Our Story
In 2023, members of Faith and Flourish Churches joined together to create Be The Village. Through a grant from More Than Enough, CAFO, the team participated in hours of course work and collaboration, initially working to connect a network of churches, (a resource guide and a foster care closet to aid) DCS, foster and kinship families in the aim to provide more than enough resources for Lake County.
Our Mission & Vision
Our Mission
Be The Village partners with churches, donors, volunteers, and the community, taking a Christ-centered approach to tangibly support kids and families in the foster system in our area, so that every child in Lake County has a safe, loving home.
Our Vision
Our vision is for every child in Lake County to have a well-supported, permanent home where they are safe, valued, and loved. Glory to God.
Core Values
Dignity
Matthew 7:12a So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them.
Honesty
Proverbs 11:3 ESV The integrity of the upright guides them
Humility
Colossians 3:12 Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness and patience.
Generosity
2 Corinthians 9:6-7 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
Doing
James 1:25 ESV But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.
Meet Our Team
Dexter Harris
Corrie Vos
Raydia Martin
Rachel Hibbard
Church Partners
