6. Sowing and Reaping: The Legacy of The Christ Foundation

11/17/23 • 35 min

Did you know that what you do today will leave a legacy for generations to come?

Today, we are honored to share the mics with The Christ Foundation Executive Director Lewis Yoder and Director of Operations Andi Kadas.

The Christ Foundation was founded by Jerry Moore back in 1971. Jerry Moore was an extremely successful businessman with a heart for helping those in need. He spent much of his life quietly giving to those who needed it most, and when he passed away in 2020, he left most of his estate to The Christ Foundation.

Today, The Christ Foundation exists to fund non-profits who are making a Kingdom impact. After Jerry’s death, the Trustees of the Christ Foundation knew they needed to hone in and focus on impacting the lives of children and families.

And through that, Hope Bridge was born.

We hope that as you have listened to the first six episodes, you have seen the incredible ways that God works through small steps of obedience.

For Lisa, an unexpected tragedy led her family to foster care.

For Nicole, infertility and experience with the foster care system gave her the empathy to sit with other moms in the thick of foster care.

Melanie's “yes” to foster care and a career in social work positioned her exactly where she needed to be for her role today.

Brian's connection to the community and heart for the church drew him to desire more involvement from the community around us.

For Andi and Lewis, their obedience to carry out Jerry’s legacy was the final puzzle piece to unite everyone for what is now known as Hope Bridge.

If you think what you’re doing today doesn’t matter, think again. God is still writing your story.

Thank you for joining us for another week of ReStoried.

Episode Highlights:

A brief background on The Christ Foundation.
Sharing the leafy of Jerry Moore.
An introduction to Andi and Lewis.
The idea and heart behind The Christ Foundation.
The five-year vision for Hope Bridge.

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This show has been produced by Adkins Media Co.

Get your tickets for the 2025 Benefit Dinner here!

Did you know that what you do today will leave a legacy for generations to come?

Today, we are honored to share the mics with The Christ Foundation Executive Director Lewis Yoder and Director of Operations Andi Kadas.

And through that, Hope Bridge was born.

We hope that as you have listened to the first six episodes, you have seen the incredible ways that God works through small steps of obedience.

For Lisa, an unexpected tragedy led her family to foster care.

For Nicole, infertility and experience with the foster care system gave her the empathy to sit with other moms in the thick of foster care.

Melanie's “yes” to foster care and a career in social work positioned her exactly where she needed to be for her role today.

Brian's connection to the community and heart for the church drew him to desire more involvement from the community around us.

For Andi and Lewis, their obedience to carry out Jerry’s legacy was the final puzzle piece to unite everyone for what is now known as Hope Bridge.

If you think what you’re doing today doesn’t matter, think again. God is still writing your story.

Thank you for joining us for another week of ReStoried.

Episode Highlights:

A brief background on The Christ Foundation.
Sharing the leafy of Jerry Moore.
An introduction to Andi and Lewis.
The idea and heart behind The Christ Foundation.
The five-year vision for Hope Bridge.

Find more on Guest:

Find More on Hope Bridge:

This show has been produced by Adkins Media Co.

Get your tickets for the 2025 Benefit Dinner here!

Previous Episode

5. Brian’s Story: Everyone Can Do Something

Is everyone called to be a foster family?

Join us today as we chat with our Director of Church Engagement, Brian Troyer. Brian candidly shares what led his family to foster care, as well as his experience along the way.

As you’ve likely realized through our previous episodes, many of these stories have been divinely intertwined, and Brian’s journey is no exception. He shares how he and his wife Brittany were connected with Nicole, and how that connection led them to their foster care community and ultimately where they are today.

Brian also shares about his role as Director of Church engagement and his desire to awaken the church to the needs of the child welfare system. Brian’s perspective is enlightening, encouraging, and one you might not hear often.

The reality is, that our county and many counties nationwide are in dire need of foster families, but being a foster family is not the only way to get involved in the foster care crisis.

Listen in today to better understand the needs around us and how you can get involved!

Welcome back to ReStoried.

Episode Highlights:

Brian shares his story and background.
Why we are connecting with churches and building relationships.
How Brian and his wife got into foster care.
A conversation on ambiguous loss.
Gaining Insight through Foster Care.
Awakening the church to the needs of foster families.

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This show has been produced by Adkins Media Co.

Get your tickets for the 2025 Benefit Dinner here!

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7. Supporting Those in the Trenches of Foster Care: An Episode on Giving Tuesday

So much of our organization has been built on relationships. Often if you build the relationship first, the need will arise.

Over the last several months, we have been intentionally building relationships with people around us such as caseworkers, the single moms in our program, foster children, foster families, and youth who have aged out of the system.

Today, we are excited to share ways that you can get involved and help serve right alongside us.

This Giving Tuesday, we have very specific initiatives based on the needs that have arisen around us.

Would you join us this Giving Tuesday?

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