Washtenaw
County and Beyond, Partial list as of Feb. 28th, 2013
Ann Arbor’s 40 Days for Life campaign, is well under way,
and will continue until Palm Sunday, March 24. The campaign in Ann
Arbor features a peaceful prayer vigil 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Please visit the Ann Arbor campaign’s
website, www.40daysforlife.com/annarbor,
to sign up for an hour of prayer in front of Planned Parenthood, 3100 Professional
Drive, Ann Arbor. To learn more about 40
Days for Life, visit: www.40daysforlife.com. For assistance or for more information, please contact Paul Dobrowolski at 40daysannarbor@gmail.com.
A2 40 Days For Life
Mid-Point Rally: Pro-life Friends from Ann Arbor and surrounding
communities are invited to keep the momentum going in the Spring 2013 40 Days
for Life campaign at the Mid-Point Rally, to be held 11:00 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 2, outside the abortion
facility at Planned Parenthood, 3100 Professional Drive, Ann Arbor.
The FLS Winter
Gala Registration Deadline is Sunday, March 3rd.
Family Life Services will be
holding A Winter Gala at The Yankee Air Museum Thurs. March 7th. Dinner is
complimentary but registration is necessary to attend. Join us for a
wonderful evening and help fund the clinic in 2013. The program theme will
be "Bringing our communities back to Life!" and delicious food will
be provided by local favorite, The Moveable Feast. There will
also be an opportunity for a self-guided tour of the museum. Seating is limited
so please register early at: www.TheGreatTurnaroundEvent.com, select Michigan, then select
Belleville and click on Family Life Services. That will take you to our
page for information and registration. For other information or
if you would rather register by phone, call 734.434.3088.
“Using Calm, Cool Logic to Dismantle Pro-Choice Views” * A Young Adult
Pro-Life Conference!
Christ the King
Catholic Church, 4000 Ave Maria Dr. in Ann Arbor is the host site for a
pro-life “not to be missed” event
taking place on Saturday, March 9th from 10:00am to 5:00pm. This
conference will equip young adults and other pro-life people with tools to
present and debate life issues using logic, science and philosophy. All high school and college age young adults
are welcomed! Register on-line at:
ctkcc.net. Conference Presenters include Lia
Mills, a high school student from
Toronto who is a fearless and powerful defender of life who
uses Logic to counter pro-choice
arguments; Dr. Clint Olson, uses Scientific advances and medical
research to dismantle pro-choice arguments and Father Ed Fride will present critical Philosophic underpinnings of the Pro-Life World View, plus more… Conference is open to all ages: 14, 24, 74 and between and
beyond! Everyone is welcome!
On
Sunday, April 7th, 3:00 PM at Planned Parenthood, 3100 Professional Dr., Ann
Arbor, attend the Annual
Living Rosary and Living Chaplet to commemorate the Knights of Columbus Day of
Prayer for the Unborn Child. All are welcome. For info, contact
Paul Dobrowolski 734-944-7790.
On Thursday, April 11th, the Knights of Columbus
Michigan State Council will be hosting the 35th
annual Respect Life Dinner to benefit the Right to Life of Michigan
Educational Fund. This year our special guest
speaker is David Bereit, National Director of 40 Days for Life. David became an outspoken pro-life advocate
after Planned Parenthood announced plans to build an abortion clinic in his
Texas town in 1998. The Burton Manor in Livonia will open its
doors for this important event. They are located at 27777 Schoolcraft, Livonia,
MI. Social hour begins at 6:00 pm, dinner at 7:00 pm. You can register on line
at http://www.rtl.org/events/kofc/respectlife.html. For more details contact www.rtl.org or Barbara Rotary at respectlife@rtl.org or (248) 371-0466.
Legislative Day is Tuesday, April 23rd at the Radisson Hotel,
111 N. Grand Ave., Lansing. With special guest speaker, Pastor Christopher
Brooks, Senior Pastor from Evangel Ministries, Detroit. Pastor Brooks will
inspire and energize you with his pro life message. Registration begins at
8:45am. If you would like to reserve a seat for Lunch with your Legislator,
please contact Right to Life of Michigan at (517) 487-3376 or email: legisday@rtl.org. A tour of the Capitol will begin at 2pm. Tickets for this
event are $46 for adults and $20 for students. For the registration form,
please visit www.rtl.org (click on the carousel) or call Karen
Walacavage at (734) 930-7474.
On May 30th, 2013 – Mother and Unborn Baby Care
Presents Defending Life in a Post Christian World with Guest Speaker Scott
Klusendorf – CEO of Life Training Institute, at Farmington Hills Manor, located
at 23666 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, MI. The cost is $25.00 per
student; $50.00 per adult (This includes Hor d’oeuvre’s, dinner, beer, wine).
Registration will be from 5:30 P.M. – 6:00 P.M. The program will run from 6:00
P.M. till 9:00 P.M. Please make checks payable to: MAUBC and mail to: Mother
and Unborn Baby Care, 24500 Southfield Road, Southfield, MI 48075, Attn: Peter
Riccardo.
Scott Klusendorf
founded the Life Training Institute to train pro-lifers to effectively get our
message across, with the goal of saving lives. Scott works with the youth
– specifically Catholics and Protestants, and anyone else who wants to work to
save life, to make a case for life in the public square. He focuses on going
into Catholic and Protestant high schools, as well as doing assemblies, classes
and presentations that communicate the moral logic of the Pro-Life view.
He teaches the students how to argue persuasively for the pro-life view using
science and philosophy. If you are interested in learning how you can more
clearly defend LIFE, please contact Peter at (248) 202-4903 for more information.
On Friday, May 31st there will be a training
session with Scott Klusendorf, founder of the Life Training Institute, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, 47650 North Territorial Road, Plymouth from 9:00 am to 11:00 am. Scott will teach
the youth, and anyone else who wants to learn, how to defend Life in our
secular culture. For further info please call Peter Riccardo at (248) 202-4903.
ONGOING:
Baby Needs Collection through Christ The King
Pro-lifers
have been super generous in providing much needed items for the wonderful
pregnancy help centers in our area! Many
of you have expressed a need for an ongoing collection point. Now, you can drop
off baby items anytime in the collection baskets located at the Christ The King
Pro-Life Information Center in the Narthex (in the church) – across from the
cry room. Christ The King Catholic Church is located at 4000 Ave Maria Dr in Ann Arbor, (near Domino’s Farms). We will collect and distribute the
items on a rotating basis to the pregnancy help centers in our area. We hope this helps those who
want so much to help!! If you have a large item – please contact Brigid bak.aa47@gmail.com or Marge mlskr@aol.com for
special handling.
ONGOING:
Hope
Clinic serving low-income families in
need, they always need items to fill their Baby Care shelves. To help, please
bring unopened and non-expired items to Hope Clinic, 518 Harriet Street,
Ypsilanti 48197. For more info contact Melissa Burkhart at mburkhart@thehopeclinic.org
ONGOING: Family Life Services Clinic is a
Christian outreach to women and men facing unexpected pregnancies and hurting
from abortion. To help, please
bring unopened and non-expired baby items to 2950 Packard Rd. Ypsilanti,
MI 48197. Betsy Duncan-Spong at bdspong@sbcglobal.net - 734.434.3088.
ONGOING:
Arborvitae Women’s Center provides free services to women facing unexpected
pregnancies, such as free pregnancy testing, ultrasounds, consulting and more
near U of M campus. For more info
contact: Iris Proctor at director@annarborvitae.com. Mail donations to PO Box 7727, Ann Arbor, MI
48107.
