Blog entries

Rebecca's Story

Administrator — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:25:51 +0100

Client Testimony: Rebecca's Story

“When I came to LifeCare I was in a bad situation. I was depressed, not eating, and I wasn’t living well. I was facing an unplanned pregnancy, lost my job, and the father of my children went to jail. I felt unwanted and a failure.Read More...

LifeCare Services

Cookie Gray — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:13:40 +0100

I happened to be in the waiting room at LifeCare and met a young woman who had recently delivered twins, a boy and a girl. It got even better than that; she had delivered girl twins five years earlier. I was so impressed with her handling of her situation. The babies were very content and squeaky clean and smelled so good. She was thankful for LifeCare and was taking full advantage of what was offered her.

When we say we minister to our client’s mental, emotional, anRead More...

She Comes To Lifecare

Cookie Gray — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 06:00:00 +0100

She visits LifeCare because she’s in need of something. Many times she doesn’t know what it is that she needs. She’s made lots of decisions that she thought would fulfill her needs but they’ve all backfired. Here she is, scared, and she may be pregnant, after having given herself away many times in the name of love. The present relationship, that she thought was love and would last, seems in jeopardy. We often see this young man with her at first but when rRead More...

Engraved on His Hands

Cookie Gray — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 06:00:00 +0100

My granddaughter is participating in Florida Virtual School as part of her home schooling. She’s a senior this year and was chosen to be on a panel for the state discussing school choice. She did a wonderful job of sharing the positives of virtual school. She was quoted in the newspaper today. Can you imagine what a proud Grammy I am?

This started me thinking about how delighted God must be with us in those times when we do well. He also loves usRead More...

Birth of a Family Class starting Feb 26 2013

Karen Brooks — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 02:10:34 +0100

Birth Of A Family Classes

"Mentoring Couple, Growing Families"

Purpose:
Birth of a Family classes focus on helping you become the effective parents that you want to be by learning relationship and parenting skills. The classes meet weekly for six weeks with Family Coach couples who mentor, model and teach healthy family relationships.

Topics inRead More...

Ultrasound Goes to Work!

Karen Brooks — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:21:17 +0100

Brandon Center:

We are celebrating our first week of providing life-affirming ultrasounds in this new year! In July 2012 we raised funds to purchase an ultrasound machine and began our journey of becoming a medical clinic under the license of Dr. Ignacio Armas, our Medical Director.

We are also excited Read More...

Grace

Cookie Gray — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:43:10 +0100

I feel like Max Lucado, writer, is one of my best friends. I’d like to share some of his words from his book, “Grace.”

I’m listening to the preacher; a tubby sort with jowls, bald dome, and a thick neck that hangs over his clerical collar. Your dad always made you come to church, but he couldn’t make you listen. At least, that’s what you’ve always muttered to yourself. But this morning you listen because the reverend speaks of a God who loves prodigals, and youRead More...

Together for Life 2013

Karen Brooks — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:17:40 +0100

Together for Life 2013
“Choose life so that you and your children may live, that you may love the Lord your God, listen to His voice, and hold fast to Him.” Deuteronomy 30:19, 20

LifeCare Staff: Kari & Karen Brooks & Teresa Gonzalez

Dear LifeCare Partners,

We are celebrating our first week of providing life-affirming Read More...

The Quest - Mentoring Fathers

Administrator — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 05:00:00 +0100

The Quest ~ Mentoring Fathers

Dallas, a new father, received his certification of completing 6 weeks of The Quest. Through discovering God’s plan and purpose for his life, how to be a godly man, husband and father, Dallas made the decision to surrender his heart to Christ! “Thank God I got Read More...

Becoming a Woman of Worth

Karen Brooks — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Karen's Blog - "Becoming a Woman of Worth"

Woman of Worth helped me deal with emotions that I had been avoiding and some I didn’t even realize I had. There were some traumatic experiences in my past that I had dealt with as a child but as a grown woman, now married with children, thRead More...

Cortney and Baby J.J.

Karen Brooks — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:48:33 +0100

Cortney with baby J.J. born on August, 8, 2012. “When I came to LifeCare of SouthShore, I was facing an unplanned pregnancy, scared and unprepared to parent. Through the loving support and mentoring from the staff and volunteers, I prayed to recommit my heart to Christ and was educated in hRead More...

2012 Celebration Tea Fundraiser

Karen Brooks — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Celebration Tea Fundraiser 2012

Our Celebration Tea fundraiser was a tremendous success thanks to our Tea Committee: Debbie Price, Teresa Gonzalez, Jodi Chadwell, Karen Brooks, Ann Nicholson, and Charla May. Our staff and committee would like to express our love and appreciation to our table hoRead More...

LifeCare impacts lives and changes futures!

Karen Brooks — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 05:00:00 +0100

LifeCare impacts lives and changes futures!

LifeCare has made a huge impact on my life. I became pregnant in college at a time when I was both financially and mentally unprepared. LifeCare assisted me in getting all the necessary supplies while edRead More...

HeartQuest - New program

Administrator — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 05:00:00 +0100

HeartQuest was started to mentor and teach the women we serve how to live out their purpose as a godly woman, wife and mother. “I give thanks for Mrs. Suzanne for doing the class for us. Without her I don’t think I would have gotten close to God.” ~ Natalie “It’s hard to put into words,Read More...

Identity and Destiny

Teresa Gonzalez — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:03:29 +0100

Identity and Destiny

We just started a new class called Identity and Destiny. We are excited about it because we have 15 participants! It is open to our LifeCoaches and our clients so we expect a great blessing out of this. In this 9 week class, they will embark upon an amazing journey to find out God’s purpose for their lives. God has an assignment for each and every one of us and this class will place the students on the path of His design. It is said that 97% Read More...

Birth of a Family Program

Administrator — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:55:13 +0100

Birth of a Family Program ~ Mentoring Couples & Growing Families

This quarterly program meets weekly for six weeks with Family Coach couples who mentor, model and teach healthy family relationships. The purpose of these classes are to impact and influence young couples with the truth from God’s WRead More...

A Child’s View of Grandma…

Cookie Gray — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:25:51 +0100

Dr. James Dobson included this in his little book, “Home with a Heart”. I imagine you’ve read it before but I know it will bless you again. It’s entitled “What a Grandmother Is.” A little girl was chatting with her grandmother and these were her thoughts.

The little girl said, “A grandmother is a lady who has no children of her own, so she likes other people’s little girls. A grandfather is a man grandmother. He goes for walks with the boys, and they talkRead More...

A Special Invitation

Karen Brooks — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:53:20 +0100

Dear LifeCare Partners,

Our board, staff and volunteers invite you to join us for a special celebration as we honor and pay tribute to Cookie Gray for the eternal difference her life has made in our community.

“Well done, good and faithful servant.” Matthew 25:21

Honoring Cookie ~ CelebratinRead More...

Director's Heart: June 2012

Karen Brooks — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:24:35 +0100

Dear LifeCare Partners,

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” -Romans 15:13

As I was praying about writing this note of thanks and appreciation to each of you, our ministry prayer partners and supporters, I was led to reflect on this verse and “The God of hope.” I heard a saying that “hope is to the soul as breathing is to the body.” A beautiful illustration, helRead More...

Serving is the Key

Cookie Gray — Wed, 23 May 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Some of you might have noticed that I sign my correspondence “In His Service”. I honestly believe that our purpose on this earth is to be in service to our Lord..

In Ephesians 2:10 it says, “God has made us what we are. In Christ Jesus, God made us to do good works, which God planned in advance for us to live our lives doing.”

Rick Warren, in one of his Daily Hope Devotions, said there are three things we can do with our lives: We can waRead More...