How can you and your church be more involved?

Supportive Churches

We are so grateful for the different ways in which the body of Christ supports the ministry of SLM and its clients. We purposefully depend on the church and its members to sustain this work and consider it a privilege to have relationships with over 70 churches in this area. The involvement of our partnering churches includes financial support, Sanctity of Life Sunday commemoration, use of church facilities, volunteers, client outreach, benevolence, and prayer support.

Jesus tells us in Mathew 28:19 to "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations…" One of the ways in which we measure success is when a client begins building relationships with members in a local church who have reached out to her. We encourage our clients to attend a church where they can find loving fellowship, support, and where they are taught from God's Word how to love and follow Jesus Christ. Whether a client is a single mom, a part of an intact family with a newborn, or post-abortive, we encourage them to join a church family.

Be a Church Representative
A Church Representative is a contact person between the Bible-believing Church and SLM. This person keeps their church and SLM aware of needs and opportunities:

See that SLM events are advertised in church bulletin announcements and bulletin board.
Helping SLM promote events like Sanctity of Life Sunday and our annual fellowship dinner.
Assuring interested ministries are appraised of ministry and clients needs:
- Facilitating others involvement or participating in any of the following projects:
- Pray for SLM
- Arrange for or host a table for Sanctity of Life Sunday
- Host a table for our annual banquet
- Volunteer or be a volunteer counselor
- Make up New Mother gift bags-bags with items that would bless a mom
- Provide Christmas gifts for clients and children
- Donate Thanksgiving food/have Thanksgiving Day dinner with a client
- Collect and donate baby clothes, baby items and maternity clothes
- Collect and donate baby clothes and put them in a baby dresser
- Collect and donate diapers and wipes
- Donate baby furniture
- Host a baby shower
- Help a client move
- Be a friend or a mentor to a new mother.
- Deliver baby furniture to clients. Volunteer in the Fairfax or Alexandria office
- Babysit for an SLM volunteer when they come into the office
- Give Financially

Please contact Kay Gardner in Fairfax (703) 278-5433 or Melissa Jansen in Alexandria (703) 780-4800 if you would like to find out more about how you and your church can be involved.