David Meriwether: Board Member

While considering the decision to adopt a child, David and his wife Casidhe were exposed to a world they only knew existed in the periphery. This lit a fire in them to make whatever impact they could in their community for these children in crisis. David was a founding member of the Oak Hills Church Tapestry ministry for foster and adopted children. Serving on the executive leadership team at Oak Hills, David’s primary focus is training Empowered to Connect to future and current foster/adoptive parents. These are tools and techniques that are beneficial for bringing about dramatic healing for children that come from traumatic backgrounds.

David is especially focused on the older children, who tend to become lost in the system and need people who will show them that they have a voice, and their lives matter. David and Casidhe provide respite care, have fostered, and ultimately adopted a 15 year old girl. They also opened their home to care for and mentor two young women whose previous adoptions were dissolved.