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Family networks

With hearts that welcome all, our family ministry provides caring networks for adoption, infertility, and children with disabilities.

Parenting Fellowship

Get connected with other parents who delight (and struggle) in life with kids. For current news»

Contact Michelle Juehring,

Single parenting

Be part of supportive gatherings with single parents as your schedule permits… for prayer, conversation, support, new friendships. Contact Jane Tomesch,

Adoption

If you’re considering adoption, either international or domestic, an enthusiastic cadre of adoptive moms and dads stands ready with support and experience. Contact Eileen & Kris Eitrheim, EitrheimEileenM@sau.edu, 326-3193

Special Connections

Special Connections is a caring network of people who share the experience of raising a child with disabilities. This is part of our congregation’s efforts to be a welcoming place for all people. Contact Sonia & Dick Vogel, vogel@qconline.com, 391-4013

Other realities

Family life also includes infertility and miscarriage, illnesses, and caring for aging parents. Go to Caring.

"What we call doubt is often simply dullness of mind and spirit, not the absence of faith at all but faith latent in the lives we are not quite living, God dormant in the world to which we are not quite giving our best selves." ~Christian Wiman