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Gateway Today

January 2012

Now to Him who is able to do far moreabundantly beyond all that we ask or think,

according to the power that works within us..

Ephesians 3:20

A final look back – 2011

.“ ..rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation,

devoted to prayer..” Romans 12:12

We’re excited to update you on the results of 2011. We saw arecord number 1,387 women, 202 babies are known born,and most importantly, 186 men and women trusted Christ asSavior.

Over our twenty-six year ministry, we’ ve seen 26,346 women, with at least 2,724 babies known born. Relative to our primary mission, 1,809 men and women have been led to a saving faithin Jesus Christ!

· Praise Him for the work done in 2011 by Lucy Droege, who is no longer on staff.

· Pray for open hearts to receive Jesus

· Pray for our April training and our need foradditional male and female volunteers

· Pray for Rich Collier as he continues treatment forcancer

Gateway Volunteer Training

April 7 th. and 21 st . from 9am to 3pm in Irvington

Is the Lord calling you to serve at Gateway?

Saturday, June 2, 2011

Warinanco Park, Elizabeth, NJGateway s annual Walk-for-the-little-ones

Reed comes to Christ!Shante is 16. She came in with her 20 year old boyfriendReed. He stated he attends church.He stated that his pastor was going to ‘make him a Christianthis Sunday ’. He agreed that living with Shante and not

abstaining was sinful. We shared the gospel and the need topersonally trust Christ. Because we do not know when we will take our last breath, we encouraged Reed to trust Christtoday. He and Shante have a New Testament. He stated he would consider what we said about the need to trust Christ.

Update: Two weeks later Jim, our male counselor inIrvington, led Reed to Christ and is now following up on hiscommitment.

Check out our Blog at:www.gateway.org or

http://gatewayorg.blogspot.com

Praise and Prayer“ Therefore if anyone is in Christ,

he is a new creature; the old

things passed away; behold, new

things have come.” 2 Cor. 5:17



.. where we’ re going in 2012

January 1 Living Word Alliance Church, Hewitt, NJ

(SOHL) 9am and 11am22 Evangel Church, Scotch Plains (Babybottle) video and five (5) minute update

by Marisol Rodriguez at 9am and 11am

Grace Lutheran (Missouri Synod) Union,NJ (SOHL) 8am and 10:30 two morning

services plus Sunday school presentation

29 Grace Orthodox Presbyterian, Westfield

(SOHL) SS and 10:30am

February 4 and 18 Volunteer Training @ Irvington

5 Marisol - 10 min re: baby bottles Centro

Cristiano Palabra de Vida, Cranford

March 9 5:00pm - St. Paul UFW Baptist women s

retreat Deliverance Evangelistic

Center, Newark, NJ. Sister with ThroneAppeal Hebrews 4:16 -- one session

on teen pregnancy/ information table.

Looking ahead …

Blessing others as

we have been blessed

October 25, 2012 Fundraising

Banquet

Celebrating 26 years of

crisis pregnancy ministry:

26,346 women seen

1,809 trusting Christ

2,724 babies known

born

Ellen Beth Sona at Grace Lutheran (Union)

on January 22nd

. Two years ago Ellen Bethcame to our Elizabeth center. She had no

medical insurance and we helped her withreferrals. She delivered her healthy 7 month

old preemie and is grateful for our assistance.

Beginning of year ways to bless

the ministry of Gateway:

(1) New Year’s seed gift(2) Monthly pledge for one year(3) Church missions monthly gift(4) Rewards for credit card use: ex:

Toy ’s / Babies R Us(5) Matching Gifts Program at work:

Schering Plough, Best Foods, etc.(6) Employees direct giving: NJ

Teachers credit union, NJ StateEmployees union

(7) United Way designated giving (8) Stock donations(9) Church offering as part of Sanctity

of Life Sunday (10) Baby Bottle Campaign involvement

Jeremy Gavaris poses with

Sharon Vann Williams and her

mom, Mary Vann. Sharon was

a volunteer when Gateway

opened its doors in Irvington

in 1991. You may remember

her from this brochure >>>



.. a look at the Gateway ministry in

November and December, 2011

Julia, John, Mercy, Evelyn, Kettura, Christina, and Jamal atOur November 5, 2011 volunteer training class in Irvington

Rev. Belton Brevard III (above)

delivered twenty food baskets to

be given to some of the women

who’ve come to our three sites.

Tabitha Sajous closeup born 12 1 11 at 7 weeks

Many thanks

to the

congregation

of Grace

Reformed

Church,

Newark

for blessing

many families

this past

Thanksgiving.

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Yasmin* and Rachel*

Come to Christ

Yasmin* age 26, stated that she was a Christian

but was living with her boyfriend, Tony. This washer second child. Evon shared the need to trust

Christ and Yasmin made that commitment. Sheand Tony intend to get married. On December

30th. Yasmin delivered early (on the kitchen floor)

She and baby Dwayne* are doing well.

Harder Truth Success Story

Rachel * age 18, came to Gateway undecided. We

showed her the Harder Truth video. She changedher mind and decided to carry her baby if she were

pregnant. The test revealed was negative. Gloriashared the gospel with Rachel. She had thought

she was a Christian because she had grown up in aChristian home. She trusted Christ as her personal

Savior during her visit to Gateway.

‘I tell you, there is joy before the angels

of God over one sinner who repents.’

Luke 15:10

*name changed for confidentiality



Many thanks to the Girl Scouts of Union, NJ andtheir leader, Veronica Carvalho (above left) for blessing the Gateway ministry with many baby items for

Christmas. We met up with them as they spent time with residents at Cornell Hall Care Center onDecember 30th.

Each Girl Scout received a gospel message withtheir thank you. This is a portion of it..

Gateway Pregnancy Centers

960 Springfield Avenue, Irvington, NJ 07111

65 Jefferson Avenue, Elizabeth, NJ 07201705 Park Avenue, Plainfield, NJ 07060

(973) 399-8378 [email protected] Website:

www.gateway.org .. for continuous updates on the ministry

check out the Gateway BLOG at

www.gateway.org - also on Facebook

“ Thank you to our local Girl Scouts for helping us at Gateway Pregnancy Center! We really appreciate yoand your work for the community.”

But there is no real badge for FAITH. A relationship with God cannot be earned, butGOOD NEWS, any boy or girl, man or woman can trust Christ and obtain the gift of ETERNAL LIFE. Jesus said, “I have come that they may have life and have it abundantly ” (John 10:10) That includes YOUR life,here and now. Is your life really the “life in all its fullness” that Christ promised in the Bible?

“ What about all my good works. They have merit, don ’ t they? ” Can’t good works assure me of

eternal life? NO! Remember, there is no ‘merit badge’ where a boy or girl can earn eternal life, although

some people try by: Being good - Going to church -Getting baptized - Helping other people.

We then shared the way any boy or girl, man or woman can trust Christ as Savior and Lord,

concluding the message with this challenge .. So, Girl Scout- you would be a “smart cookie”

to consider what you just read!

May we share with you a message of encouragement and hope? We know that thepurpose of Girl Scouts is to teach values such as honesty, fairness, courage,

compassion, character, sisterhood, confidence, and citizenship through activitiesincluding camping, community service, learning first aid, and earning badges by

acquiring other practical skills.

Jeanette Heller poses with one of many baby blankets she

knitted for the ministry of Gateway (January 29th

. at Grace

Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Westfield)

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