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Can't foster, then be a supportive friend!

You may not be able to open your home to a foster child but you can be a neighbor to a foster family.

Join us this Sunday, April 23, 3-5pm for Trauma Informed Ministry Training. Based on Trust Based Relational Intervention. Increasingly, our children are subject to adverse circumstances in their earliest years of life.

Doing what you love will help children from hard places in our community. These women from Trinity Lutheran use their talents to make beautiful cards. The proceeds from the sales are donated to local ministries.

I can't foster but I can . . . How would you finish that sentence? Can you cook a meal once a month? Help out with laundry, or rake a yard? Perhaps you would rather give two times a month to spend a few hours with your "foster grandchildren" or "foster nieces and nephews?"

This is a message I was blessed to receive along with the above picture. “I have extra kids for the weekend, helping out another family myself. Cathy is fixing dinner for five tonight. A huge blessing for me and for four foster kids.

What a beautiful sight to behold when the body of Christ serves children from hard places together. At the beginning of February we had the privilege to wrap a care team from Trinity Lutheran Church around an Ashland Foster Family after a placement

As we begin a new year, let's celebrate the impact of the first seven months of Fostering Family Ministries.Recruiting Foster FamiliesThis past year FFM has been able to contribute to an increase in foster families from 8 to 14 with a couple of more

As we walk through the messages of the Advent season featuring the all familiar cast I have been struck by a common theme, a quality, a manner of living that is evident in the life of each one in the Christmas story. The unifying thread: a life inter

As you gather with family and friends, know that Fostering Family Ministries is thankful for your prayers and support of children from hard places in Ashland. We have just begun to partner with local churches to call out foster families and supportiv

We are thankful for those who have already opened their hearts to foster children and their families.

Two weeks ago I had the privilege of meeting three new foster families in Ashland County. Their excitement was palpable as was their nervousness. The call to serve foster children is clear to the families, yet the task can seem daunting. Imagine the