February Prayer Focus

PLEASE PRAY   CPC humbly requests your intentional prayer for:

NEW NURSE MANAGER   Our medical clinics continue to minister to more women in our community. The need for additional medical staff was critical and God supplied again! Please keep our newest nurse manager, Lisa, in prayer as she completes intensive sonography training and prepares for the opportunity to reveal LIFE and truth to our clients.

DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS   Our next session of volunteer training begins on February 7. Our ministry has a very real need for additional call center advocates, data entry volunteers and receptionists in multiple locations. Please pray many will come forward to serve our Lord Jesus Christ and share the gospel through this life-affirming ministry. 

INTERCESSION   Please pray for strength and mercy to cover our numerous staff members who are walking through difficult circumstances.

PRAY FOR CPC’S EXPECTANT MOTHERS AND THEIR LITTLE ONES.   Their names* and due dates are listed below.

*Some of the names have been changed to protect the identities of our clients.

Ashlyn 1

Dawn 2

Yolanda 2

Jessica 2

Shea 2

Sarah 2

Ashley 4

Maria 4

Kena 5

Monique 5

Simone 5

Della 5

Kanesha 5

Yolanda 6

Nika 7

Christina 7

Shannon 7

Beth 8

Ashley 8

Mary 8

April 8

Denise 9

Tiya 9

Tinesha 9

Ashley 9

Adrienne 10

Louisa 10

Dara 10

April 11

Nikqua 12

Kelly 12

Auna 12

Monica 13

Shamara 13

Kathleen 13

Ashley 13

Mona 13

Sarah 14

Cindi 14

Kia 14

Jeanetta 14

Charity 14

Shaundra 14

Brittney 15

Caitlin 15

Lauren 15

Courtney 16

Danielle 16

Shanelle 16

Courtney 16

Charlotte 17

Sarah 17

LaShanta 17

Angelique 17

Shanar 18

Gail 18

Erica 18

Shawna 18

Jiuliana 18

Brianna 18

Tawana 18

Melinda 19

Alfreda 19

Theresa 19

Nyeema 19

Stephanie 19

Shauna 19

Ashley 19

Ty 19

Joann 20

Jasmine 21

Maria 21

Lisa 22

Nichole 22

Diana 22

Whitney 22

Cortney 23

Silvia 23

Cary 23

Benita 23

Chiquay 23

Cheyenne 23

Sharnida 23

Bianca 24

Tamika 24

Nisha 25

Nicole 25

Nakita 26

Shirley 26

Ray 26

Marquita 26

Allison 27

Sierra 27

Erica 27

Alana 28

Effy 28

Quiera 28

Shara 29

Tiara 29

Vivian 29

Sharon 29

Elizabeth 29

Ciara 29

Volunteer Spotlight: Gail Watkins

Since 2008, Gail Watkins has demonstrated her committed service to CPC’s ministry and the Suffolk community through her involvement in the Great Expectations (GE) parenting class program. Gail often goes above and beyond the call of duty, filling a void in our ministry when no one else was able. “Grandma Gail,” as clients affectionately call her, builds strong rapport with those who attend GE classes, which builds faithful attendance.

In her own words, “Most of the girls have a hard time believing you would be willing to do something for them just because you care about them. It’s a novel experience for them and an opportunity for us to lead right into a conversation about how salvation is a no-strings-attached gift from God, through Jesus Christ!”

Thank you, Gail, for nurturing those around you with Christ’s love!

Is this your time to get involved?  Connect with our volunteer coordinator today to plug into the February session of volunteer training!

Sanctity of Human Life Week 2012

Every day over 3,000 hearts stop beating in America because of abortion.

In South Hampton Roads 7,785 abortions were performed in 2010.* For every two babies born, one will lose its life to an abortion. There are more lives lost to abortion than any other cause of death.

“Hasten, O God, to save me; come quickly, LORD, to help me.”
Psalm 70:1 NIV

Sanctity of Human Life Week will be observed nationally January 15-22, 2012. This is a special time when thousands of churches across the nation recognize the anniversary of Roe v. Wade and focus on the value and sanctity of human life.

Abortion ends when love wins ... and love always wins!

“There is a love revolution happening in South Hampton Roads. Like never before, God is impressing the hearts of people to help preborn children and their moms facing crisis pregnancies. As this happens, the number of abortions is going down in our community.”
–Toby DeBause, President of CPC

Join the LOVE REVOLUTION!
Connect with CPC at www.cpcfriends.org to learn more.  Share what you're doing to recognize SOHL Week at www.facebook.com/cpcfriends!

*Virginia Department of Health, ITOP Report 2010

Is CPC coming to YOUR church?

Toby DeBause, President of Crisis Pregnancy Center of Tidewater, is kicking off Sanctity of Human Life Week this Sunday by sharing a life-affirming message at Real Life Church.  We're thrilled to partner with our community during this special time set aside to honor the dignity and sanctity of life. 

If you can join us before or after services at your church, we'd love to fellowship with you!


 
Here's where we're speaking this weekend:

Real Life Church
4877 Princess Anne Road; Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Full Sermon on LIFE!

Abundant Hope Baptist Church
700 Willeyton Road; Gates, NC 27937
Full Sermon on LIFE!

Believer's Church
4500 Peek Trail; Chesapeake, VA 23321

Church of The Messiah
816 Kempsville Road; Chesapeake, VA 23320

Great Neck Baptist Church
1020 General Jackson Drive; Virginia Beach, VA 23454

River Oak Church
255 Great Bridge Boulevard; Chesapeake, VA 23320

Westminster Reformed Presbyterian Church
3488 Godwin Boulevard, Suffolk, VA 23454

Westside Foursquare Gospel Church
4209 Portsmouth Boulevard; Chesapeake, VA 23321


Want CPC at your church?
It's not too late for your church to participate in SOHL month!  Have your church leaders contact our main office at 757.410.9703 for free resources.

Cymone's Story

When Cymone first visited The Keim Centers, her client advocate asked if she would like to get to know God. During the next six months, Cymone attended a weekly Bible study, excited to learn more about Jesus Christ and the forgiveness only He is able to provide.

Before delivering a healthy baby girl last January, Cymone made the decision to follow Christ. Cymone was one of 82 clients who made first-time commitments to Christ in 2010. 

Cymone and her daughter, Kanaurie, are actual clients of The Keim Centers. Their names and likenesses have not been changed.

Abortion Providers Charged With Murder

Last week, Steven Brigham, the owner of American Women’s Services clinics, and his employee, Nicola Riley, were arrested and charged with multiple counts of murder after a 16-month criminal investigation by Maryland authorities.  Brigham’s first-degree murder charges stem from abortions provided to five patients ranging from 18 to 33 weeks pregnant.  The initial investigation that began in August 2010 revealed Brigham illegally initiated abortions at a clinic in New Jersey and then completed the procedures at a clinic in Maryland, where he was not licensed.  During the investigation, officers found 35 fetuses in a freezer in Brigham’s clinic in Maryland.

Brigham is being held on $3 million bail in New Jersey and an arraignment hearing is scheduled for Thursday.

• Read more:http://news.yahoo.com/2-abortion-providers-charged-murder-md-230809522.html,
  http://news.yahoo.com/murder-charges-against-doctors-test-maryland-abortion-law-163059345.html,
  http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/breaking/bs-md-abortion-doctors-murder-20120103,0,5662682.story

Brigham’s American Women’s Services are headquartered in New Jersey, but also operate in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia, including Virginia Women’s Wellness in Virginia Beach.  Brigham's medical license has been suspended and revoked in multiple states, and he does not have a license to practice medicine in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

• Read March 10, 2011’s front page article in The Virginian-Pilot regarding Brigham’s local ties: http://hamptonroads.com/2011/03/owner-beach-abortion-clinic-had-license-suspended-nj

Another abortion provider we reported on last year (http://www.cpcfriendsblog.com/2011/01/todays-news-philadelphia-abortion.html and http://www.cpcfriendsblog.com/2011/01/update-philadelphia-abortion-doctor-has.html) is again in the news.  Dr. Kermit Gosnell, a late term abortion provider in Philadelphia, was arrested last January and charged with third degree murder for the death of a client as well as seven babies born during the sixth, seventh and eighth month of pregnancy.  His client was from Virginia.  Gosnell has since pleaded not guilty to murder but is scheduled for a capital jury trial in March 2013.

• Read more about additional charges against Gosnell:
  http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/crime&id=8466977

AWAKEN.

Abortion is a great injustice. However, there is an area within this injustice few are aware of and even fewer will discuss. Join us for an evening that will open eyes and hearts to this truth. Visit www.cpcfriends.org/awaken for details and directions.