Events


Do you want to touch the life of a child? Are you interested in growing your family through domestic or international adoption? You are invited to attend one of our Discover Adoption events, an informational meeting designed to answer questions about the adoption experience. RSVP for any of the events below by calling or emailing Renee, 712.737.4831 or rwynia@bethany.org.

Discover Adoption

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 7:00pm
Sunnybrook Community Church
5601 Sunnybrook Drive
Sioux City, IA 51106

Monday, November 30, 2009 - 7:00pm
Orange City Public Library
112 Albany Ave. SE
Orange City, IA 51041

Monday, January 25, 2010 - 7:00pm
Spirit Lake Public Library
702 16th Street
Spirit Lake, IA 51360

Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 7:00pm
Hull Public Library
1135 Main Street
Hull, IA 51239



Fall Conference 2009
"KOALA BEARS AND THE HEARTS OF LITTLE CHILDREN"
Issues of Attachment and Bonding

Friday, November 6, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Trinity Reformed Church, Orange City, IA

Keynote Speaker: Ronald J. Nydam
Professor of Pastoral Care, Calvin Theological Seminary

This conference will benefit a wide audience from adoptive and foster parents to social workers, DHS workers, and mental health professionals. The conference will address how bonding and attachment breaks, informs, and impacts adoptive development and the adoptive family life. Some of the objectives of the conference include:
  • Understand how adoptees form, develop, and reconcile their identities
  • Understand how the challenges of grieving, identity formation, and patterns of intimacy effect all parties of the adoption triad (adoptive parents, birth parents, and adoptees)
  • Understand how spiritual formation, relinquishment, and adoption influence one another
  • Describe the challenges and implications of closed adoptions

Registration Cost:
Before October 30: $50/person or $70/couple (College Student Rate: $35/student)
After October 30: $60/person or $80/couple (College Student Rage: $40/student)

For more information or to receive a registration form, contact Jessica Hulst, 712.737.4831 or jhulst@bethany.org