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April 2010 Newsletter
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News from the Director’s Desk
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Thank Yous
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Snail Mail or E-Mail?
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Volunteer Spotlight
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Sanctity of Human Life Sunday
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Community-Wide Baby Shower
3
National Day of Prayer
3
Let’s Remember the forgotten
mom this year...
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PRC Wish List
3
PRC
ON THE BACK:
PRC phone, Statistics, E-mail address,
PRC Hours, Directors, Board of
Directors, Advisory Board
NEWS
from the Director’s Desk
And the Lord makes us more and more like Him
as we are changed into His glorious image.
II Corinthians 3:18
Celebrating “Life Formed and Transformed by God’s Love” at this year’s
banquet was such a joy for the Board of Directors, Staff, and Volunteers of
the PRC. Thank you to all who took part it making it a success. A special
thank you to Brother Chip Fox for his part in the program, we all enjoyed his
presence. Next time, the banjo! To the Damascus Road Trio, what a
wonderful time of worship! Thank you for helping us focus on our Lord, it
was beautiful. And to Pastor Chet Keating, thank you for closing the evening
and encouraging us to “get out of the boat.” The banquet was a fantastic
opportunity to celebrate God’s miraculous hand from the moment life begins
to the moment life in Him truly begins. I’m so grateful for His grace and
transforming love! May we share this love with the families who walk
through the doors of the Pregnancy Resource Center.
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PRC website
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with access to the old one,
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www.prcofmilton.org
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[email protected]
We are excited to see the number of women and men
way God has
attending our Thursday night Parenting/Prenatal Classes
asked you to be
and Bible Study from 5-7 p.m. Please be in prayer for the
involved with
PRC during this time. It is our busiest time during the week,
our ministry,
but most importantly, those here need something that they
thank you
can’t buy in our Baby Store. And Jesus is here to meet that
for your
need. Pray that God would soften hearts and speak through
obedience!
the teachers, volunteers, staff who are here during that time.
Thank you for supporting us with your prayers, they are felt
daily! And in whatever way God has asked you to be
involved with our ministry, thank you for your obedience!
We can’t serve our families without you!
Serving Him,
Kristin
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Pregnancy Resource Center
Thank You
VOLUNTEER
Thanks to all that attended our 15th Annual Banquet.
You all helped make it a Success.
Your desire to hear more about Pregnancy Resource Center and our
outreach in this area is an encouragement. It was great to have you
with us.
If you would like more information on our mission, our programs and
our desire to touch the lives of those facing unplanned pregnancies,
please feel free to contact us by e-mail at [email protected] or by
giving us a call 850-983-2730. We would be happy to answer any
questions you might have.
It was a joy to have you with us and we look forward to seeing you at
future events.
Thanks so much for all the volunteers that came out to help us put it
all together.
Our ministry is so blessed with volunteers that are willing to help
wherever the need arises. Thank you for being a part of this special
time of year for us. God orchestrated each moment and had a plan for
each of you who participated and we are so grateful for you.
Special thanks to our youth
group volunteers:
Pam Gallups and the youth groups from Hickory Hammock Baptist
Church and Pine Terrace Baptist Church for a terrific job serving at
our banquet, we truly appreciate their hard work.
Pine Terrace Baptist Church GA’s for spring cleaning and planting
our new flower garden.
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POTLIGHT
“The Lord has blessed me
through my volunteering at the
PRC”.
Volunteer Natalie Heaster started working at
the PRC in December of last year. She moved to
Milton in August of 2009 right after she married
her husband Matt. Natalie is a Physician
Assistant and her husband Matt is a Lt. J6 with
the Navy – flight student. They attend Pine
Terrace Baptist Church at this time but will be
moving in May when Matt finishes flight school.
Natalie was unable to find a job in Milton and
she wanted to do something with her spare time
and she felt called to volunteer. She first learned
about the PRC ministry while sitting with Larry
Mathews during Thanksgiving dinner at Pine
Terrace. He suggested that she volunteer for the
PRC.
Natalie always wears a smile on her face. She is
so pleasant to work with. She just comes in and
immediately looks around to see what needs to
be done, then jumps right in. She has been a
great asset here at the PRC doing clerical and
organizational work. We will miss her dearly
when she leaves in May.
She says that she will be sad to leave the PRC
and she hopes to find another way to volunteer
and minister to others in her future journeys,
“The Lord has blessed me through my
volunteering at the PRC”.
Olive Baptist Church D-Now 9th grade girls for sorting baby clothes
for us.
The African American Culture Club at Milton High School for all the
diapers that they collected for us.
Would you like to make a monthly donation the PRC without
writing a check? Consider receiving your newsletter
via email and you will save the PRC $.49 in postage
each month that we mail out a newsletter. Please take a
snail
minute and send an email to [email protected] with
mail or
“add to newsletter” in the subject line.
e-m
ail?
We will remove your name from the mail out list if we
receive an email from you. Thank you for saving the
paper and the postage by receiving it electronically.
Life Formed
and Transformed by
God’sLove
Sanctity of
Human Life
Sunday
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Community-Wide Baby Shower
to benefit the
Pregnancy Resource Center
May 29, 2009
Thank You for your
participation in our 2010
Sanctity of Human Life Baby
Bottle Boomerang Campaign:
Would your small (or large)
group like to participate?
Thank you to these churches
for participating:
Pine Terrace Baptist Church
Immanuel Baptist Church
Bagdad Baptist Church
Bottles were donated in Honor
and in Memory of:
Terry Wyrosdick & Helen
White
Connor & Cole Mullins
Betty Bamberg
Sue Barker
Joann Arthur
Sue Grace
Rose M. Gytri
Nolan Vasquez
Bradley, Payton,& Andrew
Watts
Emma Grace Christian
Lois Price
Tom and Kim
Maegan Hernandez’s little
brothers
Hunter / Ethan Wyrosdick
Ashley Ruth Carrier
Allyson & Blake Bullock
Colin & Caitlin Coleman
Shane
Harold Greene and Clara
Stinson
Brandon
Bonnie Bradshaw
Bruce Wertz
Luenette Rowell’s 5 great
grandchildren
Catherine Lehman
Jeremy Bowman
Coby Cates
Kaci, Diva & Olivia
Annah & Jason Dubose
Bert Reeves
John Murphy
Banquet Donation:
A special banquet
donation was made in
honor of Mary Shirah
Please Contact Charlotte Lee
at 983-6927 for more information
Join the PRC in
praying
for
for our Nation
and Leaders
National Day
of Prayer
1st Thursday in May
12:35 p.m. at the Santa
Rosa County Courthouse
Let’s remember the forgotten mom this year
On
Mother’s Day, there
may not be a card, because
no one will know exactly
what to say. Her child will
be giving someone else a
card, while perhaps also
remembering her—yet she
may never know.
She is the silent mother
who made perhaps the
greatest sacrifice of all.
She took the harder road,
placing her child in an
adoptive home. She knew
it was best, but her heart
and her soul still cry out,
asking her “why” during
the dark times in her life.
Perhaps she has moved
on, even married, and
maybe has children of her
own. But regardless of her
current circumstances, she
still remembers the little
one she knew she had to
relinquish to another.
Each year on her child’s
birthday she remembers,
and every Mother’s Day,
her heart has a sense of
emptiness—for the one
from whom she sometimes longs to hear the
word, “Mommy.”
We believe in adoption
here at (name of center). It
is, in the clearest sense of
the word, a selfless choice.
If anyone ever wonders
aloud, “How could someone do that?” they simply
do not understand the
courage and the love that
it takes to say, “You mean
so much to me that I want
you to have the very best.”
Moses’ mother, Samuel’s
mother—they both knew
what it was like. The Bible
records little of their heartbreak over a child given to
someone else, but it was
there. They must have
hurt. They were real people.
And with Mother’s Day
here, perhaps we ought to
pause and remember in
prayer those who chose
what was for them “the
best,” over what might
have been easier choices.
They took the harder road,
knowing full well what
they were giving up, and
the pain of loss that would
ensue. On Mother’s Day,
let’s salute them as well—
the silent mothers for
whom there may be no
cards.
PRC
Wish
List
Someone to teach
prenatal, parenting
or life skill class on
a Thursday night
from 5 to 6 p.m.
Someone to teach
bible study class on
a Thursday night
from 6 to 7 p.m.
Size 3 diapers
Baby bathtubs
Crib & mattress,
Baby lotion
Baby powder
Baby wash
Bassinets
Play pen
Baby monitors
Folding chairs for
class
STATISTICS
PRC Phone
850.983.2730
Clients Served ............................. 137
2009 New Clients Carried Over to
2010........................................... 36
New Clients.................................... 64
Other Services ................................. 1
Pregnancy Tests ........................... 15
Positive ....................................... 9
Negative ................................... 6
E-mail [email protected]
on the web
Pregnancy Resource Center
January, February and March 2010
Member of Heartbeat International & NIFLA
5736 Stewart Street Milton, FL 32570
Client Statistics:
www.prcofmilton.org
Pregnancy Resource Center
HOURS
Monday ............10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday ............10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday.............................CLOSED
Thursday...........10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Friday......................................CLOSED
Pregnancy Resource Center
Milton, Florida
Kristin Kennington
Director
Patsy Catone
Administrative Assistant
PRC Board of Directors
Larry Mathews—Chairman of Board
Congressman Jeff Miller
Representative Greg Evers
Grady Hester
Johnny Rogers
PRESORTED
STANDARD
PRC Advisory Board
U.S. POSTAGE PAID
Rusty Grimes
Stu Hoffman
Betty Morgan
Cindy Roberts
MILTON, FL
PERMIT NO. 78
Shirley Baxter
David Cornish
Shirley Curry
Louise Egler
Dr. Jonathan Fountain