We are blessed to have such an excellent pregnancy resource center in Cedar Springs. Alpha Family Center is a loving place to help families through some of the challenges of raising and caring for a family.
Calvary Assembly of God actively supports Alpha, and we invite you to join us in this.
Alpha Family Center provides some amazing services for families in Cedar Springs. Every year on the Saturday before Father’s Day they hold their annual Lifewalk fundraiser.
I would be most appreciative if you would consider giving a financial gift to support Alpha. You can donate via PayPal by clicking on the “Donate” tab to the right of this post. I promise you that all of the money you give will go toward promoting pro-life and pro-family work in Cedar Springs.
Thank you!
We are so blessed to have such an outstanding pregnancy resource center like Alpha Family Center in Cedar Springs! Yesterday was the annual Lifewalk / Liferun to raise funds for Alpha. It was another great day! Over 160 people participated in the 5k run and in Lifewalk, and raised over $14,000. Thank you!
Alpha Family Center provides some amazing services for families in Cedar Springs. Every year on the Saturday before Father’s Day they hold their annual Lifewalk fundraiser.
I would be most appreciative if you would consider giving a financial gift to support Alpha. You can donate via PayPal by clicking here and scrolling down to the PayPal link. I promise you that all of the money you give will go toward promoting pro-life and pro-family work in Cedar Springs.
Thank you!
Tomorrow (January 18) is Sanctity Of Human Life Sunday. Life is the most valuable thing we have!
In the West Michigan area, please support Alpha Family Centers’ efforts to promote life.
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I am a huge fan of Alpha Family Center! Their ministry to young mothers in the Cedar Springs community is second-to-none, so I am so thrilled to be able to serve on Alpha’s board.
Alpha’s one big fundraiser for the year is coming up on Saturday, June 14, and it’s called Lifewalk. This is a short walk though Cedar Springs (starting and ending at Morley Park), with four stops along the way for prayer. We want to make a visible statement that we are supporting life.
This year we have added Liferun: a 5k run which also starts and ends at Morley Park. Immediately following this there will be a fun run for the younger kids.
How can you help?
Registration for Liferun opens at 7:30am, with the 5k race starting at 8:30am. The kids’ fun run will begin after the 5k (approximately 9:30am). Registration for Lifewalk opens at 9am, and the walk begins at 10am.
Please help us support and promote life in Cedar Springs.
In remembering Sanctity of Human Life Sunday we looked at some sobering, heart-breaking stats—
Planned Parenthood reported:
But we also learned some happier stats from Alpha Family Center of Cedar Springs—
Please support Alpha with your prayers and financial support.
In our series on prayer, I shared this great quote from Charles Spurgeon:
“Why do I not call on God’s Name? Why do I run to this neighbor and that when God is so near and will hear my faintest call? Why do I sit down and devise schemes and invent plans? Why not at once roll my self and my burden on the Lord?”
Great questions! In answering those we learned this great truth: How we pray is how we will live!
“As surely as I valued your life today, so may the Lord value my life and deliver me from all trouble.” —David, in 1 Samuel 26:24
This is as strong of a pro-life statement as any in the Bible!
The Hebrew word for value in this verse means…
Throughout the Old Testament this word is used to describe people growing from a small, infantile state to a place of maturity and prominence.
David held King Saul’s life in his hand. Since Saul was hell-bent on messing up David’s life (even killing him, if he could), we could say that David had plenty of rationale to justify ending Saul’s life. But David would not touch Saul because he recognized Saul’s God-given human dignity.
David asked God to value his life in the same way that David valued Saul’s life. Even Saul himself affirmed this when he said, “May you be blessed, my son David; you will do great things and surely triumph” (v. 25).
Something to think about as we celebrate Sanctity of Human Life month. We will be honoring Sanctity of Human Life Sunday this week by bringing our donations for Alpha Family Center of Cedar Springs. I would love for you to join us!
It is one of the most beautiful scenes in the Bible: Mary, a woman set free by the power of Jesus, anoints Him with her fragrant perfume. The Bible says that the people sitting around Jesus were “indignant at the waste” of perfectly good perfume. Some may have even thought, “What’s the point?”
But Jesus responds, “Leave her alone, she has done a beautiful thing to Me. She did what she could” (Mark 14:1-9).
Apparently Mary was not a woman of great wealth, but she did what she could. And Jesus said it was beautiful.
I cannot feed all the hungry people in the world, but I can feed one hungry student in Cedar Springs.
I cannot share the gospel with every unreached people group on the planet, but I can give a few dollars a month to a missionary who is reaching a tribe in northern India.
I cannot undo all of the injustice done to women, but I can support the W.A.R. Chest Boutique who is is helping rescue women from slavery.
I cannot counsel every woman contemplating an abortion, but I can volunteer at Alpha Family Centers whose counselors are lovingly counseling women to choose life.
I should never allow the largeness of the situation or the smallness of my resources to paralyze me from acting. I can be like Mary who did what she could.
Lifewalk for Alpha Family Center was a huge success this year! Over 160 walkers representing 18 area churches raised $12,000 for this vital ministry!
Huge thanks to Lorrie Shelton (Alpha’s director), the army of volunteers who helped with all the behind-the-scenes work, and our sponsors and underwriters for boldly making a stand for life.
Below are a few pictures from our day together, but you can see my full collection on Flickr by clicking here.
Craig T. Owens 