Alpha Pregnancy Center
Alpha Pregnancy Resource Center has been helping young women in crisis and considering abortion since 1986. They rely a great deal on volunteers to keep their facility operational and to be able to provide medical services, counseling, education, resources, referrals, and most importantly the love of Christ to the women of Solano county who thought they had no other alternative. 
North Hills is partnering with Alpha PRC to raise funds as well as join their volunteer force. There are a number of ways that anyone can get involved as a volunteer, from client services, to building maintenance and cleaning, to administrative help. If you are interested in finding out how you can use your gifts and skills to help, please contact Amy Macachor. North Hills will also be joining Alpha's Baby Bottle Campaign where each family will have the opportunity to collect cash and change to donate during the month of August. For more information about Alpha Pregnancy Resource Center click here.

Prayer Requests

• For women in crisis that they would turn to Alpha
• That women would find hope and love in Christ regardless of decisions they have made
• Continued financial and volunteer provision for the Center

Safe Families
When crisis strikes, many of us rely on relatives and friends for support. But for some families there is no safety net. Often, a straightfoward problem such as domestic crisis or unemployment can be debilitating. Crisis of this nature can temporarily jeopardize parents' ability to provide safety and stability for their children.

But now an exciting collaboration between Olive Crest and local churches, like North Hills, give parents experiencing a crisis, hope.

Through Safe Families for Children, parents can arrange for their children to stay with a pre-screened family while they focus on resolving crisis situations and work to bring stability back to their home. The program is designed to extend and strengthen the community safety net for as-risk families. SFFC is a positive alternative to the state welfare system, giving parents freedom to work through their problems without the worry of losing child custody. SFFC is fast becoming a national model for communities that want to expand their care of at-risk children.

The Safe Families ministry in our area is already having to turn away families and children in need of help! The North Hills body is in need of people to volunteer in any number of different ways, including prayer, meals, babysitting, tutoring, mentoring, donating supplies, services for families (ie. handyman, mechanic), and especially families who are willing to temporarily take in children to prevent abusive situations and help families in crisis regain stability. This life changing ministry is truly the love of Christ in action. If you are interested in more information or how your gifts can be used, contact Kathleen Clark. For more information about Safe Families click here.

Prayer Requests

• For the families at North Hills who are providing care for Safe Families kids
• For those who are in the process of becoming approved to be a host family
• That the children and families would feel Christ's love during this difficult time in their lives
• Pray for how you can get involved in this ministry