RELATED LINKS
Why We Serve
ACTION Ministry Overview
ACTION Ongoing Service Opportunities

• Ministry Cornerstones and Mission
Training and Support Network
Opportunities to Serve
Mentoring Foster Children & Youth
Backpacks & School Supplies
Financial Support Opportunities
Foster Care Ministry Partners
Foster Care Ministry Plan

Foster Care Ministry Handbook (.doc)

Foster Care Ministry Contact
Action Ministry Center
805-987-0300

MINISTRIES


Welcome to ACTION's
Foster Care Ministry
A Ministry Serving Foster and Adoptive Parents, Children and Youth

You can be an ambassador of hope to abused and neglected children and youth. Help serve foster and adoptive parents, children and youth in the foster care system and those who have recently “aged out” at age 18.

“Learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage
the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless,
plead the case of the widow.”
–Isaiah 1:17

We encourage you to participate in ACTION’s ministry to foster and adoptive parents, children and youth. You can participate with others from your church and also unite with Christians from churches all across Ventura County. In this ministry, you are not alone, but you are set apart. You have been cut out of the crowd by God for a special mission…to share His love and hope with abused and neglected children and youth, who are close to God’s heart of compassion. Thank you for hearing their cry and for answering God’s call to action.

The information on our website is designed to help you consider the area of service that God is leading you to. We partner with a number of social service agencies that serve foster parents, children and youth in Ventura County. Examples of possible areas for service include supporting adoptive and foster parents, mentoring a foster youth, making in-kind donations of school supplies or computers, or becoming a camp counselor for foster children at a Christian camp for a week. If you have questions or need more information, you can contact the Action Ministry Center at the e-mail address or phone number below.

Cornerstones of our Ministry
• God is the solution – we facilitate
• God changes people – we do not
• God can change convictions and values - we seek to model
   Christ and inspire change

Our Mission
Engaging Christians from all across Ventura County in serving those currently in foster care or those who have “aged out” of the foster care system at age 18.

Training and Support Network
Our Training and Support Network is designed to help foster and adoptive parents and volunteers who form a “circle of support” around them, as well as anyone who wants to consider how to serve these parents, children and youth. Mentors of foster youth, summer camp counselors, and others serving foster and adoptive parents, children or youth are invited to be a part of this Network that meets 4 times each year. For more details, click on the links at left.

How to Get Involved
For more information, please call Kathy Donofrio at 805-987-0300
or email the Action Ministry Center.