Dean will be teaching the following seminars: 2:15-3:15pm Biblically Addressing the Abortion Issue 3:30-4:30pm Leading Men to Maturity For further information: http://www.ministriesconvention.com/index.php?op=2

Our dear friends, Tyamba and her mom, Ingrid, were featured on
CBS News in their piece Against Their Will

Promo: Slavery still exists in the United States in the form of human trafficking.

Tracy Smith shares the story of one young woman who was forced into prostitution.

Click here for video:
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=325347n

Docs not required

to say abortion is killing,

top NJ court rules

by Kate Coscarelli - Wednesday September 12, 2007, 10:52 AM

The state's highest court ruled today doctors should not be required to tell a woman seeking an abortion the procedure would kill a human being.

The unanimous ruling is the latest in a long-running civil lawsuit a Somerset County woman filed claiming her doctor did not give her enough information when he told her to end her six-to seven-week pregnancy because it exacerbated a kidney disorder.

The 5-0 decision overturns an appeals court decision that said the case should got to a jury and reinstates a trial court decision throwing the case out.

A physician does have a duty to give a woman information about the medical risks of terminating a pregnancy, the court said. However, it found there is no requirement for a doctor to go any farther.

"We know of no common law duty requiring a physician to instruct the woman that the embryo is an "existing human being," and suggesting that an abortion is tantamount to murder ... There is no basis for this Court to create a new duty that has no broad support in either the medical community or society," wrote Justice Barry Albin.

In 1996, the then 29-year-old Rosa Acuna, a mother of two from South Bound Brook, went to the doctor with stomach pains. She learned she was pregnant and her physician, Sheldon Turkish, advised her to have an abortion because the pregnancy was complicating an existing kidney disorder.

Seven weeks after the abortion, she had to be hospitalized for bleeding. Nurses at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick told her the doctor had "left parts of the baby inside of her." She sued on grounds that she agreed to the procedure based on false information, claiming she suffered emotional distress and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Acuna, a native of Puerto Rico who did not finish high school, claims she asked the doctor "whether the baby was already there." She claims he told her: "Don't be stupid, it's just some blood."

The doctor, whose practice is in Perth Amboy, has testified that he did not recall Acuna asking such a question but would have told her that a "seven-week pregnancy is not a living human being."

Here's a really neat song that features the importance of:



1) sharing the gospel
2) helping a new life come into the world

http://www.wewanttoseetheworld.com/We%20Want%20to%20See%20the%20World-1.mp3

The lyrics follow:
Written by *David Burke and sung by Cathy Weaver,
Ashley Biscan, David Biscan, and Sarah Dotson.
Instrumentation and background vocals by David Burke.

Contact Email: SeeTheWorld@Bellsouth.net

Lyrics to "We Want to See the World"
(A) - Angel (UC) - Unborn Children

(Verse 1)
(A) Children of God's love. (UC) Who are you who sings to us?
(A) I am the angel of your lives. (UC) Tell us more about our lives.
(A) You have been created by our God. (UC) Tell us more about our God.
(A) He gave you life upon the Earth. (UC) We want to know about the Earth.
(A) Earth has flowers and waterfalls. (UC) Tell us more; please tell us all.
(A) And raindrops that fall upon the trees. (UC) These are things we want to see.
(A) And rainbows that shine as bright as stars. (UC) Can you tell us where they are?
(A) Where snow-covered mountains reach the sky. (UC) We want to know about the sky.

(A) As I hear your words, I know you want to see the world, and I can feel your little hearts
just want the love that they deserve. So now we lift our voice and
pray the whole world will rejoice when we sing ...

(Refrain)
Holy gracious Jesus Christ, we kneel and thank You for our lives, and pray that every unborn
child will see their parents' loving smile. May every mother realize that You will guard their
children's lives, and every father know the truth -- that children are a gift from You.
(UC) We want to see the world, like other boys and girls. We want to feel the love
from our mothers and our fathers.

(Verse 2)
(UC) Can we talk about the sky? (A) It's God home of eternal life.
(UC) Does it have flowers and waterfalls? (A) Heaven has all that's wonderful.
(UC) Will we ever see it with our eyes? (A) If you believe in Jesus Christ.
(UC) And what does He want from all of us? (A) To live by His word and share your love.

(UC) Dear angel of our lives, we want a chance to see the sky, so can we say a little
prayer and tell God all the reasons why. So now we lift our voice and
pray the whole world will rejoice as we sing ... (Repeat Refrain)

Sheet music:
http://www.wewanttoseetheworld.com/We%20Want%20to%20See%20the%20World.pdf


More information at: www.WeWantToSeeTheWorld.com

Thanks to all who prayed for Jeremy while he was in Nicaragua from August 7th through the 14th.

Besides being involved in construction, the team ministered at a Vacation Bible school for the kids.

A carload of school supplies was also donated for their education.

Check out the two slideshows below!



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Too young or too little to survive?
What if she were aborted?

Pint-sized preemie headed home Home News Tribune Online 08/18/07 By DANIELA FLORES THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TRENTON — After almost four months of waiting, Tamera Dixon, who weighed less than a soda can when she was born on April 25, is ready to head home. Believed to be one of the smallest babies ever born in New Jersey, the Trenton preemie has spent most of her life in an incubator. Tamera weighed slightly more than 11 ounces and measured 10 inches when she was born after only 6 months in the womb. Now that she's 4 pounds, 8 ounces, doctors have given her the OK to go home with her parents. She was scheduled to leave the hospital Friday, but after the excitement of a news conference, hospital officials said she'll most likely head home Saturday. "It is a miracle, she is a miracle," her mother, Andrea Haws, said with a bright smile Friday as she held the baby girl she'd prayed for. "From when she was born, I think everyone knew she was a fighter," she said. "She's going to be a feisty little girl." Tamera was delivered by Caesarean section at 25 weeks — 15 weeks short of a normal gestation period. Haws had already experienced complications during her pregnancy, but when her kidneys started failing and Tamera stopped growing, doctors decided they couldn't wait any longer to deliver her. Haws, 40, recovered, but still spent most of her time at Capital Health System's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit visiting a child who she said at one point "didn't look like a human being." That's all changed for Tamera, who would have been about a week old on Friday had she arrived near her due date. While being fed on Thursday, the pink onesie-wearing bundle of energy wriggled in a nurse's arm and looked around the room attentively — her size the only sign of her past troubles. Dr. Stephen Moffitt, Tamera's doctor, said he's cautiously optimistic that she'll develop normally. "She's breathing perfectly well on her own," said Moffitt, adding that doctors gave Tamera a 10 to 15 percent chance of survival before she was born. Seeing Tamera transform into the bright-eyed center of attention at the NICU has been very exciting, Haws said. She credits the hospital and her faith in God for helping her through the hard times. "To see an 11 ounce-baby, you wouldn't believe what it looked like," said Haws, who moved to Trenton from Jamaica a few years ago. "It was just skin and bones. She had all those wires all over and it was very scary." Haws, who already has two boys, ages 11 and 7, with her husband, Terry Dixon, is enrolled in a family support program at the hospital. Christy Keppel, a family support specialist with the March of Dimes who works at Capital Health System, said it's rare for babies who are born Tamera's size to survive and go home without complications. She's been working with Haws to let her know what to expect when she brings Tamera home. As part of that program, Haws spent Thursday night at the hospital alone with her baby. "It gives them a chance to make sure that they're fully prepared to take the baby home," Keppel said. Haws said she's nervous because Tamera is so small, but after praying for a girl and then waiting more than a month to even hold her, she's more excited to be able to take care of her baby. She has overcome all her obstacles," Haws said. "I'm very excited to bring her home." ______________________________________________ Print | Back to Story Amillia Taylor was born five months early and weighed only 10 ounces. Now Amillia is a healthy bumbling 9-month-old baby. Smallest Premature Baby Beats the Odds ORIGINAL AIRDATE: 8/17/2007 Amillia Taylor captured hearts across America when she was born one of the world's smallest premature babies, weighing just ten ounces after being delivered five months early. At just 9.5 inches long, she was roughly the same length as a ballpoint pen. Her skin was paper thin and practically transparent, and her tiny feet were half the size of an adult's finger. But after 4 months in a Miami hospital's intensive care unit - surrounded by the love of her family and a huge staff of doctors and nurses - Amillia was healthy enough to go home. Now 9 months old, the one time teeny preemie is a beautiful bouncing bundle of joy weighing in at 14 pounds! Like other infants her age, Amillia likes to play with her toys, eat and get lots of love and attention from her adoring family. Amillia still has to undergo unpleasant physical therapy to help her catch up on developmental deficiencies as a result of being born premature. Physically she's more like a four-month-old than a nine-month-old. But for her dad Eddie and mom Sonja, it's a very small setback for their once tiny miracle baby. "Looking back now I know how sick he was but she is healthy now and perfect fat and happy," her mom Sonja said. Sonja was only pregnant with Amillia for 21 weeks before she was born. The normal survival rate for 21-week-old premature babies is zero percent.

Dear Gateway friends,

A former volunteer has alerted us to a need for prayer, writing:

"This is a request for prayer for Cheryl Impagliatelli's sister June.

(Cheryl is a former Archway-Gateway volunteer counselor and a supporter of the ministry).

Cheryl's sister, June was recently diagnosed with cervical cancer. Just yesterday the doctor called to say that a test was showing an abnormality in the ovaries.

Wednesday they should have the test results for the lungs.

Please join with me in prayer regarding:

• June's health and relationship with Jesus
• for Cheryl to have the strength now and in the future to be a blessing to her sister and family