October 19, 2007

Help Hope

Ned Williams emailed the following message, which I wholeheartedly endorse:

As you probably know, I volunteer time at Hope Clinic for Women, a ministry that began 25 years ago as a crisis pregnancy center and has expanded over the years to include not only counseling and education for women facing unplanned pregnancies but also a range of medical services--even ultrasounds. The most recent expansion of the ministry is a maternity home scheduled to open in the spring.

This Saturday is the annual Hope Clinic for Women Run for Life, and though I won't be running (I'm the children's area coordinator!), I hope you'll considering supporting the team of runners from my church--two of whom, Doug Martin and Marty Schwieterman, are pastors. We have a goal of raising $1,000.

The run will probably be under way by the time you read this, but we still are short of our goal, so I thought a "blast" email might help. Here (http://tinyurl.com/2kyejp) is a link to our team's website where you can register your support or find out more about the event. Thank you in advance for any contribution you can make.

As for Hope Clinic, I urge you to give something - we're going to - because it is a much-needed and very effective ministry. In a state where the state government, at the governor's behest, is spending $1.1 million dollars this year to subsidize the state's largest abortion mill, a place like Hope Clinic, which exists to help women avoid the tragedy of abortion, needs all the private-sector help it can get.