Agape Golf Tournament
 
We encourage you to join us for a day of fun, but also to support local foster children,
orphans and families.
 
Adam’s Drugs, one of our Double Eagle Sponsors, will sponsor a $10,000 Hole-in-One Challenge. The player receives $5,000 and Agape receives $5,000 for the first Hole in One on holds 4, 7,[.....]

The following lesson could be used for a church setting about Christian Childcare
 
Steven R. Covey, known for his advice about effective living along with training and day planner products, popularized the line, “The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.”  That complicated sentence speaks volumes once it is understood.  Don’t get[.....]

Fulfilling wishes of the homeless is faith-affirming
By Jennie Keeran | the Christian Chronicle
When we see homeless people, we often want to turn away and not see the pain that they endure. We sometimes think that they want to live that way. But reason dictates that no one in their right mind wants to live[.....]

Children’s Homes Need Support, Understanding
by Noble Patterson
Gospel Advocate (1990) pp. 18-20
“Used with permission, Gospel Advocate magazine, Nashville, Tenn.”
 
Children’s homes in the brotherhood are not of recent origin.  In fact, during the entire period of the existence of churches of Christ on this continent, orphanages have been in operation.
 
The Fanning Orphan School in Tennessee was founded[.....]

Call Them Orphans
by Benny Glover
Gospel Advocate January 1, 1991
“Used with permission, Gospel Advocate magazine, Nashville, Tenn.”
 
 
Some have suggested that we no longer care for “real orphans.”  Occasionally, this statement has been made as a reason for not supporting children’s homes.
 
What does it take to qualify as a “real orphan?”  Let us examine the Scriptures[.....]