There are 153 million orphans worldwide. With such an overwhelming need, how can you make a difference? Love one. You cannot meet the needs of 153 million, but you can love one child in need. 

Foster & Adoption ministry provides opportunities to educate families in the understanding, conviction and practice of adoption and orphan care. We also seek to provide practical care for families within our Harvest family who participate in different avenues of orphan care. Here are some ways we accomplish those goals.

• Partner with LifeSong for Orphans to provide financial assistance for Harvest families in their adoption and orphan care journey. If you are in need of financial assistance, we can send you a LifeSong for Orphans application.

• Provide resources, support, and community to adoptive and foster families in our church. We know that caring for children in need is not an easy calling, and our desire is that the church body would carry the load with you.

• Recruit Harvest families to provide intermittent care during family crisis situations through Family Hope. This partner ministry is committed to assisting parents through the difficult situations in life and we believe that our church body can be an integral part of that.

If you are an adoptive or foster parent who are not connected to our ministry or would like to know more about how you can get involved in supporting these families, please contact Megan Ritter, director of Foster and Adoption Ministry at mritter@harvestindy.org. If we each “love one,” together we will make a great impact.