Have you ever considered attending a conference all about adoption?
Updated INFORMATION:
Check out this conference right here in Central IL.
Gwen Oatsvall and Suzanne Mayernick are the Keynote Speakers for
Connecting Hearts with the Forgotten conference in Normal IL on February 20th.
http://www.connectingheartsconference.org/
Gwen and Suzanne are two moms who love orphans! They met six years ago as they were both going through their first adoptions (one domestic and one international) … Thirteen kids and seven adoptions later, Christ has bound them together as family. They love doing life together and accepting the call to bring light into the darkness. They want to help as many people as possible to see the 147 million orphans worldwide as their brothers and sisters in Christ.
Gwen and Suzanne began 147millionorphans.com to help fund Amazima Ministries (Katie Davis) in Uganda and also help support adoptive families. They also run the sponsorship programs for Amazima Ministries in the States.
Other conferences:
1) Adopting for Life Conference will be held February 26-27, 2010 in Louisville, Kentucky.
At this link you can read the introductory letter “ I used to hate adoption” and see the introductory video for the conference.
http://events.sbts.edu/adopting-for-life/
At the Adopting for Life conference: Russell Moore. David Platt and David Prince. Read a sermon by David Prince called The Manliness of Adoption: Testosterone and Pure Religion here: http://www.reformation21.org/articles/the-manliness-of-adoption-testosterone-and-pure-religion.php
2)Christian Alliance for Orphans conference - Summit VI is April 29-30, 2010 in Minneapolis, MN.
At this link, you can see the event announcement and the speakers at this event which will include John Piper, Tom Davis and Steven and Mary Beth Chapman.
http://www.christian-alliance-for-orphans.org/summit/
One more:
A conference for those considering adopting a child that is HIV positive is going on today, Saturday, January 16 in Chicago . I understand that portions of this conference will be available via pod cast at some point in the near future. This event is through Project Hopeful and The University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital.
http://www.projecthopeful.org/involved.html
