***NEW WEBSITE COMING IN FEBRUARY 2010***
| SeXXX Business Statistics Know the FACTS | BFA TRAINING, OUTREACH & ITINERARY | FOR LATEST E-NEWSLETTER |
| SEX TRAFFICKING FACTS | NEW BLOG | 3 Strippers Accept Christ During Outreach @ National Training in Fort Myers 9/3/09 |
 | Tyra Bank's Guest Finds New Hope, New Life & New Dreams in Fort Myers, FL Tyra's, "Troubled Mom Tries to Change", episode featured a prostitute, Natanee, & left the viewer thinking she didn't want change. Hear the TRUE STORY about her life of change in her words, Monday, Sept 14 6:15pm EST CLICK HERE |
Beauty From Ashes' latest initiative, the FREEdom Children's Homes for
America's Prostituted Youth
 | WANTED: PRAYER WARRIORS Sept 25-27, 2009 Local•Regional•Global Mobilization of Intercessors 24 hr Prayer in 15 Minute Increments Sign Up Sheet PDF & Excel Porn Prayer Punch List 8.5x11 Flyer Please print, distribute and enlist others. Send your times & sign up sheets via email by September 24 @ 11:30pm EST. Prayer@BeautyFromAshes.org |
 | Lee Ministry For Sex Workers Shows the Way Fort Myers News Press 9/3/09 " . . . Julie Taylor
Shematz has seen the dark side during her seven years as a dancer,
including the despair of adult women and the exploitation of the young. Shematz has put her faith to action to help women who wish to quit the trade and build a new life. We'd do well to listen to her and to support ministries such as hers." Read More . . . View Video of Women at the New Life Center |
Fort Myers Ministry Helps Women Leave Sex Trade Fort Myers News Press 8/31/09 “It takes a long time for these girls to become adjusted to society,”
she said. “The temptation to go back is always there crouching at your
door.” |  |
Here is it is, finally! People have asked us what happens in a training and this video is filled with the testimonies of women that attended our latest in Detroit, MI May 8 & 9, 2009.
National Strip Club Outreach & XXX Ministry Training
Detroit, MI May 8 - 9, 2009
"So many 'goose bump' - 'wow' moments seeing God work"
"It was more of a spiritual retreat...it filled me so much."
"Beyond beneficial....life-changing"
"I learned so much from this seminar and found myself evaluating my life."
"What I do know is that you have changed my life forever."
Signs, miracles & wonders in Detroit:
God sent a stripper to the training that gave her heart to God!
Recommitments!
Local Strip Club Burned to Ground!
FULL TRAINING REPORT
Be part of the REFORMATION REVOLUTION!
Friday 8-9am EST &/or 8-9am PST
theCALL2XXX - Corporate Prayer & Fasting for the
Sex Industry, the Ministries & Organizations
Reaching, Rescuing & Restoring Them
Our Co-Founder, Pastor Julie Taylor Shematz's story was featured in the Sex
& Relationships Column of the Indianapolis Star. They also
featured her self portrait oil painting, "Rescued: Saved by Grace and
In His Grip". Kudos to reporter Konrad Marshall for a well written story. Her interview with him was an exclusive and the 1st secular interview that Beauty From Ashes has allowed. |  |
BREAKTHROUGH w/ROD PARSLEY BFA Co-Founder, Pastor Julie Shematz, is Pastor Parsley's special guest on the TV program, Breakthrough. The show is on Second Chances: Stripper by Night & College Student by Day. Julie will be sharing her testimony how God reached out to her in the midst of the her darkness and what's she's doing now to help others. The show began airing Sunday, January 18th on TBN & Daystar. |  |
 | THANK YOU PRAYER WARRIORS ! Because of you we were able to do it again for the world's largest porn expo! Below are the links to answer theCALL2XXX & promote the events: 24/7 Prayer Sign up.pdf 24/7 Prayer Sign up.xls Poster Banner Prayer Punch List Thank you for printing & distributing them to your church, prayer and care groups. |
| Celebrating 4 Years as a Not for Profit 501(c)3 Public Charity February 2009 Become a PURPOSE PARTNER Today Help Us Make an IMPACT on the World's Largest Mission Field |  |
 Revolutionary movement of weeekly FASTING & PRAYER for the sex industry & its ministries Tuesdays & Fridays 7-8 EST & 7-8 PST AND 24/7 Prayer Coverage of Selected Porn Conventions Porn Prayer Punch List DIVERSE Gatherings of Praise, Worship & Prayer •Strategic geographical locations in cities across U.S. •Pre-Porn Expo Event(s) | Rahab’s Hope Fund National program providing transitional assistance, job skill development, church placement, relocation, accountability, discipleship, counseling & money management to qualified candidates who have left sex industry.   |
| Strip Club Outreach & XXX Ministry Training Equipping the Church for Pastors & Lay Leaders | 'IT'S NOT GLAMOROUS' 4 tEEnS Multimedia, audience interactive, presentation emphasizing the following: •Truth vs. Myth of XXX Industry •Intimacy •Wordliness versus godliness •External & internal behaviors •Modesty •Self esteem •Commitment •Goal setting •The Father's Love |
| BFA RESOURCE CENTER •Computer Skill Development: Mac & PC •Resume Building •Office/Administrative Training •Bookkeeping w/Quickbooks •Graphic & Web Design Training |  For All Your Creative Needs: Graphic Design; Logos, stationary, business cards, flyers, brochures, signs... Portraits, Paintings, Drawings, Murals, Faux & Custom Painting |
Freedom Children’s Home™
•Orphanage for children rescued out of sex industry•Child care for women & men in faith based residential program(s). •Affordable child care for families transitioning out of industry All donations are tax deductible. Thank you for becoming a PURPOSE PARTNER with us. |
To Schedule a Beauty From Ashes™ Event
Custom Charcoal Portraits from Photographs
by internationally known, award winning, educated artist,
Julie Taylor Shematz
They make great Christmas gifts and family heirlooms!
1 person or pet 13"x19" portrait - $50.00 donation
2-3 person or pet 13"x19" portrait - $75.00 donation
3-6 person or 13"x19" pet portrait - $100.00 donation
(Pricing does not include shipping & handling)
 |  |  |
 |  |  |
|
All you have to do to order is pay securely online through Paypal or
send your check to Beauty From Ashes, 5100 S. Cleveland Avenue, Suite
318, PMB 148, Fort Myers, FL 33907 and email her your photograph.
She can work from multiple photographs combining them for a single
composition as well. Call 866.LLUV ART for more information. 100% of profits go to Beauty From Ashes™ Ministries |
 |  |  |  |
100% of the proceeds from Julie's artwork goes to support Beauty From Ashes™
| FROM SEX INDUSTRY to PASTORAL MINISTRY Press Release 6.17.08 |
 Formerly
known as Diamond, the Co-Founder of Beauty From Ashes Ministries, Inc.
aka theCALL2XXX, is officially enrolled at History Makers School of
Ministry in Fort Myers, FL as a full time student pursuing an
Associates Degree in Pastoral Care. Pastor Julie Shematz, a former stripper
& ordained minister since January 2008, is taking 14 credit hours
this semester and is scheduled to become an ordained pastor. Already
holding a Bachelor's of Fine Arts from Indiana University & having
studied as a triple major at Purdue Univerisity (Art Education K-12,
Fine Arts & Visual Communication Design) with a minor in Learning
Disabilities, she will continue to operate as the CEO of the
revolutionary, sex industry ministry based out of Fort Myers, FL. She is married to Co-Founder, Teen Challenge graduate and 5 year staff member, Steve Shematz. Steve, a recovered porn addict, and Julie founded Beauty From Ashes Ministries, a 501(c)3, faith based, public charity in February 2005 & they reside in Fort Myers, FL They both have traveled nationally training church leadership & lay persons how to do strip club outreaches & XXX ministry. Julie is a regular televsion guest on the Christian program, God Has the Answer Today, has appeared on numerous secular & Christian television shows, as well as been the keynote speaker for Sexual Wholeness & Teen Awareness & Prevention seminars nationally. Over 55 women & men have been assisted through the ministry that are still currently out of the sex industry and BFA manages the largest sex industry ministry network in the world. Julie started stripping in an effort to pay for her college education and was in the industry 7 years, 3 years after she acquired her BFA. She's celebrating 6 years of being out of it this year, October 4th, when she gave her heart to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Steve & Julie, originally from Maryland & Indiana, respectfully, met in Fort Myers and have been married since August of 2003. |
