Orphan Sunday

"Defend the cause of the fatherless." ~Isaiah 1:17

Today was Orphan Sunday - a day where Christians all over the world share how God's great love for orphans should echo in our lives. There are an estimated 143,000,000 (yes, that is 143 million) orphans in the world today. I can't even wrap my mind around that number. How can we not do something, say something, give something?

You know that this pulls on our heart strings like nothing else, so thank you for joining us in supporting this. 

James 1:27 says "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after widows and orphans in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."

Here are 10 Ways Every Christian Can Care for the Orphaned or Waiting Children pulled from the Orphan Sunday resources. 

PRAY for them
Tape a waiting child’s picture to your dashboard and pray for the child every time you’re in a car. Visit
AdoptUsKids.org or RainbowKids.com.
Organize an evening prayer vigil at your church and pray for children in foster care or an orphanage overseas.
SPEAK UP for them
Carry a waiting child’s picture and show it to other believers. Ask if they, or someone they know, would
give this child a home.
Become a court appointed special advocate for a child in foster care. Visit NationalCASA.org for details.

PROVIDE for their needs
Give sacrificially to a reputable orphanage. Financial gifts can be designated for specific items and aid
needed by orphans. Visit HelpOrphans.org for more information.
Organize a drive in your church to collect school supplies for children in foster care or shoes for orphans
overseas. VisitGainUSA.orgorShoesForOrphanSouls.org.
SUPPORT those who support them
Mow, baby sit, or organize meals for a week for foster parents. Pray with them and tell them you
appreciate what they do.
Encourage a family adopting an older child by hosting a shower for them.
PROTECT them from harm
Become a foster parent or emergency foster parent.
Raise money to build a children’s home to help remove children from the streets. Visit

WorldOrphans.org for details.

VISIT them where they are
Go on a mission trip to an orphanage as an individual or family. Visit GainUSA.org or HelpOrphans.org
for information.
Take dinner to a foster group-home on a regular basis.
GIVE sacrificially to them
Support reputable orphan care organizations on a regular basis.
Contribute generously to an adoptive family to help offset their costs. Visit ShaohannahsHope.org or
LifeSongForOrphans.org.
ENCOURAGE them to press on
Sponsor a child, support them financially, and encourage them through your letters. Visit VsionTrust.org
to learn more.
Become a mentor or tutor to a teenager in a foster group-home.
ADOPT them into your family

Give a child a home through international, domestic, or foster care adoption. Adopt a young adult who has aged out of the system.

MOBILIZE your church for them
Be a catalyst in your church for starting a sustained orphans ministry. Visit HopeForOrphans.org for

resources and to learn more about attending a Your Church and the OrphanTM workshop.