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Support Group Support Group for anyone impacted by or interested in adoption/foster care - Tampa:
F.A.C.E.S. of Adoption - For A Child’s Eternal Salvation
Meets 7:00-8:30pm every second Thursday of the month
Idlewild Baptist Church - Lutz, FL
Room E111
(813) 264-1515
This ministry nurtures and encourages families and individuals to celebrate adoption. Please join pre-adoptive families, post-adoptive families, adoptees, and those whom have placed children for adoption as we present Biblical information, resources, fun and fellowship.
Topics discussed will include common fears and misconceptions surrounding adoption, growing up adopted, preparation for international, domestic, and special needs adoptions, and foster care.
Pre-scheduled guest speakers will provide more specific insights at several of the meetings.
[For free, on-site child care during meeting, call (813) 264-8735 at least 1 week in advance.]

Adoption Resource Seminar - Tampa:
The Moses Project - Informative seminar designed for families interested in learning the biblical perspective on adoption, for those who feel God may be calling them to adopt, or those who already know they are called and are beginning the adoption process. Additionally personal consultations, pre- and post placement services and counseling available.
$10/person, Various Saturdays from 9:00am-12:30pm, Locations vary
Contact Kelli Wild, MSW
(813) 931-1804

Christian Adoption Agency
Woven Basket Christian Adoption Services will seek to exemplify the love of Jesus Christ while providing excellent adoption services to birthparents, children, and adoptive parents.Life Impact Network - - A Woven Basket

Bethany Christian Services is widely known as an adoption agency, but our Christian care extends to people struggling with unplanned pregnancies, infertility, and a multitude of other challenges. For more than sixty years, Bethany has responded with compassion, integrity, and commitment to the needs of children and families. Bethany’s commitment is to improving the lives of children and families through over 75 locations nationwide and international ministries in 15 other countries touching the lives of more than 30,000 people each year. Each person is precious in the eyes of God.
Michelle Barrett - Tampa/Orlando, FL resource
(407) 877-4006
1-800-Bethany
Bethany Website

Children available for adoption through foster care - Tampa and Nationwide:
The Heart Gallery of Tampa Bay is a collaborative effort between the Children's Board of Hillsborough County, the Children's Home, and Hillsborough Kids, Inc. that's dedicated to increasing the number of foster and adoptive families, as well as heighten awareness for the hundreds of children needing homes in our community.
Heart Gallery
(813) 204-1792
Gallery Coordinator

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