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Meet Cathy VandeBraak

Lutheran Family Service News

Posted on October 18, 2023
by Cathy VandeBraak, MA

Meet Cathy VandeBraak, an adoption and pregnancy case worker serving families within three hours of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. We recently sat down to talk about her role with Lutheran Family Service, how mission and ministry are often carried out in the mundane parts of life, and the basics of what adoptive families and birth moms can expect when connected with LFS.

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Iowa’s First Safe Haven Baby Box Opens in Fort Dodge

Lutheran Family Service News

Posted on October 12, 2023

The first in Iowa “Safe Haven Baby Box” was opened today, October 12, 2023, in Fort Dodge, Iowa! Members of your Lutheran Family Service team were there, including Emily Rasch, pregnancy counseling/adoption worker for Lutheran Family Service’s Many Hearts Unplanned Pregnancy Support.

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Unplanned Pregnancy – Life as I Knew it was Over

Unplanned Pregnancy Counseling

Posted on February 5, 2020

When I realized I was pregnant, I remember feeling an incredible amount of emotions: shame, guilt, fear and worry to name a few. I remember feeling so alone thinking “How could an unplanned pregnancy happen to me?” I was a Christian, a good student, a good daughter, and a good person.

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Can You Help Young Women Choose Life?

Life Advocacy

Posted on October 7, 2019

Download, print and hang up as many of these pregnancy-help posters as you are able in public places, like gas stations or malls, and women’s restrooms anywhere that you are able to get permission to do so.

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Unexpected Pregnancy – Making Difficult Decisions

Unplanned Pregnancy Counseling

Posted on May 10, 2019

For many women, discerning what is best when they are faced with an unexpected pregnancy is very challenging.

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Lutheran Family Service Celebrates Adoption Month by Expanding Services!

Adoption

Posted on November 7, 2018

Pregnancy Counseling and Adoption Services now offered in Central and Northern Illinois.

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