challenging season, the unknowns of a pandemic, and seismic cultural shifts. It has been and still is a bumpy journey, so I’m thankful for His words in Isaiah 43:19-

Behold, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
​I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

Isaiah 43 starts with some words I’ve repeatedly turned to, “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine.” Maybe you’re in a wilderness place today. I encourage you to read through God’s promises to be present, to protect, and to provide for you. More than that, when we trust in God’s promises and focus on Him instead of our current circumstances, we watch as he restores and makes things better.  This can be true in our own lives and in the lives of the kids and families we serve.

What are some of the new things at Project 1.27?

• Programs that serve children and families by caring for kinship, foster, and biological families. Learn more about- FamiliesCare and the Neighbor Program!
• New community collaborations that provide more resources, positive experiences, and connections for Colorado children in kinship, foster and adoptive families.
• New National Network organizations in 16 states. Visit 1.27 National Network to learn more.
• To reflect the new things God is doing through Project 1.27, we also have a new vision statement, mission statement, and tagline.

VISION: Every child in a nurturing, well-supported family.

MISSION: To engage, inspire, recruit and resource churches and families to serve children in our community through faith-based family preservation, kinship care, foster care, and adoption.

TAGLINE: Kids need families. Families need You.

There are some things at Project 1.27 that haven’t changed. Project 1.27 remains an organization where deep faith and a huge vision come together to fulfill the Christian’s responsibility to care for kids in foster care. Visit our Provide Family page for info on becoming a foster or adoptive parent, including our upcoming Info Meetings. The new things just provide ways for God’s people to support vulnerable kids in new ways, including preventing them from ever needing to be in out-of-home placement. God is doing a new thing and showing us new ways to live out James 1:27-

Pure and undefiled religion is this, to care for orphans in their distress.
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In Scripture, the word orphan means “a child without the protection and provision of a family,” and many kids in our community need protection and provision. We can help them and their caregivers discover God’s way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.

In the coming weeks, I hope you will join Project 1.27 in being part of God’s new things because-
Kids need families. Families need YOU!

By Shelly Radic, Project 1.27 President