Heartfelt Events, Lifesaving Impact
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Every Heartbeat Matters - A Women's Event April 7, 2026
A Night of Grace & Connection: Every Heartbeat Matters
Mark your calendars for an unforgettable evening with Amy Ford, the passionate founder of Embrace Grace! Drawing from her personal experience and years of leading a movement that transforms churches into havens of support for women facing unplanned pregnancies, Amy will share stories of hope, courage, and community that will touch your heart. This event is all about celebrating life, empowering one another, and creating real connections across our local churches. Grab your friends and come ready to be inspired—your attendance fuels fundraising that makes loving outreach possible. Every heartbeat truly matters... let's make them count together!
MEet Our Guest: Amy Ford
NATIONAL SPEAKER & AUTHOR
Amy Ford is the Co-Founder and President of Embrace Grace, a non-profit that inspires and equips the church to love on single and pregnant young women and their families. She is also the author of the book, Help Her Be Brave: Discover Your Place in the Pro-Life Movement released January 2021 as well as other books. Amy speaks nationally to a varied audience including women’s ministry events, pro-life and adoption conferences, church leadership equipping and pregnancy center benefits.
Serving in Embrace Grace, she has countless stories of how churches, pregnancy centers and the body of Christ have come together to impact communities in a beautiful way.
She brings a fresh perspective of how one life can make a difference by stepping out of our comfort zones and just loving people. Amy delivers a combination of inspiration, authenticity, and depth to every event.
A GLIMPSE INTO HER STORY
Going through an unplanned pregnancy in her teens was one of the hardest times in her life. She remembers so well how lonely and ashamed she felt. Friends pulled away and she felt uncomfortable at church. Looking back on those 9 months of brokenness, fueled the passion and desire to change things for young women with unplanned pregnancies. Amy and her friend Salina, started a small group within Gateway church that met weekly with girls in that same situation providing support, friendship, guidance and love. A few years later in 2012, Embrace Grace, a national non profit to equip churches all around the nation to have a pro-love focus and help women be brave and choose life, was founded. Since then, thousands of women have gone through the Embrace Grace program and were put back on a path towards Jesus.
Serving in Embrace Grace, Amy has seen first-hand how women have felt empowered to choose life for their babies because of the impact of the pregnancy centers in their community and knowing she has the community of a local church. Pregnancy centers are the first response team and the church is the hospital.
Currently, Embrace Grace is in 50 states and 7 countries, with over 1,000 support groups in churches across the nation. The heart of Embrace Grace is to make the church one of the first places a young woman runs to instead of the last because of shame and guilt.
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Save Change, Change Lives.
Pray, Give, Transform Lives!
This Mother's Day through Father's Day, bring hope home with our Changelope campaign! These easy-to-use, tent-shaped cardboard collectors are being distributed to churches across our community. Set one on your counter or table, drop in loose change, bills, or checks, and lift up prayers for the women and families we serve at Stillwater Life Services. Each contribution helps provide compassionate pregnancy support, ultrasounds, mentoring, and Christ-centered guidance – reminding every mom that she and her baby are valued. It's a fun, family-friendly way to make a difference while fostering prayer and generosity. Ask your church for a Changelope today and watch small change become big impact!
Here is a Virtual Option: (Link coming in May)
Fill from Anywhere with Prayer & Purpose
Can't pick up a physical Changelope at your church? No problem, join our Virtual Changelope option! From Mother's Day to Father's Day, support Stillwater Life Services online by making donations in any amount (think of it as filling a digital tent with your "change," cash equivalent, or more). As you give, pause to pray for our clients facing unexpected pregnancies. Pray for strength, hope, and life-affirming decisions. Your contribution funds free counseling, resources, and compassionate care rooted in Christ's love. It's easy, secure, and meaningful: click below to start filling yours today and share the link with friends. Every virtual coin multiplies prayers and provision. Let's make every heartbeat matter together!