Christian Child and Family Services Association» Serving those that serve childern and their families

Christ’s Haven For Children To Host Annual Open House

Sally Shank — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:27:15 +0000

Come join us for a day of fun and fellowship at our Annual Open House on September 25th, 2010, from 10 A.M. until 2 P.M. You will be treated to lunch, courtesy of Spring Creek Barbeque, and have the opportunity to take children-guided tours ot the cottages. Also, join us for the dedication of our Children’s Enrichment Center. Come enjoy our delicious bake sale, hay rides, horseback riding, just for kids play land, and much more! See how we have grown and hear first-hand of the home’s news and updates.

For information contact

Lee Anne Gierisch @ 817.431.1544 or leeanne@christshaven.org

The Children’s Home of Lubbock To Hold Annual Fall Festival

Sally Shank — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:51:16 +0000

The Annual Fall Festival is held on the campus of The Children’s Home of Lubbock each September. In addition to being a fund-raiser, this event serves as an opportunity for our friends and supporters to enjoy our beautiful campus and get to know students and staff.

The 2010 Fall Festival will held on Saturday, September 18. Festivities begin with the Parade at 10:45 a.m. and will last until around 3pm.

Expected features include inflatable games, and horse-drawn carriages. There will a barbeque meal by Good Tastes, our children’s parade (hayride, carriage, train, tractor, bicycles, floats), a wonderful silent auction and bake sale.

Live entertainment will be provided by Manny Rodgriguez, Hannah Howard, and 8-Second Ride. Children will enjoy rides and inflatable games…and the parade is expected to be, as always, a BIG hit. Adults will especially enjoy the silent auction benefiting the Home.

We sincerely appreciate the important sponsors of last year’s Fall Festival…

Grand Sponsors: Auction Systems of Lubbock, Baker Office Products, Betenbough Homes, Craftsman Printers, Edward Jones/Martin Miller, Mr Larry Lowe, The Minnix Company, Panhandle Golf Cars, South Plains Communications, Texas District Agency, Texas Road House, and Vista Bank.
Additional Sponsors: AIM Bank, American State Bank, Chick-fil-A, Fuddruckers, M & M Tire Center, William & Kristin Murray, Staybridge Suites, West Texas Lee Co., and West Texas Peterbilt, and Xcel Energy…for their generous support.

We look forward to your presence at the 2010 Fall Festival at The Children’s Home of Lubbock’s campus.

Arms of Hope Seeking House Parents and Case Manager

Sally Shank — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:29:03 +0000

House Parents

Arms of Hope-Medina Campus is seeking a married couple who have a passion for today’s youth and a calling to Christian residential care. At Arms of Hope we have the unique opportunity to serve youth who come from disadvantage backgrounds and need adult leadership to help guide them educationally, emotionally, and spiritually. It is our mission to provide these youths a therapeutic environment in which they can develop and prosper. This mission opportunity offers a very competitive salary in addition to housing, food, health insurance, a retirement plan, and generous vacation and leave time.

Case Manager

Arms of Hope-Medina Campus is seeking a full-time case manager who will provide support for daily activities of our single mothers and their children in our Together Program. At Arms of Hope we have an opportunity to serve families coming out of distress or struggle who need case management to help guide them financially, educationally, emotionally and spiritually while providing basic needs. It is our mission to provide these families with guidance, structure and a loving environment in which they can develop and prosper with the goal of obtaining self sufficiency. This mission opportunity offers a competitive salary, health insurance, a retirement plan and vacation time.

For more information go to www.armsofhope.com

Agape in Nashville Offers DivorceCare, DC4K, and “The Bid D”

Sally Shank — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:17:29 +0000

DivorceCare (for adults), Divorced Care for Kids (DC4K), and the Big D (for teens). DivorceCare is a speical weekly seminar and support group for people who are separated or divorced. DC4K is desigend for ages 5-12. “The Big D” is designed for youth ages 12-17. Agape offers all three during the same time periord.

Monday Evenings September 13,2010 – December 13, 2010. 6:00pm-7:00pm.
Woodmont Hills Church of Christ on Franklin Road.
For more information call 615-781-3000 or go to www.agapenashville.org.

Timothy Hill Children’s Ranch to Hold 11th Annual Golf Outing

Sally Shank — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:06:06 +0000

THCH is hosting their 11th Annual Cherry Creek Golf Experience on October 1, 2010. For more information and to register go to www.timothyhillranch.org.

Christian Family Services Vision of Hope Dinner

Sally Shank — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:52:56 +0000

We gather each year to reflect on what God has done and is doing through CFS and to seek continuing support for this ministry. This is also an opportunity to express our appreciation to all who give generously to help CFS carry out the mission of “Finding Homes for Children” through foster care and adoption and “Helping Families Find Solutions” through our counseling program.

Friday, Septermber 24, 2010 at 7:00 pm.
Orlando Gardens
8352 Watson Road
St. Louis, Mo. 63119

For tickets call CFS 314-968-2216

Potter Children’s Home Seeking Foster Parents

Sally Shank — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:22:07 +0000

Potter Children’s Home and Family Ministries is presently seeking a Christian couple to serve as foster parents in our boys’ house. The foster parents will provide care for up to six boys between the ages of 6 to 18, although the majority of them will be in their early teen years. Duties include structure and supervision, meal preparation, transporting to appointments, participate in planning meetings and other activities, etc
The couples must be faithful members of the church of Christ in good standing, in good physical health, and willing to work with the Potter foster care team, consisting of the Minister of Family Services, counselor and the foster parents. This job requires flexibility, patience, persistence and the ability to provide guidance to youth in a family environment. For further information about our program see our web site at www.potterministries.org/Potter Programs.htm.

Salary is based on experience. This is a live-in position with both parents hired.

For further information, contact

Tom Doty, Minister of Family Services

Potter Children’s Home and Family Ministries

2350 Nashville Road

Bowling Green, KY 42101

270-843-3038

Southeastern Children’s Home Plans Two Events in September

Sally Shank — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:01:52 +0000

Saturday, September 11th we will host our bi-annual FREE Family Fun Day that is open to the community. There will be tons of fun, fellowship, games for children, and food. See attachment for details. Join us 11am until 1:30pm on our campus for a great time.

Then, on Saturday, September 25th the SECH family is thrilled to invite you to join us for the 3rd Annual Wade Scharff Memorial Golf Tournament supporting SECH. This years event looks to be our most attended and exciting event yet. With a large number of folks signed up already, we want to make sure you don’t miss out on a chance to have a great time while supporting the children at SECH.

Whether you are a serious golfer looking for victory, or someone who doesn’t even know what a golf course looks like there will be something for you. This year’s tournament will be a shot gun start on the morning of September 25th at the River Falls Plantation Golf Course. Along with great golf there will be awesome food, free drinks/snacks as well as some amazing prizes available through our door prizes and silent auction. Some of our prizes include golf apparel, equipment, getaways (FL, NC, SC, TN, GA) gift certificates and much, much more.

We still have a few spots left for teams, individuals and volunteers. Please visit our website (www.scharffmemorialgolf.com) for registration details or contact Christy Nodine at cnodine@sech.org. Mark your calendars and plan on joining us for great fun with an even better cause.

September 25, 2010 is Children’s Homes Inc. Annual Homecoming

Sally Shank — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:00:49 +0000

September is special
Homecoming is Saturday, September 25!

You can’t have HOME-coming without homes… and we’ve got ‘em!

We want to invite all of our faithful supporters to join us for our annual Homecoming celebration on Saturday, September 25, on our main campus in Paragould. We’ll get started at 10:30 with a brief program, followed by a lunch of fried catfish and chicken. Then we’ll encourage guests to visit our on-campus homes, meet the children who live there, and enjoy homemade desserts. It’s a great day of food, fellowship and fun, and we hope to see you there!

Churches, if you didn’t receive a Homecoming poster (above) in the mail recently, you can download a printable version from our website.

Southern Christian Home 6th Annual Catfish Dinner and Live Auction

Sally Shank — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:21:06 +0000

Pleasant Valley Church of Christ
10900 Rodney Parham
Little Rock
Tickets: $20.00
(Call Southern Christian Home, (501) 354-2428)

Saturday, October 2
Dinner: 5:30—6:45
Silent Auction: 5:30—7:00
Live Auction: 7:15