May News Letter

Hi Everyone!

It has been a while since I did a news letter, because I have a blog site now and you can see my regular entries there. I don't think everyone has gotten the word about it, because it doesn't appear the site has been visited very much. In case you don’t already have the site address it is http://www.therefugeinatascosa.blogspot.com/. From now on I will only be sending news letters occationally, but you will be able to get more frequent updates at the above address.

We just had our sixth steering committee meeting on Thursday, May 10th. It was apparently a bad day for everyone, because there were only 3 of us there. We now have 8 members, including myself. We also have some friends of the committee that attend fairly regularly. Hopefully next month will be better.

We are still in phase one of the plan, but things are starting to move along. People are starting to find out about the ministry and I am beginning to compile a list of people who want to volunteer.

Actually I guess you could say we have a foot in phase two, because although we still have not received any monetary contributions, we have had the offer of a house to move to another property. I had a contractor look at it with me. It could be moved, but he thinks it would be pretty expensive to move, because it has had parts added on. I am in the process of getting a quote from a house moving company. We also need a piece of property to put it on. Once we have all the facts, we will have to make a decision.

We are also working on some other fund raisers. We have a place to have a fund raising banquet and one of our committee members is helping me work on details for that at present. We are also collecting baby bottles to hand out for people to collect extra change cash or checks and place in the bottles.

We are still working on our application for non profit status. I now have a desk, a bookshelf, a FAX machine and some chairs donated by FBC Poteet and by Paul and Suzy Hull. Stan and Gayle Zettner helped me move them from the two locations to my house. I guess you could say that other than the steering committee they were my first volunteers.

Prayer Requests

• Pray for me and the entire committee, because I have really felt the efforts of Satan trying to hinder us from accomplishing the task God has given us.
• Pray for future volunteers to be prepared, to hear the call, and to step forward.
• Pray for individuals, churches and organizations to hear God’s prompting to contribute funds and obey the call.
• Pray for wisdom concerning the choosing of a building and property. We want God’s best and perfect will in the entire process.
  
  If you or anyone you know would like to make a contribution it can be sent to:

The Refuge,

PO Box 509,

Pleasanton TX, 78064

Please make checks payable to FBC Splendora TX, or Cowboy Fellowship, Pleasanton TX. and
Write in memo line of check "for The Refuge".

In Him
ColleneMyers
The Refuge
Atascosa Pregnancy Center
TheRefugeAtascosa@yahoo.com
http://www.therefugeinatascosa.blogspot.com/.


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

April Steering Committee Meeting

At the fith monthly steering committee meeting we voted on a new logo. It is completely different from the other one, but I think you will like it. I would like to recognize and thank Jeremy Cooke for all his hard work on the logo. I think he did an excellent job!

Things have been moving a little more rapidly this month. We now have a place to receive donations. In fact we now have two places to receive donations. The first to offer us this service is FBC of Splendora Texas, and the second is Cowboy Fellowship in Pleasanton Texas. Now if some funds will start coming in we will be set!


I had several appointments with pastors and prospective volunteers this month and shared the good news with the committee.

In addition I shared with them that I was offered the opportunity to hand out flyers at the Poteet Strawberry Festival, which I did last weekend.



We have added one more steering committee member. Her name is Abby Pawelek. Abby is the wife of Pete Pawelek, the pastor of Cowboy Fellowship in Pleasanton. She makes our seventh member.



Please be in prayer as we visit pastors and churches, that we will begin to recruit volunteers for the center and will start to receive donations that are essential to opening the center.




If you or anyone you know would like to make a contribution it can be sent to:
The Refuge
PO Box 509
Pleasanton TX, 78064

1. Please make checks payable to either FBC Splendora TX or Cowboy Fellowship, Pleasanton TX. and
2. write in memo line of check "for The Refuge".

In Him,

Collene Myers

Fourth Steering Committee Meeting

Hi Everyone,

The steering committee had it's fourth meeting on Monday, March, 12th. We have two new members, Paul and Suzy Hull.

We are looking at a new logo. One of the friends of the steering committee, Janet Jackson, put a lot of time and effort into developing it. Tell me what you think. I would like to have input.

I presented a proposed budget to the committee for review.

We prayed for progress in getting all done that we need to get done. Please be in prayer with us.

In Him
Collene Myers

February Meeting

Hi Everyone!

Our third monthly steering committee meeting was held on February 12th, 2007. There were six people in attendance although only three of us were actual steering committee members. We do have 3-4 possible new members. At present we have five steering committee members.

Old business was discussed.

We discussed some possibilities for a logo for The Refuge. One rough draft has already been submitted.

We prayed for everyone's health, because some of us have been sick. We also prayed for new members and for help with time management; so we can get the things done that need to be done. We specifically asked for a lawyer and some business people to help with specific tasks.

I told everyone I have started a blog site. As soon as we have a logo I will replace my picture on the blog with the logo.

God bless you all until next time.

In Him,

Collene Myers

January Steering Committee Meeting

We had our second meeting on January 29. We added one more member and one more possible member. We elected a secretary who will take minutes; so we can keep up with what we do from meeting to meeting. Then we elected a vice- chairman of the committee to assist me and in case I can't be there for some reason.

We are still looking for more members, specifically for a lawyer and someone to help with grant writing. Some of the members feel they may know some that will help.

We discussed some possible properties and locations for the center.

The most important thing we did was pray. In addition to praying for progress on the center and for God to provide needed funds and supplies, we also prayed for my health ( I've been pretty sick this month.), and my mom's up coming surgery. I hope you will be in prayer about those things as well.

We decided to have regular meetings on the second Monday of the month; so the next meeting is scheduled on February 12th.

I'll keep you posted!

Christmas News Letter- First Steering Committee Meeting... 2006, December

Hello Everyone and a very Merry Christmas!

I hope this finds all of you doing well. I t has been a while since I wrote last; so I wanted to let you know I am still alive and working on getting a Crisis pregnancy center going in Pleasanton.

I had my first scheduled steering committee meeting this month. We will be meeting monthly after this. I’m sad to say only three of the seven people I was expecting turned up.

Of course we spent part of our time in prayer, which is one of the most important reasons for our meeting.

We accomplish a few things. Keith, who is a tax expert and one of two men on our steering committee, is going to review papers for getting our non-profit status in the works. He will also be giving me information on someone who might help us with some grant writing. Someone else is also going to try to get us some more up to date statistics concerning the local counties. We set a target date for opening the center on December 2007.

We will be meeting monthly unless special business brings us together on additional nights. Everyone on the committee also has a full time job and other duties; so I don’t want to over burden them with too many meetings.

Next time you here from me you will probably be getting a blog site you can go to. I am trying to get one set up; so you can go to it to see what we are doing at your own convenience.

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to all of you!!

In Him,
Collene Myers
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