More at http://umc.org/videos/. Mark and Denise Strimple have experienced the joy of becoming new parents more than 30 times over the last 23 years. The couple are foster parents and adoption advocates. The Strimples enlisted the help of their congregation at Bethel United Methodist Church in Ohio and launched an effort to place more kids in “forever homes.” In 2011, 46 children were placed with families through the adoption support program founded by the Strimples.