Day 30 – Religious and Clergy Pray at the Sidewalk

Table of Contents

• Local Campaign News
  • Religious and Clergy Pray at the Sidewalk
  • Abortionists Do Convert, Continue to Pray for Dr. Stutes
  • Last Opportunity to Adopt A Day at the Sidewalk
  • Please Remember to Stay on the Sidewalk or Across the Street
  • Abortion Site Sprinkler System Up & Running
  • Have You Encountered Disturbing the Peace or a Noise Nuisance?
  • Video Cameras Recommended
• National Campaign News
  • 343 Babies Saved
• Vigil Calendar
  • Reno Adopt A Day Calendar
  • Volunteers Needed Thurs 7-8 am, & 2-7 pm; Fri 7-8 am & 5–7 pm; & Sat 7-10 am & 5-7 pm
• 40 Days through Scripture
  • Day 30 - Galatians 5 – Philippians 1
• National News
  • House to Consider Bill Incentivizing Embryo Destruction
• Take Action
  • URGENT – Help Stop Largest Expansion of Abortion Funding in US History
• Video Vignette
  • Kelly Speaks About Her Abortion
• Coming Events
  • Jericho March to Close the Campaign Daily 3/22 – 3/28
  • Allow us to Announce Your Pro-Life Prayer Gathering Here
• Support the Effort!
  • Support 40 Days for Life with a Donation through our Website

Local Campaign News

Religious and Clergy Pray at the Sidewalk

This week we saw Sr Carol come to pray at the sidewalk on Tuesday and Father Jason Clark and Brother Luis Peiret praying on Wednesday. Both times, the speakers were turned on to broadcast one of the skits that specifically insults the Pope, followed by another that insults the Catholic Church and Catholic clergy. But the insult for the sake of the Kingdom was well worth it, as on Weds, one young couple slowed as though to enter the abortion site, but after catching the eye of Fr. Clark they slowly continued driving past, and finally towards the end of the block picked up speed and finally turned to the right onto Home Gardens Rd. It is our prayer, although we may never know for certain, that this couple, when they came face to face with a priest praying at the sidewalk of the abortion site, chose to spare the life of their child.

Please, invite your pastor or any other clergy or member religious to come pray at the sidewalk. Men and women who have committed their lives to the Lord have an especially powerful impact on those who come to the abortion site.

Several couples also stopped to receive information regarding Post-Abortion healing as they left the site this afternoon. It is hoped that this, combined with their seeing clergy while driving away, that they will take the time to realize that they need to be reconciled with the Love and Mercy of Christ. It is our hope to draw them to this healing Grace as quickly as possible, and towards that end we do our best to show them love, even knowing that just moments before they participated in the killing of their own child. A women who remains in denial about her abortion is likely to have another abortion if she changes nothing in her behavior and again ends up pregnant. Those who accept the forgiveness of Christ and make Him Lord and Savior of their lives are likely to bear the good fruit of making better choices in their life.

When you come to the sidewalk at 5915 Tyrone Rd (for directions, go to: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe/westend ), please bring some of the referrals to local pregnancy resources that we provide to offer to the women who come to the abortion site. If you haven’t seen this handout, please download a copy from our website. There is a link to it located on the team page, or you can go to it directly at: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe/resources . These resources provide the women with the opportunity to fully explore their choices before they end up at a dead end.

If you need any brochures to assist the women you meet at the sidewalk choose life or to promote the campaign, please contact Carol Marie at 530-412-1573 or come to the Life Chain event on Sunday to request your copies.

Before you go to the sidewalk to pray and/or sidewalk counsel, please sign our Statement of Peace, located at: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe/statementofpeace . Those who participate in 40 Days for Life are asked to commit to being peaceful, prayerful and lawful while we are at the sidewalk.

Abortionists Do Convert, Continue to Pray for Dr. Stutes

While praying out at the sidewalk the other day, the point was once again made that we need to continue to pray for the conversion of Dr. Damon Stutes, the local abortionist. One of the prayer volunteers present questioned whether it was truly possible that Dr. Stutes, known for some of his vile gestures and comments, could possibly convert, appreciate that life begins in the womb and deserves protection from the moment of conception. The story of Bernard Nathanson, founder of NARAL was raised. On Wednesday, again at the sidewalk, the story of another abortion industry convert was raised, Carol Everett, who herself had an abortion before her decent into working the industry. For information on her amazing story of decent to salvation, read further.

Last Opportunity to Adopt A Day at the Sidewalk

Thus far, our campaign success in maintaining a nearly constant vigil at the sidewalk has been possible because people like you have stepped up and requested their pastors to Adopt a Day at the sidewalk, inviting church members to join us in prayer. This weekend is the last opportunity during the current campaign for you to invite members of your church community to join us at the sidewalk so our campaign can better reflect the entire body of Christ as we Pray to End Abortion. Approach your pastor and request that your congregation join on the sidewalk to defend the most innocent and defenseless children be protected from abortion.

We have found that those who pray at the sidewalk grow in the depth of their relationship to Jesus, Our Lord and Savior. Being where the killings are done also creates a sense of just how serious this issue is and increases the intensity of the prayers that abortion will soon come to an end. These are the spiritual benefits of participating in this campaign at the frontlines, not to mention the benefits that occur when a mother sees those who love her child enough to come out of their comfort zone to plead for the innocent life. We can’t save every child that is brought to the abortion site, but on occasion, we see the fruit of our labors, through an innocent life saved. Please come to Pray to End Abortion?

Excessive and Wasteful Water Usage

The sprinkler system in the front of the property at the abortion site has been brought back into functioning condition. The Truckee Meadows Water Authority closely monitors the use of water, including the water used on landscapes in the area of the abortion site, located at 5915 Tyrone Road. According to their website, businesses and residences are to follow the same watering schedule, with odd numbered addresses allowed to water only on the following days – Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The use of water is controlled based on a series of rules, Rule 2 addresses the Excessive Use of Water and Water Waste.

See http://www.tmh2o.com/docs/Customer_Services/rules/Rule02_20100217.pdf As can be seen in the definitions here, “Excessive” relative to the application of water means an immoderate or unreasonable consumption which results in: water running into any street, road, parking lot, gutter, drainway, … in a steady stream or flow, or collecting in pools or in a depressed area to a depth of one inch or more or … applying … in a manner contrary to any water conservation regulation, policy, rule, condition, directive, or request that has been issued to the Customers of the public water system or that has been given general public notice by the Authority.

The Truckee Meadows Water Authority website states the following:

Report Water Waste in Your Community

Truckee Meadows Water Authority is serious about preventing water waste. You are the eyes of the community so we need your help. If you see water being wasted, please let us know by filling out the form below. A big part of our success in responding to water waste is very specific information concerning the time, day and location.

If you encounter wasteful use of our precious water resources, please go to:

http://tmh20.com//conservation/assigned_day_watering/report_waste to submit a report. If possible, take photos of what you encounter, especially as it pertains to water flowing on the street and into the storm drain. Note that failure to provide adequate information is the primary reason that these reports cannot be followed up with corrective action.

Please Remember to Stay on the Sidewalk or Across the Street

Just a quick reminder that we don’t want to be in the street when we come to pray. Please stay either on the sidewalk or on the dirt across the street when you come to pray. We also are not allowed to block vehicles entering or exiting the driveway of the abortion site, nor can we block pedestrians on the sidewalk. Thank you for your continued cooperation. If you are asked to move by a police officer, please comply immediately and ask for his name and badge number. We’d like to keep track of any encounters between those who are volunteering at the sidewalk and the Reno Police department, so please email us at 40DaysforLifeRenoTahoe@gmail.com or call us at 530-412-1573.

Have You Encountered Disturbing the Peace or a Noise Nuisance?

Have you been to the sidewalk and been subjected to a noise nuisance while there? Did you know that the City of Reno has a code that specifically addresses disturbing the peace and public nuisances?

Sec. 8.12.020. - Disturbing the peace.

It is unlawful for any person to commit a breach of the peace. Such breach shall consist of:

1. Fighting or challenging to fight; or
2. Conduct or words calculated to provoke violence or a violation of the law by the person to whom the conduct or words are addressed; or
3. Making annoying, lewd, malicious or threatening telephone calls; or
4. Willfully and unreasonably subjecting a person or neighborhood to any noise which is likely to disturb the peace of persons of reasonable and ordinary sensibilities.

(Code 1966, § 11.12.090; Ord. No. 5047, § 1, 9-28-99; Ord. No. 5387, § 1, 11-5-02)

And further on in the code regarding Nuisances:

Nuisance or nuisance activity. That which is injurious to health, or injurious, indecent and offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property, or is against the interest of public morals, decency, safety, peace and order, including, but not limited to, an attractive nuisance, a nuisance per se, criminal activity, the presence of debris, litter, graffiti, garbage, rubble, abandoned, unregistered or junk vehicles or junk appliances, curfew violations, or any other activity, behavior or conduct defined by the council or Nevada Revised Statutes to constitute a public nuisance. Nuisance or nuisance activity includes unreasonably creating, allowing, or engaging in any activity, conduct or use of property that subjects a person or neighborhood to noise which is likely to disturb the peace of persons of reasonable and ordinary sensibilities. [Reference NRS 268; NRS 268.412; 1997]

Sec. 8.22.035. - Nuisances per se defined.

Any of the following conditions are a nuisance per se as constituting conditions which annoy, injure or endanger the safety, health or comfort of any considerable number of persons:

(1) An unsafe or dangerous building; …

(25) Any other condition which creates a blight to adjoining property, the neighborhood or the city, or a nuisance, health, safety or fire hazard identified as such under the conditions set forth in the International Fire Code, International Building Code, Uniform Abatement of Dangerous Buildings Code, Washoe County Solid Waste Management Code, or any other Reno Municipal Code or Washoe County Code or the Nevada Revised Statutes.

While we need to be accountable for our own behavior and ensure that we ourselves do not in any way cross over from prayer and an exercise of our Free Speech to being a public nuisance, we should also be protected from those who seek to disturb our peace or use noise as a nuisance towards us. The Reno Police Department Non-Emergency number is: 775-334-2677. I recommend you program it into your cell phone. If you do contact the police for an incident of Disturbing the Peace or a Noise Nuisance, please also contact us at 40DaysforLifeRenoTahoe@gmail.com or 530-412-1573 and let us know how your call was handled. Please get the name of the officer with whom you spoke, as well as their badge number. If a report was taken (this is what is required for them to follow-up on the matter) be certain to ask for the case number and provide that to us as well.

Video Cameras Recommended

It has been recommended, and I’d like to encourage you to consider this recommendation, that those coming to the sidewalk bring a video camera when you come to pray. Place the camera in your car, or on a tripod on the sidewalk, to videotape you while you are standing in prayer. It is prudent that we have a video record of all that occurs at the sidewalk, as we gather peacefully, prayerfully and lawfully.

To sign up on the vigil calendar go to: www.vigilcalendar.com/renotahoe or for the Carson City vigil site, go to: www.vigilcalendar.com/carsoncity . If you’ve already registered, your username is your email address. If you have forgotten your password, there is a simple mechanism by which your password can be sent to your email address. If you still have difficulty getting registered, feel free to send your questions to: 40DaysforLifeRenoTahoe@gmail.com or call: 530-412-1573.

Join our Facebook group for 40 Days for Life Reno Tahoe, at: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/group.php?gid=50059641315

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

National Campaign News

343 Babies Saved!

World-wide, there are a reported 343 babies saved during the current 40 Days for Life campaign. The incredible thing is that we know from local experience that there are saves that aren’t reported to the sidewalk, sometimes for years afterwards, and sometimes they are never reported to those who come to pray and council the women entering the abortion site. Praise God for all those who are saved from abortion and the women who are spared the trauma! Praise God also for those who have been brought to the healing of Our Lord Jesus Christ through the witness provided at the sidewalk.

If you’re not already getting the daily updates from the National 40 Days for Life campaign, go to our website: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe and sign up to receive updates at the top right corner of the page.

Vigil Calendar

Reno Adopt A Day Calendar

Date	Church	Contact	Phone
Sun – Mar 21	Bishop Manogue High School	Matt Schambari	(775) 336-6000

Bring Adopt-a-Day to your church by contacting us at 40DaysforLifeRenoTahoe@gmail.com or by calling Carol Marie at (530) 412-1573. We will schedule your church for a day at the sidewalk.

Volunteers Needed Thurs 7-8 am, & 2-7 pm; Fri 7-8 am & 5–7 pm; & Sat 7-10 am & 5-7 pm

Which hour during the week can you cover with prayer? We especially need you to stop by the sidewalk before going to work. This gives you the opportunity to be present when the doctor and his staff arrive for their day of work. We want to be present in prayer as they arrive to begin their day.

Perhaps you can take a late lunch and come to the sidewalk at 2 pm, staying to pray for an hour. Or would you be able to swing by at the end of the work day to pray from 5-7 pm? We like to continue our prayers at the sidewalk even after the doctor and his staff have left for the day. If the weather turns, praying from your car still provides the spiritual benefit to the site, but seeing a prayer volunteer standing in inclement weather has turned more than one person from abortion or from participating in the industry, as they see the strength of our commitment. Help us maintain a constant vigil for 12 hours of the day, from 7 am until 7 pm daily. Please register using our online calendar, so we can be certain that the sidewalk is covered in constant prayer.

The business of selling death is typically busiest in Reno on Weds through Friday. Won’t you please commit to pray at the sidewalk for an hour on these days to assist us in filling the schedule?

On the weekends, while we aren’t encountering women on their way into the abortion site, we do have the opportunity to have an impact on those who are driving by on Airway or those who walk past. Please come to the sidewalk and assist us in covering the sidewalk with prayer, 7 days per week for 40 Days, 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. The names of those who sign up on the calendar are hidden from all but a small and select group of volunteers who can assist others in registering their hours on the calendar, so you needn’t fear that you might be harassed by anyone opposed to our prayers, nor do you need to fear that posting your hours is a form of boasting that you are being pious in your prayers. Signing up simply allows us to coordinate our efforts so we can determine where we have holes in our volunteers efforts, allowing us to best use our time while ensuring we maintain a constant prayer covering at the sidewalk.

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. If you haven’t already done so, please sign a Statement of Peace, by going to www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe/StatementofPeace.

40 Days through Scripture

Day 30 - Galatians 5 – Philippians 1 (including: Galatians 5:1-6)

For freedom Christ set us free; so stand firm and do not submit again to the yolk of slavery. It is I, Paul, who am telling you that if you have yourselves circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you. Once again, I declare to every man who has himself circumcised that he is bound to observe the entire law. You are separated from Christ, you who are trying to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. For through the Spirit, by faith, we await the hope of righteousness. For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.

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

House to Consider Bill Incentivizing Embryo Destruction

[LifeSiteNews , WASHINGTON, DC] – By Kathleen Gilbert - A bill has been introduced to the House of Representatives that would set in stone guidelines developed for the National Institute of Health's embryo-destructive stem cell research. Pro-life sources on Capitol Hill warn, however, that the bill's wording goes farther than the NIH guidelines, providing broad authorization for research on stem cells taken from cloned embryos, and embryos conceived solely to be destroyed in research.

The "Stem Cell Research Advancement Act," HR 4808, was introduced by Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Mike Castle (R-DE) on March 9, the anniversary of President Obama's signing of an executive order to unleash funds for the research.

While guidelines proposed by the NIH ostensibly restricted research to only "leftover" embryos created for in-vitro fertilization, the legislation calls for the Secretary to “conduct and support research that utilizes human stem cells, including human embryonic stem cells” without any limitation regarding the purpose behind the creation of the embryo.

Another section of HR 4808 directs the Secretary to update stem cell guidelines “as scientifically warranted” - leaving open the possibility that future embryonic stem-cell projects could be carried out against embryos created solely to be killed in research. To Continue Reading

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

Take Action

Pray and Fast For Health Care Reform

Today a radio program talked about the Equal Rights Amendment, and the push to have it ratified in the late ‘70’s. The state of Illinois was taking a vote, and it was a foregone conclusion that the votes needed to ratify the amendment were in place. Those who had been fighting hard to preserve traditional family values approached the day of the vote with a commitment to prayer and fasting, hoping against the likelihood of success, and placing their final trust in the Lord. At the last minute, two votes were turned around and the amendment was not ratified. Even the president of NOW at the time commented in an interview that there was something powerful standing in opposition to the ERA and acknowledged that it was not of Flesh and Blood.

This is the witness to the power of God that we need to pray for as Congress moves towards passage of the Health Care Reform that will increase Abortion in our nation as nothing since Roe v Wade. If you could bring yourself back in time to the week before the Roe v Wade decision, knowing what you now know, would you pray more fiercely than you have ever prayed before? Now is just that time as it pertains to changes in the way that Health Care is managed in our nation.

Scripture tells us:

When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. (2 Chron 7:13-14)

We aren’t to take this moment in time to bemoan the fact that the unbelievers in Congress aren’t repenting from their ways, rather, as Christians, who bear His name, we are called to be introspective, to find within our own lives ways in which we fail to give Glory and Honor to God and to repent of our own failings. By doing our part, God has promised to hear our prayer and to heal our land. We know God is forever faithful to His promise. Let us humble ourselves, pray and seek his face. Pray that no Health Care Reform be passed without explicit protection for life from conception until natural death. No tax payer funding should be provided to pay for abortions, and all medical professionals (including Pharmacists) should have the freedom to refuse to participate in any procedure that goes against their conscience.

Video Vignettes

Kelly Speaks About Her Abortion

Kelly speaks out at a Silent No More Awareness campaign event. Watch as she shares her story:

Coming Events

Jericho March to Close the Campaign Daily 3/22 – 3/28

Starting next Monday evening, 3/22 at 6 pm and repeating every evening through-out next week, there will be a daily march around the block containing the abortion site in Reno. This series of daily marches will culminate on Sunday, 3/28, the final day of the Spring 2010 40 Days for Life Campaign, with a march 7 times around the block, for a total of 3 ½ miles of praying that abortion comes to an end in Reno. Please come, pray, march, cheer on those marching, celebrate a successful campaign brought to completion and the beginning of the End of Abortion in Reno! We will start at 3:00 pm on Sunday afternoon, and will follow with a Rally at 5:30 pm. Please join us for this family friendly event. Invite the members of your church by posting a copy of our flyer in your church lobby.

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.

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.

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