Tag "Orphans"
Ottawa’s Virtuous Women changing lives in Cameroon
June 18, 2020Ottawa’s “Virtuous Women” prayer and Bible study group started with a humble, local focus based on Christian growth, but soon its vision expanded to span the globe. Today, its outreach program includes life-changing […]
Read full articleFostering love for orphans
November 8, 2018Ottawa churches seek to add local flavour as they join churches around the world to recognize Orphan Sunday. The day, landing on November 11 this year, raises awareness of the need for foster and adoptive care for children. “There’s a whole culture we’re […]
Read full articleGoing “All In” for kids in need
March 15, 2018Ontario’s shortage of foster and adoptive parents has the Children’s Aid Society (CAS) turning to the Church for help. They reached out to local foster parent Hildy Sloots and her family who have organized Ottawa’s first All In conference, exploring […]
Read full articleFinding family in India
March 21, 2017Carli and Ben Albrecht may not officially be parents yet, but they have a group of kids they dearly love. These kids live in Nagpur, India, at Prem Sewa Shikshan Sangh—a children’s home and school where Carli and Ben have been volunteering since […]
Read full articleMore than swaddling clothes
January 21, 2016When most people think of missions, baby blankets aren’t the first thing that come to mind. A few years ago, on a medical mission trip to Malawi, Dr. Robert Yelle saw how much the simple gift of a baby blanket can mean. Yelle was helping a local physician set up a rural […]
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