Washtenaw County and Beyond, Partial
list as of March 29, 2013
UM Students for Life & ArborVitae Women's Center will co-sponsor, Have
you been TOUCHED BY ABORTION? Attend a FREE information session on
grieving. You or a friend struggling to cope after abortion? Need healing? A
safe place to grieve? To know that you are not alone? If so, join us at an
information session on Thursday, April 4th from 7-8pm to begin the
process. Location: Henderson Room - Michigan League (911 N University Ave, Ann
Arbor). Questions? Contact Pearle Bernick, LMSW, Post-abortion Counselor, for a
free & confidential consultation at (734) 994-8863 ext. 14 or consultant@annarborvitae.com.
The UM – Dearborn Political Science Association is hosting a debate, Talking
Abortion: A Discussion on Reproductive Rights, between Students for Life
and Voice for Choice. Local pro-lifers are cordially invited to this campus
debate on abortion at UM -- Dearborn. It will start at 6:15 PM on Wednesday
April 3rd in Kochoff B & C in UM - Dearborn's University Center. Representing
UM - Dearborn Students for Life will be renowned pro-life speaker Rebecca
Kiessling. Rebecca's conception was the product of rape. Her testimony is
both very powerful and very moving. She has appeared on a number of nationally
syndicated television shows including "Good Morning America" and
"CBS News". Questions can be addressed to: Professor Michael New at Michael.J.New@gmail.com. Facebook
event: http://www.facebook.com/events/232474263565181/
Students
for Life of Michigan's Annual Activism & Training Weekend is a unique opportunity for
pro-life students to come together for a weekend of networking, education, and
fun. Students will have the opportunity to train, one on one, with local
pro-life speakers and organizations that are dedicated to their success on
campus. There is no other opportunity like it! If you are part of the Pro-Life
Generation, this is a weekend that you will not want to miss! The Conference
will be held at Grand Valley State
University on April 5th and 6th. Meals will be provided. To read the
speaker schedule, view more details, and to register, visit: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5459734212
Special need: Are you able
to sponsor a student to go to the SFLM
Conference at Grand Valley State University on April 5 & 6th
(previous item)? A $30 donation will sponsor a student! To purchase a student’s ticket, go to
Eventbrite page: (http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5459734212) and note that you are donating that ticket to a student OR
donate to SFLM Michigan (http://www.sflmichigan.org/donate/).
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.
Genocide
Awareness Project (GAP) Coming to EMU, April 11th & 12th!
The EMU Students For Life (SFL) will be holding a volunteer training session and catered dinner at 6:30 p.m. on
Wed., April 10th in Room 330 in the EMU Student Center, 900
Oakwood St, Ypsilanti. The GAP
display will be up from approximately
8:00 am to 5:00 pm on Thursday/Friday,
April 11th and 12th near the
Marshall Building (located on W Circle Dr, Ypsi) and King Hall. The goal is to reach the minds & hearts of college students
and the surrounding community by showing them how the human right to
life is legally, systematically denied to the unborn. It's
a life-changing, awe-inspiring and powerful display! All are welcome to
the training and to check out the display. For info contact Greg Champion at emustudentsforlife@gmail.com. For more information about GAP and its mission please visit: http://www.abortionno.org/college-campus-outreach-gap/
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.
Invite a Life
Training Institute Speaker to Your School for FREE:
A
Life Training Institute speaker will travel to your school to equip your
students on how to
make
a persuasive case for life in the public square. They’re available for
all-school assemblies or in combined classes throughout the day. There is no
financial obligation to have one of our speakers come to your school. This is a
great opportunity for you to have a national level speaker at your school
without the financial expense. Please call Jan Lenze at 313-204-7450 to
schedule one of our speakers.
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.
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