Updated May 8th List of Pro-Life Events for Washtenaw County and Beyond

As of May 8th, 2013 

PICKET PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MID AND SOUTH MICHIGAN FUNDRAISER luncheon that features Eve Ensler—author of the notorious “Vagina Monologues”! The picket is: Thursday, May 9^th, 11:00am to 1:00pm at the Troy Marriot Hotel, 200 East Big Beaver Road, Troy Michigan, just east of I 75.

This Saturday, May 11^th, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm, celebrate Livonia, MI, being abortion free for the first time in 31 years at 27549 Six Mile, 1/4 mile west of Inkster at the site of the closed abortion facility! Guest speakers- Joe Scheidler, Al Kresta, Lynn Mills and more. Hear the incredible true story of how GOD put this building into the right hands. Maybe even meet the new owners and THANK THEM!  From 3:00 to 5:00 pm refreshments will be served at Sacred Heart Byzantine Church at 29125 Six Mile Road, just east of Middlebelt. Chat with the speakers and socialize. In case of 'inclement weather’ all of the activities from 2:00 to 5:00 pm will take place at Sacred Heart Byzantine Church, 29125 Six Mile Road, just east of Middlebelt. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY CHILD FRIENDLY!

Celebrate Freedom of Religion-Living Rosary-State Capitol!  All faiths and ages are encouraged to attend a peaceful, prayerful celebration at the State Capitol, Saturday, May 11, 2 p.m. The Knights of Columbus Color Corps will perform a visual Living Rosary encouraging the importance of life, religious liberty, Charity, Unity, Fraternity,and Patriotism. The event will start at 2 p.m. in front of the State Capitol building in Lansing. A social reception is scheduled from 3-4 p.m. with Mass following at 4 p.m. at St. Mary Cathedral, 219 Seymour Avenue. For more information please visit www.kofc11694.org###

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 15^th. 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 18^th and concludes in Washington DC on August 10^th!  http://www.crossroadswalk.org/. Watch for updates on when they will be coming to our area.

On May 30^th, 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 31^st 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: 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.