Our Mission:

July 2017 Issue

NEWSLETTER

LIFEHOUSE LOUISVILLE 2710 RIEDLING DRIVE

LOUISVILLE, KY 40206

502-897-1655 WWW.LIFEHOUSELOUISVILLE.ORG

Lifehouse Trustees JOAN SMITH-PRESIDENT

DIANE HENSON-VICE-PRESIDENT HAROLD SKIDMORE-TREASURER

ELLEN OAKLEY– SECRETARY FRED BYRD

BILL COOPER MIKE DUFFEY JIM RAY

VAL HENSON AMY PERPICH

PAM ROBERTSON

THE LIFEHOUSE MISSION IS TO PRO-VIDE FOR THE SPIRITUAL, EMOTION-

AL, PHYSICAL AND INTELLECTUAL NEEDS OF PREGNANT AND/OR PAR-ENTING TEENS AND WOMEN AND

THEIR CHILDREN—BOTH BORN AND UNBORN—IN A CHRIST-CENTERED

HOME ENVIRONMENT.

Lunch & Learn at Lifehouse

The last Wednesday of the month, 12-1 pm.

Upcoming dates:

July 26 and Aug30

Call 897-1655 to reserve your spot!

Lunch graciously provided by Penn Station Subs

We are pleased to announce that our relationship with Dare to Care has been renewed. We are able to work with this fine organization without compromising our mission as a Christ-centered ministry, serving the needs of the moms and babies at Lifehouse.

Gifts Given In Memory of:

Republic Bank

Republic Bank recently helped LH celebrate our 10th Birthday by sponsoring a drive to

collect cleaning supplies for LH

Development Director Shannon Zimmerman with Banking Center Manager Johanna Wheatley

Brenda Boor by Speed Art Museum in honor of her ser-

vice as docent

Betty Jansing by Charles Jansing

Betty Jansing by Charlene Distler for Mother’s Day

Ann Nodd by Gene & Patricia Wenzel

Lynn Whiting by Carl & Dianne Bowman

Marion Brown by Thomas Brown

Pat Carrico by Roy & Cathy Taylor

Janet Norton by husband, Bill, for Mother’s Day

Two students from Holy Cross High School featured Lifehouse in their class project. They volunteered and donated to Lifehouse throughout the school year. At the end of the project they gave a presentation at the school. Thank You, Ladies! Nani Singleton, Lifehouse Program Director, pictured with Abbey Fryrear & Abby Hommrich.

Life at Lifehouse

Gifts Given In Honor of:

As part of our program, we ask our residents to ‘give back’. They are asked to tithe to their church or a charity and to give some-thing back to Lifehouse.

We also encourage them to give back in other ways. Recently they have been serving at the Fran-ciscan Soup Kitchen, as pictured here.

Last month we celebrated with a resident as she marked her first anniversary of sobriety!

One of our residents, who recently transitioned from Lifehouse to U of L, received recognition as one of the Mayor's Out-standing High School Seniors for the Class of 2017! Congratulations Heather, we are so proud of you and all your hard work!

Wish List: We would like a variety of gift cards in $5.00

amounts for our new incentive system for our residents. Suggested places: Heine Brothers, gas

cards, McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Chick-Fil-A, Arby’s etc.

From the Executive Director, Joan Smith

There is not a day goes by that I don’t sit in amazement of what God is doing at Lifehouse. Many said that doing a program as comprehensive as this -without any help from the city, state or federal government would be impossi-ble. We have learned that nothing is im-possible with God!! God does not make a mistake when He places that tiny soul into the fertilized ovum, which is called conception! As a health professional I am convinced that is when hu-man life begins---the life of that human person ends when that same soul leaves the earthly body and returns to God. The journey each life takes while on this earth is “life changing” as he or she lives their life and fulfills God’s plan for them on earth. Is that “life changing” event find-ing a cure for many of our serious diseases, inventing something to improve the lives of all mankind, developing something that at this time we can’t even imagine? We have no idea what we have lost in this world by allowing the killing of tiny innocent lives. Children who have not been given the chance to live out their lives and possibly change the world for the better. We are saving some of those lives and only God knows what future miracles we will see because these babies lived. We are also saving the mothers from many of their past mistakes as well as preparing them for a fruitful fu-ture. What an amazing opportunity we have been given!!! Thanks to all our donors who have made this possible. Many wonderful miracles lie ahead!!!

We had a re-markable evening of tes-timonies and fellowship to celebrate our 10th birthday! Several of our

residents courageously & transparently shared the story of their journey that led them to Lifehouse and how their lives have changed since coming to us. If you missed it or would like to share it, these touching videos will soon be available on our website, www.lifehouselouisville.org.

Unity for Life 2017

Register your Kroger Plus Card online at Kroger.com/communityrewards, by clicking on Enroll. Then search for Lifehouse by name or our NPO number: 29034 and link your Kroger Plus Card to Lifehouse. There is no cost to you, and Lifehouse will receive donations from Kroger. Please remember that your selected charity needs to be renewed every August for all cardholders.

Mike and Sharon Graham have been a blessing to Lifehouse since before our doors opened. Mike was one of the first people to reach out to our Executive Director, Joan Smith when Lifehouse was still in the planning stages. In no time they were both actively involved as Mike joined the Board of Trustees, and Sharon became a favorite Housemom to the Lifehouse residents, and a friend and trusted co-worker to the staff. No words can adequately express the love we have for them. Mike and Sharon have given tirelessly of them-selves to this ministry and have been a dynamic part of all that we have ac-complished in our 10 years of helping pregnant and parenting young moms and their babies. Although serious health issues have required them to step back from active involvement in Lifehouse, we know that the Lifehouse residents and staff are in their prayers, and they are in ours as well. We offer our prayers for Mike’s continued perseverance and health, and for Sharon too. God bless you both- you will be missed!

One of our residents re-cently gave birth to twins.

She selflessly chose life and made an adoption plan for these two beautiful baby girls, blessing a family who had longed for children.

2710 Riedling Drive Louisville, KY 40206

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Volunteer Spotlight Corner! We are so blessed to have some of the very best volunteers! We appreciate all of our volunteers and would like to recognize a few who have gone “above and beyond” to serve Lifehouse: Bill Bernhard, Jr, owner of Louisville Home

Maintenance, and son, Bill Bernhard, III have done several projects for us, includ-ing painting & making repairs to one apart-ments to prepare it for the next resident.

James O’Hara and his son graciously mow and trim our lawn weekly.

Amy Lage is always on the ready when we call on her to help with babysitting or staffing the house for Housemom meet-ings or events.

JoLyn Begle, weekly Bible Study teacher Doug and Sue McKechne who babysit

several times a week Patrick and Stephanie Murta painted two

of our offices

Bennett

Bennett and his mom are doing great. Mom will soon be back at work and continues making progress at Lifehouse.

Our Newest Lifehouse Babies!