About Our Clients

We now have had a total of 406 clients walk through our doors. We have 42 clients who are currently pregnant. We have 17 in transition- (clients that should have delivered or that need retesting.) We have 232 clients that are now parenting clients in our "Hope Program".
Born this month- 3 new babies.

*This does not include our parenting classes, connect classes, or Shadows to Sun-shine.

 Hope Closet

We are in the process of transforming the Hope Closet. God has truly blessed us with lots of beautiful donations. We are currently taking donations of baby furniture, strollers and car seats. They should be in “like new” condition and can be dropped off during busisness hours. Thank you in advance for your donations.

Gospel

 Praise the Lord we’ve had 2 new salvations this month, we provide scripture memorization and church lists to all of our clients. Remember to always keep our staff, volunteers and clients in prayer concerning the presentation of the gospel.

Classes

"How to Make Your Children Mind Without Loosing Yours"- taught by Neda Hayes on Thursday at 5 PM is still having a large number of fathers attending with the mothers.
"Parenting Boys" taught by Pastor Michael Flechsig’s meets Thursday at 6:30 P. M.
Connect Bible Study– (Biblical teaching on relationships and life skills) taught by Carol Stafford meets on Mondays at 1:00 P. M.
Abuse Recovery- Our "Shadows to Sunshine" class meets on Thursday at 6:00 P. M.  A new class will be starting soon. Call us at (830) 569-0030 if you're interested in joining the upcomming class.

Training and In-service

 May 15^th we will be having an in-house training. We will learn how to be the best volunteers and staff that we can be.

Special  Interest Story
Letter to The Refuge APCC, My name is Justine Gonzales. I am a client of the Hope Closet Program. I am a single parent and currently unemployed at the moment because I’m in my ninth month of pregnancy. I found out about this program thru a good friend of mine. Thru the Hope Program I have been given a chance to get closer to Jesus Christ. If it was not for the Hope Program, I would be nowhere near ready for the birth of my child. The staff at, The Refuge, have been very helpful in helping me prepare for the birth of my son. The childbirth and parenting lessons that I have learned have prepared me to be “The Best Mom”. I have learned not to give up on myself with your help. I am very thankful to be involved in a program like this!

__Other Interests__

Building–  We are currently working with Operation Christian Love to complete needed repairs to our facility. Be in prayer with us that our repairs all our repairs will be accomplished.

Events- “Love for Life Banquet”   We will be hosting our 7^th annual “Love for Life” Banquet on Saturday, October 18^th, 2014. This years banuqet will be held at the Pleasanton Civic Center (old town square). We’re very excited about this new venue. We are happy to announce our speaker is Tom Glessner, The President of National Institute of Family & Life Advocates. We are planning for 25- 30 tables of 10. We will have a catered meal to be announced. We are looking for businesses and individuals to sponsor tables for $200 each. In appreciation they will receive a placard on their tables and a listing on our web site. If you would like to attend this free event, please give us a call at (830) 569-0030 to reserve your seat.  

Health Fair– up-date information coming soon.

Volunteers- We are always looking for sincere and deticated volunteers to help at The Refuge. Please be in prayer that God will send the perfect people to serve our clients.