Friends for ‘life’

Life Choices Resource Center, Metuchen, hosted its First Annual Clergy Wine and Cheese/Meet and Greet night Sept. 22. Bishop James F. Checchio and some two dozen priests, deacons and volunteers gathered at the center’s Main Street offices for refreshments and a tour of the facility located across from the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi.

Elaine Yunker, Life Choices Director of Outreach, explained, “The purpose of the evening was to gather in faith, fellowship and thanksgiving for the life saving support and prayers of all our clergy. Without our clergy speaking openly and honestly to their congregations about God’s Sixth Commandment, ‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’, our center would be rudderless. It is our clergy who steer us in the right direction and keep us focused on the Light of Christ and his sacred creation of new life.”

Now embarking upon its 39th year, Life Choices’ material goods portion of their ministry has grown from serving about five people in need per week to now supporting more than 25. The center is one of the few in the area which offers a full-time, licensed ultrasound technician, thus eliminating long wait times for pregnancy tests and ultrasounds vital to women in crisis situations.