What's Your New Thing?

As we snuggle in for the cooler weather and think about the beauty and warmth this season offers, we’re celebrating all the fun and generosity experienced at the Western Slope’s 2nd Annual Friends & Family Breakfast. God is doing new things! Guests were welcomed by pumpkins and mini gourds, a delicious grazing table, smiling faces, and full hearts. 
Friends and family, many of them hearing about Project 1.27 for the first time, gathered to listen and share stories of lives impacted by foster, kinship, and adoptive care. Stories of children growing in surprising ways, catching fish, and moving into new rooms. Stories of long-time foster families closing their homes only to open them back up when a child who’d been there before needed them again. Stories of grandparents caring for their grandchildren and great-grandchildren being blessed by support groups, training, and resources. Others shared stories of their own childhood experiences and ways they wanted to get involved by donating meals or volunteering. Three donors decided to give monthly for the first time. 

Guests were asked, “What’s Your New Thing?””. How might you support Project 1.27 and the families and children we serve this season? Maybe your new thing is coming to an Info Meeting to learn more about fostering or joining the three monthly donors on the Western Slope and committing to a monthly donation. Maybe your new thing is making a meal for the Neighbors Program or a family participating in ECHOflex.  Maybe your new thing is praying for Project 1.27 families and staff or talking with your church about the many opportunities to care for kids and families with foster care involvement.
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We’re praying that as you lean into the warm embrace of our Heavenly Father, you’ll hear the beat of His heart for kids and families who need you. We’re praying for the “new things” God has planned for your life, weaving you in new ways into the stories of kids and families being served by Project 1.27. We can’t wait to see what this season will bring with God directing new things!

By Sharon Bouse-Ferry, ECHOflex Director