Overview

The First Annual National Foster Care Prayer Vigil has been created to help believers slow down, gather together with other believers in their community, and go before God, petitioning Him on behalf of the half million children living in our nation’s foster care system. In doing so, we are aligning our hearts and minds with His. He has demonstrated throughout Scripture his love for vulnerable children, and His desire that we join with Him in reaching out to those who have the least.

We have created a simple PDF strategy guide to help you know how to set it up. We have also created a foster care prayer guide for the night of the event entitled City by City, Church by Church, Child by Child that will walk prayer vigil participants through an evening of intercession for foster children, their families, and the workers who serve them (for Order or PDF Download).

If you feel led to take part in leading a foster care prayer vigil in your city and have confirmed a time and place to do so during the week of May 19-25, please register your event here.  The information you provide will be added to our list so that others in your area can find you. 

If you find an event already registered in your city, please feel free to contact the point person and join in.

How does it work?

  1. Pray and ask God if He would have you lead a prayer vigil in your city.
  2. Reserve a place, such as your church, that has space for people to form small groups and pray together.
  3. Register your city’s prayer vigil so that our website can help you let others in your city know you are doing this.
  4. Download FamilyLife’s Hope for Orphans Guide to Holding a Foster Care Prayer Vigil.
  5. Order copies of our foster care prayer guide City by City, Church by Church, Child by Child for the event.  You can order these online at FamilyLife.com or by calling 1-800-FL-TODAY (358-6329), 24 hours a day.  Also, you can download a free pdf of this guide here.
  6. Get the Word out…request that announcements be made on Christian radio; put posters up in Christian bookstores, schools, and churches; put inserts in area church bulletins, etc.  Click for a PDF download of a black & white or color bulletin insert the churches in your city can use to let their members know about your prayer vigil.
  7. Designate a facilitator that has some experience in the foster care system, but is also experienced in leading group prayer.
  8. Get together and pray with eager anticipation of what God will do through churches in your city on behalf of children in the foster care system.

If you have any questions, please email Phoebe Dawson, the National Foster Care Prayer Vigil Coordinator.