Finding Selflessness ~ A Birth Mom’s Story

November is National Adoption Month.  LFCS is an expert in the field.  We work with birth parents, adoptive parents and foster parents.  We are here to help, and we are inspired by the families we touch each and every day.  Read this essay that one of our birth moms,...
Assertive Communication

Assertive Communication

Much counseling work centers on healthy interpersonal communication, because healthy communication is an integral part of attuning and attaching to another person.   This is true for all relationships, including parent/child, couples, work colleagues, and friendships....

Vince Seyer from the Cape Girardeau area was nominated by LFCS and selected by Heartland News KFVS12 as an ‘Everyday Hero.’  Vince donates his time and his singing abilities for senior citizens who participate in the Memory Loss Group offered by the...

New Guidelines in Effect for the Universal Accreditation Act

We get a lot of inquiries regarding families that want to do an independent intercountry adoption. With the Universal Accreditation Act that went into effect on July 14, 2014, there are the new guidelines.  Families cannot adopt independently or with a facilitator...
Consider Reading to Kids – OASIS Volunteers needed

Consider Reading to Kids – OASIS Volunteers needed

Share your love of reading by volunteering to be an OASIS tutor in one of our Lutheran grade schools. By attending a training class you will learn how to use your gifts and talents to assist a student who is struggling with basic language skills. Future training...