Detective Sees Water and Music
Table of Contents
- National Campaign Daily Intention
- May we come to know that divine life, in relationship, creates human life.
- National Campaign News
- Six Days to Go, 411 Saved!
- Local Campaign News
- Detectives Visit the Abortion Site & Meet with Stutes
- Wrap-up Rally & Celebration, Nov 1st, 5 pm
- Coming Events
- 40 Days for Life Attends Youth Event at St. Rose on Tuesday, Oct 27
- Tea-Party Express II Comes through Nevada, Weds, Oct 28
- Carson City Church Fair – Volunteer Needed – Sat Oct 31, noon – 5 pm
- Wrap-up Rally – Sunday, Nov 1 – 5:00 Shofar, 6:00 Pot Luck Dinner, 7:00 Movie
- Allow us to Announce Your Pro-Life Prayer Gathering Here
- 40 Days through Scripture
- Day 34 - Hebrews 2 - 10
- National News
- Pregnancy Resource Centers: Turning Despair to Hope
- Video Vignette
- "Law & Order's" Wholly Unexpected Treatment of Abortion was Must-Watch Television
- Abortion 101
- Planned Parenthood
- Get Involved
- U.S. House Speaker Pelosi wants to ram the pro-abortion health care bill through the House- Telephone your representative in the U.S. House today!
- Spread the Message of Life on October 31st by making Pro-Life Jack-o-Lanterns!
- Support 40 Days for Life with a Donation through our Website
- Campaign Materials
- Two Hearts Catholic Books & Gifts to Carry 40 Days for Life Items
- Free 40 Days for Life Items - Bumper Sticker, Bracelet & More
National Campaign Daily Intention
May we come to know that divine life, in relationship, creates human life.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. —John 1:1-3
“In the beginning" was God. Always, before all times, there was God. This particular God ‐‐ the God of the Bible, the God of St. John’s Gospel ‐‐ is different from all other gods. This God is alive and full of life. This God is not the picture of deadness and death, aloneness and isolation.
This God is the picture of life, relation‐ship, and unity. For within this God, within this one God, there are three divine persons who live, who love, and who work ‐‐ together. This is the glorious mystery of the Trinity. The Trinity means divine life. The Trinity means three, living Persons ‐‐ Father, Son, and Holy Spirit ‐‐ who relate to each other. The Trinity means mutual love and service among three Persons.
The Word was always with God the Father. This Word was, is, and will be the Trinity’s second person. The Word is also the Son of God or, as revealed in time, Jesus Christ. God the Father and God the Son live, love, and work for each other. As one, they create "all things" together: the Father creates all things, including all human life, through the Son.
So the Father, through the Son, creates all human lives. The little one swimming in his mother’s womb, the infant smiling in his father’s arms, the child crying in pain in a hospital bed, the energetic teen running another mile, the old man gasping for his last breath ‐‐ all were created, at their beginning, by the Father through the Son. No exceptions. Divine life creates human life.
Rev. Paul Stallsworth
President
Lifewatch
(United Methodist Church)
National Campaign News
Six Days to Go, 411 Saved!
The National campaign reports on how the campaign is progressing around the country. Here is an excerpt from today’s update.
The words a sidewalk counselor spoke to a woman entering the abortion center in Dallas, Texas summed things up so accurately. "I know the baby is not the problem," the counselor said, "but it's the situation you are in."
The woman took information from the counselor but continued into the clinic -- while 40 Days for Life vigil participants prayed for her and her child. An hour later, the woman came out of the clinic in tears. She was married, she said, but thinking about abortion -- though she doesn't know why it got to that point. But when she saw people praying, she knew abortion was not the answer, and that indeed, it was her situation that was the problem, not the baby.
There are two other stories from Dallas with a similar theme -- and the same outcome.…
To read the entire national update go to: http://40daysforlife.com/blog/?p=458. Please join us as we give witness to the truth at our sidewalk. Utilize this Right before someone puts in place an ordinance that removes our right to free speech.
Local Campaign News
Detectives Visit the Abortion Site & Meet with Stutes
Today Laura visited the sidewalk on her day off of work, and afterwards sent us this report:
Karen & I were at the sidewalk today. An unmarked police car drove out of the facility shortly after we arrived & parked to the right of the entrance on the street. He walked past us on the sidewalk, to the end of the fence, crossed the street & walked the easement and back to his car. He only said “hello” so us as we walked by. As soon as he left, the sprinklers began so we crossed the street to the easement. 5 seconds later the same police car pulled parallel to my car [parked across the street in the dirt] & the officer got out to talk to us. He saw the sprinklers getting us wet & he heard the music. He stated he had been inside speaking with him. He suggested that we not stand in the gutter nor in the street. The officer was very polite, answering our questions and concerns in the 10 minutes or so. Did I mention, as soon as the officer was out of his car & heading toward us, the sprinklers & music were silent!
Later John from Fernley stopped by to pray on his way home. He joined us in the last decade of the Joyful Mysteries and the Divine Mercy Chaplet. Don’t think I heard but 1 honk of discontent from passersby today, yet about 8 in affirmation. Praise be Jesus.
If you’d like to report being sprayed by the watering system or having music blasted while you’re at the sidewalk, please use the Reno Police non-emergency line. Their number is 775-334-2677.
Before you come out to pray, please sign a Statement of Peace which can be found on-line at: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe/StatementofPeace. If you can get to the sidewalk in Reno, to register for the hours when you’ll be at the sidewalk, go to: http://www.vigilcalendar.com/renotahoe. For those who live close to Carson City, please consider going to the sidewalk in front of the Tahoe Women’s Care, located on Mica Drive. Thank you in advance for your assistance with this effort. To register for your time there, go to: http://www.vigilcalendar.com/carsoncity. Don’t forget to send your impressions of your time at the sidewalk to renotahoe@40DaysforLife.com.
Our website has been undergoing major renovations, due to the assistance of our webmaster, Suzie. Take at look by going to: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe and don’t miss the Resources section!
Remember, if you have plan to participate as a member of 40 Days for Life, you are asked to follow the law, including those that apply to private property. Do not enter the property of the abortion site. If you have not yet signed a Statement of Peace, please do so now on-line. Also remember, that as witnesses to Christ, we come to bring the Love of Christ to the sidewalk. While this refers to everyone with whom we interact, it applies especially to Dr. Stutes and his staff. It is through his conversion of heart that we have the most to gain, especially if he repents of the abortions he has participated in and accepts Christ and His forgiveness.
Wrap-up Rally & Celebration, Nov 1st, 5 pm
Just around the corner is our Wrap-up Celebration, at which we will blow a Shofar at the sidewalk to mark the end of the campaign. After a brief Rally at the sidewalk, we will proceed by car, slightly less than 2 miles to the River Rock Christian Fellowship, located at 4690 Longley Lane, Reno. At 6 pm there will be a Pot Luck Dinner, followed by a movie at 7 pm. Please download a copy of our Flyer and ask your church to post it this weekend. www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe/flyer
Coming Events
- 40 Days for Life Attends Youth Event at St. Rose on Tuesday, Oct 27
- This Tuesday, 40 Days for Life will be attending a Catholic Youth Event at St. Rose of Lima, providing Pro-Life information and inviting participants to join us at our Sunday evening Closing Rally, Dinner and Movie.
- Tea-Party Express II Comes through Nevada, Weds, Oct 28
- If anyone has the morning off on Wednesday and would like to represent 40 Days for Life at this event, it could be an excellent opportunity to reach out to members of the community who are ready to see a true change, as those participating are typically ready to admit that they are not happy with those who are representing them and the impact it has on the unborn. If you’re available, contact Carol Marie, at renotahoe@40DaysforLife.com or call 530-412-1573.
- Carson City Church Fair – Volunteer Needed – Sat Oct 31, noon – 5 pm
- The St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church in Carson City will be having a fair on Oct 30-31, from noon – 5 pm each day, during which we have been invited to promote 40 Days for Life. Thank you to the two volunteers, Laura and Joe, who have stepped up to help on Friday. Now we need at least one volunteer to assist on Saturday. Does your schedule permit you to join in this opportunity to share the message regarding 40 Days for Life with church-goers who are likely to be open to the message of life? If you can help, please contact Carol Marie at renotahoe@40DaysforLife.com or call 530-412-1573.
- Wrap-up Rally – Sunday, Nov 1 – 5:00 Shofar, 6:00 Pot Luck Dinner, 7:00 Movie
- Mark your calendars for a true celebration, as we honor God for all the graces He has showered upon our campaign, this Fall and since we began this effort in the Fall of 2007. November 1st is the Catholic All Saints Day feast, the perfect time to join in celebration of all the Saints who have given their lives in service to Our Lord and to Thank Christ for the many graces He has showered on our campaign for the past 40 Days as we have sought to do His will. We have planned an event you will not want to miss. River Rock Christian Fellowship, having been recently blessed with a new Church home less than 2 miles from the West End Abortion Site, has graciously offered to allow us to use their facility for a Pot-Luck Dinner and Pro-Life Movie Night. We will end the 40 Day campaign with the blowing of the shofar at the sidewalk at 5 pm, along with a brief rally of prayer, scripture and sharing, and then we will proceed by car to their church for a pot-luck dinner of Celebration, as we fellowship and share our experiences of the past 40 Days. Our evening will conclude with a Pro-Life movie. Please, print a copy of our FLYER and with your Pastor’s permission, post it at your church for this weekend. Then, don’t forget to contact Millie at 775-348-9088 to confirm your attendance at this special evening. If you are willing to help, contact us at renotahoe@40DaysforLife.com. Your assistance and participation are greatly appreciated. We are looking for help in putting on this event, so please do not be shy, step forward and get involved!
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 34 - Hebrews 2 - 10 (including: Hebrews 3:12-15)
- Take care, brothers, that none of you may have an evil and unfaithful heart, so as to forsake the living God. Encourage yourselves daily while it is still “today,” so that none of you may grow hardened by the deceit of sin. We have become partners of Christ if only we hold the beginning of reality firm until the end, for it is said:
“Oh, that today you would hear his voice:
‘Harden not your hearts as at the rebellion.’”
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. It’s never too late to start reading the bible.
National News
Pregnancy Resource Centers: Turning Despair to Hope
[PriestsforLife.org] - One of the most encouraging facts about the pro-life effort in our country is that there are far more pregnancy resource centers (over 2300) than there are abortion mills (about 740).
The centers used to be called “crisis pregnancy centers” and were often advertised with the promise of “free pregnancy tests.” Now, the more common term is “pregnancy resource centers” (PRCs), and the range of services provided goes far beyond pregnancy testing, and includes the services of fully licensed medical clinics.
Moreover, these centers do not just operate on their own with the support of their local communities. Rather, there are large well-organized networks of pregnancy centers, united by a commitment to professional standards of care, expert training programs, and joint efforts to make sure everyone knows exactly where to turn for alternatives to abortion.
All this is good news for the pro-life movement, and to help spread that good news, a report was recently compiled by several of the leading pregnancy resource networks and organizations that foster them. Called “A Passion to Serve, A Vision for Life,” this pregnancy center report for 2009 was prepared by Heartbeat International, Care Net, the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, LIFE International, and the Family Research Council. The corresponding website is www.apassiontoserve.com.
As the report states, “PRCs serve some 1.9 million people each year with pregnancy assistance, abstinence counseling and education, community outreach programs and referrals, and public health linkages….Every day in the United States pregnancy resource centers assist an average of 5,500 Americans, female and male, young and old, with sexuality-and-pregnancy-related concerns.”
Twenty-nine of every 30 people engaged in pregnancy center work are volunteers, involved with lay and peer counseling, medical services (including ultrasound and STD testing), center upkeep, fundraising, parenting classes, and programs for healing after abortion. Full story at PriestsforLife.org
For more Pro-Life related news, go to our website: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe/News
Video Vignette
"Law & Order's" Wholly Unexpected Treatment of Abortion was Must-Watch Television
[NRLC] - Friday of last week, NRLC had this to say about a Law and Order Episode:
Last week NRLC received a letter about "Dignity," tonight's episode. I didn't happen to see the letter until recently. But I probably would not have bothered to open it had it come to me first, based on the program's two previous treatments of the abortion issue.
But then there is the last line of the letter from the executive producer: "At the very least, it ["Dignity"] will confound those who thought they had us pegged." As I watched an advanced copy of the program today, I realized that truer words have rarely been spoken. …
Today NRLC provided a link to a clip from the episode (the complete show is apparently available for purchase on-line through iTunes). They had this to day about the clip:
… The NBC program [Law and Order] is hardly known for treating the abortion issue in an even-handed manner. Friday's program--"Dignity"--allowed the pro-life position to be presented in full and through the mouths not only of self-identified pro-lifers but also through the agonizing reflections of members of the "Law & Order" cast. …
Abortion 101
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood is one of the largest abortion providers in the world. But where did it all get started and what does Planned Parenthood really stand for today? It’s important to be armed with the facts if you want to understand the impact Planned Parenthood is having on our culture today, especially on young people and their perception of their sexuality and their fertility.
Founder Margaret Sanger had some interesting views that are worth looking into. For more info on her, go to: http://www.stopp.org/sanger.htm
Stop Planned Parenthood (www.stopp.org) has a number of resources to provide you with the facts about Planned Parenthood. A good page to get started is: http://www.stopp.org/resource.htm
But you don’t have to take the word of those who are opposed to Planned Parenthood to see just how much of a negative impact they are having on today’s youth. You can go to their own Teen Talk website to see for yourself what they are selling to youth. Go to: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/teen-talk/ Warning, they can be obscene and graphic, so this content is not recommended for the young, despite how Planned Parenthood is targeting their materials.
Get Involved!
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi wants to ram the pro-abortion health care bill through the House - Telephone your representative in the U.S. House today!
[NRLC] - This is an urgent congressional alert from the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) in Washington, D.C. Please act on this alert immediately. …
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Ca.) is planning to try to ram the massive health care bill (H.R. 3200) through the House on short notice, without allowing consideration of a critical pro-life amendment. National Right to Life is urging every pro-life citizen to immediately TELEPHONE the office of his or her representative in the U.S. House of Representatives with a clear and firm message urging a NO vote on the so-called "rule," which is the procedural vote that would allow passage of H.R. 3200 with no amendments allowed, and also to vote against the pro-abortion bill itself.
Even if you have already called and written your representatives in Congress about the health care bills, it is critical that you call again now. This will just take a few minutes. For guidance on how to make your call, click here, or go to the NRLC Legislative Action Center at http://www.capwiz.com/nrlc/ and click on the "Urgent Congressional Alert."
Spread the Message of Life on October 31st by making Pro-Life Jack-o-Lanterns!
There are many opportunities to be a voice for the voiceless, and most of those opportunities require us to go someplace public. But, on the eve of All Saints Day, the public comes to us! So make a pro-life jack-o-lantern and send your photos to us. Be sure to include your name, age and address in the e-mail, and we'll post the best ones on our homepage! It doesn't have to be anything fancy. It could be as intricate as the design here or as simple as the word "Pro-Life." Whatever your skill level, be creative and tell the world about the personhood of preborn babies! Send your pro-life Jack-O-Lantern pictures to prolifepumpkin@all.org.
Support 40 Days for Life with a Donation through our Website
Thank you to the two donors who have donated via our website. We have received a donation of $25 and another for $30. No donation is too small or too large, any support is accepted and appreciated. Do you believe in the work we are doing as we Pray to End Abortion? If so, help support the effort with a donation to cover our expenses. Donate Now
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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