Category: General
Ministry Needs
August 29, 2022We are honored when people ask us what Verity’s Village needs to carry out our mission. Since the question has come in several times in recent days, we thought we’d share some specific ministry needs in this post. PRAYER Please know that the BEST way to support our ministry is through prayer. Our God knows […]
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Founder and President
August 17, 2022Each month, we will be featuring one or two of the leaders within Verity’s Village on our blog to allow our followers and members to get to know the people behind the computer screen and across the miles. The Founder and President of Verity’s Village is none other than our own Beverly Jacobson. Many of […]
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Our Statement & Stance on Life
July 4, 2022As you probably already know, the recent Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade has sent the issue of abortion back to individual states. In light of this news, we felt it important to be very specific about our core beliefs. In a nutshell, Verity’s Village is FOR women AND for their babies, knowing the […]
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Flipped Upside Down
June 17, 2022Hannah not only faced an unexpected pregnancy but also a scary diagnosis for her baby the day her life “flipped upside down,” as she describes it. While Hannah and baby Nash’s story is still being written, she shares with us some intimate details that can encourage other moms in this situation. Hannah’s story Getting an […]
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Such a Happy Baby
June 11, 2022Taryn happened to be one of the first mothers to join our prenatal support group. Her little Zoey was such a happy baby, she says, despite going through a lot in her first few months of life. She shares her story in her own words below. Taryn’s Story I actually didn’t find out that it […]
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Thank you, Sponsors!
May 21, 2022Thank you, Sponsors! Verity’s Village wishes to take a moment to say thank you to our sponsors. Thanks to their generosity, we were able to cover all the race-related costs for our first ever official fundraiser! Special thanks to… Asher’s Answer – a nonprofit organization devoted to providing financial support to families of babies diagnosed […]
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“Incompatible with Life”
March 22, 2022Doctors told Elisa during her pregnancy that her baby boy was “incompatible with life.” Here she shares her story. Elisa’s Story “At 16 weeks of pregnancy, I found out that my baby very likely had Trisomy 18. ‘Don’t google it’ is what my midwife said. Of course, I did look it up, and I was […]
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Trisomy Awareness Month
March 19, 2022Did you know? March is Trisomy Awareness Month! Many families in our support network have learned their babies have a trisomy condition. This means their cells have an extra copy of one (or even more than one) chromosome. While any chromosome can be affected, the most common of these conditions are: In the Mama Bear […]
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A Much Different Pregnancy
February 1, 2022Despite already having five children of her own and also raising two nephews, Rose knew her family story wasn’t quite over. In November of 2020, she saw a familiar pink line on a pregnancy test, the faintest one she had ever seen. Now she believes that was possibly the first sign that this pregnancy would […]
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Staci’s Story: From Heartache to Hope
January 15, 2022Staci, a mom who joined the Verity’s Village support network, shares her story of moving from heartache to hope. Devastated and heartbroken “April 22, 2021. I’ll never forget the day we received the earth shattering news at 26.5 weeks pregnant that our sweet baby girl Harlow had some major birth defects and suspected trisomy 13. […]
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