Dear Friends,
Summer is in full swing and most of us thought that this whole pandemic would be over by now. In mid March, we had to suspend our volunteers and stop allowing people in the center. We did not anticipate that we would still be operating under those constraints in June. We have modified, shifted, changed and invented new ways of carrying out our mission to protect the physical, emotional, and spiritual lives of women and their unborn children.
All of the challenges that have come our way, including the building of Howard St., have stretched our minds and our resources. I am reminded of a quote by
Ravi Zacharias
, "To allow God to be God, we must follow Him for who He is and what He intends, and not for what we want or what we prefer." We all would prefer things to be different. But we are still here, still dealing with social distancing and disease prevention. We set forth to follow God's plan for us and our ministry and must respond the best that we can.
One of our responses is to have anincreased online presence for both the supporters of our ministry and the women and families we serve. Read on to learn more about
Brightcourse
and the introduction of a new website for our supporters. Being able to respond, to fill a need, to answer a call, to reinvent, is only possible because you respond and walk with us. Thank you so much for continuing to do so.
Have a COVID safe and happy July 4
th
!
Many thanks, Gina
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As you can tell from the pictures, progress is happening! The ugly front of our building is looking much better. We are in the process of selecting colors for the exterior and planning signage.
According to Dan Schwab, our project manager from
Plano Coudon Construction
, construction is on schedule. Currently, the interior is being painted; doors and frames are being installed. After all of the ceiling rough-ins (HVAC, lights) are completed, dropping the ceiling tiles will be next. Flooring will begin in about a week.
The furniture for Howard St. has been ordered, with much help from our design team at
Price Modern.
We are creating a warm, inviting, and comfortable environment to welcome our clients. A big thanks to Beth Wolinski and Hilary Heubeck of Price Modern. They guided us through the process and helped us make good choices within our budget and the challenging COVID standards. All surfaces must stand up to frequent cleaning. You'll love it!

Please pray for a smooth, uneventful construction process and a GRAND OPENING in the Summer/Fall of 2020.
Put Howard St. on every possible prayer list!!
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Introducing CPC's New Supporters Website
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With this newsletter, we are launching our new "CPC supporters" website. With generous funding from two of our donors, we were able to bring this project together in record time. But wait! An all new "CPC client" website
is also under construction.
You might ask why we need two sites?The supporters' interests are different from our clients' interests, so a unique message is needed for both. Each site will have a separate URL.These websites will be where supporters and clients go to learn about our organization. The "client" URL is designed to increase website traffic and draw more abortion vulnerable women.
You will also notice a new look on our donate page. We have moved our online donation processing from multiple channels to one provider:
Stewardship Technology
. This change allows us to handle donations more efficiently and at less expense. We will continue to accept major credit cards and will now be able to accept online donations from checking and savings accounts. Stewardship is a "PCI DSS Level 1" compliant company servicing more than 15,000 faith communities and non-profits. We also appreciate that Stewardship's mission is aligned with ours. Have you considered making an online monthly donation to CPC?
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As we mentioned in an earlier newsletter, we are very excited about introducing an online curriculum for our moms and dads. Included are lessons on pregnancy, infancy, toddlers, parenting, life skills and lots more. These courses are created for the new, mobile, on-line generation of parents--they are well documented and relational.
Brightcourse brings over 120 different classes right to a client's phone or other device. They can take the classes from any location and they are also available in Spanish! When we are able to gather in group settings again, they can also be viewed at the center. Instead of outdated and expensive DVD's, we can now stream any class at any time. This eliminates many barriers to our clients participating in educational programs. We will tie in incentives for additional material assistance to course completion. These courses will allow a counselor to walk along side of a client and design a course plan to meet individual needs. We already have over a dozen participants.
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Thanks for Helping
@ Amazon.com
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THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
This may continue to sound repetitive but we can't thank you often enough!
URGENT NEED: Baby Wash, Baby Lotion
and Wipes
Keeping little ones clean is a tough job. We are dangerously low on baby wash, baby lotion and wipes. Check out our Amazon Wish List.
Personally thanking each of you has not been possible. Many gifts were received with only first names. So here we go again...
Thanks to--Ana J., Kelly, Tavia, Susan, Ben B., Cooper, Grace, Natalie, Alice, Sam

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Center for Pregnancy Concerns | 410-391-6699
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