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Please Join Us at Life Chain 2014

 Respect Life Sunday, October 5^th

2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The Intersection of Washtenaw Ave & Huron Parkway

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Life Chain is a peaceful, prayerful, legal, family friendly,

Nationwide PRO-LIFE demonstration!

Please join us and make a stand for life!

Again this year we will be collecting baby items

for area Pregnancy Help Centers!

Please don’t park in the lots of open businesses

(ie Whole Foods, Barnes & Noble)

A $2 donation per family/individual would be greatly appreciated.

Sponsored by: The Prolife Action Network and area churches

For parking or other info call Marilyn Geyer at 734-973-2422

To be added to our email group,,

please email Sandie at prolifeactionnetwork@gmail.com

“Rescue those unjustly sentenced to death, don’t

stand back and let them die.” Proverbs 24:11

Life Chain 2014

Sunday, October 5th  

2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The Intersection of

Washtenaw Ave & Huron Parkway 

Ann Arbor, MI

• Stand up for the Sacredness of LIFE from the moment of conception to natural death.
• Be a part of a peaceful, prayerful, legal, family friendly, nationwide PRO-LIFE demonstration!
• Signs will be available at all four corners of the intersection.

• Rain or shine. Please invite your family and friends! Bring the kids! Bring lawn chairs if you wish!

·         Please don’t park in the lots of open businesses ie Whole Foods and Barnes & Noble!

·         Please remember our purpose is prayer!

·         Come see the first phase of the Pro-Life Art Display!

• Special feature: Donations of new and gently used Baby Items for area Pregnancy Help Centers can

be dropped off at any of the four corners of the intersection! Formula and diapers are always needed!

• A suggested family donation of $2.00 would be greatly appreciated, to cover the cost of this event!        

Sponsored by: The Prolife Action Network, The Word of God and area churches

For parking or other info call Marilyn Geyer at 734-973-2422

To be added to the Pro-Life Action Network email group, and receive pro-life updates for

Washtenaw County and beyond, please email Sandie at prolifeactionnetwork@gmail.com

Visit: http://pro-lifeactionnetworkblog.blogspot.com/

Visit us on Facebook: Prolife Action Network

For a colored electronic copy of this file, please email Sandie at: prolifeactionnetwork@gmail.com

For the national website for Life Chain go to: www.lifechain.net

Please post, copy/distribute!

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up”. Galatians 6:9

Please Join Us at Life Chain

Please join us on Respect Life Sunday, October 5th, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the intersection of Washtenaw Ave & Huron Parkway in Ann Arbor. Life Chain is a peaceful, prayerful, legal, family friendly, Nationwide PRO-LIFE demonstration! Please join us and make a stand for life! Again this year we will be collecting baby items for area Pregnancy Help Centers! Please don’t park in the lots of open businesses (ie Whole Foods, Barnes & Noble).A $2 donation per family/individual would be greatly appreciated. For parking or other info call Marilyn Geyer at 734-973-2422. To be added to our email group, please email Sandie at prolifeactionnetwork@gmail.com. Sponsored by: The Prolife Action Network and area churches. “Rescue those unjustly sentenced to death, don’t stand back and let them die.” Proverbs 24:11

For Immediate Release

September 11, 2014

The Fall Kickoff Rally for 40 Days for Life to be held on the UM DIAG!

The Ann Arbor 40 Days For Life Kickoff Rally will take place on Friday, September 26^th, from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm on the University of Michigan DIAG, located in front of the Hatcher Graduate Library, near State Street and North University in Ann Arbor. Bring your children and tell your friends.

The featured speaker will be Monica Migliorino Miller, nationally known pro-life leader, speaker, author of Abandoned: The Untold Stories of the Abortion Wars, a pioneer and veteran of pro-life activism dating back to 1976, and founder of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society. In addition to her pro-life leadership, Miller is an associate professor of religious studies at Madonna University having earned her doctorate at Marquette University.

The University of Michigan Students For Life, who are hosting the rally, will be on the DIAG from 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm for an afternoon of prolife activism, as they strive to fulfill their mission to promote and defend the dignity and protection of all human life, from the moment of conception until natural death. So plan to come early and stay late. Take the opportunity to meet representatives from local pro-life organizations. And view phase one of the pro-life poster project. To signup go to: http://40daysforlife.com/annarbor. Please note that the website has been updated, so everyone will need to signup. For info contact Ann Arbor campaign director, Sandie Weathers at 40daysforlifeannarbor@gmail.com or call 734-657-1936.

MOURN the Aborted Unborn--Attend memorial Services for Aborted Babies THIS SATURDAY! Here is the List

Dear Friends for Life--  I URGE that you will make an effort to attend one of these local memorial services as part of the National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Babies.  These are the actual graves in the Detroit Metro area and Lansing, MI where the victims of abortion have been laid to rest. These services are all these abandoned babies, found in abortion mill trash dumpsters will get this side of heaven.    See the flyer below.     see   www.abortionmemorials.com    This is a project of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society with the Pro-Life Action League and Priests for Life.   God bless you all--   Monica of CPLS

Alveda King will be present at the service at Holy Sepulchre with Rebecca Kiessling and Bishop Byrnes

Bishop Henchon, Pastor May and Deacon Smigell will be at Assumption Grotto Parish cemetery

Stacy Swimp of the Frederick Douglass Society will be at White Chapel Cemetery in Troy

PLEASE send this memo to your own lists !    

2014-09-07 Great Pro-Life Happening This Week and Beyond for Washtenaw County and Beyond!

Partial list as of September 7th, 2014 compiled by Sandie Weathers

On Going: Protest at Providence Park Hospital every Tuesday! Hope to see you this Tuesday, Sept 9th at Providence Park Hospital from 4:30 to 6 pm on the corner of Beck & Grand River Roads. Please DO NOT park at Providence. You can park at the Kroger grocery nearby and walk over to the intersection. This is an on-going and important initiative to draw attention to the horrible FACT that this Catholic Hospital has a number of abortionists on staff (they do the abortions elsewhere) including Glenn Taylor who is no less than the "medical director" of Planned Parenthood abortion facility in Ann Arbor. For info contact Lynn Mills at lynnspl81@aol.com.

PLANNING MEETING REMINDER! The next planning meeting for the 40 Days For Life Ann Arbor fall campaign is at 7:00pm, Tuesday, September 9th in the St. Francis of Assisi Church Library at 2250 E. Stadium Blvd in Ann Arbor. The church library is just inside the main church doors and to the right. Our final meeting will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 16th. We are looking for church/organization reps that are willing to help schedule members of your faith community and/or organization to take part in the prayer vigil. If interested in helping, please contact: ​ Sandie Weathers campaign director, at 40daysforlifeannarbor@gmail.com or 734-657-1936.

40 DFL Ann Arbor Campaign News! From September 24 to November 2, our community will unite with hundreds of others from coast to coast – and internationally – for a major simultaneous pro-life mobilization – the 40 Days for Life campaign. Faithful believers are praying that these efforts will mark the beginning of the end of abortion. Since our 1st campaign in 2007, the number of children killed by abortion annually in Washtenaw County has dropped by an average of 168 lives per year  as compared to the previous 9 year average. Let’s get to work and save more children from abortion and their parents from agony and regret.

40 DFL ANN ARBOR VIGIL:

Location:  Outside of the Planned Parenthood abortion facility at 3100 Professional Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Hours: 12 am to 12 am daily. (Special appeal:  We are looking for “Forty Good Men” to take one 6 hour shift or two 3 hour shifts from midnight to 6:00 am.)

Vigil sign-up/Updates go to: www.40daysforlife.com/ann-arbor/. Please note that the website has been updated, so everyone needs to (re)register.          

Contact director: Sandie Weathers at 40daysforlifeannarbor@gmail.com or 734-657-1936.

Dearborn Area Right to Life will hold their annual banquet on Friday, Sept. 12th. Doors open at 6:00 pm and the event starts at 7:00 pm. The speaker is Jonathon van Maren from the Canadian Centre for Bioethical  Reform. He will be giving a talk entitled, "Changing Hearts and Minds in Unconventional Ways."Jonathon at the age of 25, is a very accomplished pro-life speaker and debater. Cost is $25.00. For additional details, please check out their FB event page: https:/ /www.facebook.com/events/1466749310267385/1466749320267384/?notif_t=like

Make plans to attend one of these National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children Memorial Services for unborn children killed by abortion and buried at cemeteries in Detroit, Lansing, Southfield and Troy. Give these victims the respect they deserve! For more info go to: www.abortionmemorials.com.

Eat Chocolate. Save Babies. – Run For Their Lives 5c – On Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014 at the Brighton Church of the Nazarene, 7669 Brighton Rd. Brighton. Check it out: http://runfortheirlives5c.com/

The "Helpers" will be holding a formal Prayer Vigil for Life on Saturday, September 20th at St Veronica Catholic Church and it will be led by Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron! The Archbishop will offer Holy Mass at 7:30am and will then lead us in deep prayer in front of the two nearby abortion mills on E 8 Mile Rd.  The vigil concludes back at St Veronica with Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Refreshments will be served immediately following. A usual reminder that Helpers Vigils are never a protest or a demonstration. Questions? Helpers of God's Precious Infants of MI helpersmi@gmail.com.

Students for Life at Eastern Michigan University is excited to be hosting, from Students for Life of American... The Planned Parenthood Project on Monday, September 22nd.  This is an event worth the work; we expose the truth about Abortion mogul Planned Parenthood. We need volunteers to help make this happen with set-up at 9am and take-down at 3pm. We are holding the display outside the largest academic building on campus- Pray-Harrold at E Circle Dr, Ypsilanti, MI 48197. Contact info: Katie Perrotta at 734-474-8534 or emustudentsforlife@gmail.com.  For more info on the display, here’s the webpage: http://studentsforlife.org/plannedparenthood/

RTL News! Please join Right to Life of Michigan and Ryan Bomberger, the guest speaker, for the 41st annual Right to Life of Michigan Conference, Thursday, September 25, at the Radisson Hotel in Lansing. Learn about the many ways to stand up for life. The afternoon is filled with informative workshops that will motivate and inspire. Workshop options include: Grassroots in Action, How to Shape the Abortion Debate, How Prolife Laws Saves Lives in Michigan, and much more.  Ryan Bomberger is an Emmy Award-winning creative professional and Chief Creative Officer for The Radiance Foundation, which exists to inspire people to embrace their intrinsic value and live a life of meaning. Ryan's biological mother was raped, yet courageously chose to continue the pregnancy and chose the loving option of adoption for him. Register today at: http://rtl.org/events/conference/index.html. Invite your friends and family & take advantage of the group rate. 

Life Chain News! Life Chain 2014 is coming on Respect Life Sunday, October 5^th, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 pm at the intersection of Washtenaw Ave & Huron Parkway in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  For additional info call Marilyn Geyer at 734-973-2422 or email Sandie Weathers at prolifeactionnetwork@gmail.com. For updates visit: http://pro-lifeactionnetworkblog.blogspot.com/

Please join Right to Life of Washtenaw County & Western Wayne County for our annual Focus On Life Benefit Dinner on Thursday, October 9, 6 p.m. at The Polo Fields of Ann Arbor (5200 Polo Fields Drive).  Special guest speaker will be Ellen Salter of Dearborn, MI.  You will want to hear her inspiring story of the faith and love that binds her family together.  Tickets are $45 each, or table of 8 for $320. Contact Betsey Brandt for your tickets at 734/709-2771 or betsey.brandt@gmail.com.

Special Pro-Life Project for Ypsilanti Residents - We are looking for Ypsilanti residents to volunteer for a short term Pro-Life special project that could have widespread impact in the area.  If interested and to find out more, contact Cathy at 734-944-7790.

Want to use your gifts/talents to support women & the unborn? ArborVitae Women’s Center wants YOU to volunteer. ArborVitae needs pro-life people to support, nurture, and empower women facing unplanned pregnancies. Wanted: Nurses & RDMS (sonographers) with a current Michigan license; pregnancy counselors with an aptitude or counseling background; post-abortion counselors (male & female), marketing, administrative, receptionist and janitorial (male or female) volunteers. ArborVitae's mandatory Fall Volunteer Training is Sat., 10/18/14(8:30am-2:30pm). Contact ArborVitae's Volunteer Coordinator at (734) 994-8863 or consultant@annarborvitae.com to learn more/attend. To download an application visit http://annarborvitae.com/volunteer.

Arbor Vitae Women’s Center: PREGNANT?  Know someone who might be? Find out for sure. Free and confidential services for all ages including pregnancy testing, ultrasounds to date and confirm pregnancy, pregnancy options counseling and post-abortion counseling. Where: ArborVitae, downtown Ann Arbor located at the corner of State and Liberty (below Starbucks) When: Monday and Thursday 9am-4pm; Tuesday 2pm-8pm How: Walk in or make an appointment online at http://arborwoman.com/request-an-appointment/Questions: Call 734-994-8863.

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

 Visit us on Facebook: Prolife Action Network

Pulling Together a Team to Plan the 2014 Ann Arbor 40 Days For Life Fall Campaign!

PLANNING MEETING - Please Join Us! The next planning meeting for the Ann Arbor 40 Days For Life fall campaign is at 7:00pm, Tuesday, September 9th in the St. Francis of Assisi Church Library at 2250 E. Stadium Blvd in Ann Arbor. The church library is just inside the main church doors and to the right. Our final meeting will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 16th. We are looking for church/organization reps that are willing to help schedule members of your faith community and/or organization to take part in the prayer vigil. If interested in helping, please contact: ​ Sandie Weathers, campaign director at 40daysforlifeannarbor@gmail.com or 734-657-1936.

Ann Arbor 40 DFL News! From September 24 to November 2, our community will unite with hundreds of others from coast to coast – and internationally – for a major simultaneous pro-life mobilization – the 40 Days for Life campaign. Faithful believers are praying that these efforts will mark the beginning of the end of abortion. Since our 1st campaign in 2007, the number of children killed by abortion annually in Washtenaw County has dropped by an average of 168 lives per year as compared to the previous 9 year average. Let’s get to work and save more children from abortion and their parents from agony and regret.

ANN ARBOR VIGIL:

Location:  Outside of the Planned Parenthood abortion facility at 3100 Professional Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Hours: 12 am to 12 am daily. (Special appeal:  We are looking for “Forty Good Men” to take one 6 hour shift or two 3 hour shifts from midnight to 6:00 am.)

Vigil sign-up/Updates go to: www.40daysforlife.com/ann-arbor/. Please note that the website has been updated, so everyone needs to (re)register.

Need vigil scheduling help, email: 40daysforlifea2vigil@gmail.com     

Contact director: Sandie Weathers at 40daysforlifeannarbor@gmail.com or 734-657-1936. 

2014-09-05 Check Out Prolife Events for Saturday, Sept. 6th for Washtenaw County and Beyond

Partial list as of September 5th, 2014 compiled by Sandie Weathers

FLS News! Be sure to register for the 2014 Walk for Life to benefit Family Life Services of Washtenaw County and spread awareness about our services.  The Walk will be held on Saturday September 6, 2014 at Concordia University.  Registration is Free and Now Open @ www.flswalkforlife.com  Even if you cannot make it, please take the opportunity to help other walkers reach their goals and support Family Life Services.  This is a family friendly event with walking, food, a raffle, and entertainment!  We look forward to seeing you there.  Prizes will be given to churches, individual walkers, and teams who raise the most money. For add’l info contact Karalee Robison at admin@flscenter.com or 734-434-3088.

Join other intercessors and prayer warriors for a Day of Prayer and Repentance on the MI capitol’s east lawn in Lansing, on Saturday, Sept. 6^th at 2pm.  Use the flyer link for a list of speakers and the details: http://dofh.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/4CL-DOFH_LansingPrayer_0729141.jpg  Prayers will be offered for three key battlegrounds: Life, Traditional Marriage and Family, and the persecuted church. For info contact Nick Zabrodsky at nickzabrodsky@gmail.com   

Join us in a peaceful Prolife Protest at the Planned Parenthood Knowledge is Power Party. Date:  Saturday, September 6, 2014, Time:  We will meet in front of Bill’s at 4:15 p.m. and the event is 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM. Even if you can only come for a short time, please join us!  Location: Bill's Beer Garden, Downtown Home & Garden, 210 S. Ashley Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Bring: Prolife signs (some signs will be available). Questions:  Contact Alice Jo Rainville or 734-751-9328 (mobile phone).

Special Pro-Life Project for Ypsilanti Residents - We are looking for Ypsilanti residents to volunteer for a short term Pro-Life special project that could have widespread impact in the area.  If interested and to find out more, contact Cathy at 734-944-7790.

Helpers of God's Precious Infants of Michigan will have a training meeting for sidewalk counselors on Monday, Sept. 8th at 7pm at St. Lucy's, St. Clare Shores. Please come and bring a friend. Email helpersmi@gmail.com with your questions.

On Going: Protest at Providence Park Hospital every Tuesday! Hope to see you this Tuesday, Sept 9th at Providence Park Hospital from 4:30 to 6 pm on the corner of Beck & Grand River Roads. Please DO NOT park at Providence. You can park at the Kroger grocery nearby and walk over to the intersection. This is an on-going and important initiative to draw attention to the horrible FACT that this Catholic Hospital has a number of abortionists on staff (they do the abortions elsewhere) including Glenn Taylor who is no less than the "medical director" of Planned Parenthood abortion facility in Ann Arbor. For info contact Lynn Mills at lynnspl81@aol.com. 

PLANNING MEETING REMINDER! The next planning meeting for the Ann Arbor 40 Days For Life fall campaign is at 7:00pm, Tuesday, September 9th in the St. Francis of Assisi Church Library at 2250 E. Stadium Blvd in Ann Arbor. The church library is just inside the main church doors and to the right. Our final meeting will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 16th. We are looking for church/organization reps that are willing to help schedule members of your faith community and/or organization to take part in the prayer vigil. If interested in helping, please contact: ​ Sandie Weathers campaign director, at 40daysforlifeannarbor@gmail.com or 734-657-1936. Please see additional news and information about the campaign below.

Dearborn Area Right to Life will hold their annual banquet on Friday, Sept. 12th. Doors open at 6:00 pm and the event starts at 7:00 pm. The speaker is Jonathon van Maren from the Canadian Centre for Bioethical  Reform. He will be giving a talk entitled, "Changing Hearts and Minds in Unconventional Ways."Jonathon at the age of 25, is a very accomplished pro-life speaker and debater. Cost is $25.00. For additional details, please check out their FB event page: https:/ /www.facebook.com/events/1466749310267385/1466749320267384/?notif_t=like

Make plans to attend one of these National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children Memorial Services for unborn children killed by abortion and buried at cemeteries in Detroit, Lansing, Southfield and Troy. Give these victims the respect they deserve! For more info go to: www.abortionmemorials.com.

Eat Chocolate. Save Babies. – Run For Their Lives 5c – On Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014 at the Brighton Church of the Nazarene, 7669 Brighton Rd. Brighton. Check it out: http://runfortheirlives5c.com/

The "Helpers" will be holding a formal Prayer Vigil for Life on Saturday, September 20th at St Veronica Catholic Church and it will be led by Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron! The Archbishop will offer Holy Mass at 7:30am and will then lead us in deep prayer in front of the two nearby abortion mills on E 8 Mile Rd.  The vigil concludes back at St Veronica with Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Refreshments will be served immediately following. A usual reminder that Helpers Vigils are never a protest or a demonstration. Questions? Helpers of God's Precious Infants of MI helpersmi@gmail.com.

Students for Life at Eastern Michigan University is excited to be hosting, from Students for Life of American... The Planned Parenthood Project on Monday, September 22nd.  This is an event worth the work; we expose the truth about Abortion mogul Planned Parenthood. We need volunteers to help make this happen with set-up at 9am and take-down at 3pm. We are holding the display outside the largest academic building on campus- Pray-Harrold at E Circle Dr, Ypsilanti, MI 48197. Contact info: Katie Perrotta at 734-474-8534 or emustudentsforlife@gmail.com.  For more info on the display, here’s the webpage: http://studentsforlife.org/plannedparenthood/

Ann Arbor 40 DFL News! From September 24 to November 2, our community will unite with hundreds of others from coast to coast – and internationally – for a major simultaneous pro-life mobilization – the 40 Days for Life campaign. Faithful believers are praying that these efforts will mark the beginning of the end of abortion. Since our 1st campaign in 2007, the number of children killed by abortion annually in Washtenaw County has dropped by an average of 168 lives per year as compared to the previous 9 year average. Let’s get to work and save more children from abortion and their parents from agony and regret.  

ANN ARBOR VIGIL:

Location:  Outside of the Planned Parenthood abortion facility at 3100 Professional Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Hours: 12 am to 12 am daily. (Special appeal:  We are looking for “Forty Good Men” to take one 6 hour shift or two 3 hour shifts from midnight to 6:00 am.)

Vigil sign-up/Updates go to: www.40daysforlife.com/ann-arbor/. Please note that the website has been updated, so everyone needs to (re)register.

Need vigil scheduling help, email: 40daysforlifea2vigil@gmail.com         

Contact director: Sandie Weathers at 40daysforlifeannarbor@gmail.com or 734-657-1936.

RTL News! Please join Right to Life of Michigan and Ryan Bomberger, the guest speaker, for the 41st annual Right to Life of Michigan Conference, Thursday, September 25, at the Radisson Hotel in Lansing. Learn about the many ways to stand up for life. The afternoon is filled with informative workshops that will motivate and inspire. Workshop options include: Grassroots in Action, How to Shape the Abortion Debate, How Prolife Laws Saves Lives in Michigan, and much more.  Ryan Bomberger is an Emmy Award-winning creative professional and Chief Creative Officer for The Radiance Foundation, which exists to inspire people to embrace their intrinsic value and live a life of meaning. Ryan's biological mother was raped, yet courageously chose to continue the pregnancy and chose the loving option of adoption for him. Register today at: http://rtl.org/events/conference/index.html. Invite your friends and family & take advantage of the group rate. 

Life Chain News! Life Chain 2014 is coming on Sunday, October 5^th, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 pm at the intersection of Washtenaw Ave & Huron Parkway in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  For additional info call Marilyn Geyer at 734-973-2422 or email Sandie Weathers at prolifeactionnetwork@gmail.com. For updates visit: http://pro-lifeactionnetworkblog.blogspot.com/ 

Please join Right to Life of Washtenaw County & Western Wayne County for our annual Focus On Life Benefit Dinner on Thursday, October 9, 6 p.m. at The Polo Fields of Ann Arbor (5200 Polo Fields Drive).  Special guest speaker will be Ellen Salter of Dearborn, MI.  You will want to hear her inspiring story of the faith and love that binds her family together.  Tickets are $45 each, or table of 8 for $320. Contact Betsey Brandt for your tickets at 734/709-2771 or betsey.brandt@gmail.com.

Want to use your gifts/talents to support women & the unborn? ArborVitae Women’s Center wants YOU to volunteer. ArborVitae needs pro-life people to support, nurture, and empower women facing unplanned pregnancies. Wanted: Nurses & RDMS (sonographers) with a current Michigan license; pregnancy counselors with an aptitude or counseling background; post-abortion counselors (male & female), marketing, administrative, receptionist and janitorial (male or female) volunteers. ArborVitae's mandatory Fall Volunteer Training is Sat., 10/18/14(8:30am-2:30pm). Contact ArborVitae's Volunteer Coordinator at (734) 994-8863 or consultant@annarborvitae.com to learn more/attend. To download an application visit http://annarborvitae.com/volunteer.

Arbor Vitae Women’s Center: PREGNANT?  Know someone who might be? Find out for sure. Free and confidential services for all ages including pregnancy testing, ultrasounds to date and confirm pregnancy, pregnancy options counseling and post-abortion counseling. Where: ArborVitae, downtown Ann Arbor located at the corner of State and Liberty (below Starbucks) When: Monday and Thursday 9am-4pm; Tuesday 2pm-8pm How: Walk in or make an appointment online at http://arborwoman.com/request-an-appointment/Questions: Call 734-994-8863.

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

* Visit us on Facebook: Prolife Action Network

2014-09-02 Upcoming Pro-Life Events and News Washtenaw County and Beyond - Please check it out!

Partial list as of September 2nd, 2014 compiled by Sandie Weathers 

Special Pro-Life Project for Ypsilanti Residents - We are looking for Ypsilanti residents to volunteer for a short term Pro-Life special project that could have widespread impact in the area.  If interested and to find out more, contact Cathy at 734-944-7790.

On Going: Protest at Providence Park Hospital every Tuesday! Hope to see you this Tuesday, Sept 2nd at Providence Park Hospital from 4:30 to 6 pm on the corner of Beck & Grand River Roads. Please DO NOT park at Providence. You can park at the Kroger grocery nearby and walk over to the intersection. This is an on-going and important initiative to draw attention to the horrible FACT that this Catholic Hospital has a number of abortionists on staff (they do the abortions elsewhere) including Glenn Taylor who is no less than the "medical director" of Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Ann Arbor. The ultimate goal is to urge St. John's to remove these killers of the innocent unborn from the staff--and to end the scandal of Catholic hospitals harboring abortionists all in contradiction to the very essence of Catholic health care!  For info contact Lynn Mills at lynnspl81@aol.com.

Ann Arbor 40 Days For Life News! Planning meeting tonight at 7:00pm, Tuesday, September 2nd in the St. Francis of Assisi Church Library at 2250 E. Stadium Blvd in Ann Arbor. The church library is just inside the main church doors and to the right Follow up meetings will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 9th and 16th. For more info, please contact ​ Sandie Weathers, campaign director, 40 Days For Life Ann Arbor at 40daysforlifeannarbor@gmail.com or 734-657-1936. For updates go to: http://pro-lifeactionnetworkblog.blogspot.com/.

FLS News! Be sure to register for the 2014 Walk for Life to benefit Family Life Services of Washtenaw County and spread awareness about our services.  The Walk will be held on Saturday September 6, 2014 at Concordia University.  Registration is Free and Now Open @ www.flswalkforlife.com  Even if you cannot make it, please take the opportunity to help other walkers reach their goals and support Family Life Services.  This is a family friendly event with walking, food, a raffle, and entertainment!  We look forward to seeing you there.  Prizes will be given to churches, individual walkers, and teams who raise the most money. For add’l info contact Karalee Robison at admin@flscenter.com or 734-434-3088.

Save the date! Join other intercessors and prayer warriors for a Day of Prayer and Repentance on the MI capitol’s east lawn in Lansing, on Saturday, Sept. 6^th at 2pm.  Use the flyer link for a list of speakers and the details: http://dofh.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/4CL-DOFH_LansingPrayer_0729141.jpg  Prayers will be offered for three key battlegrounds: Life, Traditional Marriage and Family, and the persecuted church. For info contact Nick Zabrodsky at nickzabrodsky@gmail.com   

Join us in a peaceful Prolife Protest at the Planned Parenthood Knowledge is Power Party. Date:  Saturday, September 6, 2014, Time:  We will meet in front of Bill’s at 4:15 p.m. and the event is 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM. Even if you can only come for a short time, please join us!  Location: Bill's Beer Garden, Downtown Home & Garden, 210 S. Ashley Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Bring: Prolife signs (some signs will be available). Questions:  Contact Alice Jo Rainville or 734-751-9328 (mobile phone). 

Make plans to attend one of these National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children Memorial Services for unborn children killed by abortion and buried at cemeteries in Detroit, Lansing, Southfield and Troy. Give these victims the respect they deserve! For more info go to: www.abortionmemorials.com.

Eat Chocolate. Save Babies. – Run For Their Lives 5c – On Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014 at the Brighton Church of the Nazarene, 7669 Brighton Rd. Brighton. Check it out: http://runfortheirlives5c.com/

Ann Arbor 40 Days For Life News! From September 24 – November 2, our community will be taking part in the Fall Campaign for 40 Days for Life. Next organizational meeting, will be held at 7:00pm, Tuesday, September 2nd in the St. Francis of Assisi Church Library at 2250 E. Stadium Blvd in Ann Arbor. The church library is just inside the main church doors and to the right Follow up meetings will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 9th and 16th. If you can help with planning, but you can only meet in the daytime or via the phone, please let me know. We will especially need help with the 40 day prayer vigil, which will take place at the Planned Parenthood Abortion Facility, 3100 Professional Drive in Ann Arbor. If you would be willing to help schedule members of your faith community to take part in the prayer vigil, please contact ​ Sandie Weathers, campaign director, 40 Days For Life Ann Arbor at 40daysforlifeannarbor@gmail.com or 734-657-1936. For updates go to: http://pro-lifeactionnetworkblog.blogspot.com/. "I can't do everything, but I won't refuse to do the one thing I can do."

RTL News! Please join Right to Life of Michigan and Ryan Bomberger, the guest speaker, for the 41st annual Right to Life of Michigan Conference, Thursday, September 25, at the Radisson Hotel in Lansing. Learn about the many ways to stand up for life. The afternoon is filled with informative workshops that will motivate and inspire. Workshop options include: Grassroots in Action, How to Shape the Abortion Debate, How Prolife Laws Saves Lives in Michigan, and much more.  Ryan Bomberger is an Emmy Award-winning creative professional and Chief Creative Officer for The Radiance Foundation, which exists to inspire people to embrace their intrinsic value and live a life of meaning. Ryan's biological mother was raped, yet courageously chose to continue the pregnancy and chose the loving option of adoption for him. Register today at: http://rtl.org/events/conference/index.html. Invite your friends and family & take advantage of the group rate. 

Life Chain News! Life Chain 2014 is coming on Sunday, October 5th, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 pm at the intersection of Washtenaw Ave & Huron Parkway in Ann Arbor, Michigan. For additional info call Marilyn Geyer at 734-973-2422 or email Sandie Weathers at prolifeactionnetwork@gmail.com. For updates visit: http://pro-lifeactionnetworkblog.blogspot.com/

Please join Right to Life of Washtenaw County & Western Wayne County for our annual Focus On Life Benefit Dinner on Thursday, October 9, 6 p.m. at The Polo Fields of Ann Arbor (5200 Polo Fields Drive). Special guest speaker will be Ellen Salter of Dearborn, MI. You will want to hear her inspiring story of the faith and love that binds her family together. Tickets are $45 each, or table of 8 for $320. Contact Betsey Brandt for your tickets at 734/709-2771 or betsey.brandt@gmail.com.

Want to use your gifts/talents to support women & the unborn? ArborVitae Women’s Center wants YOU to volunteer. ArborVitae needs pro-life people to support, nurture, and empower women facing unplanned pregnancies. Wanted: Nurses & RDMS (sonographers) with a current Michigan license; pregnancy counselors with an aptitude or counseling background; post-abortion counselors (male & female), marketing, administrative, receptionist and janitorial (male or female) volunteers. ArborVitae's mandatory Fall Volunteer Training is Sat., 10/18/14(8:30am-2:30pm). Contact ArborVitae's Volunteer Coordinator at (734) 994-8863 or consultant@annarborvitae.com to learn more/attend. To download an application visit http://annarborvitae.com/volunteer.

Arbor Vitae Women’s Center: PREGNANT?  Know someone who might be? Find out for sure. Free and confidential services for all ages including pregnancy testing, ultrasounds to date and confirm pregnancy, pregnancy options counseling and post-abortion counseling. Where: ArborVitae, downtown Ann Arbor located at the corner of State and Liberty (below Starbucks) When: Monday and Thursday 9am-4pm; Tuesday 2pm-8pm How: Walk in or make an appointment online at http://arborwoman.com/request-an-appointment/Questions: Call 734-994-8863.

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