[tri-med] Re: Emmanuel's Foundation - A Cornerstone Support Community

Faye,

Not to be argumentative, but there are many Christian-based organizations 
that provide support to non-Christians.  Lutheran Social Services is one. 
They provide support for birth and adoptive parents of all faiths.  They 
organize the adoption process, provide counseling, transportation, social 
workers and many other services needed by birth and adoptive families.  They 
will provide spiritual counseling and instruction, but only if desired. 
It's actually a common practice in many homeless shelters and aid 
organizations.  They provide services, and they make the gospel 
available--not push it upon people.  As a Christian, I believe that there is 
nothing I can do to MAKE someone listen to my the gospel, only God can spark 
someone to listen and believe.  I am just there to make it available.  Most 
of these organizations feel the same way.

Jennifer Vanderbeek
mom to Arwen, 8; Elanor (t18), 6; caregiver to Joe & Eric; wife to Andrew

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From: "Kaufman, Faye" <fkaufman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 9:37 AM
Subject: [tri-med] Re: Emmanuel's Foundation - A Cornerstone Support 
Community


> How can something be "Christian based" and provide support to "non
> Christians?
>
> Faye J. Kaufman
> KSA Industries, Inc./Tennessee Titans
> Tax Manager
> 713 881-3442
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> On Behalf Of Janina Arritola
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 10:08 AM
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> Subject: [tri-med] Emmanuel's Foundation - A Cornerstone Support
> Community
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> Finally!
> The Parent Support Org we have been talking about has been named!
> We are in the process of registering this 501c3 non-profit organization
> and
> have named it Emmanuel's Foundation and we need your help.   =20
> Emmanuel's Foundation is a Christian based (soon to be 501c3 non-profit)
> organization providing parental support, advocacy coaching / mentoring
> and
> friendship to parents of all faiths who are in a pregnancy or have a
> child
> with a rare or difficult medical diagnosis.=20
> Our mission is to build stronger communities striving together to
> support
> families through critical issues, companion parents in their emotional
> journey and encourage parents to be their child's best advocate. Our
> support
> should help to alleviate the isolation of anyone affected by a negative
> diagnosis, syndrome or disorder and to raise public awareness within
> local
> communities.
> One branch of this foundation provides an online Forum for supporting
> Parents (in a pregnancy or with a child that has been diagnosed with a
> rare/negative or difficult medical diagnosis). We (will) call ourselves
> the
> Cornerstone Community and we offer fellowship in faith. =20
> We will offer a host of services including some that are outlined on our
> initial web site (on the 'contact us' page at
> http://gregoryarritola.tripod.com/janinaarritola.html ).  We hope to
> have
> Emmanuel's Foundation officially set up and working by Feb 2007.  But
> that
> of course depends on us receiving the funding to complete our initial
> implementation strategy. =20
> =20
> Emmanuel's Foundation needs your help with funding to support our start
> up
> costs, (which includes our web site registration, creation and
> maintenance)
> and additional out of pocket expenses to get this off the ground. =20
> =20
> I ask you consider supporting Emmanuel's Foundation as a volunteer,
> affiliate, sponsor or financial contributor.  Those needing support
> services, can register at Anthony's initial website at
> http://gregoryarritola.tripod.com until we get our official foundation
> web
> site up and running.  Contributors can e-mail me at
> JaninaArritola@xxxxxxxxxxxx with Emmanuel's Foundation in the Subject
> Header. =20
> =20
> We ask for your prayerful support in helping us to reach other families
> who
> have lost hope and joy, stolen by receiving a difficult diagnosis for
> their
> child.  During this Christmas season, as we think of the infant Jesus,
> ponder the words from Isaiah 53 (shown below) and think of all the
> parents
> who are encouraged to terminate pregnancy based on a rare or difficult
> medical diagnosis.  Think of these children who were given a chance to
> be
> born and help their parents to support something bigger than their
> parents'
> dearest desires. =20
> =20
> I was one of those parents; Anthony Emmanuel Arritola is one of those
> children.  You reached out your hand to me at one time; you passed my
> requests along to others for help; will you help to support many more?
> =20
> =20
> Bless you for your consideration,
> =20
> =20
> Janina Arritola
> =20
> You are all invited to attend mass=20
> offered for Anthony Emmanuel Arritola=20
> Sunday December 24 at 10:45 am=20
> at St. Benedicts Catholic Church=20
> =20
> =20
> <http://gregoryarritola.tripod.com/janinaarritola.html> =20
> =20
> =20
> Matthew 1:19-25
> Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother
> Mary
> was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found
> with
> child through the holy Spirit.  Joseph her husband, since he was a
> righteous
> man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her
> quietly.
> Such was his intention when, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to
> him
> in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take
> Mary
> your wife into your home. For it is through the holy Spirit that this
> child
> has been conceived in her.  She will bear a son and you are to name him
> Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."=20
> All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the
> prophet:=20
> "Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and they shall
> name
> him Emmanuel," which means "God is with us."=20
> When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and
> took his wife into his home.  He had no relations with her until she
> bore a
> son, and he named him Jesus.
> =20
> Isaiah 53
> Who would believe what we have heard? To whom has the arm of the LORD
> been
> revealed?=20
> He grew up like a sapling before him, like a shoot from the parched
> earth;
> There was in him no stately bearing to make us look at him, nor
> appearance
> that would attract us to him.  He was spurned and avoided by men, a man
> of
> suffering, accustomed to infirmity, One of those from whom men hide
> their
> faces, spurned, and we held him in no esteem.=20
> Yet it was our infirmities that he bore, our sufferings that he endured,
> While we thought of him as stricken, as one smitten by God and
> afflicted.=20
> But he was pierced for our offenses, crushed for our sins, Upon him was
> the
> chastisement that makes us whole, by his stripes we were healed.=20
> We had all gone astray like sheep, each following his own way; But the
> LORD
> laid upon him the guilt of us all.=20
> Though he was harshly treated, he submitted and opened not his mouth;
> Like a
> lamb led to the slaughter or a sheep before the shearers, he was silent
> and
> opened not his mouth. =20
> Oppressed and condemned, he was taken away, and who would have thought
> any
> more of his destiny?=20
> When he was cut off from the land of the living, and smitten for the sin
> of
> his people, A grave was assigned him among the wicked and a burial place
> with evildoers, Though he had done no wrong nor spoken any falsehood.
> (But
> the LORD was pleased to crush him in infirmity.) If he gives his life as
> an
> offering for sin, he shall see his descendants in a long life, and the
> will
> of the LORD shall be accomplished through him.  Because of his
> affliction he
> shall see the light in fullness of days; Through his suffering, my
> servant
> shall justify many, and their guilt he shall bear.  Therefore I will
> give
> him his portion among the great, and he shall divide the spoils with the
> mighty, Because he surrendered himself to death and was counted among
> the
> wicked; And he shall take away the sins of many, and win pardon for
> their
> offenses.
> =20
>
>
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