Episode 155: The Call of the Church: Seeing & Serving the Orphan (w/ Sean Myers)
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
In the foster care community, we often encounter stories full of pain, hardship, trauma, and difficulties. With each story, we can’t help but consider that this isn’t how God intended life to be. Even so, God is faithful, just like He has been in the life of today’s guest, Sean Myers.
Sean, a pastor in Peoria, AZ, had a tough childhood. His parents struggled with drug addiction, and he experienced homelessness, foster care, instability, and more. In the midst of all the difficulty, God had a greater plan for him that included salvation, adoption, community, and a future full of hope.
In this episode, you’ll hear why the safety of what’s familiar is often more desirable for children in foster care, why the Church needs to be even more involved in supporting the foster care community, the importance of community in discipleship and growth, and so much more. This is one you don’t want to miss!
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| 0:00.0 | Sharing the stories of the foster care community. This is The Forgotten podcast. |
| 0:07.3 | The reality is I would have preferred at 13 years old to still be in my broken situation with my parents because I don't know. That's all I knew. |
| 0:16.6 | So I hate these foster parents. I hate the system. And they're just trying to do what they know is best. |
| 0:22.6 | So I'd still rather be in that broken situation because that's all you know. |
| 0:25.4 | So I do remember that moment. |
| 0:28.0 | And it was, yeah, it was culture shock for sure. |
| 0:34.0 | Hey, it's Jamie Cabe. |
| 0:35.7 | Welcome back to the Forgotten podcast where we are highlighting the stories of the people of foster care. |
| 0:41.9 | With every episode, our goal is to help you better understand the foster care community. |
| 0:47.4 | We want to bring you hope and encouragement in your journey and help you support the agency workers, foster parents, vulnerable adults, and children |
| 0:56.0 | in foster care right where you live. If you want to learn more about TFI, catch up on past episodes, |
| 1:03.3 | read engaging articles, or partner with us on mission with a gift of any amount, head over to |
| 1:10.0 | the forgotten initiative.org. |
| 1:12.5 | We are in this together. |
| 1:15.0 | Thank you for listening and engaging with us. |
| 1:17.8 | We love having you as part of our family. |
| 1:21.2 | Okay, it is time. |
| 1:23.2 | Let's do this. |
| 1:30.7 | So, Sean, I am, I'm so honored to have you on the show today. |
| 1:34.6 | Like we were just talking off air, I heard your message, a message you had given to your church family about our responsibility as it relates to caring for others, |
| 1:46.1 | especially those living in the margins. And I was really so compelled by your message and |
| 1:52.0 | to encourage to hear because it's so important that we hear from, well, people all over, |
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