A prayer for a lost mother is answered

Please check out this wonderful article on Beth Fagan. Jim and Beth are passionate Lois' Lodge supporters. Here are the comments Jim posted on our Facebook fan page. Thank you Jim and Beth!

"There is an article in today's South Charlotte News section of the Observer, about my wife, Beth, who is involved with Lois Lodge, where she shares her story of discovering her birth family 2 years ago. That section only comes in the South Charlotte area of town. So you can find it by going to this link:"

A prayer for a lost mother is answered

Note to you from one of our Lois' Lodge moms

Dear Faithful Supporter,

Thank you for helping in providing a place for me to go during this difficult period in my life. Your support provides me with people who want to help me though this trial. Lois' Lodge is a special place that I have come to appreciate for all it has to offer, emotionally, spiritually and physically. God will bless your obedience to Him. Know that your support does matter and does not go unappreciated. You are helping show these girls a path, a path in Jesus Christ. Thank you again and please keep Lois' Lodge and the individual girls and staff in your prayers. May God bless you.

Janie

A Touch from God for Karen

Cool stuff happens everyday in the life of our Lois' Lodge moms. Thought you would like to hear about it.

Karen was blessed today by a student at her school she did not know and had not spoken with before. Karen had been feeling down, unappreciated, and tired of going out of her way to do things and then get put down, and had decided to stop. This girl at school approached Karen to let her know that she knew that Karen was going through a lot and she noticed. She gave her a card with encouraging words on it and the verse… Jeremiah-29:11. She also gave her gift cards worth $100.00.. Karen, said she knew it was from God. She had prayed and told him how discouraged she was. Debbie

Focus on the Family Ad Pulled

CitizenLink

2-24-10

NCAA Pulls the Plug on Focus Ad After Protest

by Nima Reza, managing editor

Organization caters to homosexual activists over benign ad.

The NCAA took a Focus on the Family ad off of its Web site after homosexual activists complained.

The print ad shows a father holding his young son. It's titled:

Celebrate Family. Celebrate Life.

And the picture is captioned:

All I want for my son is for him to grow up knowing how to do the right thing.

The activists claimed Focus was too controversial for being pro-life, and in favor of one-man, one-woman marriage. They said that runs counter to the NCAA's policies.

Gary Schneeberger, vice president of ministry communications at Focus on the Family, said he was "befuddled" by the NCAA's decision.

"Have we really become a society where it's considered distasteful and controversial for a dad to hope the best for his son?" he said. "If so, we have a lot of soul-searching to do as a nation."

Steve Maegdlin, CEO of the CSK Strategic Marketing Group which produced the print ad, said there's no reason for it to be pulled.

"There's no hidden message or hidden agenda in here," he said.

Calls to the NCAA were not returned.

The ad was part of a CBS Super Bowl package. The network ran the much-talked about TV commercial by Focus on the Family featuring Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow and his mother.

"We said during the weeks of controversy before our Super Bowl commercial with the Tebows aired that – despite the charges of critics who hadn't even seen it – the spot was not political or divisive or hateful," Schneeberger added. "And, it wasn't. The print ad now being protested is even more non-threatening – if that's possible. It simply says, 'Focus on the Family is here to help you raise your kids, thrive in your marriages and tackle the challenge life throws your way.'"

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Call the NCAA to express your disappointment over the ad's removal.

NCAA Comment Line 317-917-6762.

Christ Covenant

Display table at Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, NC for their "Missions...The Heart of God" Missions Conference, Feb 21 - 28, 2010. Thank you Kim Sowder for developing this great display representing Lois' Lodge. Yuck! Who is on that TV????