Serve by Joining a WRAP Care Community

At Brook Hills, our WRAP Foster Care Ministry exists to emulate the Father's heart for both foster children and the families who care for them. According to the National Council for Adoption, approximately 50% of foster families quit within the first year.

Care Communities provide a strong support system for foster and adoptive families. Each community consists of 3-5 committed and equipped volunteers who support and serve each family by providing regular and ongoing practical help.

Our goal is to WRAP around our families to provide physical needs and support in the following ways:

  • W - Wrestle in Prayer
    ○ Praying for a foster family
  • R - Relief Care
    ○ Providing care for either the foster children or other children in a family in order for the foster parents to have a few free hours or to give one-on-one attention to a specific child's need
  • A - Acts of Service
    ○ May include providing meals, running errands, tutoring kids, transporting kids to home visits and counseling appointments, and sharing their time and talents
  • P - Promises of God
    ○ Sharing encouragement with a foster family through notes, emails, or phone calls

Foster Care Support Group

Walking through foster care has some unique challenges and can leave you feeling very isolated. We invite you to join us and build community with people who "get it." It's not a place to come for all the answers, but it's a group of people to link arms with whether you are recently licensed or a seasoned veteran and to encourage and equip each other as we strive to care for the fatherless in our community.

We meet each Wednesday from 6:30-8:00pm in B309. Participants receive 1.5 hours of Continuing Education credits. Childcare is available to everyone through our regular Wednesday night age-group ministries.

If it is your first time visiting, please feel free to register for childcare in advance. This will save you time your first time on campus and visiting the group. You can find the registration form here. 

Email for more information.

Interested in Becoming a Foster Parent?

FOUNDATIONS is a 10-week course designed to help you prepare for and to become a licensed foster care home. These classes are facilitated by organizations partnering with Brook Hills and are offered at various times throughout the year.

By partnering with local foster care and adoption organizations, The Church at Brook Hills is able to defend the cause of the fatherless and uphold the rights of the oppressed so the unfailing love of the Father might be known. Information on confirmed classes can be found by viewing “Upcoming Events,” listed to the right. You may also visit the Lifeline Children's Services website to view more information on their specific classes, or contact AK Orcutt at Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries if you have other questions about classes they offer.

Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries
Contact AK Orcutt
P: 205-982-1112
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Lifeline Children's Services
Contact Cade Smith
P: 205-967-0811
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There are many different ways to serve with our Foster Care ministry! If you are interested, please fill out the form below, and a member of our team will be in touch soon.