Day 2 - Reno Rally Rocked

Table of Contents

• Local Campaign News
  • Reno Rally Rocked
• Coming Events
  • Reno Adopt A Day Calendar
  • Volunteers Needed Sun 2 - 7 pm & Mon 2-4 pm
  • Vigil Coverage Continues to Progress
  • Life Chain Rally – Sunday March 14, 2 – 3:30 pm
  • Allow us to Announce Your Pro-Life Prayer Gathering Here
• 40 Days through Scripture
  • Day 2: Matthew 8 – 12
• National News
  • Document Reveals More Abortion, Sexual Abuse Violations at PP
• Support the Effort!
  • Support 40 Days for Life with a Donation through our Website

Local Campaign News

Reno Rally Rocked

The campaign has begun, and it did so with gorgeous weather, full coverage at the sidewalk and an amazingly peaceful and well attended rally. But the story behind how we managed to have such a peaceful rally is enough to make you laugh out loud. At approximately 3:30 in the afternoon, as the time approached to pick-up the trailer which has functioned as our stage for the past several rallies, a strange series of events occurred at the sidewalk. A large GMC truck arrived, hauling a trailer loaded with used appliances, and several cars pulled up to the open space directly across the street from the Reno Abortion site. Upon their arrival one of the personnel from inside the clinic came out to the sidewalk, and after making a few unnecessarily rude comments to the prayer volunteer present she proceeded towards the driver of the large GMC truck and directed him to move his vehicle towards the car of the prayer volunteer. At the same time, she directed another vehicle which had arrived to move to the front of the prayer volunteer. Within a few short minutes, the entire dirt lot directly across from the abortion site was filled with cars and trucks hauling trailers, each parked parallel so as to take up as much parking space as possible in the area where we typically hold our rallies. One of the trucks hauling a trailer came out from the parking lot at the abortion site itself, and each of the employees moved their cars out to the street for the evening. They gathered briefly on the driveway at the entrance of the parking lot, before eventually going into the building.

But even with as many vehicles as they had, they didn’t begin to fill all the open space on the block, and so, when our trailer arrived to set up for the Rally, we simply moved our venue down the block a short distance. For all their effort, they simply improved our event, as we were able to gather in peace, outside of the range of the foul noises that are broadcast from the speaker system installed at the front of the property of the abortion site.

There were several dozen participants in our Rally, and we were again blessed by the presence of Bri, Michael and their ever growing daughter Julianna, who was saved from the fate of an abortion at this very site nearly 2 years ago. Bri shared her story of an abortion that she did have at Dr. Stutes facility before subsequently becoming pregnant with her daughter. She shared the blessings that God has brought to her life as a result of her decision to give her daughter life, and the regret she lives with for the son she aborted.

Melanie, a new member to 40 Days for Life, joined us from Susanville, booking a room in Reno so she could stay over and participate in our Rally. She has never previously attended a Pro-Life event, but she knows that this is the first of many visits she will be making to this abortion site and those located in Southern California where she also maintains a home. Melanie stepped forward to the mic to encourage us to stay focused on the fact that we need to bring the Love of Christ with us to the sidewalk, because God Loves even those who work in the Abortion industry. She encouraged us to remember this, so that we can reflect that love in our dealings with them, regardless of how they choose to treat us.

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Join the Carson City Facebook Fan page at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/40-Days-For-Life-Carson-City/262781127002?v=wall&ref=search

Coming Events

Reno Adopt A Day Calendar

Date	Church	Contact	Phone
Fri - Feb 19	St. Alberts, Reno	Greg Sprigg	(775) 746-9758
Sat – Feb 20	Assumption Parish, Truckee	Eileen Plumb	(530) 582-8172
Tues – Feb 23	Our Lady of Snows Parish, Reno	Donna Kelly	(775) 827-1901
Weds – Feb 24	Immaculate Conception MOMs Group	Connie Foxwell	(775) 626-8578
Thurs – Feb 25	Immaculate Conception Parish, Reno	Pat Souza	(775) 358-7269
Fri – Feb 26	St. Alberts, Reno	Greg Sprigg	(775) 746-9758
Sat – Feb 27	Bishop Manogue Parents Association	Karen Mowry	(775) 747-0195
Tues – Mar 2	Our Lady of Snows Parish, Reno	Donna Kelly	(775) 827-1901
Thurs – Mar 4	Valley View Christian Fellowship	Theresa Cobb	(775) 853-8345

Bring Adopt-a-Day to your church by contacting us at 40DaysforLifeRenoTahoe@gmail.com or calling Carol Marie at (530) 412-1573.

Volunteers Needed Sun 2 - 7 pm & Mon 2-4 pm

Volunteers have stepped up to cover Sunday morning, but we still need assistance in the afternoon. Can you come to the sidewalk between 2 & 7 pm to ensure we continue to maintain unbroken coverage during this campaign?

On Monday, to complete our coverage at the sidewalk, we need assistance from 2 to 4 pm.

In the meantime, you are welcome to sign-up or simply show-up to pray at the sidewalk at any time of the day or night when you are available to join us. Your prayers have value well beyond anything we can see and we welcome whatever contribution you can make to the effort as we Pray to End Abortion.

Please register the hours when you can come pray at the sidewalk by going to our on-line calendar at: www.vigilcalendar.com/renotahoe

Vigil Coverage Continues to Progress

To ensure unbroken coverage at the sidewalk from 7 am thru 7 pm every day for the 40 days of our campaign, we need volunteers present for 84 hours each week. As of now, we have 65 hours of each week covered with anywhere from 1 – 4 volunteers registered on our on-line calendar. The remaining hours to be covered are:

• Mondays 2-4 pm
• Tuesdays covered with at least one volunteer from 7 am – 7 pm
• Wednesdays 2-3 pm; 6-7 pm
• Thursdays 2-4 pm; 5:30 – 6 pm
• Fridays 2-3 pm; 5-6 pm
• Saturdays 2-7 pm
• Sundays 2-7 pm

Can you take one of these hours each week for the duration of the campaign and assist us in completing the prayer coverage?

Life Chain Rally – Sunday March 14, 2 – 3:30 pm

Mark your calendar Spring Life Chain Rally held on Sunday, March 14, from 2-3:30 pm at South Virginia and South McCarran in Reno. We will stand to give witness to the truth that Abortion Kills Children.   Signs are available at $1 apiece.  Churches are encouraged to make them available to their congregants for a $2 deposit, allowing those who would like to keep them, and others who would like to get their deposit back to return them. Please contact Elizabeth Labat at: elizabethlabat@gmail.com or you can call her on her cell phone at: (504) 296-8670. 

Allow us to Announce Your Pro-Life Prayer Gathering Here

Gather together to Pray to End Abortion!   When you have plans, let us know and we’ll let others know through our updates.

40 Days through Scripture

Day 2: Matthew 8 – 12 (including: Matt 9:14-15)

Then the disciples of John approached him and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast [much], but your disciples do not fast?” Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

When we recall the loss Christ suffered on the cross, is it not appropriate that we join him in His suffering through the simple act of fasting? Take time, during the course of the 40 Days for Life campaign to give up something for the intention of following Christ, even in His suffering, as He redeemed the world from sin.

Join us as we read the New Testament over the course of the 40 Day campaign. To get the complete 40 Days Through the New Testament list, go to: www.40DaysforLife.com/renotahoe/NewTestament, print it out and get started now.

National News

Document Reveals More Abortion, Sexual Abuse Violations at PP

[LifeNews.com, Birmingham, AL] - A newly-obtained document from the Alabama health department finds even more violations at a Birmingham Planned Parenthood abortion center. The report finds nine cases of underage girls who were victims of statutory rape getting abortions in violation of the state's parental consent law.

The documented cases are so numerous that Lila Rose, the pro-life muckraker who exposed the problems in an undercover video, says Planned Parenthood's license should be revoked.

As LifeNews.com reported, the state health department placed the Planned Parenthood center on a one-year probation last week because of the violations.

Now, Rose's group, Live Action, has obtained a copy of the Alabama Department of Public Health's Statement of Deficiencies indicating it charged Planned Parenthood with additional violations, To continue reading …

For more Pro-Life related news, go to our website: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe/News

Support the Effort!

Support 40 Days for Life with a Donation through our Website

Do you believe in the work we are doing as we Pray to End Abortion?   If so, please support the effort with a donation to cover our expenses. Donate Now

For more information on 40 Days for Life, Reno/Tahoe, visit our local website, at: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe , look for us on Facebook, or Call: Carol Marie at 530-412-1573.

To receive your own copy of these updates, as well as information from the National Campaign, go to http://www.40DaysforLife/renotahoe and request to receive updates. 

If you prefer to only receive our local updates, send an email with “Please Add Me to 40 Days for Life” on the subject line to renotahoe@40DaysforLife.com

Campaign Materials

Free 40 Days for Life Items - Bumper Sticker, Bracelet & More.

Heritage House, is offering a Promotion Pack of 40 Days for Life items through their website for the amazing cost of $0, they are even picking up the postage.If you have wished to place a bumper sticker on your car, but I haven’t had one on hand when we’ve seen one another, our you haven’t yet got one of the rubberized bracelets, but you’d like one, now is your chance to get these and more items,for free.They aren’t even requiring that you enter your email address to receive this promotion, although, I encourage you to do so, and they will continue to keep you informed of the many great items they place on sale during the course of the year.And if you see something on sale and would like to purchase it for our 40 Days for Life campaign, I would gladly accept the help in making their many excellent pro-life items available!To receive your free promo pack, go to: http://www.40dayspromopack.com/40dayspromopack/signup.asp

Two Hearts Catholic Books & Gifts to Carry 40 Days for Life Items

Truly, pictures are worth a thousand words.To make it possible for us to communicate more effectively with those who witness our campaign, Millie has stocked Yard signs, Rally signs, New colored precious feet, Pro-life buttons, Static and Bumper sticker available @ The Two Hearts,33 Winter Street, Reno NV and St. Rose of Lima Church (weekend Masses).

More information

Please share this truth, among others relative to abortion with those who follow your Facebook posts! For more information on 40 Days for Life, Reno/Tahoe, visit our local website, at: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe, look for us on FaceBook, or Call: Carol Marie at 530-412-1573 Please forward this message to anyone you know who might be willing to Pray to End Abortion.

To receive your own copy of these updates, as well as information from the National Campaign , go to http://www.40DaysforLife/renotahoe and request to receive updates. If you prefer to only receive our local updates, send an email with “Please Add Me to 40 Days for Life” on the subject line to renotahoe@40DaysforLife.com

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