As the holiday season wraps itself around our busy schedules — the full calendars, the joyful gatherings, the swirl of shopping lists and last-minute preparations — peace often finds us in the quiet moments. If we pause long enough, we hear it.

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind... And love your neighbor as yourself.”— Matthew 22:37–39 This command is not just a verse we recite—it is the heartbeat of Refuge. We love these neighbors of ours not with judgment, but with open arms. Every ultrasound, every answered question, every hopeful smile is the fruit of loving our neighbor—just as Christ commanded. You make this ministry possible!

“For this reason, I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.