The Christian pro-life advocates of Vital Signs Ministries are honored to serve “the least of these” by word and deed. Indeed, a hallmark of our work through our 40+ years has been an activist-orientation as we seek to be “doers of the Word” in relevant, practical, strategic, and winsome ways. We feature below some of those areas in this section of the website: The Nebraska ballot measures, letter-writing, the 3 for 5 Prayer Program, sidewalk counseling, and mercy ministries to seniors.
In the December 2 P.A.L. parties (our festive Christmas card edition), we emphasized letters and cards to pro-life heroes who led the fight here in Nebraska against the abortion zealotry of proposed Amendment 439, including the NU women athletes (whose public service ad was, quite possibly, the most effective in the whole campaign), public officials…
P.A.L. Nights (Prayer, Action, Letter-Writing) have been a part of our pro-life ministry from the very beginning. And whether they have occurred in the basement of our tiny apartment in south Omaha, a church cafeteria or Sunday School room, a restaurant, or now in the dining room here in our northwest Omaha cottage, our letter-writing…
With the instant communication that phones, texts, email, and social media platforms have brought, we have almost lost the art of letter writing altogether. That’s an important loss for however much the technology has improved communication speed, nothing has replaced the power of a personal letter to encourage and influence. Of course, letter writing is…
Vital Signs Ministries invites Christian pro-life advocates from around the country to participate in this strategic prayer initiative against Planned Parenthood. It is a simple program, but one which can certainly have a powerful effect as it stimulates not only more people to pray but to pray in more specific, more concerted ways. We call…
The key purposes of a praying presence of “sidewalk counselors” at an abortion business are: 1) To offer practical, compassionate help to couples and their preborn children, 2) To obey God’s commands regarding the believer’s testimony against the unjust and inhumane violence which is abortion, and 3) To pray for the ending of abortion in…
Dear _, Thanks for your interest. Claire and I would certainly find time to talk to your friends about ministries to seniors if you’d like. But let me start by listing a few of the basic possibilities. 1) Visitation and friendship development. One of the best ways to begin this kind of ministry is to start…
