Moral Concerns
Music Ministry
On Friday, August 18, the 6 and 7
grade students are invited to my house
for supper and games. I would love to
fill my house with young people!! The
party is from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Soon it is time to shift our attention
to our fall semester. In August-early
September, we will once again have 2
weeks of Men’s Chorus, and 2 weeks
of Women’s Chorus. The schedule is
as follows:
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Rehearsals for the Men’s Chorus
August 9, August 16 - 6:30 p.m.
Singing on August 13 and August 20
Rehearsals for Women’s Chorus:
August 23, August 30 - 6:30 p.m.
Singing on August 27 and September 3
FULL rehearsals begin on:
Wednesday, September 6: 6:30-8:30.
Sanctuary Choir is open to any adult
who has a love of singing, can carry
a tune, and has some knowledge of
singing a part. No audition is required.
Please consider joining.
Chapel Choir
(2 nd -5 th grade) — Will begin
Sunday, September 10, at 7:00 p.m.
Youth Choir-Middle/High School
(6 th grade-12 th grade) — Will begin
Sunday, September 17, at 4:00 p.m.
This year, as last year, the 6th grade
students are invited to join the Middle/
High School Choir. I hope all 6 th -
12 th grade students will prayerfully
consider joining.
In Christ’s service,
—KATHRYN VAN ECK
MESSENGER
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Update From the Sidewalk
o many things have changed in the
past year, both at the abortion mill in
Savannah and in the Pro-Life work going
on in the Low Country. Progress is being
made and the battle for life continues in
new and different ways. The evil at work
in abortion is making itself abundantly
more clear and visible.
The abortion mill, called the Savannah
Medical Clinic at 120 E. 34th Street in
Savannah, continues to be open and has
been quite busy—much busier than last
year. Surgical abortions are performed on
Thursdays and Fridays each week, and
there are usually five or six women already
waiting at the door before the clinic opens
at 8:30 a.m. Chemical abortions, e.g. the
“abortion pill” are available Monday
through Friday. Prayer Warriors and
Sidewalk Counselors continue to be at
the abortion mill on Thursday and Friday
mornings. The Stork Bus ultrasound van is
usually parked at the corner of Abercorn
& 34th Street on Friday mornings as
well. It is staffed by a nurse who is also
trained as an ultrasound technician. The
atmosphere at the abortion mill is still
that of a battle ground. Women and men
curse us more frequently, clinic staff call
Law Enforcement regularly to file false
reports, and the clinic staff leave the clinic
to physically come and get anyone that
may have stopped to talk with us on the
sidewalk. These things are meant to quiet
or stop us, but they embolden us all the
more. It is visible proof that Christ is
having a great effect on the enemy, and it
encourages us to pray more confidently
and to more boldly share the Bible. We
are able to direct women to the Savannah
Care Center directly across the street for
assistance, or to the ultrasound van. A
young Reformed Baptist preacher joins
us most Friday mornings and he preaches
directly from The Word to all in the
abortion mill. There is a Muslim mosque
directly across the street also and all who
go there for Friday noon prayers also hear
the preaching of The Word.
We estimate that 60-70 surgical
abortions are performed each week at
the abortion mill. These must be reported
to the government by law. However, any
medical practice or phys ician’s office
August 2017
that does 50 abortions or less per year
does not have to report. That translates
into approximately 60 million (and
counting) unreported abortions. This
is equal to the populations of Georgia,
Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Alabama and Kentucky. This
is a stupefying number of abortions. These
numbers were shared at our last Moral
Concerns Committee meeting by Ms.
Paula Kinard of the Coastal Empire Right
To Life. She also discussed the changes
that are taking place in the Pro-Life
Community of the Low Country. An
organization called THRIVE in St. Louis,
MO is the most cutting edge Pro-Life
organization in the U.S. It has a long-
standing, measurable history of success
in both Missouri and Florida with plans
to open THRIVE centers all over the U.S.,
including Savannah.
THRIVE is so successful because it
is a women’s healthcare system that is
the antidote to Planned Parenthood. It
is staffed by nurses “with a Christian
missionary mind-set.” THRIVE provides
a medical clinic, mobile unit, education
and awareness training (Date Rape,
Abstinence, STD’s, Self-Defense classes,
etc.) as well as a successful education
program in the public school system called
“Best Choices.” Additional information
about THRIVE can be found at: www.
ThriveStLouis.org. The office of the
Savannah THRIVE center will be directly
across the street from Planned Parenthood
on E. 71st Street. More information on
this exciting development to come in the
future.
We invite you to join us on the sidewalk
in prayer on Thursday or Friday mornings.
Statistics show that when we are there
praying, up to 75% of women DO NOT
show up for their appointments. Our God
is limitless in His power and His mercy.
We continue covet your prayers and your
encouragement, and we thank you for your
faithfulness in prayer and your support of
the I.P.C. Moral Concerns Committee.
Romans 10:10 says: “Be joyful in hope,
patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.”
Respectfully submitted,
—SUSIE WILLIAMS
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