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Volume 22, Issue 4

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April 2018

LifeCare Network Hosts Walk For Life Fundraiser To Help Support Clinic Services

By Amanda Boston

Billy Graham Tribute Page 3

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“Every 20 seconds in the United States, a baby is lost to abortion,” said Jessica Rickenbach, LifeCare Network’s Development Director. “You can take action against the overwhelming devastation of abortion by joining us in our Walk for Life.” If you would like to support LifeCare’s fight for the unborn, lace up your sneakers and ‘Walk for Life’ on Saturday, May 5 from 9-11 a.m. at the Brandon High School track. The familyfriendly event will also include a kid fun run, face-painting, live music, prizes for top fundraisers and more. Local churches and organizations are encouraged to recruit walkers to raise money through sponsors. You can visit LifeCare’s website at www.LifeCareNetwork.net to register and start raising funds. All funds support the ministry and its Choices Women’s Centers. LifeCare exists to lead those they

“We pray daily to be a woman’s first choice to call or visit when faced with a pregnancy decision,” said Kristen Mosley, LifeCare’s Executive Director. “The Lord continues to overwhelm us with answered prayers, allowing us to administer about 60 pregnancy tests each month.” LifeCare is the only Each year Walk for Life draws about life-affirming pregnancy 300 participants as they come together clinic in the Greater to celebrate life. Brandon area and serve to know Ruskin. For more than 30 years, the Christ, protect the sanctity of human church and community have supported the ministry, allowing it flourish as it life and promote spreads the message of life and Jesus biblically based Christ. sexuality Rickenbach said, “This is the one according to event that we host that is truly a comGod’s plan for munity event—men, women, children marriage. and churches. Our goal is to unite the Women body of Christ—all churches and receive supdenominations coming together to port and stand for life.” services For more information, visit its webthroughout site or contact Jessica at their pregnanJessica@LifeCareNetwork.net or 654cy and up to a year after 0491. Brandon High School is located the birth. All services are free and at 1101 Victoria St. in Brandon. confidential.

Feed The Bay Returns This April Along With Dedicated Volunteers By Amanda Boston

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“My family While and I have been store voluna part of Feed teers are the Bay since essential to the very first the Feed year when it the Bay was one church mission, and one man’s other volunidea,” said Julia teer opporPickens, a store tunities are coordinator volavailable. At unteer. 2:30 p.m., This year’s the semiEvery year Feed the Bay collects upwards of Feed the Bay welcomes young children to Feed the Bay trailers 160,000 pounds of food and store gift cards. participate alongside a parent. will be held on depart from Sunday, April 15 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the participating Publix Super Markets 17 participating Publix Super Markets and head to one of the 14 participating throughout Hillsborough County. The food banks or agencies. Volunteers are one-day event collects thousands of needed to unload and sort the food at pounds of food to replenish the pantries these local agencies. of local food banks and community Volunteers must be at least 14 agencies. years old, but children are welcome to Launched by Bay Life Church in participate alongside their parents. To 2006, Feed the Bay leverages more volunteer, visit www.feedthebay.org. than 30 churches in the Tampa area. Also, the website provides a list of parThe community outreach is an illustraticipating Publix Super Markets, churchtion of the body of Christ coming es and agencies. together to be the hands and feet of “We love when volunteers bring ed food items. Moreover, after shopping, Jesus. their children to the event,” Pickens said. volunteers are onsite to collect and load Pickens continued, “We encourage If you are unable to participate, gift the food immediately onto the semi-trailers. our friends and family to stop by so they cards from any supermarket may be “Each year we look forward to serving can be witnesses to the power of God’s dropped off at the Bay Life Church office as store coordinators,” said Pickens. “My people in action.” between now and April 15. husband Dwight and I felt that involving Publix Super Market, a longstanding For questions, contact Melanie our boys, then 10 and 12, would be a partner in the effort, offers shoppers the Langston from Bay Life Church at great family activity and a way of setting an convenience of a grocery list with suggestmlangston@baylife.org. example of how we should serve others.”