Please Help Spread
the Word!
Partial list as of August 6th, 2013 - Washtenaw County and Beyond -
Compiled
by Sandie Weathers
Update: The NO
Taxes for Abortion Insurance Petition Drive!
Many
Michigan hands are needed! We have 180 days to gather signatures! The Petition Drive is a straight-forward
legislative initiative by Right to Life of Michigan to keep our tax dollars and
health insurance premiums from paying
for abortions in Michigan. For more
information, to read the proposed legislation and to order petitions, visit the
NO Taxes For Abortion Insurance
website at www.MichigansVoice.com or call
616-532-2300. Local contacts: Karen
Walacavage, Washtenaw County RTL at 734-930-7474 or kwalacavage@rtl.org or Sandie Weathers at 734-434-8447 or prolifeactionnetwork@gmail.com.
Many more volunteers are still needed to circulate
petitions. Thank
You to ALL of those who are working hard to collect signatures.
On Tuesday, August 13th from 7-9 pm, Helpers of God's Precious
Infants of Michigan will have a training / continuing education meeting
for sidewalk counselors and prayers at St. Lucy's in St Clair Shores. Please
come and bring a friend. Questions? Email Sarah Lonardo at helpersmi@gmail.com.
Right to Life of Washtenaw
County will be hosting a educational pro-life booth at
the Ypsilanti Heritage Festival, on Fri., Aug. 16th thru Sun., Aug. 18th. They will be gathering signatures for The No
Taxes for Abortion Insurance petition
drive. Please visit the booth, sign the petition or get more info.
ArborVitae Women’s Center “2nd Annual On Par for Life” golf outing on Monday, August 19 at Barton Hills Country Club. All proceeds help ArborVitae
continue to provide free and confidential services to women and young
University of Michigan students facing unplanned pregnancies. Services include
pregnancy testing, limited obstetrical ultrasound, pregnancy options
counseling, baby layettes, cribs, safe baby instruction and material resource
referrals. Sponsorship opportunities are still available. Noon shotgun start includes lunch followed
by cocktails, dinner, silent and live auction. Not a golfer? Please join us at 5:00 pm for cocktails, dinner, and a live
auction. Visit www.onparforlife.com to register. For additional information contact
Iris Proctor at 734.994.8863 ordirector@annarborvitae.com.
Mini-conference on
infertility: If you
know someone who is suffering from infertility, or who may want to learn about
NaPro Technology - a major breakthrough in women's health - please tell them
about this mini-conference on Aug. 24th
from 9 a.m. - 1
p.m. at Madonna University in Livonia. The cost is $12. Register at http://creightonmodel.eventbrite.com/.
Upcoming Rachel’s
Vineyard weekend: Metro Detroit area, Sept. 6th thru 8th.
Contact Chris Elwart at 248-494-6363 or info@detroitrachelsvineyard.org
or go to www.detroitrachelsvineyard.org.
Rachel’s Vineyard Ministries is an organization offering
weekend retreats for women who have had abortions as well as others who have
been wounded or hurt by abortion. Women,
men, couples, grandparents and former abortion providers are welcome. The
Rachel’s Vineyard program provides an opportunity for women to examine their
experience with abortion and identify ways that the loss caused by abortion has
impacted them in the past and present. Visit the
website at www.rachelsvineyard.org or call the 24/7 phone help line at 1-877-HOPE-4-ME.
Family Life Services’ 23rd Annual Walk for Life, will be
held on Saturday, September 14, at
Concordia University on Geddes Rd in Ann Arbor. Check in begins at 9:00 am with
kick off at 9:30. Join us as an individual
walker, or form a team for your church, school, business or family. Walkers who
raise $100 or more in donations will earn a free Walk T-shirt. A generous donor has made it possible for the individual bringing in the most donations
this year to win an 8 inch Tablet! Contact Mary at (734) 434-3088 if
your business/group is interested in sponsoring the Walk. We have set a goal
of $10,000 for the 2013 Walk. Please help us “Celebrate Life” and make
this Walk better than ever! For more information or to register for the Walk,
please go to flswalkforlife.com.
The National Day of Remembrance for
Aborted Children will
take place on September 14, 2013
with solemn prayer vigils at gravesites across the
United States at which these
children have been buried. Memorial Services will also take place at the sites
of memorial markers. For an updated list of memorial services and for more info,
please go to: www.abortionmemorials.com.
Memorial Services are currently planned at the following gravesites and a
memorial marker site in our area.
St. Joseph Cemetery at 2pm, 2520 W Willow St., Lansing,
48917 (gravesite)
Assumption Grotto Parish Cemetery at 1pm, 13770 Gratiot Avenue, Detroit,
48205 (gravesite)
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery-Infant Section at
1pm, 25800 W. 10 Mile Rd., Southfield, 48034 (gravesite)
White Chapel Cemetery at 1pm, 621 W. Long Lake Rd., Troy,
48098 (gravesite)
Holy Spirit Parish at 1pm in Hamburg (memorial marker site)
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Save the Dates: The Ann
Arbor 40 Days For
Life Fall Campaign is set for
Sept 25th thru Nov. 3rd.
Save the Date: Right to Life of Michigan Conference on
Friday, September 27, in Lansing.
Save
the Date: Life Chain will be held on Sunday
Oct. 6th from 2:00 to 3:30 pm at the corner of Washtenaw and Huron
Parkway-Platt in Ann Arbor.
Save
the Date: On Thursday, Oct. 10th
Right to Life of Washtenaw County will hold their Annual Dinner.
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
http://pro-lifeactionnetworkblog.blogspot.com/ *
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