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The Connection Life Choices Resource Center Newsletter Spring 2015 989-345-3909 www.ChooseLifeConnection.org From The Director’s Desk... What makes a cause worth supporting? We all get bombarded daily with many opportunities to support a cause with our time, efforts and money. We are called by God to give our Tithes to our local church. We then can use our Gifts and Offerings, as He leads, to further expand His work and His kingdom. Many of these may seem like very worthwhile causes that we should be glad to support, and we may even feel that they are great ways to be used by God and to make use of the gifts He has bestowed upon us. But what do we really know about these causes? We can get invited to participate or support a cause by a good friend or family member and feel just a bit obligated to help out. But again, what do you know about the cause? What do they support, give money to, use the money for, etc. Answering these questions is an important part of truly being a good steward of all that God has entrusted us with. Did you know? ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - up to 100 million dollars raised. ALS uses embryonic stem cells in its research. Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer ‘Race for the Cure’ - Millions raised each year. Millions of dollars have been given to Planned Parenthood by the Susan G. Komen organization over the years. Planned Parenthood is the #1 provider in the USA of all Abortions. Many other Non-Profits also give support, or lend support in various ways, to Planned Parenthood and other types of organizations of which you may not be aware. Research and non-profit accountability reports are many times the only way you can know what your money may be supporting... So what do you support when you give to Life Choices Resource Center & the Caring Pregnancy Center? In a word...LIFE. Life for the unborn that is in jeopardy due to an unplanned pregnancy. Life through choices made by parents that choose Life, and do not have to live with the consequences. Life training and parenting for those who choose Life and need some help for their family. Life healing & restoration for those who may have had a past abortion and need Gods true healing. Thus you can be assured that when you support Life Choices Resource Center and the Caring Pregnancy Center you are supporting LIFE as God designed it, with His teaching and training being shared in the lives of those we meet each day. Standing in the Gap’ for LIFE! Whit Tecmire, Executive Director e-mail: [email protected] 93.4% of abortion minded women chose life during ultrasounds at our Clinic in 2014. Praise God!

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Page 1: ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED West Branch, MI

The ConnectionLife Choices Resource Center

NewsletterSpring 2015

989-345-3909 www.ChooseLifeConnection.org 989-345-3909 www.ChooseLifeConnection.org

STAFF

Executive DirectorWhit Tecmire

Clinic ClientServicesDirector

Vicki Wangler

Office & FinancialCoordinatorLaurel Tecmire

Nurse ManagerApril Barber

FundraisingCoordinatorTracy Dvonch

ReceptionistMorgan Dame

BOARD OFDIRECTORS

PresidentCindy Scott

Vice-PresidentCarolyn Durst

Secretary/TreasurerJake Sheltrown

Sandy NeedhamChris GaleaMark SmithGary Haines

337 E. Houghton Ave.Clinic CPO Box 513West Branch, MI 48661

NON-PROFITORGANIZATIONU.S.POSTAGE

PAIDPERMIT #84

West Branch, MIADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

From TheDirector’s Desk...

Have you made your plans to “Stand in the Gap” with us for the 2015 Choose Life Walk on May 16th

or the Golf Outing on June 13th?

See inside (pg. 3) for moreinformation on these great ways to

take a stand for LIFE in your community and your church.

What makes a cause worth supporting?

We all get bombarded daily with many opportunities to support a cause with our time, efforts and money. We are called by God to give our Tithes to our local church. We then can use our Gifts and Offerings, as He leads, to further expand His work and His kingdom. Many of these may seem like very worthwhile causes that we should be glad to support, and we may even feel that they are great ways to be used by God and to make use of the gifts He has bestowed upon us. But what do we really know about these causes?

We can get invited to participate or support a cause by a good friend or family member and feel just a bit obligated to help out. But again, what do you know about the cause? What do they support, give money to, use the money for, etc. Answering these questions is an important part of truly being a good steward of all that God has entrusted us with.

Did you know?• ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - up to 100 million dollars raised. ALS uses embryonic stem cells in its research.• Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer ‘Race for the Cure’ - Millions raised each year. Millions of dollars have been given to Planned Parenthood by the Susan G. Komen organization over the years. Planned Parenthood is the #1 provider in the USA of all Abortions.• Many other Non-Profits also give support, or lend support in various ways, to Planned Parenthood and other types of organizations of which you may not be aware. Research and non-profit accountability reports are many times the only way you can know what your money may be supporting...

So what do you support when you give to Life Choices Resource Center & the Caring Pregnancy Center? In a word...LIFE.

• Life for the unborn that is in jeopardy due to an unplanned pregnancy.• Life through choices made by parents that choose Life, and do not have to live with the consequences.• Life training and parenting for those who choose Life and need some help for their family.• Life healing & restoration for those who may have had a past abortion and need Gods true healing.

Thus you can be assured that when you support Life Choices Resource Center and the Caring Pregnancy Center you are supporting LIFE as God designed it, with His teaching and training being shared in the lives of those we meet each day.

‘Standing in the Gap’ for LIFE!

Whit Tecmire, Executive Directore-mail: [email protected]

The Mission ofLife Choices Resource Center:

“The mission of the Life Choices Resource Center is to promote the sanctity of human life by reaching out

with Christ’s love through our pregnancy resource center, medical clinic, and sexual and relationship

educational programs.”

93.4% of abortion minded women chose life during ultrasounds at our

Clinic in 2014. Praise God!

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Thank Y ou to the B aby B ottle participants below...

◊ Calvary Baptist Church, West Branch◊ In His Presence Assembly of

God, Hale◊ New Beginnings Lutheran

Church, West Branch◊ St. John Lutheran Church,

West BranchContact us if you would like to have your church do this for the Mother’s Day time period...this is a great time to run this in your church to keep a strong focus on LIFE!

UPCOMING EVENTS:For more details visit our website at:

www.ChooseLifeConnection.org/events.htmlor call us at the Caring Pregnancy Center office 345-3909

• ChooseLifeWalk2015-May16th8:30am In 3 locations this year:

1. Caring Pregnancy Center - West Branch2. United Methodist Church - Houghton Lake3. Hale Baptist Church - Hale

The walk registration starts at 8:30am with the walk occurring at 9:00am for 2 miles. You can register as a Walker online at www.ChooseLifeConnection.org/choose-life-walk.html

CPC2015GolfOuting-June13thattheGreenBriarGolfCourse8:30amstart. You can register for the Golf Outing online at www.ChooseLifeConnection.org/cpc-golf-outing-2015.html

• OgemawCountyFair,CutestBabyContest! Coming again this year with Face Painting

• ChooseLife2015FundraisingBanquets:Roscommon-Sept.29thWestBranch-October1st

Memorials Given:John and Judy Mitchell in memory of

Joan E. Ehinger

Kathryn Nowicki in memory ofHazel Needham

According to this 2013 poll by the PEW Research company, 49% of Americans believe that abortion is morally unacceptable. Why then is it still legal??? Are we doing enough to get this overturned?

Do we show where we truly stand on this issue with our money, our talents, our vote?

The Training of a ChildWe know that our children are learning each day many things, start-ing from the first time they open their eyes as a baby. They take in everything, and store it in their brain, and use it throughout their lives as they continue to develop. So the question is...WHAT ARE THEY LEARNING FROM US?

∆ Do they learn what is important by what we put as a priority in our lives daily?

∆ Do they see the need for God daily in their lives by the way we reach out to Him?

∆ How much impact does the world around them have in their training and upbringing? (School, TV, Music, Friends, Etc.)

Here at the Caring Pregnancy Center we strive to help parents understand the choices they make and how they impact their family and their futures. This is of utmost importance when you are dealing with those that may have made choices that may not be best for their lives, and are living with the consequences. If we can help them with the training needed to be good parents, they then have an opportunity to help their children have a future that can be bright and productive.

But while we are helping these families, we still need to ask daily if we are “training our children in the way they should go, so that when they are old they will not depart from it” Proverbs 22:6 This is our Priority as Parents...may we never forget the impact we make in their lives! Positive or Negative!

Through the eyes of Grace

This is a tag from of one of the Baby Bottles we received back in March from one of our participating churches.

I do not know this young girl, other than her name is Grace, but this I can tell you; Her parents used this baby bottle program in her life to talk about giving to something that is important. She may not fully understand what she is supporting at the Pregnancy Center, but I know that this is a teaching point that her parents strived to use. This is just one way to make the important things known in our childrens lives as we raise them up daily before God.

Thank You to Grace, her Parents and to all that are “Standing in the Gap” for Life!

Does a charity you support: • give some of your hard-earned money to Planned Parenthood or another pro-abortion group?• advocate for embryonic stem cell research?• take an anti-life public position on a life issue (abortion, euthanasia, etc.)?• distribute abortifacient birth control?• choose to keep women in the dark regarding the link between abortion and breast cancer?

Below is a list of just those beginning with the letter A that support any of the items above (see website www.fightpp.org to get the complete list of chari-ties that support some of these issues that are against LIFE for the unborn).

* ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) Association: advocates for embryonic stem cell research* Alzheimer’s Association: advocates for embryonic stem cell research* America Gives Back: funds and/or backs at least one pro-abortion group* American Association for Cancer Research: advocates for embryonic stem cell research* American Association for Dental Research: advocates for embryonic stem cell research* American Association of Retired Persons: advocates for embryonic stem cell research; has worked with and/or funded Planned Parenthood (includes affiliates)* American Automobile Association: has worked with and/or funded Planned Parenthood (includes affiliates)* American Burn Association: advocates for embryonic stem cell research* American Cancer Society: has worked with and/or funded Planned Parenthood (includes affiliates)* American Diabetes Association: advocates for embryonic stem cell research

* American Thoracic Society: advocates for embryonic stem cell research* American Thyroid Association: advocates for embryonic stem cell research* Amnesty International: on record as a pro-abortion and/or population control group (includes affiliates)* APBD (Adult Polyglucosan Body Disease) Research Foundation: advocates for embryonic stem cell research* ASPIRA Association: has worked with and/or funded Planned Parenthood (includes affiliates)* Audubon Society: on record as a pro-abortion and/or population control group (includes affiliates)* Axion Research Foundation: advocates for embryonic stem cell research

Check out the many other Charities and Businesses that take a stance with their support and money that are Anti-Life in the ways listed above at www.fightpp.org

Ana tomy of the Clients served a t Ca ring Pregna ncy Center a nd Clinic ( la st 1 3 months)( Look f or some Client testimonies in our nex t newsletter)

Age of Clients Served Fa iths of Clients Served Income of Clients Served

M a rria ge sta tus ofClients ServedEduca tion of Clients Served

Sta nd with us in the G a p for LIFE!www.chooselifeconnection.org/ dona te.html

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Thank Y ou to the B aby B ottle participants below...Thank Y ou to the B aby B ottle

◊ Calvary Baptist Church, West Branch◊ In His Presence Assembly of

God, Hale◊ New Beginnings Lutheran

Church, West Branch◊ St. John Lutheran Church,

West BranchContact us if you would like to have your church do this for the Mother’s Day time period...this is a great time to run this in your church to keep a strong focus on LIFE!

UPCOMING EVENTS:For more details visit our website at:

www.ChooseLifeConnection.org/events.htmlor call us at the Caring Pregnancy Center office 345-3909

• ChooseLifeWalk2015-May16th8:30am In 3 locations this year:

1. Caring Pregnancy Center - West Branch2. United Methodist Church - Houghton Lake3. Hale Baptist Church - Hale

The walk registration starts at 8:30am with the walk occurring at 9:00am for 2 miles. You can register as a Walker online at www.ChooseLifeConnection.org/choose-life-walk.html

CPC2015GolfOuting-June13thattheGreenBriarGolfCourse8:30amstart. You can register for the Golf Outing online at www.ChooseLifeConnection.org/cpc-golf-outing-2015.html

• OgemawCountyFair,CutestBabyContest! Coming again this year with Face Painting

• ChooseLife2015FundraisingBanquets:Roscommon-Sept.29thWestBranch-October1st

Memorials Given:John and Judy Mitchell in memory of

Joan E. Ehinger

Kathryn Nowicki in memory ofHazel Needham

According to this 2013 poll by the PEW Research company, 49% of Americans believe that abortion is morally unacceptable. Why then is it still legal??? Are we doing enough to get this overturned?

Do we show where we truly stand on this issue with our money, our talents, our vote?

The Training of a ChildWe know that our children are learning each day many things, start-ing from the first time they open their eyes as a baby. They take in everything, and store it in their brain, and use it throughout their lives as they continue to develop. So the question is...WHAT ARE THEY LEARNING FROM US?

∆ Do they learn what is important by what we put as a priority in our lives daily?

∆ Do they see the need for God daily in their lives by the way we reach out to Him?

∆ How much impact does the world around them have in their training and upbringing? (School, TV, Music, Friends, Etc.)

Here at the Caring Pregnancy Center we strive to help parents understand the choices they make and how they impact their family and their futures. This is of utmost importance when you are dealing with those that may have made choices that may not be best for their lives, and are living with the consequences. If we can help them with the training needed to be good parents, they then have an opportunity to help their children have a future that can be bright and productive.

But while we are helping these families, we still need to ask daily if we are “training our children in the way they should go, so that when they are old they will not depart from it” Proverbs 22:6 This is our Priority as Parents...may we never forget the impact we make in their lives! Positive or Negative!

Through the eyes of Grace

This is a tag from of one of the Baby Bottles we received back in March from one of our participating churches.

I do not know this young girl, other than her name is Grace, but this I can tell you; Her parents used this baby bottle program in her life to talk about giving to something that is important. She may not fully understand what she is supporting at the Pregnancy Center, but I know that this is a teaching point that her parents strived to use. This is just one way to make the important things known in our childrens lives as we raise them up daily before God.

Thank You to Grace, her Parents and to all that are “Standing in the Gap” for Life!

Does a charity you support: • give some of your hard-earned money to Planned Parenthood or another pro-abortion group?• advocate for embryonic stem cell research?• take an anti-life public position on a life issue (abortion, euthanasia, etc.)?• distribute abortifacient birth control?• choose to keep women in the dark regarding the link between abortion and breast cancer?

Below is a list of just those beginning with the letter A that support any of the items above (see website www.fightpp.org to get the complete list of chari-ties that support some of these issues that are against LIFE for the unborn).

* ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) Association: advocates for embryonic stem cell research* Alzheimer’s Association: advocates for embryonic stem cell research* America Gives Back: funds and/or backs at least one pro-abortion group* American Association for Cancer Research: advocates for embryonic stem cell research* American Association for Dental Research: advocates for embryonic stem cell research* American Association of Retired Persons: advocates for embryonic stem cell research; has worked with and/or funded Planned Parenthood (includes affiliates)* American Automobile Association: has worked with and/or funded Planned Parenthood (includes affiliates)* American Burn Association: advocates for embryonic stem cell research* American Cancer Society: has worked with and/or funded Planned Parenthood (includes affiliates)* American Diabetes Association: advocates for embryonic stem cell research

* American Thoracic Society: advocates for embryonic stem cell research* American Thyroid Association: advocates for embryonic stem cell research* Amnesty International: on record as a pro-abortion and/or population control group (includes affiliates)* APBD (Adult Polyglucosan Body Disease) Research Foundation: advocates for embryonic stem cell research* ASPIRA Association: has worked with and/or funded Planned Parenthood (includes affiliates)* Audubon Society: on record as a pro-abortion and/or population control group (includes affiliates)* Axion Research Foundation: advocates for embryonic stem cell research

Check out the many other Charities and Businesses that take a stance with their support and money that are Anti-Life in the ways listed above at www.fightpp.org

Ana tomy of the Clients served a t Ca ring Pregna ncy Center a nd Clinic ( la st 1 3 months)( Look f or some Client testimonies in our nex t newsletter)

Age of Clients Served Fa iths of Clients Served Income of Clients Served

M a rria ge sta tus ofClients ServedEduca tion of Clients Served

Sta nd with us in the G a p for LIFE!www.chooselifeconnection.org/ dona te.html

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The ConnectionLife Choices Resource Center

NewsletterSpring 2015

989-345-3909 www.ChooseLifeConnection.org 989-345-3909 www.ChooseLifeConnection.org

STAFF

Executive DirectorWhit Tecmire

Clinic ClientServicesDirector

Vicki Wangler

Office & FinancialCoordinatorLaurel Tecmire

Nurse ManagerApril Barber

FundraisingCoordinatorTracy Dvonch

ReceptionistMorgan Dame

BOARD OFDIRECTORS

PresidentCindy Scott

Vice-PresidentCarolyn Durst

Secretary/TreasurerJake Sheltrown

Sandy NeedhamChris GaleaMark SmithGary Haines

337 E. Houghton Ave.Clinic CPO Box 513West Branch, MI 48661

NON-PROFITORGANIZATIONU.S.POSTAGE

PAIDPERMIT #84

West Branch, MIADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

From TheDirector’s Desk...

Have you made your plans to “Stand in the Gap” with us for the 2015 Choose Life Walk on May 16th

or the Golf Outing on June 13th?

See inside (pg. 3) for moreinformation on these great ways to

take a stand for LIFE in your community and your church.

What makes a cause worth supporting?

We all get bombarded daily with many opportunities to support a cause with our time, efforts and money. We are called by God to give our Tithes to our local church. We then can use our Gifts and Offerings, as He leads, to further expand His work and His kingdom. Many of these may seem like very worthwhile causes that we should be glad to support, and we may even feel that they are great ways to be used by God and to make use of the gifts He has bestowed upon us. But what do we really know about these causes?

We can get invited to participate or support a cause by a good friend or family member and feel just a bit obligated to help out. But again, what do you know about the cause? What do they support, give money to, use the money for, etc. Answering these questions is an important part of truly being a good steward of all that God has entrusted us with.

Did you know?• ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - up to 100 million dollars raised. ALS uses embryonic stem cells in its research.• Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer ‘Race for the Cure’ - Millions raised each year. Millions of dollars have been given to Planned Parenthood by the Susan G. Komen organization over the years. Planned Parenthood is the #1 provider in the USA of all Abortions.• Many other Non-Profits also give support, or lend support in various ways, to Planned Parenthood and other types of organizations of which you may not be aware. Research and non-profit accountability reports are many times the only way you can know what your money may be supporting...

So what do you support when you give to Life Choices Resource Center & the Caring Pregnancy Center? In a word...LIFE.

• Life for the unborn that is in jeopardy due to an unplanned pregnancy.• Life through choices made by parents that choose Life, and do not have to live with the consequences.• Life training and parenting for those who choose Life and need some help for their family.• Life healing & restoration for those who may have had a past abortion and need Gods true healing.

Thus you can be assured that when you support Life Choices Resource Center and the Caring Pregnancy Center you are supporting LIFE as God designed it, with His teaching and training being shared in the lives of those we meet each day.

‘Standing in the Gap’ for LIFE!

Whit Tecmire, Executive Directore-mail: [email protected]

The Mission ofLife Choices Resource Center:

“The mission of the Life Choices Resource Center is to promote the sanctity of human life by reaching out

with Christ’s love through our pregnancy resource center, medical clinic, and sexual and relationship

educational programs.”

93.4% of abortion minded women chose life during ultrasounds at our

Clinic in 2014. Praise God!

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“The mission of the Life Choices Resource Center is to promote the sanctity of human life by reaching out with Christ's love 

through our pregnancy resource center, medical clinic, and sexual and relationship educational programs.” 

P.O. Box 513 West Branch, MI 48661

989-345-3909 FAX: 989-345-3945

www.ChooseLifeConnection.org  To our blessed friends & supporters,  

It is my joy to tell you that as of this date, we have not had any clients that have come to the Clinic this year that were abortion minded or vulnerable that have chosen to go through with an abortion.  We praise God for His continued working in each of the lives here at the Clinic and Center.  This does not mean that it has been easy.  Actually some of the hardest issues are still ahead of us, and we ask you to keep the Clinic & Center in prayer for the many lives and various issues come against each day.    

Another of the joys we currently want to share with you is that through the first 4 months of this year we have also been blessed with donations that have helped us make our budget thus far, allowing us to keep on track for all that God has planned for us in this ministry.  This is directly due to each of you, our donors and prayer supporter.  THANK YOU for all that you do and have done in this God honoring ministry into the lives of the unborn and their parents.  

One of the issue we are facing currently is that our Nurse for the Clinic needs to leave due to family issues and will be unable to continue to handle the very important schedule that is needed to be available to the women in need for the Clinic.  With this issue we have hired a new RN Nurse, but she will need to get the needed training to be able to do the ultrasounds and manage the day to day at the Clinic.  This training is very intensive and is also costly.  The cost of this is expected to be around $6,500.00.  This expense is not in the operating budget for the Center & Clinic this year.   So I am asking you to consider what role you may play in this added expense.    

The Clinic cannot operate without this Nurse, and the training is essential.  We will move forward with this training and the expense.  If we have to make changes to the budget in other areas, we will do so.  But as much as we know that the Clinic is a most essential part to our mission, we also firmly believe that we are called by God to also work in the lives of the clients that have chosen life and need help for their family.  We want to be both supportive as well as leading them in the needs they face, including the opportunity to show them Jesus and to share with them what He can do for them.  

Would you consider a special gift, above and beyond your normal or current support level, to help with the cost for this needed training for our new nurse?  This training will be completed prayerfully by the end of June.  Can you help us with a special gift of $25, $50, or however God would lead you in this special need?  

Only by the leading of God and the faithfulness of His faithful will we see the end of Abortion.  

Thank You and God Bless,      Whit Tecmire Executive Director [email protected]