Hillcrest Children's Home Trip

We have been home from Hot Springs, Arkansas for a couple of weeks.  Our experience individually and as a team touched us in such a way that we are each committed to be a part of next years team - I hope you will join us!

What does it mean to be present in someone's life?  Being present sometimes means that you don't say anything - you are just there - serving and being a part of their daily life.  

Our team was present in so many ways:

- painting 15 rooms in two cottages - this was a quiet and interactive way for us to get to know the kids

- painting 2 rooms in the administration building

- stripping wallpaper in the conference room

- trimming bushes at Highlands Maternity Home

- spending time with the young women at Highlands 

- sorting, hanging and organizing clothes in their donation center

- children's ministry time every evening that involved games, devotions, bowling

- a minor league ballgame on the 4th of July

- going with 4 cottages on two different afternoons to an area amusement park

We ended our time with the staff and kids with an ice cream social at their large pavilion area.  Dean and Beth brought the sound system from the gym down to the pavilion, sidewalk chalk (enjoyed by all ages) and bubbles.  They have a basketball court right near the pavilion that we cleaned earlier in the week, so it was full of kids playing and enjoying each other. It was even more than we could have prayed for.  It was a crazy moment to cry, but that is exactly what I did.  As we began scooping the ice cream a song titled: "My Wish" by Rascal Flatts started to play over the sound system - the sounds of the kids laughing and the house parents and staff talking completely overwhelmed me because this song spoke what my heart was saying. At that moment Dean came up to me and asked what I thought of this amazing picture before us and the tears started to flow.  We had talked about this ice cream social months ago when we first visited Hillcrest - it is an amazing thing to see the plans and ideas that God speaks to our heart come full circle.  To know that we could have even been small part of God's plan in showing His love to these kids and staff this week was an amazing feeling - WHAT AN HONOR FOR OUR ENTIRE TEAM!  


One of our team verses for the week:


 I will be with you, I will never leave, fail or forsake you.
Joshua 1:5


Read more about this trip at:  http://lovereaches.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/being-present-in-hot-springs-july-2012/


** We did make a video of our time at Hillcrest Children's Home.  Due to privacy considerations we cannot post it on a blog or social media site.  Watch for it in to be in a video loop in the Timberline Cafe soon.  


Here is Rascal Flatts - My Wish

Birthmothers Ministry Featured in the Loveland Reporter-Herald

Congratulations to our Birthmothers Ministry Team!! It is exciting to see this ministry grow in such a powerful way!!! :)

Read the article here:

http://www.reporterherald.com/news/larimer-county/ci_20045278?IADID=Search-www.reporterherald.com-www.reporterherald.com

A Billboard for Birthmother Ministries

Thank you so much to the Knights of Columbus in Fort Collins for providing this billboard on Riverside Ave. and also for providing funds that will enable us the opportunity to advertise in ten local establishments!

We are thankful that they are partnering with us in sharing the one-on-one friendship that volunteers at Birthmothers extend to women in unplanned pregnancies within our community.

- Lorraine Meyer, Birthmothers Ministry Leader

coloradobirthmothers@gmail.com

Birthmother Ministry Training Coming Soon!!

Our next Birthmother Ministries Friend Training Day, training volunteers to help pregnant women and women who have recently delivered is right around the corner! It is Saturday, May 22, 2010, 9:00a.m -2:30p.m. at Timberline Church in Room 202.

Feel free to come a few minutes early so we can say hello/ meet you. We will start promptly at 9:00a.m., as it is a very busy day planned.

Lunch, snacks and drinks are provided, but if you would like your “morning cup of coffee”, please bring it with you in the morning. I will be bringing mine. :)

When you have a few moments, please review the info sheet by clicking on "Birthmothers Ministry" on the right side of the Welcome Child Blog, which discusses the ministry model as well as the time commitment involved. Also I suggest you check out the web sites, www.birthmothers.org directed toward the women we serve who are pregnant, and www.birthmotherministries.org, about the ministry itself.

A $10.00 donation is requested on the training day, May 22, which helps defray a portion of the costs for your lunch, training manual, DMV and background checks.

Please let me know if you are attending, by R.S.V.P.., either by calling me at (970) 481-4787 or emailing me no later than Wednesday, May 18, so I can make sure you have a manual and lunch. Thank you!

The cost for your background and DMV checks will be covered.

Feel free to call Lorraine with any questions you have at (970) 481-4787.

Sanctity of Human Life Day

I would like to introduce Lorraine Meyer to you. She is the coordinator of our Birthmother Ministries at Timberline Church. I met Lorraine one weekend when we were having sign-ups for a Fields of the Fatherless class. She came to our table and said that she had a heart for Birthmoms and wanted to know if this was a place that she could serve. Ofcourse our response was "YES". Our ministry team had been praying specifically for someone that had a heart for Birthmoms and how we can serve them. You never know when you say "yes" to something that God has put on your heart how the ripple effect will touch so many lives. That is exactly what is happening in this ministry - it is very exciting!!!! :)

Please join us at Timberline Church at our regular service times on

Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. or Sunday, January 24, 2010, at
8:30, 10:00 or 11:30 for a spotlight on Sanctity of Human Life Day!

Come hear about a newer ministry at Timberline Church, Birthmother
Ministries, at the beginning of each service. Birthmother Ministries is a
ministry that trains and matches Christian volunteers in a one-on-one
friendship with pregnant women who are in need. This friendship is meant to
provide emotional support, help in overcoming obstacles to choosing life for
their child and assistance with finding practical resources in the
community, whether they are choosing to parent or consider an adoption plan.
The ministry's motto is, "A Friend loves at all times."

Also, scheduled to be at Timberline are the CSU Students for Life Club,
Alpha Center of Fort Collins, LifeChoices and Birthright of Loveland and
Pregnancy Resource Center of Greeley. These organizations will be eager to
talk to you about how they encourage women and their families within our
community in choosing life for the unborn children and the services they
provide. They will be available in the church mall area before, during and
after all church services on Saturday, January 23, 2010 and Sunday, January
24, 2010.

We would love to have you come!



In His grip,
Lorraine Meyer
(970) 481-4787
Birthmother Ministries, a ministry of Timberline Church