Adoptive families and families interested in adoption can connect and learn more at ‘Adoption Connection’ event

Families interested in connecting with other adoptive families or families considering adoption are invited to attend Adoption Connection at 5 p.m. July 23, at Friedens Church, 454 N. Milwaukee St., Port Washington. Adoption Connection will include families from the area along with adoption counselors, agency representatives and other experts in the adoptive field who will share their experiences and answer questions. The evening also will include a dinner. This is the third year that Friedens has hosted Adoption Connection through its Forever Families ministry. The other major adoption-related event sponsored by the Friedens ministry is its annual Forever Families 5K Walk/Run and Silent Auction, which raises funds to help families adopt children here in the United States and in other countries and to assist overseas orphanages. The event has so far raised more than $30,000 to support adoption and orphans world-wide. This year’s fourth annual Forever Families 5K will be held Sept. 21. The Forever Families ministry at Friedens, an affiliate of the Evangelical Free Church of America, is built on a 40-year heritage of adoption at Friedens, in which nearly a third of its church family, including its last three pastors, has been touched by adoption. For more information or to RSVP, call Friedens Church at 262-284-2471, send an e-mail to Friedens@sbcglobal.net or go online to www.friedenschurch.org