Life Choices - July 2016

Childhood Development Class
Learning About Our Children Can Help us Love Them! 
Out-going Necole's Place's Children's Ministry Coordinator, Melissa Edwards, offered a child development class recently to aid moms in understanding their children's needs better. Melissa stated, "At Necole's Place we come into contact with moms from all different walks of life. Over time it became clear that many of the moms do not have basic child development knowledge. The first five years of a child's life are some of the most important. The first year alone brings many milestones, such as sitting up, rolling over, crawling, and walking. In fact, by a child's first birthday most children are three times the weight they were at birth. We wanted to create a class that would teach the mothers that it is important to encourage children in each developm ental stage to explore and learn as their individual experiences help them to grow." Topics included feeding and sleeping schedules, grooming, physical development, and mental development. 

Fruit from the class can already be seen in the lives of the mothers,  as Melissa explained, "Over the course of the class and after its completion we see many of the moms practicing what they have learned.  One of the biggest differences that we see . . .
      
   

Annual Benefit Event

Tables for our annual benefit event with Dr. David Platt are going fast! Buy your tickets and join us on Wednesday, September 28th, at 6:30 pm, for an elegant evening at the Louisville Marriott Downtown.
Come hear David Platt, author of four books, including his New York Times bestseller Radical.

 

Habitudes -- Growing Leaders

One thing that has been placed on our hearts here at Necole's Place is the development of leaders. When clients enter our ministry, we have become attuned to look for leadership potential. We currently have three young women who comprise what we call our "Client Leadership Team". Over the past year, our staff has been conducting a class for them titled Habitudes . . .

  Sand, Fun, and Relaxation

Our late summer break opened up the calendar for two classes taught by Jayne Woodring, our volunteer Arts and Crafts Instructor at Necole's Place. The first week the women worked on sand art, using adhesive and colored sand to transform paper into works of art. Next the women tackled creating scented neck pillows, employing  . . .
 
Team Life Bike RIde - 
A Huge Success!

On Saturday, August 13, ninety-one  cyclists gathered at 701 W Muhammad Ali for our annual Team Life Bike Ride. The parking lot was crowded with bicycles and cyclists. It was exciting for AWC staff to see a full parking lot at  . . .
 
Family Fun Day
On Saturday, August 13th Necole's Place hosted a Family Fun Festival at our future location, 701 W Muhammad Ali Blvd.  Highview Baptist Church sponsored a cookout and fun activities for our clients.  Children enjoyed . . .
 

Prayer and Praise

We offer Praises for: 
  • Saved babies!
  • God is bringing in wonderful crisis counselors and is building a strong team
  • A great turnout for the Team Life Bike Ride
  • Moving worship service at new building with client testimonies
  • Highland Baptist Church hosting a family fun day for clients and their families at our new building (to let them see where we will move after renovations happen)
  • Healthy baby girl born to one of our GED students who suffered many health problems during pregnancy 

We ask for Prayers for: 
  • Wisdom for staff in dealing with clients in desperate situations
  • Great need for more childcare volunteers dedicated to loving and serving the children and their moms
  • Health and well-being for staff and volunteers
  • Healing for clients from past trauma
  • God's vision given to those designing new building
  • More people to learn about the ministry of AWC at this year's Annual Benefit Event
  • Health and travel mercies for this year's speaker, David Platt
  • God continue to save babies and change lives through the ministry of AWC and NP 


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