Wednesday, May 22, 2013

May 22, 2013 Upcoming Pro-Life Events Updated


Washtenaw County and Beyond, Partial list as of May 22nd, 2013

Thursday, May 30th – Annual Spring Fund Raiser @ Farmington Hills – Mother and Unborn Baby Care Presents “Defending Life in a Post-Christian World” – Location - 23666 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, MI. Registration/Social Hour – 5:30 -6:30 P.M. Costs of tickets are – Students - $25.00; Adults - $50.00; Table Sponsors - $500.00 (table of 10). Evening will conclude at 9:00 P.M.  Keynote Speaker Scott Klusendorf – CEO of Life Training Institute. His ministry is reaching out to the youth to teach them how to defend life in our secular culture today. For further information, please contact Peter Riccardo @ (248) 202- 4903 (Cell).

Friday, May 31st – Pro-Life Training Session @ Our Lady of Good Counsel with Scott Klusendorf. Training will commence at 9:00 A.M. and conclude at 11:00 A.M. For those that cannot attend the dinner on May 30th, donations will be accepted for Mother and Unborn Baby Care. Scott will teach how to defend life in a non-confrontational manner using science and philosophy. For further information, please call Peter Riccardo @ (248) 202-4903 (Cell). OLGC is located at 47650 North Territorial Road, Plymouth

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 31 in Detroit, A Rachel's Vineyard Retreat will begin! Healing the Pain of Abortion… One weekend at a time… Why wait any longer? Join us on our next weekend retreat starting on Friday, May 31st – June 2nd, 2013. For more information and registration contact Christine at (248) 494-6363. Rachel’s Vineyard is a safe place to renew, rebuild and redeem hearts broken by abortion. Weekend retreats offer you a supportive, confidential and non--judgmental environment where women and men can express, release and reconcile painful post--abortive emotions to begin the process of restoration, renewal and healing. Rachel’s Vineyard welcomes women, men, grandparents, siblings, anyone touched by the trauma of abortion. www.detroitrachelsvineyard.org

The Pill Kills 2013 Campaign – On Saturday, June 1st - 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).

Crossroads Pro-Life Walks Across America is underway and will conclude in Washington DC on August 10thhttp://www.crossroadswalk.org/. Watch for updates on when participants will be coming to our area.

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.

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