Why would it seem better to choose abortion over adoption? The answer is more complicated than you might think, and today we discuss this and other tough questions with volunteer Andrea Johnson. Andrea serves as a peer advocate, and was herself adopted. She shares her story and talks about how adoption impacted her. She also has experience with a past abortion, and shares how both these experiences have affected how she relates to clients walking through an unplanned pregnancy. Timestamps 0:38 -...
Aug 19, 2019•31 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Summary : In this episode, we once again take the abortion debate to the local college campus. Some of the key topics discussed: Should abortion be permissible in cases of rape? What is the difference between ending the life of an unborn child who is a result of rape, and ending the life of a toddler who is a result of rape? Links Mentioned: SLED Test for defending the pro-life position: str.org A doctor explaining abortion procedures: https://youtu.be/CFZDhM5Gwhk Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro to a ...
Aug 05, 2019•34 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Josh Kappes from Love Life joins host Carter Mundy for a discussion about the role of men in the issue of abortion. Is abortion strictly a women’s issue? By removing men from the conversation, are we actually absolving them from taking any responsibility for their children and families? What is the appropriate biblical perspective, and how can men take practical steps to speak up on abortion while also empowering other men to do the same? Links mentioned: Love Life: LoveLife.org Sidewalk advocac...
Jul 15, 2019•51 min•Season 1Ep. 13
"It's a pretty awesome thing when a baby goes from being a problem to fix to a gift and a blessing to its own mother." In this episode we interview Lauren McClure, a Registered Nurse at the pregnancy center. She gives an insider's look at her role within GPCC and addresses many of the misconceptions about nurses within a PRC. 0:00 - Welcome to Lauren McClure, RN 1:45 - Lauren’s work history and how she got started at GPCC 4:35 - Many people assume that PRCs have “fake nurses.” Where does this id...
Jul 01, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Summary: What does it look like to put S.L.E.D. in practice? In this episode, we head out to the campus of UNC Greensboro to talk with students about their views on abortion. Mary Holloman talks with one student, ‘John,’ and takes time to break down how to talk about this issue by asking purposeful questions and engaging in a respectful and logical dialogue. S.L.E.D. is a method used to defend the pro-life position. You can read more about this method at str.org , or listen to episode 4 on our p...
Jun 17, 2019•28 min•Season 1Ep. 11
The idea of "peer advocacy" is intimidating to some, and confusing to others. What do we really mean when we talk about peer advocates, and what actually happens inside an appointment with clients at the pregnancy center? We cover all that and more in this episode, an interview with volunteer Stacy Helt. Links Mentioned: Open House - Register to attend the next Open House and take your first step toward becoming a volunteer. Volunteer Opportunities - Scroll through the current volunteer opportun...
Jun 03, 2019•47 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Chad & Holly Cooke talk about their professional and personal experience with adoption. Holly has a masters in Marriage and Family Counseling, and Chad has his doctorate in counseling and is a licensed professional counselor in North Carolina. The Cookes adopted their first son from Ethiopia, had two biological sons, and are currently in the process of a domestic adoption. The Cookes share about the impact of adoption on the family. 0:30 - What are some of the differences between pursuing an...
May 20, 2019•16 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Chad & Holly Cooke talk about their professional and personal experience with adoption. Holly has a masters in Marriage and Family Counseling, and Chad has his doctorate in counseling and is a licensed professional counselor in North Carolina. The Cookes adopted their first son from Ethiopia, had two biological sons, and are currently in the process of a domestic adoption. The Cookes share about the impact of adoption on the family. Time stamps: 1:00 - Meet Chad & Holly Cooke 2:30 - The ...
May 20, 2019•35 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Carla Stowers, team leader for the GPCC sidewalk advocacy team, gives an insider’s perspective on what actually takes place on the sidewalk outside of Greensboro’s abortion facility. Carla shares her story about how she got involved as an advocate despite initially saying there was “no way” she’d ever serve in such a role. Carla talks about the dynamics between pregnancy center volunteers and abortion facility volunteers, the strong community she’s built with her fellow advocates, and shares a s...
May 01, 2019•32 min•Season 1Ep. 7
We live amidst an age of tremendous confusion— confusion about the most basic questions of life. Who am I? What am I? What defines my existence? Am I more than a soup of chemicals wrapped up in a sack of skin, and the dancing of my genes? In this lecture, Dr. Stewart explores these and other questions from the perspective of man made in the image of God. Here is the only foundation on which to build a cohesive understanding of the identity, dignity, responsibility, and glory of human beings. Alt...
Apr 18, 2019•47 min•Season 1Ep. 5
The God & Sex Forum is an annual event hosted by Students for Greensboro Pregnancy Care Center and Ratio Christi at UNC Greensboro. This year’s topic is transgenderism. To hear keynote speaker Dr. Neil Stewart’s address, check out God & Sex Forum: Transgenderism Part 1. This episode is a panel discussion answering questions that were texted in during the event. Panelists are: Dr. Neil Stewart; Cameron Hodge (author, small business owner); and Logan Thomas (UNCG student). ----- 2:43 - Que...
Apr 18, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 6
How do we defend the pro-life position? Today we discuss how to use a tool called SLED in order to make a convincing argument against abortion in a clear and concise way. You can read more about SLED on Stand to Reason’s website at str.org . ------------- 1:00 - Why do we not engage others on the issue of abortion? 2:50 - Going into a conversation with the right attitude and motivation 13:11 - SLED: The unborn differs from the born in only four ways. None of those ways are good reasons to justif...
Apr 14, 2019•50 min•Season 1Ep. 4
When someone close to us learns they are pregnant unexpectedly, what is the appropriate biblical response? Should that response be any different if the mother is a believer? Mary Kate White joins us and shares her personal experience of finding out she was unexpectedly pregnant with twins. What followed was a high risk pregnancy, an earlier-than-expected wedding date, and months in the NICU with her two daughters. Mary Kate shares how her faith and a solid support network of family and friends c...
Mar 13, 2019•42 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Today Mary Holloman and Client Services Director, Deanna Jewell, tackle an article from Cosmopolitan that came out in February 2019. The article is titled, “ Fake Health Clinics are Tricking College Students. ” The article makes several claims about pregnancy resource centers that are quite startling. So we sit down to respond to each claim and to present an accurate picture of what our PRC actually does. 1:45 - Claim #1: PRCs show graphic images of abortions and STDs to clients and tell them th...
Mar 13, 2019•31 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Interviewed on the pilot episode of The Empowered Advocate are Carter Mundy (Associate Executive Director) and Deanna Jewell (Client Services Director). Carter, Deanna, and Mary discuss the inner workings of the Care Center and the motivation by behind why we serve the community. 0:00 Intros and welcome to The Empowered Advocate! 3:35 - Deanna shares about all our services, including pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, STD testing, classes, and material resources--all free of charge. 6:00 - Carter exp...
Mar 13, 2019•24 min•Season 1Ep. 1
