Orphan Sunday

November 4th (the first Sunday in November) is Orphan Sunday.  November is National Adoption month and November 17th is National Adoption Day.

I thought I would share 10 Ways Every Christian Can Care for the Orphan and Waiting Child by Hope for Orphans.

1.  Pray for them.  Tape an child's picture up to be praying for each time you see it.  Visit adoptuskids.org

2.  Speak up for them.  Become a court appointed special advocate for a child in foster care.

3.  Provide for their needs.  Organize a shoe drive or foster care children or orphans.

4.  Support those who support them.  Mow, babysit, bring a meal for foster parents.

5.  Protect them from harm.  Become a foster parent.  Raise money for an orphanage.

6.  Visit them where they are.  Go on a mission trip.

7.  Give sacrificially to them.  Give to an orphan organization or Show Hope Adoption Aid.

8.  Encourage them to press on.  Become a mentor or tutor. Sponsor a child through Compassion or Vision Trust.

9.  Adopt them into your family.  Give a child a home.

10.  Mobilize your church for them.  Start an orphan ministry in your church.


Our family is also sharing the Orphan's Table.  I am hoping to do this with our adoption support group, Hope 4 Kids.  We hope to share a meal eaten by orphans around the world and go through the discussion and prayer guide.

Linked with Top Ten Tuesday, Works for Me Wednesday, Women Living Well, Raising Homemakers, Winsome Wednesday, Miscellany Monday, Hip Homeschool Hop, Monday Madness, Friday Favorite Things, and Better Mom.

Pajama Party with a Purpose

We collected our change for Sweet Sleep in January (see previous post on what we are doing this year), and celebrated with a family Pajama Party!  We collected over $50 of change that we are sending to Sweet Sleep to help provide beds for orphans!

For our party we unrolled our sleeping bags, put on our pajamas, and ate dinner on the floor in the family room while we watched the Sweet Sleep videos online.  Then we watched the movie Bedtime Stories while enjoying freshly popped popcorn and Mara's Red Hot Cupcakes with Buttercream Icing decorated with marshmellows (tastes like cinnamon popcorn)!  Yummy!

We also discovered another organization we thought we would like to learn more about since it is something we can do locally, Project Night Night -and it fits our Pajama theme.  We put in a couple calls to our local homeless shelter and hope to hear back soon.

February Scattered Gifts - Shoes for Orphan Souls - see upcoming post.

Linked with:  Hip Homeschool Hop, Works for Me Wednesday, Raising Homemakers, Family Time Tuesday, Miscellany Monday, and The Better Mom.