JOY NOT LOST

Hello all,

This has been a busy week.  But praise God this is what we are here for - one client who received Christ and three who are considering adoption. 

Adoption is one of the three options to a woman or girl in crisis pregnancy.  We are so glad to assist in the decision to adopt or parent, but there is something special about a mother who sacrifices her own natural desires to mother so that her child can have a beautiful life. 

Franci Foster is one of our former volunteers.  She is currently the director of the Florida Baptist Children’s home adoption office for this area.  We are so grateful that she will come on a moment’s notice to counsel a client who is interested in making an adoption plan.  Recently a moving video about adoption was created and shared with churches in our area.  The link to view this video is as follows: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0ezpha3t8r4ysog/Adoption%20Emphasis%20FBC-HD.mp4?dl=0

Christmas festivities are currently going on all around us.  This is truly a busy time of year for most of us.  To be able to come away from all the hustle and bustle of the season and enjoy a gift of beautiful orchestra, choir and children singing was a real treat.  St. Johns Evangelistic Catholic church invited me to say a few words at their Christmas cantata “God With Us”.  The proceeds from the concert were given to the Center.  The music and singing were both  just beautiful,  with many children who melted the hearts of all in attendance.  A special thank you goes to St. John’s for their generous contribution to this ministry.

Another thank you goes out to the Panama City Beach Rotary Club.  Their generous donation from the Grills Gone Wild event was presented to the PRC on Thursday.  God is blessing in so many areas, we can not say enough about how good He is.

I also want to thank the wonderful volunteers who came out to our Banquet Committee meeting this morning.  God’s really took over.  Many decisions were made and plans for the coming month.  Our next meeting will be January 29.  We have a lot of things that need to be accomplished before the next meeting, so if you would like to help with any of them we would love to have you come to the Center any time in January.  This is an opportunity to volunteer in an at-will capacity. 

Sanctity of Human Life next month is really shaping up.  We currently have 25 churches participating with us.  There are about three churches of whom we have not assigned a speaker yet.  If you would like to speak at your church or another, please call and let’s discuss it.  The churches who are participating are as follows:

Bayou George Christian, Black Women's Assoc., Carlisle Baptist Church, Cedar Grove Baptist Church, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Fellowship Baptist, First Baptist Church, First Church of God, First Church of Nazarene, First United Methodist Church, Grace Baptist Church, Gulf Beach Baptist Church, Heritage Bible Church, Howard Creek Baptist, Kingswood Baptist, Life Blood Baptist Church, Lighthouse Church, Living Word Fellowship, Northstar, Pala Alta Church of Christ, Springfield Baptist Church, St. Dominics Catholic, St. John Catholic, Woodstock Church PCB, Youngstown Campus of First Baptist PC

A couple of years ago I met a sweet woman who was attending our church.  After our yearly Sanctity of Human Life emphasis, she came to me and inquired about volunteering.  She came to the Center, took our application and came a few times to volunteer.  Then as so many times it happens, life interfered and she didn’t come back for a while. 

Later we were connected through a client who was a friend of hers and I once again encouraged her to come be a counselor.  I knew she would be a wonderful counselor.  Now she is coming in on a regular basis to help out for a couple of hours a week.  Last week she was elated when her client prayed to receive Christ. 

As Jeanie told me the story of how this client came to know Jesus, it was clear to her and me that it was definitely a God moment.  This client was so open to the Word of God and her receiving Christ was without hardly any effort on the behalf of Jeanie.  This is just proof that God does the preparation and when we are willing to plant the seed He will do the feeding and harvesting.  Sometimes we get to witness that harvesting right before our eyes. I asked Jeanie to write about this for the printed newsletter.  It will be coming to your mailbox soon.  Keep an eye out for it.

We are most grateful to God for Jeanie Connell and all the beautiful godly women who want fit into God’s plan for their lives by answering His call to minister in this place. 

In life there are sometimes many tasks that just seem impossible to complete by a deadline  May we take a step back this Christmas  and proclaim again and again that Jesus is the reason for the season and not let the busyness of life or anything else take our joy.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

To God Be the Glory – He is soooo good!!!

“The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it, and are safe.” 

Proverbs 18:10 (NKJV)

THANKS FOR THE CHARIOTS

Thanking God for all his many blessings could take quite a bit of time and space, but just wanted to share a few of the
ones concerning this ministry:

Wonderful volunteers, great board of directors, supporters like you,  support from churches and businesses, opportunities to share the Gospel with every client., opportunities to share God’s word with our Bible Study classes, getting to see the hand of God at work in the lives of the volunteers and clients, all the names written on our "Wall of Life", all the babies whom God brings into this world, and looking to the future and knowing He is in control.

Then there are the times we can hardly find a thank you when a girl or woman leaves our offices determined to follow through with an abortion.  Or the callers who hang up when they realize we are faith based and do not offer or refer for abortion, or the client who continues to live an ungodly life and returns over and over for our services.

Yes these may sound like things we do not want to be thankful for, but let me share with you something from  the book “The Christian’s Secret to a Happy Life” by Hannah Whitehall Smith

“Take each thing that is wrong in your lives as God’s chariot for you.  No matter who the builder of the wrong may be, whether men or devils, by the time it reaches your side it is God’s chariot for you, and is meant to carry you to a heavenly place of triumph.  Shut out all the second causes, and find the Lord in it.  Say “Lord open my eyes that I may see, not the visible enemy, but the unseen chariots of deliverance.”

So we learn to be thankful for even the bad things, for they are chariots that bring us closer to our Heavenly Father.

Please pray with us about the callers looking for abortion, that they will come to us first.
Please pray for wisdom and knowledge in all areas of this ministry.
Please pray for the upcoming events at PRC that each will glorify and magnify our Savior.

Volunteer needs:
Tuesday AM – Receptionist and Client Assistant
Wednesday AM – EWYL class Bible Study teacher
Wednesday and Thursday AM – Receptionist and Client Assistant

Baby Boutique Needs:
As we prepare for the Christmas festivities, we would like to share God’s love through gifts to our clients and their children.  Each client will be given a time of shopping in our Baby Boutique for their babies and children.  We are still needing some very good toys to share with them.  The mothers will be given a time of free shopping for the Christmas items.  We will also be giving our clients gifts like lotion, candles, journals, devotionals etc.  Donations of these items are welcome.

Here is a list of our clients’ children:
Girls:  newborn (1), 3 months (2), 10 month (1), 3 year (5), 4 year (2), 5 year (1), 8 year (1), 9 year (1), 11 year (1), 2 year (1)
Boys:  newborn (1), 5 months (2) 1 year (1), 18 month (1), 2 year (2), 3 year (2), 5 year (1) 8 year (12), 9 year (1), 11 year (1),

We already have many toys donated, but we can use many more.  Our baby boutique ladies will be back the week after next, and we will get a list of what we are still in need of.  So will be getting that out that week.

Grills Gone Wild, Saturday, November 21 (tomorrow).
Panama City Beach Rotary Club event contributes funds to all Bay County charities from the proceeds of this event.  The more volunteers we have to help at the event the more eligible we will be for these funds.  If you can help with this event, come to Gulf State College and offer your help and be sure to let them know you are with The Pregnancy Resource Center.  The times are from 5PM – 9PM and duties will be varied.

Holiday Hours:
Monday, Tuesday of next week will be regular hours for accepting new clients but we will not be having EWYL classes on Tuesday Evening or Wednesday morning.  The week of Christmas we will be open for new clients and EWYL as usual on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  However the week before New Years, we will not be accepting new clients nor will we have Earn While You Learn classes.

This will most likely be the last email before returning after Thanksgiving.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

CAN YOU SEE IT?

Hello everyone,

Hope you are like me, enjoying the little briskness in the air today.  The little change in the weather is nice, but what is nicest is knowing our Lord is coming soon and we are constantly on the look out for Him.  We are also constantly trying to find new ways to share His wonder free gift of eternal life.

There are several methods we use here at the Center. One is our little “Do You Know” booklet that clearly gives the plan of salvation and at the end asks if she wants to pray the sinners prayer and accept Christ as savior and it even has a little Spiritual Birthday Certificate she can sign and keep with her at all times. 

Another method we can use is the always dependable and easy Roman Road.  Then just recently we have learned a new method, which is similar to the Roman Road, but is called “Share Jesus Without Fear.”  With this method we are encouraged to have the person read aloud the scripture.  This is good because there is great power in God’s word and when spoken out loud it resonates with the one reading it.  There are so many ways we can share the Gospel from very simple to somewhat deeper and complex, of course our own personal testimony, like Paul, is often the most effective.  

Regardless  of which one we choose, the best part of sharing the Gospel is knowing we have the Holy Spirit right there helping us.  We are not alone and we are not even responsible for the other person’s acceptance or refusal of this free gift.

So, in case you think,  “I could never attempt to lead another to the Lord.”  Think again.  You are not the one saving them.  Jesus does the calling and He does the saving.  We are only His instruments to share the Good News.

With that said, positions are available right here for those willing to take the plunge and be an instrument of God.  Receptionists, counselors (Client Assistants), Class Facilitators, Bible Study teachers, and Clerical Assistance are areas where more volunteers are needed here at PRC.

 

Can you see it?  Can you see around the corner that bright shining light drawing this ministry forward.  This light is Jesus Christ and He is drawing us toward newer, bigger and greater ways to serve Him in sharing the Gospel and saving babies from destruction. If you feel He is calling you to be a part of the adventure, do not hesitate, take the necessary steps.

Banquet news:

Banquet committee meeting was today.  More discussion and plans on how this is going to be the best one ever.  A marketing professional, Kristi Kirkland is coming on board at PRC and will be helping us with the banquet this year. The job of Banquet Coordinator we have been praying for has been filled.    God is so good and works in such outstanding, amazing and often un-expected or unusual ways.

Sanctity of Human Life – January 17, 2016

Need a speaker for your church?  Call the office and we can get you scheduled with one from our speakers bureau  This is the very  important time of year where we show our appreciation for all life, and enlist many in the army to fight for it.

Christmas Gifts

We are giving our EWYL students a shopping spree before Christmas and we hope to have a toy for every child whose mother comes to classes.  If you want to donate toys, please bring new, or nearly new toys to the Center and we will have them ready for the big event.

New Ultrasound Machine

January is our goal to have a new ultrasound machine.  We need to train 4 nurses in ultrasound and they need their training to be on our new machine.  Please help us meet our goal.

To donate toward our new ultrasound machine, you can go to Go Fund Me (http://www.gofundme.com/yz5tn5z8) or  www.support.anotherheart.org and give online through paypal or easy tithe.  Or mail your donation to:  Pregnancy Resource Center, PO Box 828, Panama City, 32401

When we first moved to Panama City Beach, in June of 2011, we started attending church at First Baptist Church Panama City Beach.  Each week a dear sweet lady would greet us at the door with a bulletin.  She always wore a beautiful hat that matched her Sunday best dress or suite.  Later I learned she was the church secretary, but didn’t get to know her until we were both involved in a Sunday evening Bible Study.  Quickly I learned her knowledge of the Bible and her love for the Lord Jesus was far above the ordinary and I came to respect and love this lady very much.

Later our church moved into the new building and became Woodstock Church PCB.  Every Sunday you can still Miss Betty standing at the sanctuary door handing out smiles and church information.  I remember being thrilled when she asked about information about volunteering at the Pregnancy Resource Center.  So I took her a volunteer application and waited to hear from her.  A few weeks later on a Wednesday morning she came to the Center and asked what she could do to help. I gave her a filing task that she handled quickly and then I introduced her to our database program Ekyros.

I don’t think Miss Betty Dover has missed more than one Wednesday morning entering the client information into our data base program since she began volunteering here in March of 2014.  She attends every training and helps out in any way she is called upon.  She loves working on the computer and entering the client information.  At first she dedicated her time to Wednesday morning, but now she stays until 4 and sometimes asks to stay longer to finish with the files she is working on.  Miss Betty is another one of those kegs in the wheels of this war wagon that keep us turning.  Her faithfulness, dedication to accuracy, and sweet disposition is an invaluable part of this ministry.

If you know her, you know exactly what I’m saying.  If you don’t know her you are missing out on a blessing.  May I take this opportunity to invite YOU to come to PRC and get to know these dear volunteers that God uses to grow His kingdom.

“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.”  I Cor 2:9 (KJV)

ANSWERS

Hello everyone,

Many have been praying for more clients to come to PRC.  By the grace of God we have been blessed this past week with a total of nine appointments kept and four no shows.  Some of the no-shows have rescheduled.  . Praise God for the two precious women who wrote their name on our Wall of Life after praying to make Jesus Lord of their life.

Anyone who ever has a doubt that this is God’s work should come sit and read the Client Comments from our Evaluation Forms.  I promise you will be blessed.  The following are from the evaluation forms of two of our clients this past week:

Question:  How do you feel about your total experience at the Center?
Answer:  “I’m delighted to say everyone had an ear for listening and positive feedback.  I’ve been greatly depressed this year and it felt good to have a woman to express myself to.

Question:  What did you find most helpful at the Center?
Answer:  “That I could learn and earn.  It shows new parents responsibility and rewards them for wanting to be a magnificent parent.

Question:  What improvements can we make at the Center?
Answer:  “None that I know of.  Continue to uplift women spiritually, maybe have counseling sessions once a week.”

Question:  What did you like best or least about the services you received?
Answer:  “How comfortable the staff made me feel.”

Question:  Did the ultrasound influence your decision regarding your pregnancy?
Answer:  Yes, Makes me think more about having the baby.”

Attention all volunteers: 
Please check out our video list and check off when you viewed the video.  Some of our videos are required for our volunteers to watch and some are optional.  A list will be available in the office for all volunteers to check off when they watch the video.  We have recently added a couple and it is good to keep up to date on all the evangelistic and pro-life information we have available to us.

On Tuesday, November 10, and Thursday November 12, you are invited to join us at 12 Noon for a time of in-house training called a Learning Lunch.  This week we will be going over some procedures that sometimes get skipped in our intake and counseling process.  If you are not a Tuesday or Thursday volunteer, you are still invited. Bring your lunch and we will eat while we learn.  Our next Saturday training day will be in January.  We will not be having one in December.

SOHL
Please do not forget to speak with your pastor or church representative about having a speaker come to your church in January. Churches are currently being contacted  about Sanctity of Human Life Sunday.  The official Sanctity of Human Life Sunday in January 17^th, but we will gladly come any other Sunday.  As soon as you get a commitment, please call the office so we can get your church on our schedule.

Shhhhh  It’s a  Secret
Only to those who are not involved in the Banquet Planning.  Our banquet for 2016 is shaping up to be the most interesting and different banquet we have ever had, and even that I have ever known.  So if you want to know the secret and be a part of this special time of planning, be sure to mark your calendar for December 18, 8:30AM and attend our next Banquet Planning here at the Center.

At the end of every month we begin compiling our stats for the month.  We run reports from our computer data base to gather information for grant applications, yearend taxes, and affiliate membership information, etc.  Keeping our computer database up to date is important to the operations of the Center.  One of the volunteers who diligently works to keep our information updated is who I want to tell you about today.

Teresa Byrnes has a heart to serve God and was a volunteer at the PRC before I came.  She enjoyed entering information into the computers, but did not feel led to do counseling.  Then circumstances led her to try other volunteer opportunities in our area, but none of them gave her the satisfaction she had found at the Pregnancy Resource Center.  After I came on as director, she  heard we were in need of volunteers,  so she came back to the PRC.  And boy are we glad she did.

Teresa is our go to person for all things statistically or data base related.  She knows how to enter the client information and then generate the exact reports needed, and she is also a great receptionist.  Her expertise in these areas has helped many new data entry clerks and receptionists understand the workings of the front office.  Ever since she came back to us, we have not been backed up with client files waiting to be entered.

Teresa is always ready to tackle any new project and knows the ever complicated copy machine like the back of her hand.  When she arrives to her post she quickly goes to check what needs to be done to get ready to welcome our clients of that day.  Last year she dedicated many hours in helping with the banquet.  Logging in every guest, keeping track of table hosts and juggling tables and guests to fit.
 This was a pretty big job.  But she did it with smiles and a joy that can only come from God.

This past Summer Teresa offered her home for a tea to show our appreciation to our volunteers.  This too was a lot of work, but she did it with grace and hospitality that proved her loyalty and love for this ministry.  Oh yea, she is a pretty fast walker too.  She and her husband John came and walked the Run Baby Run and came in with very fast times.  I tried real hard to catch her, but could not.

Words cannot express how we value Teresa around here, but here are a few:  Loyalty, faithfulness, kindness, availability and on and on I could go.  We are so fortunate to have this sweet volunteer at PRC.  Isn’t it amazing how God knows how to send the right people to fill the right spots in His ministry?

Prayer Requests and Praises:
Please be praying for a client who accepted Christ and is earnestly trying to turn her life around.  When she became pregnant she was living a life of drugs, alcohol and partying.  She thought an abortion was the best thing since there may be something wrong with her baby.  But she just couldn’t do it.  Then she came to see us.  She accepted Christ and requested a church contact her about attending.  She is hungry for God and the Bible Studies we gave her along with our Bible Study classes and Earn While You Learn will help, but she also needs a family that will give her support and love during this time.

Praise God for all the wonderful volunteers here at PRC.

Extended  testing and new client hours.  We want to extend our testing and new client hours to include Wednesday mornings from 10-12.  We can only do this after God send us three more wonderful ladies to be Receptionist, Counselor and Nurse.  Please pray about this.

Needs:
Wipes , Newborn diapers , Toys for Christmas (We have a list of our clients children available in the office)

“I want to motivate men to involvement, not awareness….Awareness without action creates apathy.  I desire men to finish this book awakened with passion over the atrocity of abortion and the knowledge of how to personally save at least one life a year.”  From the Book “Awaken the Mighty Men” by Mike Williams

“Thou shalt not kill.”  Exodus 20:13

October 30, 2015

Wow as I type the date above, I realize this is the end of October.  Only two months left in this year.  That means January is only two months away.  January the month for our Sanctity of Human Life observance, where we go into our local churches and share what God is doing in the pro-life arena and specifically at the PRC to stop abortion and share the Good news of Jesus with others.

In the coming weeks the churches in our area will be contacted about this special time of year and asked if they would like a speaker from the Center to come and share with their congregations.  So if interested in helping with this project, please call the office. 

This has been a very interesting week at PRC.  On Monday evening  we had two appointments, but neither of them showed.  On Tuesday our day looked packed full with 8 appointments, but none of them showed.  It was even quiet with no phones ringing.  We began to wonder if they even worked.  Must have been the rain.  Then praise God, on Thursday our appointments showed and it was back to normal. 

Run Baby Run was a fun time to enjoy the warm fall weather at Sharron Sheffield Park.  Thank you goes out to Living Word Fellowship for this day.  Seven of us from PRC participated and two came to help man the table. 

Saturday evening Annette and I manned a table at the Gulf Beach Baptist Church harvest festival.  Many came by our table and received information about the Center.

Toys are beginning to come into the Center for our need at Christmas.  Over the next few weeks our EWYL students will be listing their children’s ages and gender and we will begin to sort the items that come in for their needs.  Clients who attend our classes regularly will get a shopping spree, which includes filling their shopping bag to the brim and then choosing one large item or toy.  This year we are hoping to have enough toys for each child on the list they provide.

Today was our first Banquet planning meeting.  There were five of us ladies in attendance, but what we mostly talked about was men.  Oh that’s the way women do sometimes you know.  Oh well, I’ll have to admit this time it was mostly because this year’s banquet will be focused on the men.  We are striving to appeal to the men in our area by having a more masculine banquet and stressing the importance of everyone’s part in this ministry.  The following are some of areas of need for help in this year’s banquet preparation.

Prayer Coordinator, Telephone Callers, Food Servers, Table Hosts, Banquet Coordinator

Everyday  PRC Needs: Wipes, Newborn diapers, New or gently used toys, Volunteers for Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday mornings.

Much prayer for our upcoming Sanctity of Human Life in January and for the Banquet in March.

As we begin planning for this year’s banquet I was reminded of what a valuable part our youth play at our banquet.  They show up early, get their instructions and are available to be a server.  How encouraging it is to see  youth of our area who are willing to sacrifice their time and energies toward such a cause as this.  

With so many youth going astray in today’s world, it is nice to know there are those who love Jesus and want to serve him.  Everyone here at PRC does not have to look hard to find such youth. 

In the past teens have helped us out in many ways.  Sometimes it is a youth group from out of town who wants to serve the Center with cleaning and sprucing up.  It may be a group of young women come to work in our Baby Boutique work room folding baby clothes, or assembling gift bags.  But today I want to tell you about a two of the special young women who have volunteered here at the Center.

Deborah Stormer is now attending Pensacola Christian University studying to become a nurse.  When she first came as volunteer she was only 15.  She quickly became one of the best receptionists we have ever had.  She was present at every training session.   Every Tuesday and Thursday as soon as she arrived, after we had our time of prayer she proceeded to prepare for the day by putting together intake packets, checking the appointments for call reminders, entering the information into our database program or filing.  She was always able to stay busy, and accepted every project with grace, even if it was something new to her, all the while endearing herself to everyone around her.

Everytime Deborah is in town on break she comes and fills in as Receptionist and now a Client Assistant.  We miss her being here every week, but we know she has a beautiful life ahead as she works to serve her Lord.

Claire Zechman also began volunteering here a little over one year ago at age 15.  She is a very busy  high school student who gives every Tuesday evening to help with the clerical work for our Earn While You Learn classes.  She counts out the baby bucks, checks homework, and enters the clients information about classes in our record book. She too is eager to learn new things around the Center and is more than willing to take on a new project even when it is bigger than the time she has for the evening.  She also helps in the store when the clients are shopping.  Last year she wrote an assignment in school about abortion, so impressed we decided to publish it in our newsletter.  She is a special young woman who wants to serve God and I am so blessed to know her. 

Please pray with me for these two precious young women who make us once again optimistic about the future of our youth, and live out I Tim. 4:12 

“Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.”.

Be sure to check out our new websites:  www.anotherheart.org (for the client) and www.support.anotherheart.org (for the supporter).  On our site is now a place where you can give securely online through easy tithe or paypal.  And please do not forget about the Go Fund Me account to raise funds for our new ultrasound.  More news about that next week.  Check out our facebook page too for more news and information.

The Greatest News

The greatest news ever is when a new child of God is added to the Kingdom.  This past week two ladies prayed to receive Christ at the Center.  We have two new names written on the “Wall of Life”. My pastor

used to say when someone would say “amen” while he was preaching it was like saying “sick’em to a dog.”  Well this is what seeing two women accepts Christ does to all of us who work in this ministry.  It gives us energy, determination and power to keep on keeping on for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the pro-life movement.

Last week Jan Wright visited us from Mission Preborn to do an evaluation on our center before recommending us for a grant to go toward a new ultrasound machine.  On Tuesday she spent time with the volunteers going over some things we can do better or differently.  She shared with us another very effective way to share Christ with our clients, and a way to talk to abortion minded callers that may be more effective at getting them to come into the center.  She stated that we have some very good volunteers and she really was impressed with our board of directors.  Well I guess I will have to disagree with her there, because I think we have the best volunteers and best board in the whole world.

She recommended we increase our testing hours.  So in addition to our Monday, Tuesday and Thursday testing hours, we will be offering testing on Wednesday mornings.  When we can begin offering testing during these hours will depend on having volunteers to staff the Center during this time.  So if you are interested in helping on Wednesday morning with receptionist work, or counseling, please let us know.  We will get you scheduled and begin extending our hours asap.

One of the new procedures we have just started is giving each client a little Bible Study to take home and then return to us for a second visit.  It is very difficult sometimes to really get to know a client in the time she has for her first visit.  We want to begin encouraging her to return for a follow-up visit and bring back the little Bible Study for a small gift.  These small gifts will be inexpensive items put in a little gift bag.  They may be purchased at the Dollar Tree or other places.  Items like candles, dish towels, lotion, journals, note pads, etc.  If you or your group would like to help with some of these items it would be great.  Just bring them to the Center.  We will get them bagged and ready for the clients.

TOMORROW:

Don’t miss the Run Baby Run sponsored by Living Word Fellowship Church.  It will be at Sharon Sheffield

park in Lynn Haven.  Registration begins at 7:45 and the run/walk will begin at 9AM.  The PRC will have a table set up and ready to answer questions.  So come hang out, come run or walk and enjoy the great fall weather.

At 5PM the PRC will host a table at the Gulf Beach Baptist Church Fall Festival.  They are located on Hutchison Blvd, across from Applebees.  We will have a guessing jar and lots of M&Ms to give out.  This is a great way to increase awareness and invite support and volunteers to this ministry.  If you would like to help man our table, just come to the Festival and find our table.

BANQUET PLANNING

The first 2016 Banquet Planning Committee meeting is set for next Friday at 8:30AM.  Please come help us plan the event.  We have several positions available, like decorations, prayer, telephoning, table hosting etc.

SATURDAY TRAINING

A Saturday training is scheduled for Oct. 31 at 8:30.  This has been set aside to focus on our Student

Outreach ministry.  This past week we received the news that we will no longer be granted access to the High School lunch rooms to hand out information.  We need some really good input and ideas as to how we can reach our youth with the message about abstinence.  If you are interested in brainstorming and  getting involved in this ministry, please call and let us know if you will be at the meeting.

NEEDS:

Baby Wipes are always needed, this past week we were completely out, then thanks to a sweet board member who brought a big box on Wednesday we had enough for this week.

Small personal items for our gift bags to returning clients.

Volunteers – receptionists, counselors, clerical, computer work, financial entries etc. 

In the Fall of 2011 I worked with Florida State in their Reading Assessment program.  We went to area elementary schools and tested first, second, and third graders on their reading skills.  During this time I met some very nice women, because each time we went out it was with a different person.  On one of these occasions I began talking with my associate about my love for the Pregnancy Center ministry.  As we talked, she shared with me that she too had worked at a Pregnancy Center and soon I could see her love for Jesus Christ and for the pro-life ministry.  We even discussed visiting churches to find ways we could fight for life in this area.

Then when the possibility of my position as Director here at PRC came she prayed with me for four months about it.  I think when I became Director of PRC she was as happy or more so than me.  After several months, she came to volunteer.  She is one of my dearest friends and I love her dearly. 

Annette Hennge is not shy at contacting people in our community for help with this ministry.  She has visited churches and given them information about us.  She has called businesses for contributions to our Festival of Life and Banquet items.  She has just recently procured help with our Board lunches from Po-Folks restaurant and pizzas for the FCA meetings.  She is faithful  every Wednesday to work on data entry and is eager to help whenever called upon. 

Tomorrow evening she will be helping man our table at the Gulf Beach Festival and she has helped man a table at many other events.  She has enlisted her husband to help with events, and just recently her son to help with our thank you notes.  When I think of Annette, I think of a shining gem that shines brightly in this place.

You know we could not continue this fight without people like Annette.  Counselors, receptionists, and nurses meet the clients and are invaluable, but the behind the lines people like Annette are needed to keep the wheels of this war wagon  rolling.

“Surely you need guidance to wage war, and victory is won through many advisers.” 

Proverbs 24:6

First Week In October

Hello everyone,

Since we were out last Thursday to the conference, this is officially the first week of October 2015.

And what a week it has been.  Nine clients came for appointments and 17 Earn While You Learn class students.  Of the nine appointments there were 5 pregnancy tests, 2 ultrasounds and 1 discipleship training class.  Of the 17 EWYL students there were 3 fathers in our Father’s Class on Tuesday evening.  But here is the greatest part of this week – three clients prayed to receive Christ.

We are praising God for all His blessing, and asking Him for more and more.  No matter how many clients we see there are always more that need the gospel and changed minds about abortion.  We cannot stop praying and working toward reaching more.

On Monday evening this past week we met with the FCA of Bay County High Schools.  We shared with them about our ministry and discussed the possibility of partnering with them to promote an abstinence event that would involve many, many students.  Please be praying with us about this.

Coming up:
October looks to be a very busy month.  This coming Monday, October 12, the Center will be attending Rotary International  Expo at Florida State University.  It will be in the Holley Academic Center and begins at 5PM and goes to 8PM.  If you would like to help man the table, please call the center.  If you can attend the expo, please stop by and visit our table.

October 13-14 we will be hosting a guest from Mission Preborn.  She will be evaluating our center for their grant program.  She will be meeting with volunteers on Tuesday morning at 10:30.  All volunteers who can make this meeting are urged to attend.  It will help our chances at getting the grant that will go toward the purchase of a new ultrasound machine.

October 24 is Run Baby Run, Even if you do not run or walk the course, come hang out at our table.  It will be a fun filled morning.  That afternoon we will be hosting a table at the Gulf Beach Baptist Church Fall Festival.  They are located on Hutchison Blvd, right across from Applebees.  The time for this event is 5PM-8PM.  If you can help with this event, please call.  We can certainly use your help.

October 30th is set for our first Banquet Planning Committee meeting.  Brainstorming and discussions bring about so many answered questions.  Please try to attend if you are the least bit interested in helping with this event.  Breakfast will be provided and we will begin at 8:30AM.

The Saturday training for October 17th has been changed to October 31st.  This will be training dedicated to our Student Outreach ministry and we will be discussing ways to get into our high schools and future events surrounding teaching our youth about abstinence.

At the Pregnancy Center conference last week our jets were refueled as we learned valuable information about other centers and ways we can improve ours. Some of these ways we have discussed in length are as follows.

1. Keeping God in the center of this ministry is paramount.  This is why we will not be taking any government funding.  The reason I mention this is because there is a program offered by the state of Florida that reimburses pregnancy centers for their counseling time.  However,  during the counseling session the client signs a statement that God was not discussed during a specific time and that is the time the center would be reimbursed.  No thank you Florida, we do not want to be constricted in any way to share the gospel and lead mothers and women to know Jesus as their savior.
2. Again, keeping God in the center of this ministry is paramount.  This is why we will now be giving every client a small Bible study to take home with her.  This is in addition to the gospel tract that we share with them in the counseling room that they also are welcome to take. 
3. Follow-up appointments.  We will now be encouraging every client to return for a follow-up appointment to continue our counseling session and to get to know the client better.  We are praying for ways to give the client incentives to come back for this follow-up appointment.
4. Our Father’s Classes are going very well. This week we had three fathers and the teacher in the tiny room where they meet.  We will soon be offering a training session for our men’s class leaders.  This will be the year of the man in this ministry.  We are working on ways to reach the men and involve them in this fight for life.
5. Every time a client receives an ultrasound there will be a witness there to protect the integrity of the ultrasound tech.  Also after every ultrasound there will be a counseling session with the Client Assistant to follow-up on how she is doing and encourage her in life and her continued communication with the Pregnancy Resource Center.

While in the Director’s workshop I learned that so many centers are struggling for volunteers.  Yes we can always use more volunteers as we have mentioned many times, but when I hear of centers that have only one or two and the Director is meeting with almost every client and handling almost every responsibility, it makes me so thankful for the staff and volunteers here at PRC.  Sure we have some who leave after a few weeks, but we also have many who are faithful to their weekly responsibilities.  THANK YOU volunteers and staff for all you do at this Center.

This brings me to this week’s volunteer spotlight.  I want to tell you about another volunteer who has captured my heart and the hearts of many volunteers and clients here at PRC.  I cannot remember a Tuesday evenings she has been absent, except for the several weeks she was out because of heart surgery.  We were all shocked to hear of this beautiful young woman having heart surgery.  But as soon as she was up and about, she was back at her volunteering at the PRC.  Her physical heart needed repair, but her spiritual heart was and is still wanting to serve her Savior.

Karen Ramsey Rinck has been facilitating our Earn While You Learn classes since before I came here in 2012.  She is faithful and ready to share with the clients of her experiences and knowledge.  She has taken on the responsibility of planning the classes and is always here before class in time to plan the evening’s class and copy any needed materials.

Karen is also one of our Abortion Recovery facilitators and really has a desire to help those recovering from past abortion who are going through some really tough times.  She prays for her students and works diligently at finding new ways to serve.  From movie night with popcorn, to sweet soft music needed for healing hurts, she always seems to know how to give soothing and biblical help.

She is always active in any event planned and contributes in any way she is asked.  I applaud this godly wife, mother, and class facilitator for I know that maintaining a family and a full time job and being here sometimes two nights a week, is not very easy.  She listens intently as a client share her story during class and during the shopping times.  These girls are precious to Karen and she lifts them up to God regularly.

She is always willing and eager to try better ways of doing things, but more importantly I believe Karen wants to do things God’s way.  This past week I heard something that I believe rings true to Karen and all the volunteers here at PRC.  “If you want God’s blessings you must do things God’s way.”

Yes we are here for our clients, but we are also here for one another!

“For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man.”  Eph. 3:14-15

REFRESHED AND RENEWED

Hello everyone,

Greetings from Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center.  Four of us ladies loaded up Thursday morning at 5:30AM and rode a little over 5 hours to arrive at this beautiful retreat center close to Leesburg Florida.  The facilities are beautiful with lakes, beautiful green meadows of grass, hanging Spanish moss and most importantly welcoming hosts for the Sound The Call Pregnancy Center conference. 

We have two worship sessions a day.  Each is filled with beautiful Christian music and wonderful preaching from pastors and organizational leaders in the pro-life movement.  What an honor and privilege it is to be with other directors and volunteers from all around Florida as we learn ways to improve our ministry and to continue with enthusiasm the services we are currently offering.  A great big THANK YOU goes out to our board who made it possible for us ladies to attend this  conference.

This past Monday and Tuesday we saw several clients with diverse stories and life situations.  Everyone here at PRC are constantly amazed and sometimes surprised with the stories of our clients.  One was a young 17 year old whose parents were pushing her toward an abortion.  When her mother called for appointment I marked that she was abortion minded, because her mother had asked about it specifically.  However, when the girl came in to the center and met with the nurse, it soon became evident that she was not in the least interested in an abortion, but was looking to parent and the father of her baby was very supportive and also wanted her to continue with the pregnancy.  Although this young woman was not thinking of an abortion, we must place her in the abortion vulnerable category, because she is experiencing strong influences around her to abort.

One of our relatively new volunteers met with her and it was her first time solo with a client.  During our counseling sessions there is a break where the counselor can come out and get information she feels the client would benefit from.  During this time this volunteer shared with me what was going on and I reminded her to make sure and give this client the information on her rights concerning abortion. In each of our counseling rooms is a notebook that clearly outlines the rights of a young woman whose family is wanting her to abort.

These rights explain that a young woman has the right to continue her pregnancy no matter what her age.  If the parents of a young girl take her to an abortion clinic and tries to force her to have the abortion against her will they are breaking the law.  We have that law printed out where we can show it to her along with a letter to her parents that explains her rights to continue the pregnancy.  We also have a letter to the abortion clinic that tells them they are breaking the law if they perform an abortion on the young girl who is there against her will, even if her parents or loved one has brought her to the clinic.

Hopefully this young girl will not need to exercise her rights in this matter, because she and the father are planning to get married.  With this girl was her friend who is also pregnant and made an appointment to come in and become one of our clients. 

Coming up:

Monday evening, October 5, the PRC will be partnering with the FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athelites)  leaders in the schools in Bay county to  share with them about our services and to make plans for ways we can work with them to reach the teenagers in our area about the importance of abstinence.  Please be praying about this event.  Several have voiced they want to be involved in the Student Outreach and some have planned to attend this on Monday evening.  If you want be a part and find out how we will be working with the FCA, please plan to attend.  It will be at the First United Methodist Church of Panama City at 7PM.  Please call the office on Monday and we can give you directions.

Volunteer Saturday training set for October 17.  Please call the office if you plan to attend.  This training will be on our Student Outreach ministry.  We will be discussing the FCA partnership, the upcoming events, and ways we can get into the schools of our area.

We are now into October and the Run Baby Run is just around the corner.  Please get your registration in to Jason White 850-819-9225. All proceeds from this event will come to the PRC.

One of the volunteers who came to the conference this week is also my roommate.  I remember the day  (early 2013) she walked into the PRC and stated she wanted to get information about volunteering.  She was so sweet and soft spoken and starting telling me her testimony.

She had been praying since a young girl that God would send her the man He wanted for her.  She shared that she was now 50 years old and had met her husband over the Internet.  I was a very curious to hear her about this new way of meeting people.  Her husband of only two years was a widower with children and as she continued I heard a beautiful love story of how they met, fell in love and married.  She had given herself to the will of God and after many years He had brought her the man she was meant to spend the rest of her life with.  Diana Rhodes is a strong Christian with morals and values we work to teach all the young women who come into the Center. 

At first she wanted to do Reception work, but soon felt confident enough to try counseling.  Then she became a proficient  Client Assistant and was glad to share the gospel with every client she served. 

If you visit the Center and see our Wall of Life you will see many of the names on our wall have the initials of DR under them.  For when a girl accepts Christ she signs our Wall of Life and the counselor places her initials under her name.  Diana Rhodes has come to love the Pregnancy Resource ministry and the PRC has come to love and value her.  She is more than Client Assistant.  When we have a client who speaks Spanish we always schedule her to come when Diana is scheduled.  She is not only fluent in Spanish, but teaches English as a second language to the Spanish speaking at First Baptist of Panama City.

She has a heart for discipleship and encourages the clients who accept Christ to attend a discipleship class.  She also has been instrumental in getting our church referral policy nailed down to where it is clear and easy to execute with each new believer.  She is always willing to work toward special events like our Banquet Planning, Student Outreach and other special events.

I believe Diana has a hunger for what is right and good, and if anyone will have the honor of seeing good things happen at the PRC  it is her.  I thank God for sending Diana to the PRC and look forward to continued service together in this ministry.

“Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they shall be filled.”  Matt 5:6

Thanks For The Happy Birthday

Sixty nine years ago abortions were not legal. Of course that did not stop some from obtaining them, but it was certainly not as prevalent as today.  Birth control was also not quite as acceptable or easy attainable.  Sixty nine years ago you say.  Why would anyone want to compare today with that long ago?

A mother of two daughters, and a husband prone to drinking and struggling to stay employed might cause a mother today to consider an abortion for her third child. Especially since she is fed lies after lies about it being ok, legal and easy.  I am not saying, nor do I believe my mother would have chosen a quick fix of abortion or even birth control had it been so easily available as today.  What I am saying is that many today will choose to end a life and not think twice about what God would have them do. 

Laws that would stop abortion would certainly save many lives, and we should never stop promoting a change in our government, but getting to the hearts of men and women so they will see that legal does not always mean right, is what the PRC is all about.

 We are working to establish relationships with local churches, because we believe this is where God’s resources are that will change hearts and minds about the evils of the abortion industry.  We have a list of over 200 churches in our area.  Our board of directors have taken on the task of creating a relationship with them through the pastor, mission director, youth director, or member.  We call this person a church liaison.  If you would be interested in being a liaison for your church, please call the office and we will direct you to the board member who is heading up the group your church is in.

At the Center last week on Saturday our training for Receptionists went very well.  With two in attendance we were able to cover a lot of our receptionist and counselor procedures along with delving into the Intimacy before Impact manual.

Not to toot my horn about my birthday, but hey so glad God has chosen to give me another year.  Today God used this special day to cause a miracle and we don’t even know what else.  Nurse Becky came to the Center today to bring me a gift.  “Oh how sweet, you really didn’t have to do that.” I said.  Well looks like she did have to do it and it was all for good.

While Becky was here a mother and daughter came to the front door.  When I went to the door the mother was almost in tears and said, “I know you are closed but is there any way you can do a test for my daughter who may be pregnant, we really just need to know for sure.”

I was just about to say no you will need to make an appointment, when I realized Becky was here and if she could stay a few minutes we could do the test.

While the test was being completed I talked with this sweet 15 year old high school student, my heart went out to her.  As with all clients I asked her the question “Do you know if you were to die today you would be with God in heaven?”  Her answer was no, so we went over the Do You Know Booklet and then she prayed to receive Christ.  I asked her if she really understood, and that it was very important that she meant it.  She assured me that she did.  So we are praising God for her new life in Christ. 

After our session, nurse Becky came back to speak with her and her mother about the possibility of her having an ectopic or tubal pregnancy, and that she should see a doctor as soon as possible, and since she was having some bleeding and pains she recommended she go directly to the emergency room.  Her mother began to cry and we tried to encourage her that it would be alright and to please call us after she was done at the ER.  Please be praying with us about this young girl.

Thank you God for impressing on Nurse Becky to bring me a birthday gift today, and praise God for this young girl placing her trust in Jesus Christ today.  This is her spiritual birthday and as she signed her little spiritual birth certificate I told her tomorrow was my birthday and we would always share this date as a special day.

Coming up:
On October 17^th we will have our next Saturday training.  This will be focused on our Student Outreach ministry.  But if you would like to get involved in the Student Outreach before that day, please call the office.  We will be joining with the FCA on October 5^th to meet with the FCA leaders in the local schools to discuss planning a big abstinence rally.  We will be feeding approximately 40 students and sharing information about the Center with them.  Would love to have you come be a part of this and we look forward to working with FCA in some very exciting things pertaining to abstinence training for our local high school students.

October 1-3, a group of 5 ladies will be going to the Sound the Call Pregnancy Center conference presented by Florida Baptist Children’s Home.  We will be going to Lake Yale conference center in Leesburg Florida.  Please be praying for our safety and that God will renew our minds as to new and better ways we can minister to those in need in our area.  The Center will not be taking appointments on Thursday, Oct. 1 as our Thursday nurses and counselors will be going to this conference.

Run Baby Run applications are available on our facebook page.  Some have voiced that it is hard to find our page, but if after you log in to your facebook account do a search for friends and enter Pregnancy Resource Center and our page should come up.  Also check your newsletter for ways you can give to the Center through Amazon and Goodsearch.

Our first Banquet Committee meeting is set for Friday, October 30 at 8:30AM.  Last week’s email gave instructions on what areas we are in need of.  So please mark your calendar if you want to be a part of this important part of this ministry.

Last year about this time, I spoke at St. John’s Catholic Church.  The following week a sweet lady came to the Center and said she wanted to talk about volunteering.  When I learned she was a nurse I was thrilled.  After she came a couple of weeks, I learned that one of our nurses who had been signed up to do the ultrasound training had dropped out due to illness.  I asked this new nurse if she would be interested.  She accepted and when January came she went through the ultrasound training.  Then she followed up with Dr. Ingram’s training and became a very dependable nurse with the training needed for our ultrasound ministry.

We had four nurses go through the ultrasound training.  Two left un-expectantly, and one did not complete her training.  That left one, but this one nurse was very faithful and dedicated to this ministry.  It soon became very evident that she would make an excellent Nurse Manager and was offered the position.

Becky Byron has been the most energetic, dedicated, and exciting nurse manager anyone could ever ask for.  She is always here early and willing to stay late.  She is always looking for more information about pre-natal care and stays on top of all our medical needs.  She cleans and does things way out of her job description without one complaint.

Today God used her as He has many times before to help a woman or girl who is in distress, or even considering abortion.  She loves these women who come to us for help.  She is truly a god-send and we are so thankful for Nurse Becky at the PRC.

“In the way of righteousness there is LIFE and along that path is immortality.”   Proverbs 12:28 (NIV)

No Other Gods

The cool mornings have reminded us that Fall is coming, but we are also reminded that living in paradise sometimes means it is later than in most places. So we keep the AC going and enjoy the cool mornings more than

most people. Isn’t this just how God works. I know warm fall weather is not really a problem, but doesn’t it help us appreciate the cool times even more? From the words of a song our choir once sang, “If we didn’t have a problem, we wouldn’t know God could solve em.” Praise God he answers our prayers, solves our problems and supplies all our needs.

This week at PRC we have enjoyed working hard to get the newsletter ready to mail and getting 250 baby bottles ready for pickup. The client load was light, and, I believe, that was God giving us a little breather to get some office work completed. However, we were reminded on Thursday that we are not only in the fight for life, but that we continue daily in a spiritual battle.

On our intake forms there is place where clients can check what religion they considered themselves. One of the check boxes is next to WICCA. It was surprising to see two clients on Thursday, who did not know one another, had both checked this box. I knew that Wicca was just another name for witchcraft, and that it is perpetuated by Satan himself, but in order to understand it a little better I did a search on Wikipedia and this is what I found:

“Wicca is typically duotheistic, worshipping a Goddess and a God. These are traditionally viewed as the Moon Goddess and the Horned God, respectively. These deities may be regarded in a henotheistic way, as having many different divine aspects which can in turn be identified with many diverse pagan deities from different historical pantheons. For this reason, they are sometimes referred to as the "Great Goddess" and the "Great Horned God", with the adjective "great" connoting a deity that contains many other deities within their own nature. These two deities are sometimes viewed as facets of a greater pantheistic divinity, which is regarded as an impersonal force or process rather than a personal deity. While duotheism or bitheism is traditional in Wicca, broader Wiccan beliefs range frompolytheism to pantheism or monism, even to Goddess monotheism.”

One of the clients refused to discuss God and although she signed up for Earn While You Learn classes, stated she would not be attending the Bible studies. The other client was open to hearing the gospel and listened intently to the counselor. She also signed up for classes and stated she may attend the Bible study class. Please be praying for these two women, that Jesus would rebuke Satan while they are with us and that their eyes will be opened to the truth.

“And God spake all these words, saying, I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Exodus 20:1-3 (KJV)

Newsletters:
The newsletters went out yesterday (Thursday). You should have yours in your mailbox today. If you do not receive it, please let us know, so we can correct our mailing list to include you.

Coming up:
Tomorrow our Saturday training will be from 8:30 (breakfast) to 12N. We have three new volunteers signed up to attend and we will be focusing our training on what a receptionist does at the Center and then we will cover information about how to welcome and know who our clients are. The position of receptionist is very important as she is the first to greet the client and although she may or may not have the opportunity to counsel her, she needs to know how to relate to her, as well as the policies and procedures of the Center as they pertain to our office administration. If you are not signed up and want to attend, please come on. We would love to have you.

Our next Saturday training will be in October. The present date is set for the 17th. We will then focus on our Student Outreach ministry. We are presently working to get schools lined up for our lunch room presentations and should have a list by that day. If you would like to be a part of this part of our ministry, don’t miss this training. We will also be discussing ways we can reach our youth through churches and youth organizations. If you have ideas on this subject or want to work toward reaching our youth, please plan to make this training.

Run Baby Run is set for October 24. Check out the information on our facebook page, call us for information or call Living Word Fellowship church to register for this run. This will be a fun time of fellowship and exercise. All proceeds will come to the Pregnancy Center.

Our first Banquet Committee meeting is set for Friday, October 30 at 8:30AM. If you are interested in helping with the planning of the banquet, please plan to attend. These are some areas we will be needing assistance with. Decorations, Table Hosts, Reservations Coordinator, Prayer Coordinator, Computer Coordinator, Telephone Callers, Program Coordinator, and oh yea did I say Table Hosts. Hope to see you at the meeting. Ladies, you know you like to plan special occasions, well here is your chance. This is fun and exciting, but more than that it is our biggest fund raiser of the year, and even more importantly than that - it is a time when our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is lifted up and glorified. For truly all of this cannot be done, or held together without Him.

Ultrasound update:
We are still working toward getting a new ultrasound and our Go Fund Me account is still in force. However, if you wish to donate to this fund you can do like some have done already, and send your donation directly to us. We presently have $1500 toward our goal of $25K with some grants that we are praying will come in. Please pray with us about this new machine. Our current machine is getting grainier and grainier.

To shift gears now, I want to tell you about another one of our very special ladies here at PRC. She is so very faithful to her commitment to the Center. Since I came in 2012 there have only been one or two Wednesday mornings she has been out, I can always know she will be ready and teaching her class of pregnant or new moms. Her heart is with these ladies and it shows. She has nothing but love and respect for and from her students.

Yes in 1983 Karen Napier was one of the founders of Bay County Crisis Pregnancy Center, now known as

The Pregnancy Resource Center of Panama City. She has been here through four Directors and countless volunteers, and many, many changes. Some of these changes have been in our procedures. Some of them were good and some just didn’t fly. But Karen was always ready and willing to give it a try, no matter what my new way of doing things would be.

When someone donates a car seat that is in good condition, Miss Karen will take it and look it up on the internet and see if it is expired or had any recalls. Then she prints out the paperwork that goes with that particular model so we can be sure the seat is in nearly new condition before we let one of our moms have it.

Today she dropped off a couple of car seats and when I told her I would be writing about her, I asked if there was anything special she wanted me to say. She first said no, but then came back to say something very kind.. What she said was very sweet and humbling, but I must say, my admiration is so great for this strong, faithful woman of God.

I value her experience and godly wisdom and often call on her for help when a decision needs to be made concerning our students. She exhibits a spirit of love and at the same time knows just how to be fair yet firm. The PRC is privileged to have Karen Napier every Wednesday morning for our Earn While You Learn.

Sometimes I wish I were a little girl and could take ballet and be in Miss Karen’s class. I bet she is just as good at teaching ballet as she is at teaching pregnant moms and new moms how to be godly mothers.

God is soooo good!!!!

PS If you haven’t seen the movie “War Room”, GO SEE IT!!!! God is in that movie.





“Pray without ceasing” I Thess. 5:17 (KJV)