Missouri is tightening the regulation of licensed and unlicensed youth residential facilities. Unlicensed organizations must notify the state of their existence by mid-October. Background checks for facility staff, volunteers and others required ...
Read More »Kate Mulgrew, Star Trek’s groundbreaking first female captain, chose life
This year marked the 20th anniversary of the airing of Star Trek: Voyager’s final episode, ending the run of a beloved Star Trek re-imagining. It featured the franchise’s first female leader, Captain ...
Read More »Supreme Court unanimously rules in favor of Catholic foster care agency
Religious rights advocates are continuing to praise a rare unanimous U.S. Supreme Court which ruled on behalf of a Catholic foster care agency. Catholic Social Services of Philadelphia said its religious views ...
Read More »‘Every child deserves a family’: Missouri Gov. Parson signs adoption, foster care bills
Sweeping new adoption and foster bills will help kids find forever homes after Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday signed them into law. HB 429 will allow Missourians who serve as foster ...
Read More »Largest Protestant adoption agency opens services to include LGBTQ parents
The nation’s largest Protestant adoption agency is facing criticism for recently opening adoptions to LGBTQ parents. The ministry has been adopting to LGBTQ families in Michigan since May 2019, after the state ...
Read More »Super Bowl commercial with pro-life message features Christian Paralympic swimmer
A Toyota commercial with a strong pro-life message resonated with viewers during Sunday’s Super Bowl. The commercial featured the story of Paralympian swimmer Jessica Long, who was born in Russia with a ...
Read More »‘Bear witness to the truth,’ crowd told at Kansas City pro-life prayer vigil
A prayer vigil in downtown Kansas City took on extra meaning Friday afternoon as President Joe Biden rolled back pro-life policies of the last four years. Over 75 people from both sides ...
Read More »Missouri legislation supports adoption and foster care
Republicans in the Missouri House of Representatives are working on two bills to provide financial assistance for adoption and foster care. The effort is winning praise from Democrats and provides a rare ...
Read More »Opioid epidemic affecting foster care and adoption agencies
An opioid epidemic is sweeping the nation and it is having a profound effect on foster kids. The National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics reports that death rates are rising among young ...
Read More »KVC Kansas celebrates 100+ children’s adoptions in 2020
During National Adoption Month in November, KVC Kansas helped facilitate 20+ children’s adoptions throughout the state. On November 21, National Adoption Day, which is the Saturday before Thanksgiving, courthouses across the country ...
Read More »Orders still being taken for Choose Life plates
Kansans can still pre-order the new “Choose LIFE” Kansas license plates, though the printing of the plates must wait for a sufficient number of orders to be received. The campaign currently has ...
Read More »Mission Liberate to host human trafficking survivors at meet and greet Jan. 8
A new local organization seeking to have an impact on ending human trafficking will launch a grassroots campaign tonight. Mission Liberate, founded in 2019 by several students at the University of Kansas, ...
Read More »Missouri Right to Life-Western Region working towards a ‘new day’
According to the song “It’s a new dawn,” Michael Bublé is feeling good. He croons, “It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life for me.” I’m very happy ...
Read More »Pro-life Operation Rescue recognizes President Trump as its person of the year
Although “Time” magazine selected Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as its persons of the year, Operation Rescue honored President Trump with its 2020 Person of the Year Malachi Award. The organization gives ...
Read More »Christmas ‘wish list’ for area adoption, foster and pro-life ministries
Each year Metro Voice highlights area ministries and their Christmas “Wish List.” It’s an opportunity for the community to give back to specific needs or causes that these organizations need assistance with. ...
Read More »Birthright volunteer finds heros in those she serves
When I start my shift at Birthright, I never know who I will talk to. It’s an unknown in a lot of ways. Will I be talking with a mother looking for ...
Read More »Ministries overcome COVID to serve adoption, foster kids and women
As COVID spread this year, adoption, foster care and pro-life counseling ministries met the crisis with faith and changes to their day-to-day operations. “The pandemic has definitely made a challenging work even ...
Read More »Advice & Aid: Helping moms create order where chaos exists
I began working at Advice & Aid a little over a year ago. After retiring from teaching, I was looking for a part-time job that provided a sense of purpose. Because of ...
Read More »Show-Me Christian Youth Home is that place
Show-Me…There is a Place… In a single, unexpected instance a family can be thrown into a crisis: a car crash that kills both parents, an 80-year old grandma raising her grandchildren suffers ...
Read More »Back to the Birthright Mission
At my first training session a speaker called our Birthright House “holy ground.” Spiritually that describes the feelings I have about the Birthright mission. When we listen—just listen—to a person who is ...
Read More »Alliance for Life Missouri is ‘Family Strong’
Family Strong is a support campaign hosted by Alliance for Life Missouri that directly benefits our affiliate Pregnancy Help Organizations across the state. Pregnancy Help Organizations include pregnancy centers, maternity homes and ...
Read More »Missouri Right to Life – Western Region sharing a message of life
Missouri Right to Life, founded in 1974 as a response to the outcry over the legalization of abortion, is a National Right to Life affiliate and our state’s oldest and largest grass-roots ...
Read More »Advice and Aid: Sharing hope, life and forgiveness
The Spring of 2020 forced “the normal” for all of us to change drastically through the impact of COVID-19. For us at Advice and Aid, concern for both our loved ones and ...
Read More »Christian Family Services: Continuing to Serve in 2020
2020 has brought many changes to all of our lives, but one thing remains the same. Christian Family Services (CFS) exists to be the hands and feet of Jesus in service to ...
Read More »U.S. Supreme Court says it will hear same-sex adoption case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case that could determine if, because of their religious beliefs, faith-based adoption agencies can decline to place children in same-sex homes. The ...
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