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On March 1, 2013, the Alpha Center received some very exciting news: Governor Daugaard had signed HB 1237 into law! This historical pro-life legislation was a clean-up bill of 2011’s HB 1217 and extremely important in the ongoing legal battle for the unborn. District 25 Representative Jon Hansen and District 13 Senator Phyllis Heineman were the sponsors of the bill and worked tremendously hard in getting HB 1237 through the legislative process. Thank you, Representative Hansen and Senator Heineman for your ongoing effort in Pierre to speak on behalf of the unborn and the post-abortive women in South Dakota!Alpha Center would also like to thank Harold Cassidy for his continued work in fighting for the unborn. Mr. Cassidy’s advocacy has continued to validate post-abortive women and give a voice to the voiceless. We are so thankful to Harold and his family for their continued sacrifice to uphold the rights of mothers and their unborn children.

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“The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.”

-Matthew 25:40

Vision Dinner Update:The 2013 Vision Dinner gave the Alpha

Center the pleasure and privilege to share what God is calling us to do. We trust that our mission to reach women and men in

crisis pregnancies resonates with everyone who hears it to partner with us, together in

faith, to accomplish the outreach that God has entrusted to us.

Please keep us in your prayers in the coming

weeks and months as we look at finding a larger facility, adding personnel and

bringing our mobile pregnancy center to more communities.

If you missed the event, you can still make a Faith Promise gift to the Alpha Center using

the enclosed remittance envelope.

We enjoyed hearing from our

Vision Dinner Guest Speaker

Shari plays Hannah’s birth mother in the pro-life movie

If you haven’t seen the film, make sure you check it out!Pick it up at the Abstinence

Clearinghouse Store!

Volume 29, issue 1SPRING 2013

Alpha Center Newsletter

Pro-LIFE LegislationHB 1237

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LAURAEvery Tuesday night, Laura faithfully volunteers during Parenting Class. Laura helps with whatever needs to be done that night. Alpha Center Parenting Classes meet weekly for 12 weeks. It is an opportunity for new parents to come and learn more about their pregnancy, having a baby, and becoming a parent. Laura’s regular tasks include staffing the front desk, greeting the parenting class speakers and participants, taking attendance, entering data into our database, and helping with clean-up at the end of the evening. Outside of Tuesday nights, Laura has also loyally volunteered at the Alpha Center booths during special events.

LARRY & MARVELLALarry and Marvella have always had a heart of service. Their daughter, Christy, remembers volunteering together as a family at the Union Gospel Mission, the Alpha Center and the Omega Home as kids. She believes her parents wanted to pass on a legacy of caring for “the least of these,” and to have an eye for the needs of others. Christy tells us, “Since becoming empty nesters, this heart of service has not gone away. Instead of vacationing, they choose to spend their days working on projects for the Alpha Center. They often say they are just behind the scenes doing jobs that aren’t that important, but I don’t think they will ever know the impact these ‘insignificant’ jobs have had on the ministry, and most importantly, the people it serves. Thanks Mom and Dad, for your cheerful heart of service and for giving your family the most precious gift… a glimpse at the heart of Jesus!”

Always Needed:Diapers (sizes NB, 2-5)

Baby ClothesBottles

PacifiersNew Strollers

New Pack n’ Plays

Fleet for Little Feet Needs:Heated Storage Unit for the

Fleet for Little FeetMobile Pregnancy Bus:

$1,000 / month

Ongoing Volunteer Needs:Daytime counselorsHotline counselors

ClericalBus Drivers

PaintersWriters

Thanks to the commitment of countless volunteers and donors over the

last 29 years, the Alpha Center has grown to be one of the most influential

pregnancy care centers in the United States. As we near the end of Alpha’s

third decade of life-saving service, Allen and I wish to share a vision of

where this ministry needs to go to meet the increasing needs in the Midwest,

as well as the national and international vision that has put the Alpha Center

at the forefront of the battle to protect pregnant mothers and their children.

Proverbs 29:18 tells us, “Where there is no vision, the people perish.”

Helen Keller’s thought-provoking comment, “I feel sorry for people who

have perfect eyesight, but have no vision” should also propel us to look to

the future and prepare for what God has in store for this ministry.

You, the body of Christ, have enabled the Alpha Center to secure a safety

net for women and men facing unplanned pregnancies. Most people don’t

realize that the Alpha Center is available 24 hours/day, 7 days/week. These

are the moments when people are vulnerable, and their minds are full of

panic and fear. They often are pivotal moments and it’s absolutely critical

that someone can offer Christian love and support in those times of need.

The Alpha Center will rise to the challenges it faces! We believe one man with truth is an army,

and one man with God is a majority. To better equip us for these challenges we need resources

and people. We must employ additional full-time staff who are professionally licensed in

counseling. We need to hire additional certified personnel to run our ultrasound machines and

operate our mobile pregnancy center wherever it is needed.

The Alpha Center is bursting at the seams and is in need of a larger facility to serve our growing

client base. Add that to the costs of additional personnel, training, equipment and expanded

utilization of our mobile clinic and you can see the vision also comes with a larger operating

budget. Will you partner with us to make these goals happen?

Some of you can sense the presence of God calling you to be involved in the Alpha Center.

Maybe it’s being trained as a client advocate or working in our facility as a volunteer or staff

member. Maybe you feel called to reach out to the rural and reservation communities by being part

of our mobile pregnancy center program. Please listen to that call—we need you!

Your financial gifts will also help us continue to stand in the gap. Please use the enclosed

remittance envelope to show us that you want to be part of Alpha Center’s vision for the future.

Defenders of HIS unborn,

VOLUNTEERSare vital to our missionLetter from the Founders

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Arlene SchmidtMelvin and Phoebe HuberDoug and Linda SchaefferMadonna HultRoger and Olive GrimsrudKenneth and Juella NiewenhuisJeff and Brenda ZylstraGene’s Studio, LTD.Marcene KlarenbeekAaron and Ellisa NybergLarry and Mary Lou WielengaOrville and Arlene Van’t HulOrville and Arlene Van’t HulDoug and Linda SchaefferNicole and Greg OsmundsonErvin and Arleen OrtmanCatholic Foundation for Eastern South DakotaAnthony F. Haggar Sr.Fred and Joan DeRoucheyRichard and Mary HoffDr. James and Debby ReynoldsRoland and Charlein VantrampDian and Harlan StaiOrville and Arlene Van’t HulDale and Alice Ann StangeCarla and Darwin De JagerBen and Agnes HoferDoug and Linda SchaefferJohn and Pam NibbeWilliam VoightDale and Alice Ann StangeGene’s Studio, LTD.Dennis and Glenda PalmerTim and Pat BaumbergerBuster and Jenny FrithDr. Patti GiebinkWillard and Donna ZeebDwight and Bonnie GustafsonSylvia ThomleyNicholas and Dorene KellenMonte and Tami CardaMaryanne FoggLarry and Marcia HoekstraJill NormanDan BoonOrville and Arlene Van’t HulRaymond SassJames and Frances Veldkamp

Mary OlingerElaine SpaderDale and Alice Ann StangeRoger and Mary HatlingPamela and Milton OplandOrville and Arlene Van’t HulDr. Leslie and Lisbeth HeinemannDorothy and Charles ErstadDonald and Helen BrandsDick and Sylvia VeltkampLouis and Barb HubnerEllen and Raymond SchramC. Kevin and Betty CarsonKenneth and Juella NiewenhuisLoren and Ruth Van RoekelMelvin and Phoebe HuberLouis and Becky HallAnthony F. Haggar Sr.Darwin and Mona DeGrootKellie and Ken WeinheimerRose StockingRobert and Bonnie HillTony and Stephanie Spader

Our 19 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildrenAlfred and Carol ReuerAlfred and Leona SchaefferAlicia TrampAll aborted babies and their momsAll our grandchildrenAllen and Mary VanRaalteAndrea PetraskoAngie FaberAvera Prince of PeaceBerdena BylsmaDaNae Van’t HulDason Van’t HulDonna ZeebDoris SherardDr. Allen UnruhDr. Glenn RidderElohimFrancis and Delores DeRoucheyFrank and Brenda Stinson’s 50th anniversaryFrank and Brenda Stinson’s 50th anniversaryFrank and Brenda Stinson’s 50th anniversaryFrank and Brenda Stinson’s 50th anniversaryOur grandson Benjamin’s birthdayHaley SvatoraHanley DeBoerIan GulbrandsonJackson and Ethan BuchmannJeanette PickJesusJim and Connie Svatoraof Jim BiekerKelly KemnitzKim KleinLeslee UnruhLeslee UnruhLinda SchaefferMark and Karen BurrowsMikayla WalkerMonica HantenMonica Jean CardaMother TheresaMrs. Burdella DeJagerNatalie NormanNicole WinklepleckOrv Vant Hul and Cassidy VittePauline SassPenni Damon and children: Mandi, Cody and Katie VandekieftRebekah SpaderRebekah SpaderShelby SvatoraShelly, Jeanne, Linda, HeatherSheri OrenSherry Van’t HulSister GiannaThe Hulberg FamilyOur children and grandchildrenOur darling great grandchildrenOur familyOur four grandchildrenOur grandchildrenOur grandchildren and great grandchildrenOur six grandchildrenTim and Tina ReuerVeronica NiehausYahushua MessiahZeke ZephierBobby Jay HarklessJean and Jane WilkinsonRonald A. TraubLife Runner-Jason Peters and the Spader and Peters’ kids

GIVEN BY: IN HONOR OF: GIVEN BY: IN MEMORY OF:

Joseph and Lavonne DykstraVern and Arlene HaaseDr. Robert HeckmannBradley and Kristi RopsDon and Louella Jellema

Don and Louella JellemaBill and Eileen SchuelkeLee and Betty HolstLarry and Marcia HoekstraYvonne and Richard TillemansVern and Arlene HaaseHerb and Margaret GeidelJoan A. CaswellKayla KalkmanBrandi OverskeiVernon and Loretta KraftDale and Alice Ann StangeRobert and Jan RoelofsenMonica Pruys

Susan BruinsmaSusan StrunkTarah HeckmannTeddy WilliamsonTheir great grandchildren: Kailyn, Kylie, Arianna, Ellieanna, Jackson, JalenTheir mothersTheir parentsThomas FoosTillie SipmaVictor W. FandrichViola WoehlViolet ReimnitzWally CaswellWanelda MartinmaasWanelda MartinmaasWarren F. BrennerWillard Lee WestadWilliam BirdWilson H. Pruys

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Gifts Given

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AnonymousLarry and Betty DeJongHarlan PaulsenCarl and Cindy PravecekRon and Peg WenclMarvin and Vernette GuthmillerLarry and Janeen MeierDale and Lorraine GebhardAlan and Avis BakkerDonald RauschBill and Pat EstesPeter MackStephen and Catherine WilsonLucy BeckerLaura and David MeliusKellie and Ken WeinheimerLoren SchmidtDale and Alice Ann StangeJudy AshtonDonald and Georgia MillerHelen SchnaserBeverly MatzaJoel and Marsia ButlerVernon and Loretta KraftMary IhliJohn and Darlene Van HollandVern and Ann OsbornBarrie CitrowskeDonna J. BlackVern and Arlene HaaseKenneth and Marianne PetersCalvin and Alice HaggeJoanne MurphyKaren GroeneveldLeon and Shirley MulderVern and Ann OsbornGold Canyon Book ClubSonja RohanCharlie and Sara SchoenfelderSt. Peters Knights Of ColumbusHerb and Margaret GeidelHarold DykstraVern and Arlene HaaseEdgar and Donna SchaefferOrville and Arlene Van’t HulDavid and Sandra BrandtMelvin and Phoebe HuberHerb and Margaret GeidelDale & Jean GutenkaufGary and Janice JerkeLarry SmithMary and Tom BurnsHerb and Margaret GeidelDavid and Nancy BogenhagenNicholas and Beverly AlbaneseHerb and Margaret GeidelVernon and Loretta KraftLee and Betty HolstDavid and Cheryl BoerEdith BlankespoorGrant and Susan PattersonGrant and Susan PattersonJeff & Rhonda KuhlmanKristin and Justin Nichols

Bartholomew ZaugAdolph BylsmaAlice PaulsonAlice PravecekAlphonse WenclAlvin WeberAmaya LarsonAmaya Marie LarsonAmy Joan VanVeldhuizenAndrew Van WellAndy AndersonAnne MackAshlyn and Keelyn KlinkhammerAva EdgarBaby AamoldBaby HarklessBaby SchmidtBetty RahmBill AshtonBill BirdBion D. SchnaserBobby KostbothBrian ButlerCarl GjoraasCarol IhliCarol Van HollandCarol WissinkCecilia StarlinCharles BlackClifford GallClifford JeokeCornelia HaggeDale F. MurphyDan GroeneveldDan MulderDaniel ParsellDavid RohanDavid RohanDavid RohanDeacon Tom Bates, S.F. DioceseDelbert W. NeugebauerDelores L. DykstraDiane SerflingDiane SerflingDon PluimDorothy BrandtDuane LangerElaine ZirpelElla Ullrich and Lena GutenkaufErna ZieglerEugene SmithEvelyn V. MansfieldFlorence ScheetzFrancis SchochenmaierFrank and Theresa WurnigGerald BaierGerald BaierHelen BensonHelen SmithHenry BlankespoorIda Mae PattersonRev. Robert E. UtechtImmaculee Michelle KuhlmanJack and Taylor Nichols

Sharon ZylstraKenneth and Marianne PetersPatricia and David PapeDennis and Glenda PalmerDale and Alice Ann StangeWayne Van WyheAllen and Estella VisGarvin and Bonnie VisGary and Janice JerkeDonald and Debra BurmeisterEdgar and Donna SchaefferVern and Arlene HaaseDeanna and Jason PetersDale and Alice Ann StangePerry and Marlene DockterPerry and Marlene DockterDorothy RicehillAdolph MicheliAthalyn JonesMichael and Lonie RauschVern and Arlene HaaseDonald and Debra BurmeisterJohn and Patricia CitrowskeGary and Janice JerkeTed BrockelHerb and Margaret GeidelBernard and Agnes FischbachJohn SpittlerGerald and Donna WiersmaOrville and Arlene Van’t HulDorothy BergFred SchwenkRaymond and Joan EnszRoger and Carol VisArden WaagWayne and Patti DubroJanet and ObergBarb BaumanJulaine and David StratmeyerVern and Arlene HaaseMarianne and John SieferPeter MackEric J. MackEric J. MackSharon ZylstraSharon ZylstraRose StockingMike and Robyn BruggemanTeresa and Dennis KrullLorraine WernerVernon and Loretta KraftRose Mary DeissKen and Joanne GeraetsMark MoorhouseCheryl and Jim BosleySteve and Jane De RooBetty MerrittVern and Arlene HaaseTracy and Kim FreesemanVernon and Loretta KraftGary and Janice JerkeR.A. and Sandra KingKenneth Kluch

Jane L. and Charlotte S.Janis NedvedJason SudbeckJeff BeckelJeffrey GiebinkJennie Van WyheJennie VisJennie VisJoAnn ClaassenJoAnn ReffJosh ObenauerJoshua ObenaurerJP PetersJP PetersKaren QuadeJim BoergerKatherine VastenhoutKathleen MicheliKay JonesLeo MorganLeonard LayneLeonard StormLois FennenLois SedlacekLoretta BrockelLouis ReimnitzLovina SjolsvikMary Jane SpittlerMatt HansonMaxine Te SlaaMike and Mark BergDorothy, Shirley and DorisNatasha YostNathan VisNorma WaagO.S. KuhnsOscar ObergPauline SassPauline StuckyPearl HuberPearle and Bud HigmanPeter J. and Susan MackClem and Shirley LeierPhilip MackMary Ann AardemaPhyllis J. LadwigRalph WilkinsonRandy BruggemanRebecca Lynn TammenRev. Edwin WernerRev. Robert UtechtRobertRose MillerRoy MoorhouseRuby WildeRuby WildeRuth and Neal MerrittRuth StewartSamantha MillerSarah GoldhammerSharri ZellSr. Del Rey ThiemanSr. Eleanor Mischel O.S.B.

GIVEN BY: IN MEMORY OF: GIVEN BY: IN MEMORY OF:

Yvonne RogallaAmy LaBay

Donna Hulstein Kristine StultzKris Roberts

Angie SchmidtCassie Buchholz

A-Ok SanitaryCJ Callaway’s

CrossroadsHurley’sLife 96.5Pro-Ed

Sullivan’s Tip Top Tux

committee sponsors&

On February 13, runners began on the East coast and West coast, launching a relay across the nation. The route passed by abortion mills for prayer.

After 40 days and 4,089 miles, the East coast and West coast arms united in Sioux Falls on March 24.Thank you LIFE Runners for your Pro-Life Relay A-Cross the Country!

For making it possible for us to do the Earn While You Learn program through

Sioux Empire’s Largest Baby Shower

for the following organizations and people that make our ministry possible

We are

Thank you Larry and Marvella Landman for hosting the Faith Promise Dinner

in Rock Valley, Iowa on Nov. 12th, 2012

If you would like aFaith Promise

Dinner in your area, please

contact us!

Faith Promise Dinner

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