Partner Churches
Join our growing network!
Join our growing network!
We'd love to have more churches join this network. We ask churches to commit to flying our "rallying cry" flags on their church property and to do at least three things from a broad list of options. Please read the options below and then click the button to let us know of your interest.
We'd love to have more churches join this network. We ask churches to commit to flying our "rallying cry" flags on their church property and to do at least three things from a broad list of options. Please read the options below and then click the button to let us know of your interest.
Inspire and root
Inspire and root
Dedicate/baptize babies of single moms.
Dedicate/baptize babies of single moms.
*Minimum of 6 Sundays in worship and attendance at a baptism/dedication class. Work within your by-laws and/or denominational requirements.
*Minimum of 6 Sundays in worship and attendance at a baptism/dedication class. Work within your by-laws and/or denominational requirements.
Teach
Teach
- Host free parenting classes for new moms (and dads)
- Provide a woman or couple from your church who can serve as a mentor for a single mom or a young, unmarried pregnant couple.
- Coordinate a teaching event or retreat for church leadership, church adults, church teens, or church children.
House
House
Provide a home or apartment space for a year's time for a single mom and her child(ren).
Provide a home or apartment space for a year's time for a single mom and her child(ren).
Adopt
Adopt
Solicit publicly in your church and provide the name of at least one couple from your church who is willing to adopt a baby carried to term by a Newaygo County single mom.
Solicit publicly in your church and provide the name of at least one couple from your church who is willing to adopt a baby carried to term by a Newaygo County single mom.
Support
Support
Support: Help with several of the needs of Insight Pregnancy Services.
Support: Help with several of the needs of Insight Pregnancy Services.
1) Designate an ambassador between the church and Insight;
1) Designate an ambassador between the church and Insight;
2) Provide a mentor(s) or a coach(es) - requires 3 months of training and 4 hours/week of serving;
2) Provide a mentor(s) or a coach(es) - requires 3 months of training and 4 hours/week of serving;
3) Provide an accomplished dad 35 to 50 years old to lead a DADS small group;
3) Provide an accomplished dad 35 to 50 years old to lead a DADS small group;
4) Material support: diapers, formula, wipes, cribs, etc.
4) Material support: diapers, formula, wipes, cribs, etc.
Give
Give
Give: Support the efforts of Bridge Newaygo or Insight Pregnancy Services.
Give: Support the efforts of Bridge Newaygo or Insight Pregnancy Services.
Grand Slam: Create, Build, Finance
Grand Slam: Create, Build, Finance
Grand Slam: Create, build, and finance. Establish a Mommy's Haven Center in Newaygo County where women, and their children, in unsupported pregnancies can stay with free food, lodging, and emotional and spiritual support during pregnancy (max 7 months) and post pregnancy (max 3 months) while sorting things out whether to keep the baby or give up for adoption.
Grand Slam: Create, build, and finance. Establish a Mommy's Haven Center in Newaygo County where women, and their children, in unsupported pregnancies can stay with free food, lodging, and emotional and spiritual support during pregnancy (max 7 months) and post pregnancy (max 3 months) while sorting things out whether to keep the baby or give up for adoption.