PULPIT EXCHANGE
Grace Place Family and Friends,
I want you to know about a special weekend coming up. On Sunday, November 6, I will be trading pulpits with Jonathan Wiggins, Senior Pastor of Resurrection Fellowship. Jonathan and I have become friends over the past couple years and we both have a desire to see churches in Northern Colorado working together in a spirit of unity and cooperation. This pulpit exchange speaks loudly of our desire. This idea was initiated by Jonathan when he asked me to come do a message about our adoption story. I will be speaking at all four services at Resurrection Fellowship: Saturday, Nov. 5, 4:00 & 6:00 PM; and Sunday, Nov. 6, 8:30 & 10:30 AM.
Jonathan, due to a previous conflict, is unable to be at Grace Place on Thursday night (Nov. 3), but will be speaking on Sunday, (Nov. 6) at 8:45 & 10:45 AM. I hope many of you who normally attend on Thursday, will shift to Sunday for one week (especially the early service) so that you can hear Jonathan. He will be talking about some compelling lessons he learned from reaching out to the artist at the center of the art controversy in Loveland that became national news last year. Don’t miss it! For those who have not heard Selene and my story of the amazing miracle that God did in Ukraine enabling us to adopt Julia, or who want to hear the latest update on that ongoing story, I will present the same message at the Thursday night service (Nov. 3) that I will be bringing to Resurrection Fellowship on Sat./Sun. I would love to see you at Grace Place on Thursday night or at Rez on Saturday night, but if you only go to church once next weekend, make it Sunday at Grace Place to hear Jonathan. I love his heart and ministry style, and want you to hear him.
November 2nd, 2011 at 2:14 pm
We adopted 2 children from Ukraine this year! We live in VA, so I can’t be there in CO to hear you speak. Will it be recorded?
November 2nd, 2011 at 2:41 pm
Can I contact you about this Julia Peck decision? I have a friend who seems to be in need of it as her girl is going to turn 16 in a few months and she is not yet on the registry and needs to be for 12 months before she can be adopted internationally. Please email me if you can help … melissa@macykids.net
November 2nd, 2011 at 4:17 pm
Hi there, the message I’m giving at Resurrection Fellowship will be on their website after the weekend (video) I assume.
Regarding the Julia Peck Decision, here is the exact language of the letter we received from the U. S. Embassy in Kiev, Ukraine:
“Adopting parents may adopt the child after the 16th birthday provided both of the following requirements are met:
“1. The Form I-600A itself was filed after the child’s 15th birthday but before the child’s 16th birthday (or, if applicable, after the child’s 17th birthday but before the child’s 18th birthday); and
“2. The Form I-600 is filed not more than 180 days after initial approval of the Form I-600 A”
So… as I understand it, they must be officially approved in the U.S. before the 16 the birthday and then have only 6 months window of time after that (regardless of when the child turns 16).
Hope this helps,
Blessings!
Clay