The Children’s Home of Lubbock will host an evening with Jim Daly, President and CEO of Focus on the Family on Friday, March 4, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. at LCU’s McDonald-Moody Auditorium.
“Finding Home”, the theme of the event, will also feature musical guest Geoffrey Andrews, who will be performing “Miracle” and other selections.
Daly, known for his autobiography “Finding Home: An Imperfect Path to Faith and Family”, will share his own incredible experience of growing up in families of all kinds, from single-mom to single-dad to step parents, to foster parents, and more. Through some of the most crime and poverty ridden streets in America, Daly passed through an array of family circumstances to eventually be led into a life-transforming relationship with God and into a successful leadership role at one of the most influential organizations in the country.
The evening will begin with a reception at 6:00 pm and dinner at 6:30 pm for sponsors and other dinner-ticket holders in the LCU Baker Conference Center, followed by Daly’s main presentation in the McDonald-Moody Auditorium at 7:30 pm. Dinner tickets include the presentation, or guests can choose to attend the main presentation only. Proceeds from the event will provide support for the boys and girls at The Children’s Home of Lubbock.
Melissa Collier is co-owner of Collier Construction, the title sponsor for the event. “The Children’s Home of Lubbock is a special place for us,” Collier said. “We believe deeply in the mission of the Home and appreciate the critical services they provide to children and families in our community. We are honored and excited to partner with The Children’s Home to bring Jim Daly to Lubbock to share his message.”
According to Lynn R. Harms, President of The Children’s Home of Lubbock, Jim Daly is one of the most ideal speakers to talk about the needs of children in the foster care system. “Jim experienced firsthand the trauma of becoming an orphan through death and desertion, and introduction into the foster care system as a child,” said Harms. “Yet through the power of our loving Father, along with some very good people along the way, Jim has been able to devote his life to the expansion of God’s Kingdom. I know he will inspire all of us who work to bless the fatherless children we are called to care for.”
For more information about the event or to purchase tickets, please go to www.childshome.org or contact The Children’s Home of Lubbock at (806) 762-0481, ext 211.
About Jim Daly
Jim Daly is president of Focus on the Family and host of the daily broadcast, heard by more than 2.9 million listeners a week on more than 1,000 radio stations across the U.S. The show was honored as 2012 Program of the Year by the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB).
Daly’s personal journey from orphan to head of an international Christian organization dedicated to helping families thrive is a powerful story. Abandoned by his alcoholic father at age 5, he lost his mother to cancer four years later – a wound deepened when his grieving stepfather emptied the family home and left Daly, the youngest of five children, and his siblings to fend for themselves after their mother’s funeral.
Several tough years followed, including time in foster care, before Daly became a Christian in high school and found meaning, purpose and a sense of belonging. “I am living proof,” he wrote in his 2007 autobiography, “Finding Home,” “that no matter how torn up the road has already been, or how pothole-infested it may look ahead, nothing – nothing – is impossible for God.”
Daly was named president of Focus on the Family in 2005 after 16 years with the ministry. Under his leadership, the organization has taken on a major role nationally in encouraging and helping facilitate foster-care adoptions, earning recognition from the White House and Congress for its efforts. The ministry also has reinvigorated its traditional focus on helping couples build strong marriages and raise healthy, resilient kids.
In 2004, Daly was appointed chief operating officer, the role he held until he was handpicked by Focus on the Family founder Dr. James Dobson to be the group’s president.
Daly has received the 2008 World Children’s Center Humanitarian Award, the 2009 Children’s Hunger Fund Children’s Champion Award, and the 2010 HomeWord Family Ministry Award. He has appeared on such television programs as “Fox & Friends,” “America Live with Megyn Kelly,” “ABC World News Tonight” and PBS’ “Religion & Ethics”; and been featured in Time, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today and Newsweek, which named him one of the Top 10 next-generation evangelical leaders of influence. He was the subject of a July 2011 cover story in Christianity Today and is a regular panelist for The Washington Post blog “On Faith” alongside leading academics and theologians.
Daly is an author whose latest book, “ReFOCUS: Living a Life That Reflects God’s Heart,” explores how to engage the culture for Christ in a compassionate and winsome way.
Daly and his wife, Jean, have two sons and reside in Colorado Springs.
About The Children’s Home of Lubbock
The Children’s Home of Lubbock is a community of volunteers, workers and supporters, pouring their efforts together to make life better for children who need to see that caring and love do exist in a world that has often been unfair and unjust. Since the Home opened its doors in 1954, more than 6,300 children have been helped through the Home’s services.
Praised by licensure reviews as one of the best programs in the State of Texas, the Children’s Home places a strong emphasis on family rehabilitation, with programs of care designed for children and their families.
On any given day an average of 145 boys and girls are in care in the various programs of The Children’s Home of Lubbock.
About Collier Construction
With 15+ years of construction experience, Scott and Melissa Collier founded Collier Construction in June 2012. The company started with two employees and has rapidly grown to a firm of 25 full time employees. Collier Construction completes commercial construction projects in all building sectors that include: medical, retail, industrial, institutional, educational, and office. Additionally, they complete ground up projects, building additions, remodels, commercial finish out, and provide design build services. Their trade territory is generally within a 200 mile radius of Lubbock, but they also perform work throughout the Texas Panhandle, West Texas, Central Texas, the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, and Colorado for existing customers.
(News release from the Children’s Home of Lubbock)
