What does it take to start a Family Gathering?

There are 5 Key Pieces:

• Group Leader & discussion facilitator
  • a foster or adoptive parent who leads the charge for their area.
• Host Home
  • ​preferably a non-foster or adoptive family willing to open their home once a month for families to come together.
• Volunteer Coordinator & Children's Program Volunteers
  • individuals willing to serve once a month and follow the curriculum and activities provided so children can learn and heal.
• Catering Partner
  • ​a local restaurant willing to provide a delicious, healthy meal to our families and volunteers.
• Church Partner
  • a local church willing to sponsor the group and provide support and volunteers.

As more and more churches encourage families to step into orphan care, foster care, and adoption; many of them are not prepared or equipped to support these families after the fact. 

Love Moves.Us is a different kind of nonprofit. Instead of seeking the church to meet our needs, we serve the church with a desire to meet the churches' needs. 

After Jason & Cheryl Bentsen adopted their son, it sparked a desire to help other families navigate and afford their adoption. God used that desire and began to mold it and shape it into a vision for supporting families that answer the call to adopt or foster.  

Our vision is anchored by the words of John, a disciple of Jesus, found in 1 John 3:18 “Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.” 

Love Moves Us to:

• Move Families to Flourish

Foster & adoptive families often struggle with issues biological families don’t deal with. By providing monthly support groups, respite events, and service projects through church partnerships, these families can forge strong relationships & flourish! 

• Move Children to Connect

When children connect with other children & families that look like theirs, they develop a strong, healthy identity that equips them to be emotionally strong, self-assured, and able to deal with the challenges and difficulties that lie ahead.

• Move People to Love

​Not everyone can foster or adopt, but everyone can support those who do.  Individuals can serve & support foster & adoptive families in their community & show them the love of Christ.
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