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A woman wrote this article for a local pro-life publication 23 years ago when she was pregnant with her first child, una- wareWe all of recognize what she that would our culture be doing has today.many challenges; This special one mother of course of isfive that has our been culture a PCCof life Client has Advocatedeteriorated. for Lives three are years. being She lost continuesand those who with oppose a heart life overflowing seem louder for than life ever. and forSometimes the gospel ofwe Jesus wonder, Christ. “Are we too far gone?” For an answer, look to the Old Testament character who is so prominent in our New Testament: David. Even with his flaws, he was a man after God’s own heart.09/1 5One/92 reasonEntry: forA t ithisny hise thatart q evenuietl yas b ae younggan to man, bea the w hchoseile th toe wacthoonle wGod’sorld wbehalf.as una w a r e . 11/20 /92 En try: The same heart w as he ard by human ears fo r t h (Continuede first time wonhi l epage still 2) hidden to the world. (Continued on page 2) (Continued from front page) 12/15/93 Entry: A small figure appeared and moved on a screen. Now a tiny heart could be seen as the 4 chambers worked together giving life to the small body and amazement to those who watched. With a closer look, I could see that the profile of the figure resembled my own. This living, breathing, moving being was my baby. Another life from God. She continues: Along with pregnancy comes sacrifice. A woman must eventually leave her regular wardrobe for larger sizes. Her feet, legs and hands may swell. Her back aches. She does without some of the regular medications taken for the common cold, sore throat and headache. The mother-to-be is told to sacrifice caffeine, smoking, alcohol, and drugs. Some women choose to make these sacrifices. They choose life! Others choose to sacrifice life. They choose abortion. Some can think only of the sacrifices they must make themselves, without considering the sacrifices that have been made for them. God sacrificed His only Son, not because He was too much trouble to keep but so we could have life! For whom? Just for me, just for you, and just for those tiny hearts that the world is still unaware of. Challenge: If you have strong (continued) feelings about the “right of life” for the unborn child with a beating heart, legs, arms and hands that move and eyes that can open and close—then let your views be known. Share your feelings with women who are battling with this decision. Pass your opinions on to friends that may not hold the same views. Write your Congressional representatives who can let your ideas be made known throughout this great country. Let’s not let those hearts STOP beating totally unaware to the world! Note: This mother’s son was born in May of 1993. “Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing .” I Thessalonians 5:11 NKJV St. Peter’s Lutheran Project Linus Miller’s Yarners Church Quilters Thank You To All for the Handmade Gifts for Christ’s Little Lambs! Become A Pregnancy Care Center Partner Yes! I would like to help the PCC ministry to continue to reach women. Enclosed is my one time gift in the amount of $_____. I would like to make a monthly/quarterly/annual gift in the amount of $_____. Please contact me concerning an automatic draft. Visit pcchickory.com to give online through PayPal. Name: _____________________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________________ Phone: _______________ Email: _______________________________________ Send gifts and mailing address changes to PCC, PO Box 9423, Hickory, NC 28603 The Pregnancy Care Center of Catawba Valley is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. 2 DID YOU KNOW ? PCC Statistics January-August 2016 All Client Visits: 1572 Website www.pcchickory.com Total Distinct Client Visits: 501 Clients at Risk for Abortion: 283 Administrative Office P.O. o 93 Clients Who Decided to Carry: 266 ickory, N 603 Layettes Given/Material Assistance: 488 421 Main venue SW ickory, N 602 Trusted Christ/Rededicated: 23 Phone: (28) 322-4272 Whether it is an unplanned pregnancy, the pain of a past decision, or the hurt of a Hours relationship gone wrong, there is an answer in the hope of Jesus Christ. That’s why Monday Thursday: 9- we’re here, and that’s why we serve. Tuesday ednesday: 9-4 Evenings by aointment PCC Summer Internship Renee Bentley, Executive Director [email protected] Lori Sanche, a rising senior Community ealth maor at Lenoir-hyne niversity, completed 200 hours of Board of Directors internshi at the PCC this summer. Lori is a gifted, Lucy orwin, hairwoman hard-woring woman who blessed this ministry. an uess, hairman elect The PCC received a thank-you note from Lori saying, Jim Peeler, Treasurer Kim alters, Secretary “I enjoyed working with all of you at the PCC this sum- onna ustin mer. It was a wonderful experience. So thanful and Laura oley blessed that the Lord put me on everyone’s path! Lori enkins All of you insire me, such as choosing to trust and have faith in the ev. ntonio Logan Stehen Palmer Lord. It’s amazing to see how you put the Lord in everything each day!” “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.” 1 John 4:7-8 NKJV Hands on Hickory Lenoir-Rhyne University Corinth Reformed Church Team 3 May-August 2016 Thanks to these groups and the many more who gave gifts to the PCC. We appreciate you! Unifour Pediatrics Monday Class Snacks Discovery Church First United Methodist Church of Hickory Meadow Ridge Baptist St. Paul’s Reformed Church Newton Gateway Baptist Church Toys for Tots Don Smith Discovery Church Run for God Mountain Grove Baptist Church Covenant Christian Church Baby Shower 4 Special Events hank you, ickory Crawdads and the 100+ participants who came to Make a Difference Monday at L.P. rans tadi- um on ugust 016, in support of the Pregnancy Care Center. Thank you Orange Leaf Yogurt, Tina hit- field and ountain iew Baptist friends. Gifts were donated to the center for a free yogurt on Saturday uly 0 016. College Students for Life The nation’s largest student pro-life group recently announced that campus pro-life groups far outnumber pro-aortion groups. Students for Life of America LA now serves more than 1,043 colleges high schools and law and medical schools nationwide. heir website is studentsforlife.org. IN MEMORY—May-August 2016 Rachel Adkins Dorothy Rorebeck Rev. & Mrs. Ronald Orovitz, Hickory, NC Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Reising, Granite Falls, NC IN HONOR—May-August 2016 International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Schell, Conover, NC Please consider a gift to the Pregnancy Care Center IN HONOR of or IN MEMORY of the special people in your life. Thank you. 5 Thank You TO OUR DONORS May - August 2016 American Tax & Accounting Mrs Carolyn Glass Jr May's Chapel UMC Ms Carol Amrani Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church Mr Samuel McFarlin Belinda Annas Debbie Graham Ms Joy McKemy Ms Rebecca Arrowood Mr & Mrs Joseph Griffin Meadow Ridge Baptist Church Augustans Lutheran Church Mr & Mrs Larry Hall Mr & Mrs Barry Metcalf Mr & Mrs Robert Baker Mr & Mrs Roger Hall Dr & Mrs Douglas Miller Jr Mr & Mrs Johnny Bentley Mr & Mrs John Hanigofsky Mr C G Moore Jr Bethel Lutheran Church Harmony Baptist Church Cathy Morris Bethlehem United Methodist Church Mrs JoAnn Harper Mr & Mrs William Morrison Jr Blackburn Baptist Church Ms Karen Harrington Mountain Grove Baptist Church Mr & Mrs Herman Bolick Mr & Mrs Malcolm Harris Mr Frank Schwartz & Drs Aaron & Melissa Braunsteiner Harvest Baptist Church Mrs Mary Beth Miller Millie Brookshire Harvest Bible Chapel of Hickory Mt Olive Lutheran Church/Newton Cain's Auto Care Harvest Community Church Ms Martha Mullins Mr & Mrs Tony Campbell Mr & Mrs Joseph Heard Mr Jeff Neal Mr & Mrs Albert Carswell Ruby Heavner New Life Authentic Christian Christ Alive Church Hickory Pentecostal Holiness Church Comm Inc Pastor & Mrs Stephen Clark Hickory Saw & Tool, Inc Open Door Baptist Church Ms Nancy Clarke Hickory Seventh Day Adventist Rev & Mrs Ronald Orovitz Mr & Mrs Reid Collie Church Oxford Baptist Church Concordia Lutheran Church Highland Baptist Church Mr & Mrs Bill Page Corinth Reformed Church Ms Jean Marie Hirsch Mr & Mrs Earl Parlier Cornerstone Church of Maiden His Kids Consignment Sales Mr & Mrs C Parsons Dr & Mrs Michael Cotton & Family Mr & Mrs Tony Hollar Mr & Mrs Glenn Pattishall Covenant Christian Church Catawba Dr & Mrs Adrian Holtzman Mr & Mrs James Peeler County Mr & Mrs Dean Hood Mr & Mrs Jerry Perry Dr and Mrs Matt Creighton Mr & Mrs Johnny Hull Mr & Mrs Vincent Piccirelli Crossroads Baptist Church Mr & Mrs Thomas Hurd Brenda Pinckney Elizabeth Davis Rev & Mrs Douglas Johnson Mr & Mrs Christian Plasman Mr & Mrs Dana Deal Mr & Mrs James Johnson Mr & Mrs Jack Pressly Mr & Mrs C Dietrich Mrs Joyce Kirby Charlotte Raney Discovery Church Knights of Columbus - St Aloysius Redeemer Lutheran Church Donna Austin Real Estate LLC Council 6451 Ms Margaret Ritter Mr & Mrs Jeffrey Dowgos Mr & Mrs Allan