keynote - the transformational power of pregnancy help services

8/3/2019 KEYNOTE - The Transformational Power of Pregnancy Help Services

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The Transformational PowerThe Transformational Power

of Pregnancy Help Servicesof Pregnancy Help Services

More than saving babies...

A Key to Renewing Communities for Life

Heartbeat International


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Pregnancy Help ServicesPregnancy Help Services

y Life-affirming efforts specifically geared to

helping those struggling with unplanned

or unintended pregnancies.

Intervention involved in the crisis

Prevention risk avoidance

Reconciliation healing the wound of regret

y Motivated by biblical values, faith in Christand/or humanitarianism.

y Represent a culture of life.


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Pregnancy Help comes in manyPregnancy Help comes in many

shapes and sizesshapes and sizes


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Pregnancy Help comes throughPregnancy Help comes through

various methodsvarious methods


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Pregnancy Help community is diversePregnancy Help community is diverse


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Pregnancy Help movement and communityPregnancy Help movement and community

is worldwide and growing to meet theis worldwide and growing to meet the

challengechallenge


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Pregnancy Help saves livesPregnancy Help saves lives

y Yes, babies are saved when theabortion-vulnerable womandecides to carry her baby to

term.y Babies represent the most

powerful visual image of apositive outcome.

y Ultrasound pictures cancapture this even before birthand project the joy of new life.


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A baby helpsA baby helpstransform a womantransform a woman

y Having a baby establishes (or re-

establishes) the very nature of womenand their role in procreation.

y A baby calls upon the woman to connect

with her mothering instincts.

y Despite the potential economic and social

difficulties a baby can serve to stabilize a

womans lifestyle.


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A baby creates familyA baby creates family

y A baby and mother creates thesimplest definition of a family.

y The birth of a baby creates more

likelihood that the father andmother could get married andform a nuclear family.

y In addition a baby represents anextended family potentiallycreating grand-parents, aunts,uncles, cousins, etc.


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A family represents...A family represents...

y A lineage -The birth of a child is an

extension of a lineage of both mom and

dads family.

y A component of what creates a

community.

y The future. Only families can replicate

families.


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Pregnancy help services alsoPregnancy help services also

y Trains community members to...

Be life-minded in other aspects of their lives.

Understand the broader and deeper aspects

of the sanctity of human life.

To champion pro-life values among

x Family and friends

x

Colleagues and neighbors Exercise intervention skills for those facing an

unplanned pregnancy.


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Pregnancy help services alsoPregnancy help services also

y Impact eternity by...

Serving in the name of Jesus

Modeling Jesus to others

Speaking life and life

everlasting

Calling those who would hear

to connect with the Body ofChrist in a closer way

x Evangelizing

x Affirming biblical values


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LifeLife--minded community membersminded community members

y Communicate life through everyday living

y Champion life to others in the community

via their spheres of influence

Children, schools, politics, etc.

y Create other life

Populations with strong pro-life values have

higher birth rates than pro-abortion ones. The Roe Effect of future generations


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PregnancyHelp

Ministries

Women &Men in

NeedMedia

BusinessCommunity

Churches

Legislators

MedicalCommunity

SocialServices

Community

Schools


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The heritage of pregnancyThe heritage of pregnancy

help services today includes...help services today includes...y Lives and lifetimesy Parents who chose life for their kids.y Families who support life-affirming worky Local businesses owners and companies

who recognize the value of PHCs as aneeded element for the health of thecommunity.

y Current and future leaders in politics,judiciary, academia, medicine, science, etc.who survived the Roe Effect and nowserve in a place of influence.


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Heartbeat International is...Heartbeat International is...

y Advancing the pregnancy help movement

worldwide

y Growing the network of service

providers

y Deepening the vision for care and service

y Serving those in the pregnancy help

community

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