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.
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.
Life Advocacy
Posted on April 12, 2023
On March 28, LCMS Pastors from all across Iowa made their way to Des Moines to attend the 2023 LCMS Pastors Day on the Hill organized by Lutheran Family Service. It was a day of inspiration, information gathering and fellowship (see photos of the day below).
Life Advocacy
Posted on February 10, 2023
by Lutheran Family Service
The Iowa State Capitol was filled with prayer and faithful Iowans as citizens, clergy and government workers gathered together in support of life at the 2023 Iowa Prayer Rally for Life!
Lutheran Family Service News
Posted on November 1, 2022
by Lutheran Family Service
It is with great joy that we opened our new, physical office in Bettendorf, Iowa and are able to serve the Quad Cities area and beyond.
Unplanned Pregnancy Counseling
Posted on March 30, 2022
Forty-three percent of pregnancies in Iowa and Nebraska, and 52 percent of pregnancies in Illinois, are unplanned according to data collected by the National Survey of Family Growth (NEJM, 2016). That means over 90,000 women may need help connecting with community and state resources, deciding between options, and more. This great need is one of the reasons Lutheran Family Service is launching a new division of its ministry, called Many Hearts Unplanned Pregnancy Support, to provide greater focus, service and resources specifically to women facing unplanned pregnancies in Iowa, Eastern Nebraska and North & Central Illinois.
Life Advocacy
Posted on January 26, 2021
by Lutheran Family Service
Obria Medical Clinics offers women in Fort Dodge and surrounding communities low-cost pregnancy testing, STD testing and treatment, and ultrasound.
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.
Adoption
Posted on June 6, 2019
People ask me if I made the right decision all those years ago. I answer “Yes”.
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.
