Day 31 – Prayer Group Gathers at the Sidewalk

Table of Contents

• Local Campaign News
  • Prayer Group Gathers at the Sidewalk
  • Last Opportunity to Adopt A Day at the Sidewalk
  • Loving Use of Laws to Maintain a Peaceful Atmosphere
  • Excessive and Wasteful Water Usage
  • Please Remember to Stay on the Sidewalk or Across the Street
  • Have You Encountered Disturbing the Peace or a Noise Nuisance?
  • Video Cameras Recommended
• National Campaign News
  • 345 Babies Saved
• Vigil Calendar
  • Reno Adopt A Day Calendar
  • Volunteers Needed Fri 7-8 am & 5–7 pm; Sat 7-10 am & 5-7 pm; & Sun 2-5 pm – 5:30-7 pm
• 40 Days through Scripture
  • Day 31 Philippians 2 – 1 Thessalonians 2
• National News
  • Health Care Update
• Take Action
  • Giving Loud and Clear Guidance to Members of the House
• Video Vignette
  • Two Amazing Youth Sing the Praises of Our Lord
• 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

Prayer Group Gathers at the Sidewalk

A local prayer group decided to come to the sidewalk on Thursday afternoon, resulting in a gathering of 11 people praying for Dr. Stutes, his staff and all the women who have come to this site seeking an abortion.   It was wonderful to feel the power of the prayer that was lifted up on behalf of all who have been hurt by abortion.   Consider inviting your prayer group to spend an hour together at the foot of the cross of our day.

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.

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.   Once you have permission to move forward, please contact Carol Marie (530-412-1573) to secure your date at the sidewalk.

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?

Loving Use of Laws to Maintain a Peaceful Atmosphere

During a conversation at the sidewalk today the subject of the use of the existing laws to address concerns at the sidewalk was raised.   Perhaps a clarification is in order for those who wonder what is behind our decision to pursue legal remedies in the manner described below.   Just as a loving parent will prevent their child from developing a pattern of throwing temper tantrums, the most loving thing to do in the existing circumstance is to work with the city and the police to minimize the pattern of escalating response to our presence at the sidewalk.   We do not encourage anyone to use these laws in a vindictive manner, but rather to protect our right to being peacefully present to express our Free Speech against the continuation of 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

345 Babies Saved!

World-wide, there are a reported 345 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 Fri 7-8 am & 5–7 pm; Sat 7-10 am & 5-7 pm; & Sun 2-5 pm – 5:30-7 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 31 Philippians 2 – 1 Thessalonians 2 (including: Philippians 4:4-7)

Rejoice in the Lord, always.   I shall say it again: rejoice!   Your kindness should be known to all.   The Lord is near.   Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God.   Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

 

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

Health Care Update

[United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ] – by Rich Doerflinger - Congressional leadership's campaign to persuade pro-life Democrats in the House to vote for a pro-abortion Senate bill on health care reform is being greatly assisted by a mass of misinformation, claiming that the bill does not fund abortions and is "pro-life."

To assist you in contacting your elected representatives, to urge them not to support the bill without critical changes on abortion and rights of conscience, these materials are now posted on the USCCB web site:

Why billions of dollars in new health funding will not be covered by Hyde amendment: www.usccb.org/healthcare/communityhealthcenters.pdf

One-page overview of abortion/conscience problems in the Senate bill: www.usccb.org/healthcare/030410facts.pdf

Response to law professor Timothy Jost who has claimed the Senate bill is "pro-life": www.usccb.org/healthcare/jost-response.pdf

One-page chart comparing House and Senate bills: www.usccb.org/healthcare/Issuechart.pdf

If your elected representative has a record of opposing federal abortion funding, please urge him or her to read these materials in making a final decision.   If they have questions about any of the points made here or need further documentation, they should feel free to contact me ( rdoerflinger@usccb.org , 202-541-3171).

Even members with consistent pro-life voting records are being misled or confused by the false claims circulating in Washington about the legislation.   If your own representative is firm on the issue, please ask him or her to share these points with others who may be more confused.   As occurred in November, the ultimate fate of unborn children under this legislation will depend primarily on whether pro-life Democrats maintain their strong stand in defense of life.

House Rules Committee chair Louise Slaughter now says her committee won't meet to set a rule for debating the legislation until at least Saturday.   This means there will almost certainly be time for parishioners to act on our newly updated bulletin insert before the House vote.   Please distribute the alert as widely as possible (see www.usccb.org/healthcare ).

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

Take Action

Giving Loud and Clear Guidance to Members of the House

[NRLC] - By Dave Andrusko - Why should you bother to call your member of the House of Representatives yet again to protest the Senate's health care bill on which the House is close to acting? After all, those who criticize NRLC insist our concern about HR 3590 is much ado about nothing.

But, in fact, pro-life resistance is much to do about something of major consequence, as we shall see momentarily.

No pro-lifer will be fooled by the confident assurances uttered by President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: Whether the bill passes is very much still up in the air. They are counting on opponents to give up at the eleventh hour.

Each day this week I've directed you to www.capwiz.com/nrlc/callalert/index.tt?alertid=14772666&type=CO --NRLC's Condition Red/Action Alert. I hope you've gone through the entire Alert (and shared it with others), especially the part that reads,

"When all of the pro-abortion provisions are considered in total, the Senate bill is the most pro-abortion single piece of legislation that has ever come to the House floor for a vote, since Roe v. Wade. Any House member who votes for the Senate health bill is casting a career-defining pro-abortion vote. A House member who votes for the Senate bill would forfeit a plausible claim to pro-life credentials. No House member who votes for the Senate bill will be regarded, in the future, as having a record against federal funding of abortion."    To Continue Reading

Video Vignettes

Two Amazing Youth Sing the Praises of Our Lord

Yesterday, in searching for a video link I came across a video of an amazing young man with a voice straight from heaven.   Then today, a good friend sent me the link to our second video, of a young girl singing praises of Christ’s willingness to be crucified for me.    Watch as Andrew Johnston sings his way to third place in “Britain's Got Talent”:

Kaitlyn Maher made it to the Top ten on “America’s Got Talent”.   Watch as she sings at Christian Fellowship Church’s Worship Concert:

The styles of these two singers are absolutely different, and yet the message of Christ’s love comes clearly through the voice of each

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.

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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