by Jodi Lewis | Oct 21, 2019 | News
The Emerys have sparked a movement in their community when it comes to foster care. JODI LEWIS | OCTOBER 21, 2019 | WesLife Access original article here. Rev. Nick Emery and his wife, Melanie, have long been advocates for vulnerable children, both having served as...
by Jodi Lewis | Feb 12, 2010 | Hephzibah Stories
I was pregnant when I was first put in foster care. I was moved between two different group homes before I had my baby girl. After I got out of the hospital, I was shipped to Hephzibah Children’s Home. There I met multiple strong women who helped guide me. Now I also...
by Jodi Lewis | Feb 12, 1997 | Hephzibah Stories
Carol was the youngest of four children who lost her mother as a toddler and whose father suffered from alcoholism and was unable to parent. Carol’s chaotic early years were marked by frequent transition as she moved from home to home, first with an aunt and uncle,...
by Jodi Lewis | Feb 12, 1993 | Hephzibah Stories
Dr. Freels recounts in Touching Tomorrow, The Story of Hephzibah Children’s Home, “My personal chapter in this chronicle began in the fall of 1993. I stood on the edge of the timbered 180-acre land to which Hephzibah Children’s Home purposed to relocate. The site was...
by Jodi Lewis | Feb 12, 1960 | Hephzibah Stories
Once a vulnerable child removed from an alcoholic and abusive family, Shirley Duncan came to Hephzibah as a 13-year-old and eventually became the devoted and much-loved Director of Church and Public Relations there for over 30 years. Shirley recalls a day when she was...
