Care Ministries

Last week Thursday, I had the opportunity to hear three care ministries in the Chicagoland area (Voice of Care, Word of Hope, and Phil's friends)

• Voice of Care works with congregations to share the Gospel and children who are developmentally disabled. If I remember correctly they said that 90% of those who are developmentally disabled in the United States are unchurched. Here's their mission statement. "To enable the church in serving Christ to do ministry with persons developmentally challenged and those who care for them within congregations, homes, residential facilities and communities. Seeking with them our Lord's good plan for them and enabling their full participation in the Body of Christ."
  
• Word of Hope is a ministry who offers counseling services to offer hope to men and women who have suffered the pain of an abortion, women who have been sexually abused, women with an unplanned pregnancy, young people who want to practice a lifestyle of purity, men and women who struggle to build a culture of life.
• The last organization was Phil's friends who gives away care packages for those who are battling cancer.