After Mother’s Day
Check In 2024
We know intimately how hard Mother’s Day can be. For Mother’s Day of 2024, we had an After Mother’s Day Check-In for those who needed encouragement or had experienced infertility, pregnancy or infant loss.
We were blessed to meet new women and come together to support one another on a day when we often feel unsupported. Thank you to Ironworks Coffee for being open for us! And thank you to all the women who joined us!
Candlelight Service (2023)
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. In October 2023, 115 candles were lit to honor the lives of precious babies and painful infertility journeys.
Thank you to our Hearts Like Hannah’s team and volunteers—a special thank you to Kyle and Sayla Pustejovsky for sharing your story.
May we remember that God pursues us, even in our suffering, and He can make beauty from ashes.
Candlelight Service (2022)
On October 15, 2022, 77 candles were lit for babies’ lives and painful journeys. Thank you to all of our volunteers and to the leadership team. A special thank you to our guest speaker, Meredith Zahorsky, for sharing your journey.
May we remember that God pursues us, even in our suffering, and He can make beauty out of the ashes.
Heart of Hope Memorial
(2022)
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Hearts Like Hannah’s was honored t obe invited to the Heart of Hope Life Celebration, hosted by Heart & Hand Ministry at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Heart & Hand planted a gorgeous magnolia tree on the seminary campus in remembrance of the families that have lost precious little ones and struggled with infertility. Attendees laid roses in honor of their journey and children in heaven.
Our own Britni Julian served as the guest speaker, sharing her personal testimony and heart for this silent grief. A special thank you to Ashley Martins for the invitation and hosting such a beautiful memorial; we were truly blessed to be a part. Thank you, Denise Bielss Thomas, for connecting us.
Matthew 18:20 “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am there among them.” (CSB)
Virtual Candlelight Service- October 2020
In 2020, an in-person candlelight was not an option due to Covid-19. 19 candles were lit for babies in heaven, and many more candles were lit in homes across the world. Thank you for all who joined us for our virtual candlelight. Know we are here to serve you.
Candlelight Service North Side Baptist Church (2019)
In 2019, we had 52 candles lit for infertility and loss. Thank you to everyone who made this event possible. Thank you to Kellie Goss for sharing how God redeems the most devastating circumstances. Thank you to those who helped: Tiffany Jones Gulledge, Brenda Grooms, North Side Baptist Church, Dawn Adcock, Jeff Carr, Carrie Allen, all the local churches and businesses who advertised for us, and the friends and family who covered this event in prayer. Also, we would like to extend a special thanks to our Hearts Like Hannah’s team and their spouses- Andrea Chapman, Beth Behm, Crystal Jenkins, and Wade Julian.
Calvary Chapel Candlelight- Paris, Texas (2019)
In 2019, we had a candlelight service in Paris, Texas. Thank you to everyone who came out to the candlelight and to those who helped make the event possible.
We had 62 people attend, and we lit 56 candles for infertility and loss. A special thanks to our Hearts Like Hannah’s leadership team- Chapmans, Jenkins, and Beth Behm, the staff at Calvary Chapel, Paris Pregnancy Clinic, Britni’s parents, Carrie Allen, The Paris News, Charles Olson from KBUS for the radio broadcast, North Side Baptist Church, all the local churches who advertised for us, and the friends and family who covered this event in prayer. To God be the glory!
Candlelight Service (2018)
In 2018, we lit 56 candles to honor the lives of our precious babies in heaven, those who have suffered from ectopic pregnancies, abortions, miscarriages, and stillbirths, as well as, for our grief and personal infertility journeys.
Special thanks to Crystal Derrick for sharing your powerful story of infertility and loss, all of our volunteers, HLH ministry team, and MOST of all, JESUS CHRIST.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort. He comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction, through the comfort we ourselves receive from God.” (CSB)
Prasie be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all of our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
Candlelight Service (2017)
In 2017, we had our second annual candlelight service. Your courage, stories, honesty, and presence were a tremendous blessing! A special thank you to everyone who served, provided monetary and food donations, prayer warriors, near and far, who prayed over this event, and our former pastor, Van Houser, who “gets it” and spreads the word about this minstry.
60 candles were lit for infertility and loss spanning 50 years. 40 people joined us. Your journey matters!
Candlelight Service
(2016)
The response to our Infertility and Loss Remembrance day in 2016 was overwhelming. We honored those struggling with infertility and our precious babies that we have lost. Special thanks to everyone who helped Hearts Like Hannahs with this day. Van Houser, thank you for bringing awareness to this invisible grief and catching the vision!
After this day, Britni wrote, “I am so very grateful that God saw it fit to use my grief and pain from infertility and losing our four babies to help others in this ministry. Hearts Like Hannah’s is needed in our community as so many suffer in silence. I pray that the services gave HOPE to those that have been affected by this dark road.
“We had both women and men, after service, share how their lives have been affected by this heartbreaking struggle. We also had several, whom have not been affected personally, say how they never realized the impact that this grief and loss can have on someone’s life. So I am grateful for the awareness that was brought to so many on Sunday.”
