by Mary Speidel | May 15, 2019 | Printed Newsletters
Wherever Paula Chapman goes, she prays for open doors to share Jesus with others. “Doors represent hospitality,” said Paula, a Stonecroft volunteer in Woodbridge, Virginia. “God gives us open-door opportunities to meet people and to share His love with them. If we...
by Mary Speidel | May 1, 2019 | Encouragement, Outreach
“How can we pray for you?” Diane Rose asked the waitress during a lunch with friends on a recent Saturday. Sarah (named changed), the waitress, began to cry. She then poured out a story about the domestic violence she had endured and said she now lives in a women’s...
by Mary Speidel | Mar 8, 2019 | News
Today is International Women’s Day, a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. Stonecroft marks this day by celebrating our work in empowering and equipping women around the world to share the Good News of Jesus....
by Mary Speidel | Feb 1, 2019 | Encouragement
Her stunning blue eyes had a haunting look in them. Karin Williams and Maryanne Liscio, co-leaders of a Stonecroft hub in Richmond, Virginia, noticed it right away when they met Rebecca (not her real name). “There was something about her eyes,” said Maryanne. “They...
by Mary Speidel | Dec 1, 2018 | Encouragement, Life Stories
I Can Only Imagine. When this Christian movie premiered nationwide last March, Belinda Cox bought nearly a dozen tickets and gave them to random strangers in her community of Killeen, Texas. Leaders from a new Stonecroft hub in the area had rented a local theater to...