Empower Life Center Endowment Fund

Standing with women, men, and families in the Peoria area with free, life-affirming pregnancy care and support.

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This endowment fund was established in 2025 by a Chris & Shelly Arvin to provide ongoing support for Empower Life Center, a ministry of Pathway Ministries in Peoria, Illinois. Through this fund, donors can help ensure that Empower Life Center continues offering free, confidential, and compassionate services to women and men facing an unexpected or challenging pregnancy—today and for generations to come.

About Empower Life Center

Located at 1825 N Knoxville Avenue in Peoria, Empower Life Center has been serving the community for decades with practical help and hopeful encouragement.

Their medical and support team walks alongside women, men, and families by offering:

  • Lab-quality pregnancy testing
  • Ultrasounds to confirm viability, gestational age, and pregnancy location
  • STI testing and treatment
  • Pregnancy options counseling and education
  • Classes and ongoing support for parents
  • After-abortion support and care for those seeking healing

All services are free of charge, confidential, and available regardless of insurance status, creating a safe, non-judgmental space for people who need clear information and compassionate guidance.

Why This Fund Matters

An unexpected pregnancy—or concerns about sexual health—can feel overwhelming and confusing. Empower Life Center steps into that moment with calm, confidential, one-on-one care, helping clients understand their situation, health, and options so they can make informed decisions.

Through the Empower Life Center Endowment, your gifts will help:

  • Keep free pregnancy testing, ultrasounds, and STI testing available to anyone who needs them
  • Provide education, classes, and parenting support that strengthen families
  • Ensure caring staff and volunteers can continue offering hope, encouragement, and practical resources
  • Sustain a Christ-centered ministry environment where every person is treated with dignity and respect

Endowment support helps smooth out the ups and downs of annual fundraising so Empower Life Center can focus on serving clients instead of wondering how to keep the doors open.

How the Endowment Works

Gifts to the Empower Life Center Endowment are invested for long-term growth at the Morton Community Foundation.

  • Your contribution is pooled with other gifts in the fund.
  • The principal is preserved, while a portion of the investment earnings is distributed each year to Empower Life Center to support its mission.
  • Over time, as the fund grows, annual distributions can grow as well, expanding the reach of Empower Life Center’s services in Peoria and the surrounding region.