Safe Families for Children Update

Sunday after our church service I spoke with a member who in the past was interested in the SFFC program and become a mentor at our church but due to work changes she was unable to commit to the program so she reported "I had to let it go".  We discussed the program and both decided it was a wonderful program and something that our church could embrace and make a difference in the community.  We discussed the potential for her and I to tag team the position as program mentor for our church and we are praying about the opportunity and will determine the direction soon.  I also spoke with our Pastor and shared the opportunity with him.  He is supportive of moving forward with the program and we will arrange a time in the near future for the program director to come to our church and present to our church board members and then the entire church to gain support of the program.  I am looking forward to this opportunity to help families in crisis and allow our church the opportunity to become more actively involved in a community program.

Reflection on Information regarding the Safe Families for Children Program

After hearing the presentation on SFFC I could not get the idea that I could become involved with this program thorough my church which I am already very involved and like to connect my service learning activities to community activities that I am involved with through my church.

I plan to discuss the concept of the SFFC program with my pastor and arrange for the presenter to come to a board meeting at the church and share this information with the board to gain support for beginning a connection through our church.  I am a member of the board so feel very comfortable visiting with the pastor about this opportunity and share my ideas with him.  I find it amazing that our daughter church is participating in the program and one of our church members is hosting a child right now through a connection with our daughter church.  Our pastor has a focus on community and showing God's love to our community so I cannot believe that he has not already been presented with some of this information but I am willing to step out in faith and see what happens.

Being an adopted child and having an adopted son makes the SFFC program a deeper passion and interest for me.  I would love to be able to help a family in crisis by watching their children while they have time to sort things out.  I would love to be a mentor to them and provide support as able with other members of my church family.

I plan to discuss with my pastor this weekend and will update my blog with the results.  I will continue to pray that God continues to open doors of opportunities for me as I continue to grow in my DNP journey.