Webster Center Opens!
What is Embracing Options? We are a Christ-centered Crisis Pregnancy Center. We address the needs of individual women by sharing the Gospel and empowering them to make positive life-affirming choices. Embracing Options is a Care Net affiliate. Care Net is a national network of 1,180 pregnancy centers that provide free support to pregnant women. The United Methodist Church of Webster Outreach House Embracing Options committee consists of Ray and Laurie Dutcher, Dave and Bobbi Olson, Pastor Lee, and Nicole Friberg. We have been meeting, working...
read moreEO and Grace Family Medicine
Many of you know that Sandi and others at EO are busy quietly meeting with young women in crisis (over 200 this year), offering pregnancy tests, counseling regarding abstinence and STDs, and helping the girls find pro-life solutions to their dilemmas. These are complex problems in lives that are mixed up and sometimes appear hopeless. Many come to Christ as the gospel is shared and their lives turn around. What you may not be aware of is that often these girls find a safe place for prenatal care at Grace Family Medicine where Dr. Morehouse...
read moreHidden Pain
Politics suppresses the problems of many post-abortive women Her tears spilled from her cheeks as she told me the story of her abortion, some 11 years earlier. “Last fall, my husband put his arms around me from the back and whispered in my ear, ‘Our baby would have been 10 years old today,’ and we both cried,” she said as more tears came. She was in for her first prenatal visit, excited about having her third child. As part of her obstetric history, I asked her about other pregnancies. She happily told of her two term pregnancies. But then I...
read moreWebster Methodist Partnership
Last Sunday, Dr. Bill was invited to the Webster United Methodist “Praise in the Park” worship service. The congregations of, The First UMC of West Webster, North Ontario UMC, UMC of Webster, Union Hill UMC and Walworth UMC, came together to worship the Lord out at Casey Park in Ontario, NY. There were over 100 people gathered under two large tents, followed by a delicious pot-blessing picnic luncheon. It was a beautiful sunny day in the park. The worship team and choir were just awesome! The joy of the Lord was truly present...
read moreVolunteer Training Opportunity
Care Net Volunteer Training Sessions WHERE: EO @ HBI, 342 Arnett Blvd, Rochester, NY 14619 EO @ GNOC, 916 N Goodman St, Rochester, NY 14609 WHEN: Thursday, July 23rd @ HBI, 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm Saturday, July 25th @ GNOC, 8 am – 1 pm Thursday, July 30th @ HBI, 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm Saturday, Aug. 8th @ GNOC, 8 am – 1 pm ** MUST COMPLETE ALL 4 TRAINING SESSIONS !! ** Please bring your Bible to all the training sessions because we will be using them throughout the classes. A coffee break will be provided mid way through each class. You may want to...
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Focus on Volunteers!
Embracing Options would like to take this opportunity to highlight and thank the people who are the heart and soul, and the hands and feet of the organization. Without them, this ministry could not exist. Their duty and dedication in assisting young women and men through life crises cannot be measured. Who are these amazing heroes? Our volunteers! Click here to read the special volunteer issue of our Spring Newsletter, Choices for Life, Volume 1, Issue...
read moreOpen House!
Please join us for an Open House & Dessert Night to support Embracing Options on Thursday, March 26th, 2009 from 7-9 pm at His Branches, Inc. 342 Arnett Blvd., Rochester, NY 14619 See flyer below for details:...
read moreYou’re Invited!
Sanctity of Human Life Day of Prayer: Dear Prayer Warrior, You are cordially invited to Embracing Options Annual Day of Prayer. January is Sanctity of Human Life (SOHL) month with Sunday the 18th as SOHL Day. This is our 3rd annual day of prayer for the Sanctity of ALL human life. We invite all our co-laborers and Prayer Warriors in the Pro-Life movement to join us. The day consists of Pastors coming in to pray for us, over us, and charge us in the New Year. When: Friday, January 16, 2009 Where: Embracing Options, 342 Arnett Blvd., Rochester...
read moreEO to begin STD testing
His Branches and Embracing Options have received a $1000 grant from the Greater Rochester Health Foundation through the intercession of Dr. Andrew Doniger and his staff at the Monroe County Health Department to fund a pilot project offering EO clients free urine testing for the two most common STDs, gonorrhea and chlamydia. Jessica Speares, our Rochester Youth Year worker, has been studying the issue and planning with Dr. Morehouse and Sandi Clawson for nearly a year, developing protocols and teaching materials and training volunteers. The...
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