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Help! Name the ministry…and get a free signed copy of EXPOSED.

I found out TODAY that Healing Hearts Ministry is taken.

That name encompassed the ministry, let alone the fact that I’ve had it for five years.  Had I known this is where God was going to take me then I would’ve set it in stone then.  Yet, then again if I could foretell the future I probably wouldn’t budge from my seat.

The lesson has been to TRUST, correct?  And God has shown He is faithful and He has shown me that I am not alone in this endeavor.  So what a better way to come up with a name that ‘fits’ the ministry than to ask for YOUR help.

In order to get your creative juices flowing I will provide a rough ‘purpose’ statement for the ministry and what is behind the logo.  I want to keep the logo!  So that’s where this is tricky.

Purpose: “To reach out and minister to those in search of healing, hope and forgiveness through faith and personal experience.”  (rough draft of course)

LOGO:  3 Healing Hearts

• Each heart is made up of two symbols, 1 V and an upside down M.
• Each M represents three saints that have survived abuse and each V represents the glory of the Saint:
• Blessed Mother Mary – Victory
• St. Mary Magdalene – Value
• St. Maria Goretti – Veneration

With this logo a scripture verse was revealed:

Ephesians 5:11-14

“Take no part in the fruitless works of darkness; rather expose them, for it is shameful even to mention the things done by them in secret; but everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says: Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.”

In order to stop abuse we must not allow it to keep us in the dark. If you have been abused in any way, please contact your local authorities, priest, youth minister, or a trusted family member. Do not keep it in the dark, rather break free and allow Christ to shine hope upon you and flood you with His healing grace.

The logo was fashioned by artist Emily Lacour. Thank you Emily!

The only other ideas I had for a name was “Mending Hearts Ministry” or just “Hearts for Healing”  but I think I’m stuck on ‘hearts’…even though the logo is hearts the name doesn’t have to include it.

Your ideas and comments are greatly appreciated!  If I choose your idea for the name I’ll send you a free signed copy of EXPOSED.   If I get enough response and happen to like two or more ideas then I’ll put it to a vote!

Blessings

Shannon