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Valinda McGovern: The ABC’s of Volunteering to Save Lives

May 24, 2013 By Guest Blogger

hold baby The Executive Director for the Care Pregnancy Center of the Eastern Panhandle has some simple advice for anyone that has ever considered helping out at a care pregnancy center: “The best volunteers are the ones that show up.”

After being in her role leading the CPC in the Eastern Panhandle for the past year, McGovern has come to understand that being a volunteer isn’t about having special skills or being dynamic in any way. It’s about caring enough to show up and be honest with people. In light of her realization she penned a short op-ed for the Family Policy Council of West Virginia in which she encourages people to just “show up” and put feet to their words.

ABC’s of Pregnancy Center Ministry: Volunteers
by Valinda McGovern

What does it take to be a pregnancy center volunteer? Do I need any special training? What qualities do I possess that I could use to help someone in a crisis pregnancy situation? What if I don’t know all the answers? [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: ABS, action, baby's, care, center, lives, pregnancy, save, serve, Valinda McGovern, volunteer

Romeike Family Told To Go Back To Germany – Face Losing Kids

May 24, 2013 By Nathan Cherry

As one might have expected, the Obama administration has denied the appeal of the Romeike family for asylum in the U.S. in order to have the right and freedom to home school their children. They left their home in Germany because, under current laws, … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Religious Freedom Tagged With: choice, Common Core, educate, education, government, home-school, mandated, Obama, parental, public, right, Romeike, school

Democrats in Congress Targeting Care Pregnancy Centers

May 23, 2013 By Nathan Cherry

TheHill.com: "Democrats in the House and Senate are looking to stop what they say are deceptive advertising practices by anti-abortion health clinics that imply they offer abortion services, but instead encourage birth and promote adoption. The … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: care pregnancy centers, Congress, democrats, Life, planned parenthood, targeting

Let’s Not Celebrate Mother’s and Father’s Anymore

May 23, 2013 By Nathan Cherry

TheBlaze.com: "An elementary school in Nova Scotia has made a curious decision to cancel Mother’s Day and Father’s Day celebrations and to, instead, replace them with a more benign 'Family Day' commemoration. The full name of the holiday the … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Marriage Tagged With: celebrate, families, family, fathers, kids, mother's, school, traditional

Professor’s Intelligent Design Class Sparks Controversy

May 23, 2013 By Nathan Cherry

A university professor teaching a physical science elective in which he touches on intelligent design and spirituality as it relates to science is causing controversy. The Freedom From Religion Foundation finds it to be a violation of the "separation … [Continue reading]