09/15/92 Entry: A tiny heart quietly began to beat while the whole world was unaware.

11/20/92 Entry: The same heart was heard by human ears for the first time while still hidden to the world. (Continued on page 2)

A Heart For Life Below you will read three journal entries followed by a challenge to stand in the gap for the unborn, to stand unashamedly for the sanctity of human life. A woman wrote this article for a local pro-life publication 23 years ago when she was pregnant with her first child, una-ware of what she would be doing today. This special mother of five has been a PCC Client Advocate for three years. She continues with a heart overflowing for life and for the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Doing Something about It… We all recognize that our culture has many challenges; one of course is that our culture of life has deteriorated. Lives are being lost and those who oppose life seem louder than ever. Sometimes we wonder, “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. One reason for this is that even as a young man, he chose to act on God’s behalf. (Continued on page 2)

February 2014

A publication of the Pregnancy Care Center of Catawba Valley

February 2014

A publication of the Pregnancy Care Center of Catawba Valley

A publication of the Pregnancy Care Center of Catawba Valley

October 2013February 2014October 2016

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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.

Thank You To All for the Handmade Gifts for Christ’s Little Lambs!

Project Linus Miller’s Yarners

(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.

St. Peter’s Lutheran Church Quilters

“Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing .” I Thessalonians 5:11 NKJV

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Website www.pcchickory.com Administrative Office P.O. Box 9423 Hickory, NC 28603 421 Main Avenue SW Hickory, NC 28602 Phone: (828) 322-4272 Hours Monday & Thursday: 9-5 Tuesday & Wednesday: 9-4 Evenings by appointment Renee Bentley, Executive Director execdir@pcchickory.com

Board of Directors Lucy Corwin, Chairwoman Hank Guess, Chairman elect Jim Peeler, Treasurer Kim Walters, Secretary Donna Austin Laura Coley Lori Jenkins Rev. Antonio Logan Stephen Palmer

DID YOU KNOW ? PCC Statistics

January-August 2016 All Client Visits: 1572 Total Distinct Client Visits: 501 Clients at Risk for Abortion: 283 Clients Who Decided to Carry: 266 Layettes Given/Material Assistance: 488 Trusted Christ/Rededicated: 23

Whether it is an unplanned pregnancy, the pain of a past decision, or the hurt of a relationship gone wrong, there is an answer in the hope of Jesus Christ. That’s why

we’re here, and that’s why we serve.

Corinth Reformed Church Team

PCC Summer Internship Lori Sanchez, a rising senior Community Health major at Lenoir-Rhyne University, completed 200 hours of internship at the PCC this summer. Lori is a gifted, hard-working woman who blessed this ministry. The PCC received a thank-you note from Lori saying, “I enjoyed working with all of you at the PCC this sum-mer. It was a wonderful experience. So thankful and blessed that the Lord put me on everyone’s path!

All of you inspire me, such as choosing to trust and have faith in the Lord. It’s amazing to see how you put the Lord in everything each day!”

Hands on Hickory Lenoir-Rhyne University

“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

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May-August 2016

Thanks to these groups and the many more who gave gifts to the

PCC. We appreciate you!

Toys for Tots Don Smith

Meadow Ridge Baptist

Unifour Pediatrics

St. Paul’s Reformed Church Newton

Discovery Church Run for God

Gateway Baptist Church

Mountain Grove Baptist Church

First United Methodist Church of Hickory

Monday Class Snacks Discovery Church

Covenant Christian Church Baby Shower

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Special Events

Please consider a gift to the Pregnancy Care Center IN HONOR of or IN MEMORY of the special people in your life. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Hickory Crawdads and the 100+ participants who came to Make a Difference Monday at L.P. Frans Stadi-um on August 1, 2016, in support of the Pregnancy Care Center.

Thank you, Orange Leaf Yogurt, Tina Whit-field, and Mountain View Baptist friends. Gifts were donated to the center for a free yogurt on Saturday, July 30, 2016.

College Students for Life

The nation’s largest student pro-life group recently announced that campus pro-life groups far outnumber pro-abortion groups. Students for Life of America (SFLA) now serves more than 1,043 colleges, high schools, and law and medical schools nationwide. Their website is studentsforlife.org.

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Thank You TO OUR DONORS May - August 2016 American Tax & Accounting Ms Carol Amrani Belinda Annas Ms Rebecca Arrowood Augustans Lutheran Church Mr & Mrs Robert Baker Mr & Mrs Johnny Bentley Bethel Lutheran Church Bethlehem United Methodist Church Blackburn Baptist Church Mr & Mrs Herman Bolick Drs Aaron & Melissa Braunsteiner Millie Brookshire Cain's Auto Care Mr & Mrs Tony Campbell Mr & Mrs Albert Carswell Christ Alive Church Pastor & Mrs Stephen Clark Ms Nancy Clarke Mr & Mrs Reid Collie Concordia Lutheran Church Corinth Reformed Church Cornerstone Church of Maiden Dr & Mrs Michael Cotton & Family Covenant Christian Church Catawba County Dr and Mrs Matt Creighton Crossroads Baptist Church Elizabeth Davis Mr & Mrs Dana Deal Mr & Mrs C Dietrich Discovery Church Donna Austin Real Estate LLC Mr & Mrs Jeffrey Dowgos Mr & Mrs Wayne Drum Dr & Mrs Cuyler Dunbar First Baptist Church - Hickory First Christian Church of Newton Ms Phyllis Fisher Foothills Church Pastor & Mrs Scott Frady Mr & Mrs William Franklin Freedom Assembly Church Mr & Mrs Lynn Frye Gateway Baptist Church Mr & Mrs David Gerhardt Mr & Mrs Lee Geronime

Mrs Carolyn Glass Jr Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church Debbie Graham Mr & Mrs Joseph Griffin Mr & Mrs Larry Hall Mr & Mrs Roger Hall Mr & Mrs John Hanigofsky Harmony Baptist Church Mrs JoAnn Harper Ms Karen Harrington Mr & Mrs Malcolm Harris Harvest Baptist Church Harvest Bible Chapel of Hickory Harvest Community Church Mr & Mrs Joseph Heard Ruby Heavner Hickory Pentecostal Holiness Church Hickory Saw & Tool, Inc Hickory Seventh Day Adventist Church Highland Baptist Church Ms Jean Marie Hirsch His Kids Consignment Sales Mr & Mrs Tony Hollar Dr & Mrs Adrian Holtzman Mr & Mrs Dean Hood Mr & Mrs Johnny Hull Mr & Mrs Thomas Hurd Rev & Mrs Douglas Johnson Mr & Mrs James Johnson Mrs Joyce Kirby Knights of Columbus - St Aloysius Council 6451 Mr & Mrs Allan Koehler Mrs Elsie Kussman Lakeview Baptist Church Mr & Mrs Joseph Lamonica Ms Kathleen LeCompte Rev & Mrs Keith Lee Mr & Mrs Michael Lefevers Mr & Mrs Malcom Lerch Mr & Mrs Reginald Lineberger Mr & Mrs Byron Logan Longview Baptist Church Mr & Mrs Brian Lumley Phyllis Maher Mathis Chapel Baptist Church

May's Chapel UMC Mr Samuel McFarlin Ms Joy McKemy Meadow Ridge Baptist Church Mr & Mrs Barry Metcalf Dr & Mrs Douglas Miller Jr Mr C G Moore Jr Cathy Morris Mr & Mrs William Morrison Jr Mountain Grove Baptist Church Mr Frank Schwartz & Mrs Mary Beth Miller Mt Olive Lutheran Church/Newton Ms Martha Mullins Mr Jeff Neal New Life Authentic Christian Comm Inc Open Door Baptist Church Rev & Mrs Ronald Orovitz Oxford Baptist Church Mr & Mrs Bill Page Mr & Mrs Earl Parlier Mr & Mrs C Parsons Mr & Mrs Glenn Pattishall Mr & Mrs James Peeler Mr & Mrs Jerry Perry Mr & Mrs Vincent Piccirelli Brenda Pinckney Mr & Mrs Christian Plasman Mr & Mrs Jack Pressly Charlotte Raney Redeemer Lutheran Church Ms Margaret Ritter Mr & Mrs Arlie Roten Mr & Mrs Andrew Rullman Mr & Mrs James Runyon Saint John XXIII Ecumenical Church Sandy Ridge Baptist Church Mr & Mrs Dennis Schell Ms Penelope Schrum Mr & Mrs Joseph Sherrill Sherry's Beauty Shop Pastor & Mrs David Shores Barbara Sigmon Mr F Ray Sigmon Mr Zachary Sigmon Mr & Mrs Edwin Sloane

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Received from an area mother: “Thank you so very much for the ser-vices you provide to mothers in the area. I’m a new mother and my heart goes out to those who didn’t plan for this or don’t have a support system in place. My husband and I felt like God was telling us to take a leap of faith and I’m now staying home with our little one. God has now provided a job that I can do from home and I’m saying Thank You by donating my first check.”

The following was received as a PCC Facebook post: “I cannot thank the PCC enough for all of their support. Without them, we might not be where we are today! What an amazing group of ladies. God has His arms wrapped around that entire place. Thank you Jesus for all of our blessings!”

St Aloysius Catholic Church St Johns Lutheran Church-Conover St Joseph Catholic Church St Lukes United Methodist Church St Paul's Reformed Church St Stephens LWML-Women's League Mr & Mrs Wayne Starr Dr & Mrs James Stephenson

Mr & Mrs Timothy Summers Mr & Mrs Paul Thompson Polly Townsend Trinity Baptist Church Trinity Fellowship Church - Hickory Mr & Mrs Kenneth Troyer Lauren Vaughan Mr & Mrs Frederick Velsor Viewmont Baptist Church

Ms Tammy Walker Mr & Mrs Gregory Walters West Hickory Baptist Church Cheryl Wickline Mr & Mrs David Williams Winkler's Grove Baptist Church Woodlawn Baptist Church Word Of Life Church Ministries Mr & Mrs Ricky Zaffarano

If your name has been omitted, please call 828-322-4272 to correct our records. Thank you.

Debbie Vanover, Client Advocate, began working with pregnancy centers in 2005 in Richmond, Virginia. Debbie then served at the Pregnancy Resource Center in Carthage, NC. She is a wife and mother of three, and the grandmother of two. “I have always felt my calling is to be able to minister to those who deal with the is-sues of an unplanned pregnancy. I am God’s vessel and want to help, to be light, to encourage, and to equip.”

New Volunteer RN and Client Advocate The Pregnancy Care Center is blessed by precious volunteers. Two recent additions include a nurse and a client advocate. We welcome Wanda and Debbie to this special ministry.

Wanda Ledford, RN , began volunteering at the PCC in August 2016. “I have always loved OB-GYN nursing and just retired on 7-29-16. Now I have time to pursue my passions which are: 1) Missions: currently working and traveling with Campers on Mission, 2) reading, and 3) working with women and families which includes pregnancy and preg-nancy loss. I served on the Pregnancy Loss Support Group board for 20 years and recently served for 6 months on the Pregnancy Care Center board. I now volunteer as the Tuesday nurse at the center. God is so good and I am very happy here.”

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421 Main Avenue SW PO Box 9423 Hickory, NC 28603

Phone; 828-322-4272 FAX:828-322-2495 Website:www.pcchickory.com Email: execdir@pcchickory.com

Financial information about this organization and a copy of its license are available from the State Solicitation Licensing Branch at

888-830-4989.The license is not an endorsement by the state.

Non–Profit Organization US Postage

PAID Hickory, NC Permit # 199

Return Service Requested

MISSION STATEMENT The Pregnancy Care Center of Catawba Valley exists to uphold the sanctity of human life by demonstrating the love of Christ to women facing pregnancies and related issues through the provision of spiritual, physical, and emotional support and by proclaiming the Gospel; and to the community-at-large by promoting a Biblical view of sex and marriage through education.

PCC Fall Needs New Car Seats Winter Outfits

(9-24 Months Sizes) Sleepers Newborn Gowns Onsies to Size 9 Months Socks Bath Wash Crib Sheets

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421 Main Avenue SW PO Box 9423 Hickory, NC 28603

Phone; 828-322-4272 FAX:828-322-2495 Website:www.pcchickory.com Email: execdir@pcchickory.com

Financial information about this organization and a copy of its license are available from the State Solicitation Licensing Branch at

888-830-4989.The license is not an endorsement by the state.

Non–Profit Organization US Postage

PAID Hickory, NC Permit # 199

Return Service Requested

MISSION STATEMENT The Pregnancy Care Center of Catawba Valley exists to uphold the sanctity of human life by demonstrating the love of Christ to women facing pregnancies and related issues through the provision of spiritual, physical, and emotional support and by proclaiming the Gospel; and to the community-at-large by promoting a Biblical view of sex and marriage through education.

PCC Fall Needs New Car Seats Winter Outfits

(9-24 Months Sizes) Sleepers Newborn Gowns Onsies to Size 9 Months Socks Bath Wash Crib Sheets