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Heritage Builders
Lifeline has spent the past few months laying the groundwork for our new program Heritage Builders. It was designed for people of the local church who desire to help care for teenagers who are aging out of foster care by partnering with…
Change One Life- Domestic Adoption
At Lifeline we believe all people are made in the image of God. When an expectant mother chooses domestic adoption for her child, Lifeline helps her choose a family who will care for the child spiritually, emotionally, mentally, and physically, and who will also honor the birth family. …
Change One Life- Foster Care
At Lifeline, we place immense value on the family unit because it is God’s design for children to grow and flourish as part of a family. Through Foster Care, we equip and empower families to minister to the physical, spiritual, and emotional needs…
Change One Life- Global Orphan Care
If we believe that every life is created in the image of God, then we must care about the global orphan crisis. The numbers are bleak- of those children for whom adoption is in their best interest, a small fraction will find permanence…
Life-Giving Choices
In May 2021, a mentor and advocate from a local church contacted Brittany*, one of our Birmingham pregnancy counselors. She explained that a woman she knew, named Jessica*, was about 20 weeks pregnant with twins and was on her way to Atlanta…
Fostering Hope
With over 400,000 children in the U.S. in state care, we are in the midst of a crisis. For the church, the most difficult aspect of foster care is knowing how to get involved. Lifeline Children’s Services wants to take the guesswork…
Felt Safety… Right Now?
Lifeline Family Counselor speaks on how parents can help their children feel safe.
Grief
Why is loss so powerful? When we are separated from something or someone to which we are attached, what emotions do we feel? Perhaps anger, confusion, and sadness. The key word here is “feel”. Have you ever experienced these emo-tions following a…
Suicide Ideation
Suicide Ideation Of all of the struggles parents can face with their children, few illicit the same level of fear that comes with suicidal ideation. Talking about suicide is hard and uncomfortable, but necessary, so we ask that you bear with us…
Cursing
Cursing When entering into this journey of adoption and/or foster care, parents are often excited and nervous about the challenges they will face. They want so desperately to love a child who needs love, to provide a home and a family for…