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Call 1-800-822-5824 for help about an untimely pregnancy.

A volunteer is ready to listen 24 hours a day; 365 days per year.

www.opportunitiesforlife.org

Mission

Opportunities for Life (OFL) is a pastoral ministry of the laity, created by Kentucky's Catholic bishops and supported by concerned Christians, to offer confidential, non-judgmental, emotional support and help to persons affected by untimely pregnancies.

Lay persons who involve themselves in this ministry respond to the Baptismal call to service, extend God's love and compassion through a statewide network of community based volunteers by offering a formal prayer network to pray specifically for the needs of callers; telephone support through the toll-free 24 hour, statewide hotline; one-on-one, and ongoing support and help in local communities.

By offering hope and healing, Opportunities for Life seeks to promote life affirming decisions that reaffirm our conviction that all human life is sacred from conception to resurrection.

A Prayer For Women Experiencing An Untimely Pregnancy...

May the woman - your daughter and our sister - find emotional and spiritual sustenance throughout her community and her family. And if she knows no community or has no family, may a strong one form around her, hold her up, take her in, love her to wholeness and full participation even as the community becomes more nearly whole in doing so. For we are all parents to each other, brothers and sisters to each other, Christ to each other. Nothing less!

Amen.

Ola Riley
Covington, KY

How can Opportunities For Life help you?

Feeling Alone and Scared?

Opportunities For Life Cares! About the emotional situation you suddenly see yourself facing. About your need to talk with someone who will confidentially listen, remain nonjudgmental and accept you for yourself and your feelings. About your support-regardless of age, gender, income, marital status, race or religion. Most of all, OFL cares enough to guide you to life-affirming alternatives and resources. You are not alone!

Opportunities For Life is...

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Non-judgmental
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Confidential
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Caring
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Compassionate
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Understanding
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Informational
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Equipped with the most current listing of available social services resources

How can you help Opportunities For Life?

Volunteering with Opportunities For Life.

Whether you participate in Opportunities For Life's ministry as a telephone volunteer, outreach or prayer volunteer, you touch many lives and make a difference to those experiencing untimely pregnancies. Your gifts and stewardship are truly life-giving.

Hotline Volunteers

Opportunities For Life volunteers answer the telephone hotline 24-hours a day from the convenience of their' homes. A training session is offered each spring and fall.

Outreach Volunteers

Outreach volunteers befriend callers who have been referred through the hotline. Education is provided in an all day Saturday session scheduled in various locations throughout the state as requested or needed.

Prayer Tree Volunteers

These volunteers form prayer groups that pray for callers and special requests and are dedicated to pray daily as individuals for these needs also.

Training for volunteers includes:

bulletListening with compassion
bulletBeing non-judgmental
bulletAssisting callers to evaluate their situation
bulletSupporting callers in making informed decisions
bulletReferring callers to local organizations and agencies
bulletPrenatal Education
bulletSexually Transmitted Diseases
bulletListening Techniques
bulletMaking an Informed Decision Regarding Abortion
bulletPost Abortion Syndrome/Project Rachel Information
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Parenting and Understanding Adoption...Adoption Agencies, Maternity Homes
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Offering life-affirming hope for the future

Donating to Opportunities For Life

Opportunities For Life is a statewide pastoral ministry under the direction of the Catholic bishops of Kentucky. All contributions are tax deductible. Opportunities For Life is a non-profit, tax exempt corporation under Section 501(c)3 of the United States Internal Revenue code.

Catholic Conference of Kentucky

1042 Burlington Lane

Frankfort, Kentucky 40601

502-875-4345 502-875-2841 Fax cckstaffATccky.org

Last modified: April, 2008