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Pregnancy Testing

The urine-based test we use registers a positive result 7 – 10 days after conception with a 98% accuracy rate.

Ultrasound - Sonography

Under certain circumstances clients can be referred to receive a sonogram free of charge.  This service is provided to confirm the pregnancy and to determine the gestational age of the developing baby.

Counseling

Volunteers receive training to assist clients based on their needs.  Clients are presented with options based on the result of their tests.  When a client’s test is positive and she is unsure about continuing her pregnancy, she is given factual information about parenting, adoption, and the risks and complications of abortion.  Counselors are also prepared to provide assistance to women who are post-abortive.   Community referrals are available for rape crisis counseling, legal assistance, job training, day care, housing and care for special needs infants and children.  Clients can receive assistance in applying for Medicaid.

Pregnancy/Infant Needs

Client’s who have a positive test at Agape are eligible to use our resource closet for free maternity clothes.  Additional material assistance is available through our Earn As You Learn Program.

Earn As You Learn

Earn As You Learn is an empowerment program that gives clients an opportunity to amass points they can redeem in our resource closet.  The purpose of the program is to reward their diligence in becoming a responsible parent.  Points can be earned for viewing videos about pregnancy, prenatal care, nutrition, toddler safety and the like; by attending school and church; and by reading educational books and brochures.  Items available in the resource closet include infant clothing, diapers, diaper wipes, baby furniture, and accessories.

PACE - Post Abortion Counseling Education

PACE is a Bible study designed to help women and men find forgiveness and peace after an abortion

If abortion has touched your life and you have come to a point where you recognize the need to deal with a past abortion, we can help lead you through the steps of healing. God has the answers to any problem we face and will meet us at our point of deepest suffering with compassion and love; but he requires our active participation in the process

PACE leads you through a book called "Forgiven and Set Free". It is a Bible study which helps you work through:

1) denial (re-experiencing the abortion)
2) issues of guilt and forgiveness from God
3) anger and forgiveness toward self and others who were involved in the abortion decision
4) grieving the loss of the aborted child
5) finally feeling forgiven and set free.

You can find hope, healing, and reconciliation in your relationship to God and your family. The counseling can take as little as 8 weeks or as long as you need to work through the study to achieve the healing God has for you.

If you feel PACE can help you or you want more information about PACE, please call the Center and talk with Linda Struble.