
May is National Foster Care Awareness Month: Family opens their home to foster care ministry
May is National Foster Care Awareness Month and in Arkansas, there are nearly 5,000 children in foster care.

May is National Foster Care Awareness Month and in Arkansas, there are nearly 5,000 children in foster care.

Williams Baptist University commissioned over 40 students who will spend their summer working in ministry projects throughout the country in a special chapel service held in Manley Chapel on April 27.

As someone who grew up in the church, I heard how important it was to share my faith with others early on in my life.

Hundreds of Arkansas Baptists used part of their Saturday on April 9 to serve their communities during the annual One Day: Serve Local initiative.

The goal of Serve Local is to provide a cooperative effort that assists churches in moving people from the pew to active ministry.

Brasel said his team of BCM students and volunteers from the school and surrounding area churches hand out goody bags. Even Brasel’s grandson gets in on the distribution.

Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ…Let us not lose heart in doing good… let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.

This is the third article concerning, “Caring for the Care Giver.” The first two articles discussed the need for the ministry, the recruiting and organizing of the supporters, and the initial meeting with all interested parties.

“Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ…Let us not lose heart in doing good…let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith,”

“Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ…Let us not lose heart in doing good… let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith,”