CARE NET HAS REBRANDED!

“What’s in a Name?” – Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

by Desiree Stoll

Tasked with naming the animals in Genesis 2:19, Adam had the honor and responsibility of labeling every creature according to its kind, including his own wife – and God ratified those decisions. We know that creature names shift across time, culture, and language, yet the method by which Adam went about deciding each unique name remains largely a mystery; while the greater mystery is how he remembered each one! From scripture, we do know that he chose for his wife “woman” (Genesis 2:23), and later “Eve” (Genesis 3:20) based on the foundation of her origin and role. Out of man and the mother of all living. She was intentionally, divinely created for purpose and her identifying names reflect the dignity of God’s mission for her.

Considering the power of naming, we have sought to strike the right balance for rebranding with intentionality – both reflecting our origin and role in the community. The theme for our Center in 2024 has been “wholeness.” Whole woman. Whole Truth. Wholehearted service unto the Lord.

The mission of our ministry is to “Empower people to make life affirming choices.” We do this by communicating the whole truth in love to anyone seeking support from us. The heart of our purpose has not shifted even while all around us the dynamics of culture, political climate, and technology do so relentlessly. We live in challenging times. Facing the task of reaching our community while navigating the constant hurdles, we seek to meet our clients in their time of need in a way that connects meaningfully and accurately represents the heart of our mission. It is of absolute necessity to communicate facts, offer services, and conduct the business of this ministry with integrity.

The Mirriam-Webster.com dictionary offers three definitions for the word integrity: (1) firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic value: incorruptibility. (2) an unimpaired condition: soundness. (3) the quality or state of being complete or undivided: completeness.

On incorruptibility the Word of God speaks in Titus 2:7, “Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.”

On soundness, scripture states in 2 Timothy 1:7 “God has not given a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”

On completeness, the Bible says in James 1:2-4 “My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.”

The Latin root for the word integrity (integer) means soundness, wholeness, completeness. This is what we seek in mind, body, and spirit for our clients and their preborn babies. Therefore, we joyfully announce the re-branding of Care Net Pregnancy Center of the Hudson Valley as:
INTEGRA Pregnancy Services.

I close this article with a call to prayer and blessing on our unified efforts in the Lord with Proverbs 20:7 “The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.”