Monday, May 13, 2013

May 13, 2013 Updated Upcoming Pro-Life Events


For Washtenaw County and Beyond, Partial list as of May 13th, 2013

Helpers of God's Precious Infants of Michigan news: There will be a training meeting for sidewalk counselors and prayers on Tuesday, May 14th, 7-9 pm at St. Lucy's in St. Claire Shores. New and experienced counselors welcome. Refreshments served. We hope to see you, feel free to bring a friend or family member. Questions? Email: helpersmi@gmail.com

On May 17th, there will be a fund raising opportunity for Mother and Unborn Baby Care @ Saint Anastasia Parish in Troy, MI. (4571 John R. Road). We will be showing the movie “October Baby”. The doors open at 6:30 P.M. , with the movie starting at 7:00 P.M. There will be a free-will offering taken that night. Please invite your friends to come and see this movie, which is based on the life of Gianna Gessen, who was burned alive in the womb by a saline abortion and survived. Questions? Email: Peter Riccardo at peter.r@maubc.org

On May 17 and 18th there will be a 2 Day Symposium on the Redemption of Human Sexuality, Featuring Theology of the Body Speaker, Sr. Helena Burns, fsp at Our Lady of Good Counsel. You can see the flier at:  http://www.olgcparish.net/resources/human_sexuality_symposium_2013.pdf. Our Lady of Good Counsel is located at 47650 North Territorial, Plymouth, MI 48170.  Questions? Email: OLGCMay17@aol.com

Childhood Sexual Abuse Training: ArborVitae Women's Center in conjunction with The Washtenaw Area Council for Children is sponsoring: Darkness 2 Light (D2L): Childhood Sexual Abuse Training on Saturday, May 18, 2013 from 9:00 am to noon, at St. Mary Student Parish in Ann Arbor. Registration begins at 8:30am. Ticket cost of $12 includes materials and a continental breakfast, seating is limited and registration closes on Wednesday, May 15th. Register online: http://arborvitae-d2l.eventbrite.com/. St. Mary Student Parish is located at 331 Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Public Parking is available at the Maynard Street Parking Structure (324 Maynard Street). Questions? Contact Iris Proctor, Executive Director, ArborVitae Women’s Center at director@annarborvitae.com or 734.994.8863.

Crossroads Pro-Life Walks Across America! Begins on the west coast on May 18th and concludes in Washington DC on August 10thhttp://www.crossroadswalk.org/. Watch for updates on when they will be coming to our area.

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.

The Pill Kills 2013 Campaign - June, 1, 2013 - We will once again have a peaceful, prayerful presence in front of the Planned Parenthood clinics in Ann Arbor (Stadium Dr. and Professional Dr.) and Ypsilanti (Maus Rd.) on this first Saturday of June.  If you are interested in holding signs and/or handing out literature about the detrimental effects of the pill at one of the 3 PP clinics in Ann Arbor or Ypsilanti, please contact me (Paul -40daysannarbor@gmail.com).

Ongoing: Even though we are between 40 Days for Life campaigns, the handful of year-round prayer friends and sidewalk counselors could use support through prayer and fasting at home and/or work, prayerful witness at Planned Parenthood (3100 Professional Dr., Ann Arbor) and help with reaching out to PP clients.  If you can help in any of these ways, please contact me (Paul - 40daysannarbor@gmail.com).  Lives can truly be saved through your efforts!

Ongoing: 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.

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.

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.

To be added to the Prolife Action Network email group and receive updates for Life Chain,

Local Pro-Life Events and Religious Liberty Issues and Events and to submit info on a Pro-Life event:

Contact Sandie Weathers prolifeactionnetwork@gmail.com or

Marilyn Geyer at 734-973-2422 or mgeyer@provide.net

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