Grace Church | Ministry Plan 2019-2020
Grace Church | Ministry Plan 2019-2020
Grace Church | Ministry Plan 2019-2020
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Meet Beth<br />
Drake<br />
FOSTER & ADOPT<br />
ADVISOR<br />
Tell us about yourself<br />
and where you have<br />
served at <strong>Grace</strong>.<br />
I’m from Yanceyville, North<br />
Carolina—a rural, small<br />
town on the Virginia border.<br />
Dwayne and I have been<br />
married 29 years, with three<br />
children. Over the past 11<br />
years, I’ve served in student ministry as a middle school<br />
leader, a leader for Ezer studies, on the campus impact<br />
greeting team, and as a Parents Night Out coordinator for<br />
foster and adoptive families.<br />
What is your job and what do you do day to<br />
day?<br />
My title is the Foster and Adopt Advisor. <strong>Grace</strong> <strong>Church</strong> is<br />
committed to following the biblical mandate to care for<br />
vulnerable children by engaging the needs of foster care and<br />
adoptive families. In order to do that, I oversee the Foster<br />
and Adopt Resource Center and Parents Night Out, touch<br />
base with those getting a foster license or adopting, and<br />
oversee our monthly training process for foster parents. One<br />
thing I’m working on doing more regularly is reaching out to<br />
those that have already fostered or adopted and following<br />
up on how we can help.<br />
Where do you see your ministry expanding in<br />
the next 2 years?<br />
This is easy for me to answer. We need to become involved<br />
on the other end—with the biological families. We would<br />
like to figure out how to best get involved with the children<br />
and parents before they move into foster care, and look at<br />
opportunities to help equip the biological family to parent<br />
well.<br />
The other piece we’re looking at is building out curriculum<br />
to help equip the adopted parents to raise these children<br />
coming from hard places. We have recently started an<br />
equipping group for parents with children who have come<br />
from trauma, and I hope that it continues to expand into<br />
further opportunities for discipleship.<br />
Lastly, we want to continue to expand our numbers who<br />
are fostering and adopting, and also continue encouraging<br />
those who are not called to foster and adopt to figure out<br />
how they can still serve.<br />
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HOW CAN YOU HELP?<br />
Adopt a child • Become a foster family • Serve as<br />
a wrap-around group • Use your unique talents to<br />
serve families • Volunteer at Parents Night Out •<br />
Volunteer or donate to the Foster & Adopt Resource<br />
Center • DSS Worker Support • Backpack Drive •<br />
Become a mentor or guardian • Pray consistently
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