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November is National Adoption Month, a time to celebrate the transformative power of adoption and raise awareness about the need for loving families for children. Courtesy of Lutheran Family and Children’s Services (LFCS), here are some of ... [Read More]

Previous Next The journey of adoption is filled with emotions, struggles, and beauty. From potential adoptive parents to birth parents to adoptees, everyone involved understands it is an incredibly sensitive process. For this reason, it can be ... [Read More]

Since 1868, LFCS has provided comfort to struggling children and families during their greatest time of need. Since our founding, we have expanded our offices to provide life-changing services to communities in St. Louis, Southeast Missouri, Mid-Missouri, ... [Read More]

  Together we face uncertainty, worry, and sudden changes that affect both our personal and professional lives. We all feel the impact. How we react to these unforeseen disruptions will make a difference in our lives as ... [Read More]

“I don’t even like kids!” were the words I uttered for nearly 17 years.  I never wanted biological children; it was not important to me.  The idea of being pregnant made me panic.  I hated hospitals, needles, ... [Read More]

In 2017, American Adoptions reported that 95% of today’s adoptions involve some level of openness, whether they are mediated, fully open or somewhere in between. So what does openness really mean in adoption? Is it sharing the ... [Read More]

Meet Aubren and Zach. They came to LFCS several years ago to learn more about foster care and adoption services. Their journey to parenthood took several interesting turns, but the support from LFCS made the difference. Watch ... [Read More]

Every child deserves a forever family and a home where they feel safe and loved. But sadly, thousands of Missouri children live day-in and day-out in fear and uncertainty. Fourteen-year-old Jenny was one of them. By age ... [Read More]

Heather & Longley’s Story Even before learning they were unable to have biological children, Heather and Longley considered adoption. But as a U.S. Navy test pilot, the couple rarely stayed in one place long enough to even consider ... [Read More]

Motherhood comes in many forms. At LFCS, we make every effort to serve women in their role as mothers – biological moms, adoptive moms, foster moms, grandmothers, and other women who are raising the youngest generation. Creating, sharing and improving ... [Read More]

Bentley was just four-months old when he was brought into the care of LFCS. After his birth parents shook and suffocated him to near death, he spent three weeks in the ICU recovering. The abuse left Bentley ... [Read More]

Love, Foster Care and Family When we are young, we assume we will fall in love, get married, and children will follow. But starting a family is not always as easy as we might assume.  Adopting from ... [Read More]