The Refuge
Atascosa Pregnancy Care Center
2nd Annual Walk for Life Coming Up!

More and more busy!

We have been trying some new things, so I haven’t been doing a lot of the traditional newsletters! Look for us on Facebook where we have our own page now.
We are still growing! We have 170 clients now, not counting any of the classes. We have had at least 2 or 3 new babies born each month.
We present the gospel to each client that enters The Refuge. Some
accept the Lord as their savior and others leave interested in the gospel.

It is hard to know how many babies we may have saved, but I don’t have personal knowledge of any abortions that have occurred among the women who have visited us. We need your constant prayers as do the women who are our clients.

We have some exciting things going on in the near future.

• We are gathering walkers right now for our “2nd Annual WALK FOR LIFE” on January 21, 2012. We need team leaders as well as walkers. Please call me if you are interested. I hope to have at least as many walkers as we had last year. Every walker will be given a T-shirt to wear in the walk. This will help make a visual statement to the public.

• We continue to need volunteers! We barely have enough volunteers to get by with the increased amount of clients utilizing our services. If you are interested, please contact me, Collene Myers at:
The Refuge
Atascosa Pregnancy Care Center,
Po Box 509,
Pleasanton, TX, 78064
Or call 830-569-0030 for more information. We are also planning another Volunteer training in early 2012! If you are interested in volunteering please contact me for an application.

• We still have just a few more construction projects we need help with. Please contact me if you are interested in helping.

• Our 2012, 5th Annual Love for Life Banquet will be in April again.

As a reminder, Atascosa Pregnancy Care Center offers pregnancy testing and practical assistance through our free programs listed below:

Free Programs

Confidential pregnancy testing and proof of pregnancy documents
Lay and spiritual counseling
Teaching on healthy relationships, sexuality/abstinence, and STDs
Prenatal, Parenting, Anger Management, and Abuse Recovery (“Shadows to Sunshine”) classes, plus PACE for those who have already experienced abortion, and Connect Monday
“Hope Closet” – Earn as You Learn Program
Baby clothes, diapers, toys, furniture and many other items, as well as Maternity clothes.

Current class times are:
Connect Monday- Monday 1:00 P. M.
Anger Management- Tuesday 5:30 P M
Parenting - Thursday 5:00 P. M.
Parenting Boys - Thursday 6:30 P M

The Refuge serves any woman who has a child less than 3 years of age through their “Hope Program”. The “Hope Program” is an earn as you learn program in which the clients are rewarded with diapers, baby food, clothing, toys and baby furniture in exchange for the time they spend in classes, attending church, reading books, and watching videos and DVDs.
So remember our location, 506 West Adams St., in Pleasanton, TX.

If you don’t want to volunteer at the center you might host a baby shower in honor of The Refuge through your church or civic organization. This is another great opportunity for you to be a part of this great community service to our future babies.

Director, Collene Myers would love to speak to your church, organization, or group. Please contact the office at 830-569-0030 for more information. Current hours of operation are:

Mon & Wed 10 A.M. -2 PM and

Tue & Thur. 2P M- 6 PM.

The Refuge
Atascosa Pregnancy Care Center
To Host
OPEN HOUSE!!
The Refuge will be hosting an “Open House” on Sunday May 22, 2011. They would like to invite everyone to tour their new facility and share some light refreshments in their new home at 506 W. Adams Street. The Open House will be held from 2:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. on Sunday afternoon. Come and go as you please.
The Refuge would also like to apologize for having to postpone their appreciation social. A new date has been set. The Refuge will be hosting an appreciation social Friday night May 20, 2011 at 7:00 P.M. This is for all the volunteers that have helped The Refuge which includes construction volunteers and movers, office volunteers, and banquet/silent auction volunteers. If your subgroup is not mentioned, please know that this invitation does include you too.
Remember The Refuge serves any woman who has a child less than 3 years of age through their “Hope Program”. They also provide free pregnancy testing and proof of pregnancy. If you are already pregnant The Refuge may be able to help you with maternity clothes, prenatal education, and child birth classes.
The “Hope Program” is an earn as you learn program in which the clients are rewarded with diapers, baby food, clothing, toys and baby furniture in exchange for the time they spend in classes, attending church, reading books, and watching videos and DVDs. This program is available to parents with children under 3 years of age.
Current classes offered are Anger Management every Tuesday at 5:00 P. M., “Connect Wednesday” at 10:00 A. M., and beginning Monday, June 13th there will also be an evening “Connect” class. Parenting classes are on Thursday at 5:00 P. M. and we will soon be starting a new “Parenting boys” class on Thursday night at 6P. M.
Director, Collene Myers would love to speak to your church, organization, or group. Hosting a baby shower in honor of The Refuge is also an opportunity for you to be a part of this great community service to our future babies. Please contact the office at 830-569-0030 for more information. Current hours of operation are: Mon & Wed 10 A.M. -2 P.M. and Tue & Thur. 2P.M.-6 P.M.
We are looking forward to seeing you at the appreciation social; so please call if you need more information.

PS: On a personal note, I am in desperate need of a few good men to build a fence on my property. I can furnish all the supplies. I just need help and perhaps someone with a tractor and a post hole digger.

Hi everyone! Wow! We are still busy! We have moved into the new building! We are still trying to get organized and have one or two remodeling jobs left, but we were open as of March 14th. The Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce held a Ribbon Cutting on Thursday March 17 at 11 AM.

• Our 4th annual “Love for Life” Banquet is April 29, 2011 at 7 PM preceded by a Silent Auction at 6:00 PM (We have lots of great gifts to bid on!)


• New Volunteer Training will be on Saturday 4-30-11 thru Monday 5-2-11


• The Refuge will host an Open House on Sunday afternoon from 2:00 to 4:00 PM on May 22, 2011.

PLEASE READ THE INVITATION BELOW! WE WOULD LIKE A LARGE CROWD FOR THIS YEARS LOVE FOR LIFE BANQUET!

We continue to grow. We now have 134 clients, not counting the parenting or anger management classes. We need your constant prayers as do the women who are our clients. Please pray for me and all the other volunteers, staff, and board that the Holy Spirit will be in control every moment we are representing The Refuge.

Immediate needs are:

• Volunteers

• Helpers to help clean and organize,

• Still need some minor remodeling inside,

• Groups to adopt a room to decorate

• Landscaping

Here is a picture of our new building!

At 2432 sq. feet with 9 rooms it has more than twice the space we had before. Once again our new address is 506 West Adams Street, Pleasanton, Texas, one block from Pleasanton High school. We are so excited! As you might imagine, though, if we needed volunteers before, we really need them now! We hope to expand our hours when we have more volunteers to man The Refuge. If you are interested, please contact me, Collene Myers at:

The Refuge Atascosa Pregnancy Care Center,

Po Box 509,

Pleasanton, TX, 78064

Or call 830-569-0030 for more information.

As a reminder, Atascosa Pregnancy Care Center offers pregnancy testing and practical assistance through our free programs listed below:

Confidential pregnancy testing and proof of pregnancy documents

Lay counseling, and spiritual counseling

Teaching on healthy relationships, sexuality/abstinence, and STDs

Prenatal, Parenting, and Anger Management Classes, Connect Wednesday Bible Study,

Abortion recovery classes for those who have already experienced it,

Maternity clothes Baby clothes, diapers, furniture and many other items.

If you would like to help The Refuge in some way other than counseling or volunteering at the center, you might want to organize a baby shower through your civic group or Sunday school class or ask your organization to have us come to speak about The Refuge. For more information contact Collene Myers at 830-569-0030.

In Him,

Collene Myers

The Refuge Atascosa Pregnancy Care Center

830-569-0030

TheRefugeAtascosa@yahoo.com

"You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb." (Ps. 139:13 NIV)

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

• Hi everyone!
  
  Boy have we been busy! The new building is coming along nicely. We are still trying to get small jobs completed and some painting finished, but it is our plan to start moving in on Thursday 3-3-11. We have to move everything from the old address and some furniture from storage and then start decorating and putting things together. We must then be re-opened at our new address on Monday March 14th.
  
• Thursday March 10- Volunteer planning meeting for those interested in helping with the "Love For Life Banquet."
• Chamber of Commerce will hold a Ribbon Cutting on Thursday March 17 at 11 AM.
• Our 4th annual “Love for Life” Banquet is April 29, 2011 at 7 PM preceded by a Silent Auction at 6:00 PM
• New Volunteer Training will be on Saturday 4-30-11 and Sunday 5-1-11
• The Refuge will host an Open House on Sunday afternoon from 2:00 to 4:00 PM on May 22, 2011.
  
  We continue to grow. We now have 128 clients, not counting the parenting or anger management classes.
  Each client that enters The Refuge is presented the gospel. We have had some accept the Lord as their savior and others that have left interested in the gospel of Jesus.
  We may never know how many babies have been saved, but I don’t have personal knowledge of any abortions that have occurred among the girls who have visited The Refuge. We need your constant prayers as do the women who are our clients.
  
  
  Immediate needs are:
  • Helpers to help clean and move,
  • Still need some minor remodeling inside,
  • Groups to adopt a room to decorate.
  
  
  Here is a picture of our new building!

At 2432 sq. feet with 9 rooms it has more than twice the space we have now.


And here are some of the volunteers as they were working.

Once again our new address is 506 West Adams Street, Pleasanton, Texas, one block from Pleasanton High school. We are so excited! As you might imagine, though, if we needed volunteers before, we really need them now! We barely have enough volunteers to get by at present; so we will definitely need more before we can open a new center. If you are interested, please contact me, Collene Myers at:

The Refuge
Atascosa Pregnancy Care Center,
Po Box 509,
Pleasanton, TX, 78064
Or call 830-569-0030 for more information.

As a reminder, Atascosa Pregnancy Care Center offers pregnancy testing and practical assistance through our free programs listed below:

Free Programs are:
Confidential pregnancy testing and proof of pregnancy documents
Lay counseling, and spiritual counseling
Teaching on healthy relationships, sexuality/abstinence, and STDs
Prenatal, Parenting, and Anger Management Classes
Abortion recovery classes for those who have already experienced it,
Connect Wednesday (Bible Study)
Maternity clothes
Baby clothes, diapers, furniture and many other items


If you would like to help The Refuge in some way other than counseling or volunteering at the center, you might want to organize a baby shower through your civic group or Sunday school class or ask your organization to have us come to speak about The Refuge.
For more information contact Collene Myers at 830-569-0030.


In Him
Collene Myers
The Refuge
Atascosa Pregnancy Care Center
830-569-0030
TheRefugeAtascosa@yahoo.com

"You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb." (Ps. 139:13 NIV)

Just a short update

Hi everyone!

This is going to be very short, but I want everyone to be up on what is happening. The building has been purchased debt free!! That does leave us a little close on our bank account, but Praise The Lord, we don't owe any one except a debt of love. The building is awaiting delivery until the lot is completely prepared. John Brymer has been working hard to accomplish this, but could really use some help. If you would like to help, please call me and I will get you in touch with him.

Immediate needs are:

• Certified Plumber,
• Helpers to help with building pad and parking area,
• Carpenters for deck and some minor remodeling inside,
• Groups to adopt a room to decorate.
• Still need Walkers and Team Captains for the "Walk For Life"
  

Here is a picture of our new building!

At 2432 sq. feet with 9 rooms it has more than twice the space we have now.

Thanks to all for your prayers!!!

In Him
Collene Myers
The Refuge
Atascosa Pregnancy Care Center
830-742-3447

TheRefugeAtascosa@yahoo.com

"You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb." (Ps. 139:13 NIV)

Long Overdue

Busy is still not a good enough excuse!

I have still been busy, and I’m late again on our newsletter!

Well I said we were starting to grow pretty fast in the last letter. We had 41 clients at that time. Now we have 113, not counting the parenting or anger management classes.
Each client that enters The Refuge is presented the gospel. We have had some accept the Lord as their savior and others that have left interested in the gospel of Jesus.

It is hard to know how many babies we may have saved, but I don’t have personal knowledge of any abortions that have occurred among the girls who have visited us. At the time of the last newsletter, there was one that was of concern. I am excited to tell you that she decided to keep her baby and has now delivered. We need your constant prayers as do the women who are our clients.

We have some exciting things going on this month and in the near future.

WALK FOR LIFE

We are gathering walkers right now for a WALK FOR LIFE on January 22, 2011. We need team leaders as well as walkers. Please call me if you are interested. I hope to have a large crowd of walkers. Every walker will be given a free T-shirt to wear in the walk. This will help make a visual statement to the public.

Exciting News

As you all know we purchased a lot in Pleasanton, Texas on Adams Street last year. It is an excellent location, less than a block from Pleasanton High school. Now we have signed a contract on a building to be placed on it. We are hoping to have it ready to use by the end of January 2011. We are so excited! As you might imagine, though, if we needed volunteers before, we really need them now! We barely have enough volunteers to get by at present; so we will definitely need more before we can open a new center. If you are interested, please contact me, Collene Myers at:

The Refuge
Atascosa Pregnancy Care Center,
Po Box 509,
Pleasanton, TX, 78064
Or call 830-742-3447 for more information.

Big Need

We especially need volunteer carpenters, electricians, plumbers, all sorts of construction help immediately to help with the new building. Please contact me if you are interested in helping.

Volunteer Planning

We are also Planning Volunteer training in February 2011! If you are interested in volunteering contact me for an application.

As a reminder, Atascosa Pregnancy Care Center offers pregnancy testing and practical assistance through our free programs listed below:

Free Programs are:
Confidential pregnancy testing and proof of pregnancy documents
Lay counseling, and spiritual counseling
Teaching on healthy relationships, sexuality/abstinence, and STDs
Prenatal, Parenting, and Anger Management Classes
Abortion recovery classes for those who have already experienced it,
Connect Tuesday (Bible Study)
Maternity clothes
Baby clothes, diapers, furniture and many other items

So remember our present location is in Poteet just a couple of blocks from the school at 815 School Drive.
If you would like to help The Refuge in some way other than counseling or volunteering at the center, you might want to organize a baby shower through your civic group or Sunday school class or ask your organization to have us come to speak about The Refuge.
For more information contact Collene Myers at 830-742-3447.


In Him
Collene Myers

The Refuge
Atascosa Pregnancy Care Center
830-742-3447/ 569-5883
TheRefugeAtascosa@yahoo.com

"You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb." (Ps. 139:13 NIV)