Archive for June 2017

At Oklahoma United Methodist Circle of Care we are committed to providing great foster homes for children across Oklahoma.  We believe foster care has a strong correlation with the Gospel and that the local community, specifically, the Church has a role in calling people to action as Circle of Care seeks to train, support, and…

 Tahlequah, Okla. — The Methodist Children’s Home in Tahlequah originated in 1917  as the Methodist Orphanage in Britton, now part of Oklahoma City. When the early orphanage was condemned by the fire marshal in 1942,  157 children were loaded onto buses  and moved to the current site in Tahlequah. Countless children have been nurtured, protected and…

Today, there are nearly 10,000 children in state custody. Looming reductions in child welfare services stand to create a crisis for children in foster care.