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SCHEDULING REST DURING THE HOLIDAYS

The holiday season has arrived quicker than saying “Merry Christmas” and with it comes, the busiest time of the year for many of us. Isn’t it so interesting how one of the seasons that is meant to be the most joyful, can easily become the most stressful? Planning meals, buying presents, visiting relatives, decorating and […]

AN ADOPTION MIRACLE

KEVIN & LINDSEY The journey toward adoption is beautiful and reflective of God’s deep love toward His children. It is also a journey that requires great faith and bravery as every adoptive couple trusts God to faithfully provide them with a child they lovingly pray for and wait to be brought into their lives at […]

GENEROSITY AND GRATITUDE/MULTICULTURAL TRADITIONS DURING THE HOLIDAYS

As we were doing the art project with our students, we were asking them if they eat turkey for Thanksgiving dinner. Expecting a yes, I was surprised when I hear one student say, “No, we eat duck” This made me realize that we have a lot of assumptions about Thanksgiving Festivities and how people celebrate […]

STAFF HIGHLIGHT: NATASHA

This week we want to highlight our newest City Ministries CPA staff member: Natasha. She joined our team as a case manager in May and has been working hard providing our foster families and children with incredible case management, advocacy, and support. She has a big heart, a passion for working with families and children, […]

CMCPA’S FIRST PLACEMENTS

Celebrating Foster Care Agency 10 Year Anniversary! #2 of 10 You know the heart of how we began, started the agency, built the Rose Hill Cottages…..now what was all of that for? To help children and families in crisis so………drum roll please! In May of 2009, with 3 families licensed we accepted our first 3 […]

WELCOME CITY KIDS SCHOOL’S NEW TEACHERS!

This week we are excited to share with you a bit about our new teachers at City Kids School! We have 8 new teachers that joined our team! Each one of them brings something special to who we are as a community and school. One of the things that is highly valued in our school […]

ORPHAN SUNDAY

In honor of Orphan Sunday this week churches and organizations all around the world will be focusing on sharing God’s love for orphans and shedding light on the children across the nations and in our own communities in need of safe and loving homes. From the beginning of time God’s heart for the cause of […]

CELEBRATING FOSTER CARE AGENCY 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!

City Ministries is excited to share with you over the next weeks all about our foster care program and child placement agency. This week’s blog is about our beginnings, and each week for 10 weeks I will share more of our story! I can still remember receiving the phone call from our then Executive Pastor, […]

THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY LITERACY

The first time I saw my son holding a book for himself, turning the pages, and pretending to read, I genuinely was so excited. It was such a fun experience to see him interested in books and choosing to interact with them all by himself! We have been reading to him since birth but honestly, […]

SELF-CARE WHILE FOSTERING

Fostering children is rewarding, time-consuming, and overwhelming at times. It requires sacrifice, patience, nurturing, and love to bring in a child into your life who is in the process of healing from neglect, abuse, and trauma. A foster parent’s schedule can become dramatically full when a child is placed in their home. Between health and […]

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