Support Your Local Pregnancy Center!

April 3, 2006
Our church encourages supporting ministries in our local area, as well as tithing to our own church.

As Christians, we believe it is vital to support pregnancy centers in their work to minister to pregnant moms/dads, and their unborn babies. As a future adoptive family, we also believe this support is an important step in helping empower pregnant moms with choices other than abortion, and to minister to their spiritual and physical needs (whether or not they place their baby for adoption). As members of our community, we believe it is important to help develop healthy families.

Our local pregnancy center has wonderful programs to incorporate all these aspects of ministry, called "Steps for Moms & Dads." It is an educational incentive program to equip these "at risk" parents to have healthy families, and prevent abortions. They provide Biblical counseling, and parenting classes for the moms & dads. They have incentives called "baby bucks," which the parents earn by attending classes. They can use the "baby bucks" to "purchase" donated items at the pregnancy center for their baby, such as baby clothes, maternity items, etc. The pregnancy center also offers abstinence education programs for their clients, and for local schools.

On my lunch break today, I dropped off a bag of donation items for the pregnancy center's "baby bucks" incentive program. It was such a joy!

So, do your part, and support your local pregnancy center today! Many Christian pregnancy centers are part of the national Care Net network. (You can read more about their ministries by clicking on the link.) Or, you can find a center in your area by clicking here.)