Pastors and priests have the hardest job; everyone comes to you for advice and help, expecting you to know something about everything!
Here at Anglicans for Life, we realize you need a one-stop shop where you can find pertinent, helpful, simple resources to help your parishioners who are facing life and death problems. Please look through this section and if you can’t find what you are looking for; call or email Georgette – 800-707-6635 or Georgette@AnglicansforLife.org
| Ministry Need | Anglicans for Life Resources and Suggestions... |
| Teach students abstinence message | Helps in choosing the best abstinence pro¬gram, provides God, Sex and Teens booklet filled with resources, data, etc. |
| Adoption – families who adopt often need help adjusting | Understands the emotional ups and downs adoptive parents go through during the adoption process. Explains how to help families doing international adoption. Understands special needs children and the unique issues they bring to the family. |
| Members of congregation with abortion histories | Understands how to counsel and refer women/men hurting after abortion |
| Couples struggling with infertility issues | Helps couples understand ethical methods of IVF and God’s will concerning children. |
| Families caring for elderly parents or terminally ill members | Helps the family understand how to help their loved one die with dignity; makes family aware of futile care issues, imposed death and subtle euthanasia health care mentality. Helps in understanding needs of care givers, types of community outreach, hospice programs and Palliative Care. |
| Teaching life-affirming world view Sunday School | Equips Sunday school teachers to help children understand their specialness, that¬they are uniquely made to honor life and body. (This lays the ground work for them to embrace abstinence and reject abortion rhetoric in the future.) |
| Families facing unplanned teen pregnancies | Helps congregation minister to youth/fam¬ily facing unplanned teen pregnancy; how to express compassion without judgment, mentor the mother to choose what’s best for herand her baby. Helps family address the issues they face. |
| Loved one impregnated through rape/incest | Understands the needs of victim and the commonly accepted use of abortion in this scenario. Suggests counseling that consid¬ers the long-term consequences for victim. |
| Understands the needs of victim and the commonly accepted use of abortion in this scenario. Suggests counseling that consid¬ers the long-term consequences for victim. | When a couple faces infertility or learns baby in womb has genetic disorder, they are often advised to terminate pregnancy. These couples need encouragement and help through the process |
