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Sandersville Youth "Adopt" a child
in DFCS custody


Carly, Katlyn, and Suzanna are three of the teens
involved in encouraging foster children

The youth group of the First Christian Church in Sandersville takes the commandment to “love thy neighbor as thyself” to heart. One way they have decided to do this is by “adopting” a child in Washington DFCS’s custody and making sure this child receives birthday cards and other “goodies” through-out the year. Each child in the youth group adopts one foster child, so none of the foster children are left out.

During this project the children in the Youth Group are learning some hard lessons – that not all children have loving parents and safe homes. They are learning that sometime adults do indeed hurt children. But they are also learning to look beyond their own protected environment and reach out to children who are in pain... and to try to relieve that pain, if only for a few minutes, in the only way they know how. They are learning to model Jesus’ behavior when he instructed His disciples to “bring the little children unto me”.

And the foster children are learning that, despite the horrific circumstances they have endured, there are people, strangers, who do care about them, who do love them, and who do want to help them. Sometimes it takes a child to reach another child and touch them in a way adults, with the best of intentions, can never do. Washington DFCS is grateful for this youth group, and we know our children in foster care will have a better experience in care and, hopefully, better experiences in life, because of them.


Cedar Cross

This beautiful hand hewn cedar cross was the backdrop for Easter worship at First Christian Church of Sandersville Georgia on April 23, 2008.

The cross, which is  11' 8" tall, was built by David Kitchens and contributed to the church by Stacer Helton.
 


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