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HOPE LIFE CENTER - VOLUNTEER / TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES |
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God Doesn't Call the Qualified...
He Qualifies the Called!
Hello,
 Thank-you for your interest in becoming a volunteer for Hope Life Center. Anyone wishing to work or volunteer at the Center, in any capacity,
must participate in Peer Counseling Training. This training will be a small group learning opportunity, and it will be a time when single topics can be explored in depth. The training will provide the tools and skills to help you
be better equipped to deal with pregnancy center situations.
It is important for new trainees to attend all of the sessions as each session builds upon the next. Some of the topics we will be covering are:
- The biblical basis for the sanctity of life
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- Listening and helping skills -The role of the gospel
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- Discussion about adoption, abstinence, and abortion
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The cost for the training is a suggested donation of $20.00 to cover the cost of the manual. This training is for both Sterling and Dixon Volunteers and will be held at the Sterling Center.
2008 TRAINING SCHEDULE
See also: Work Shops.
| Our Upcoming Training Dates for 2008 |
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June 16th, 17th, and 19th
Please call for times. |
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Sterling Center
2323 E. Lincolnway
Sterling, IL 61081
Phone: (815) 625-5300
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We will help you share the Gospel, promote sexual abstinence and present the latest information on sexually transmitted diseases and abortion facts. Completing the seminar does not commit you to volunteering at the Center, but is
required should you want to at a later date. If you would be interested in training sooner, please contact us and we can arrange training on a one on one basis.
Please call us at 625-5300 for more details.
Make a difference in the lives of young women. Join the team!
A variety of speakers and volunteers will instruct these sessions. Please feel free to bring a sack supper if you are pressed for time. I sincerely hope that you will pray about joining us and becoming an active part of our exciting
ministry. For more information, please call 625-5300.
In Christ,
Pat Gaumer R.N., B.S.N. - Director
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You Don't Have To Go Overseas
If there was a mission field in your backyard, this is it. You don't have to go far to have the opportunity to share the life-giving hope of Christ. You can be the one to help them make on of the most important decisions of their life. |
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Hope Life Center Is...
A nonprofit, Christian ministry committed to upholding the sanctity of human life in the communities of the Sauk Valley area.
We provide compassionate, confidential support for women facing unplanned pregnancies. Here's how we provide vital services to women in the Sauk Valley area:
Emotional Support
We stand by them in their time of crises through our Helpline, peer counseling and support groups.
Spiritual Teaching
Women who are feeling betrayed need a chance to hear about the steadfast love of Jesus Christ.
Practical Assistance
Women need their physical needs met through pregnancy testing and material goods.
Educational Enrichment
Through the " Earn While You Learn" program, clients earn points for the Hope Chest as they learn new skills.
Professional Referrals
Women need to be connected to other services, such as low cost medical care, adoption services and more. |
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Who We Serve
Hope Life Center serves a diverse clientele from junior high to high school to women who are busy with career. Unplanned pregnancies can come to any woman at any age, from any socioeconomic background. But they all have one thing in
common, they need someone who will listen. |
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The Ministry of Volunteering
Volunteers carry out the work of Hope Life Centers. Volunteers like you. Remember that Jesus did not heal every needy person in the world. He helped the ones he met, ministering to one person at a time. And that is our goal - to counsel
and share the Gospel with one women at a time, to preserve the life of one baby at a time. Both need to receive the love of Jesus through compassionate, caring Christians. Call us today and tell us you want to help. |
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Counselor / Volunteer Training
Required for all counselors/volunteers is approximately 18 hours in 4 to 5 sessions covering the sanctity of human life, counseling techniques, listening skills and evangelism. Participation does not obligate you to volunteer. Take
this next step and see if God is calling you to a ministry at Hope Life Center. |
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Here's How You Can Help
Hope Life Center conducts regular training sessions for new volunteers. Here are some of the ways you can help pregnant women choose life:
* Crisis Counseling: This includes giving pregnancy tests, listening to women and their partners, providing information about abortion, adoption and parenting.
* Lead Small Groups: Bible studies, abstinence, post-abortion and parenting support groups.
* Support Services: Helpline counselor, receptionist, Hope Chest Clothing care specialist, prayer partner coordinator.
* Public Relations: Be a church coordinator for the "Walk For Life" and "Change For Life", a liaison between your church and HPC, help with with mailings and make phone
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Every day, thousands of women who don't want to be, find out they are pregnant. And many can't handle the news.
A women in crisis may not have the understanding support of friends and family or she may think her life will be ruined if she has a baby. She can become desperate, hopeless, confused and lonely.
Women in crisis are also vulnerable to the pressure of a society that preaches "choice", but offers only the elimination of one life and the wounding of another. They are victimized and exploited ~ coerced by circumstances
and our culture of convenience and greed to kill their children.
Women who are considering abortion need to feel loved and see that there is hope in their desperate situation. Every day, nearly 5,000 women will decide to have their babies or to get an abortion. Many Christians are frustrated and
angry about abortion but feel they can't do anything about it. Can their decision be influenced?
With you it can... Won't you help touch the lives of women in need with God's love? Wont you show them a better way?
V O L U N T E E R ! |
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