Pam Pennell, Post Abortion Teaching and Healing (P.A.T.H.) Program Facilitator April is Abortion Recovery month, and I would like to share my abortion and recovery story. As I write this, I’m 30-something thousand feet in the air on a plane. What better than to write my story? In 1994 I was in a relationship thatContinue reading “Now to the Redemption Story”
Category Archives: From the Volunteers
Seeing Through God’s Lens
Laura Lewis, Relationship Education Program “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth” John 1:1,14 (NKJV). ThingsContinue reading “Seeing Through God’s Lens”
Compassion First
Patti Noyes, Parenting Instructor What to write? When asked to write this article I thought, “Okay, how hard can it be?” Well, my brain has come up with a couple of thoughts but nothing that really seemed earth shattering. But think about it…life is generally not earth shattering. I’ve been a pastor’s wife since 1972.Continue reading “Compassion First”
Running Well
David LeBlanc, Fatherhood Program Lead As I sit down to write this it is mid-June, and I am in the midst of my busy season at work. To state the matter like this is a bit of an understatement. I am actually in the midst of one of my busiest seasons of life. A seasonContinue reading “Running Well”
By the Sound of His Voice
Jackie Plunske, Marketing Team Lead When I was young my dad brought me to a beautiful field on the edge of a forest he often visited. It was quite a trek through the woods, but eventually you stepped out onto a small cliff overlooking a sunny meadow with lovely little towns and hills in theContinue reading “By the Sound of His Voice”
Just Get Started
Maria Thompson, Events Team I’m struggling writing this post. I’m mainly struggling to write this because I’ve been approaching it with some vague expectation of receiving a burning bush moment from God about EXACTLY what he wants me to put out there. Some new, supernaturally revelatory, yet gritty, down to earth, and refreshingly relevant nuggetContinue reading “Just Get Started”
When Faith is Stronger than Fear
Gail Veenama – A missionary friend once said that Christians don’t retire, they just retread, so as I prepared to retire at the end of 2014, I wondered where God would lead me to serve Him in retirement. Because family is something I am passionate about, the ministry of Branches is one that I have prayed for since it began many years ago as Lifeway. Read more…