Events and Opportunities

Pregnancy counselling training opportunity

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:11:00 GMT

A note from Real Choices Australia director, Debbie Garratt:

Hi

I am thrilled to be able to provide you with some information about our new training course, Certificate IV in Pastoral Care, fully contextualised to the work of pregnancy support and counselling. The course will be undertaken over 1 year and is a combination of distance education, with some face to face components.

We are now taking initial enquiries online. If you would like a course outline, please visit our website or download a brochure.

If you have any questions, feel free to give me a call.

Regards

Debbie

Debbie Garratt RN
M.Ed, B.Ed, B.N. Dip. RMT,
DIP.SM Cert Couns
Executive Director

Ph: 02 60595550
Fax: 02 6059 6500
Mob: 0412 562298

Preparing for the Vic election - important meeting

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:14:00 GMT

Alerting all pro lifers wanting to help rid the Victorian Parliament of anti life legislators!

Pro lifers are urged to attend one of the most important meetings the Victorian pro life movement will ever hold. The Meeting is being held to plan the forthcoming Victorian State Election Campaign Strategy. All prolifers know just how vital it is to demonstrate our revulsion for the Brumby Labor Government's 2008 Abortion Law Reform Act. As a result of this pitiless legislation NO UNBORN CHILD IS SAFE IN THIS STATE.

The Meeting will be held at 7 p.m. this coming Friday evening, at the Right to Life Australia Headquarters, 45 Nicholson Street, East Brunswick, Melbourne (MELWAYS 30 A10 or Tram number 96).

An RSVP to 03 9387 2182 would help ensure there is room for everyone to be seated.

We look forward to seeing you all this coming Friday evening!

THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT MEETING. IT WILL PROVIDE MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE THEIR IDEAS, TO HAVE CONCERNS ADDRESSED AND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THIS ALL IMPORTANT ELECTION.

(This notice provided by Pro Life Victoria.)

Genesis Fundraising Dinner

Sun, 04 Jul 2010 12:02:00 GMT

Genesis Pregnancy Support staff are excited to invite you along to our first ever fundraising dinner!

PLEASE SEE YOUR INVITATION ATTACHED

As volunteers with this organisation that has been serving women and babies for 19 years, we are thrilled at the recent expansion of services and also future possibilities that are beginning to unfold.

The main objectives of the dinner are:
- to bring together all our like minded supporters to share company, conversation and commitment to the cause, over a lovely meal.
- to acknowledge and thank you for your ongoing support of our work in heart, prayer, effort and finances.
- to raise the final amount of funds needed to pay for the ultra sound machine and also to undergird the plans for future service development.

The use of the ultrasound machine in conjunction with our crisis pregnancy counselling service will give us the incredibly important opportunity to offer women the option of viewing their baby, live in the womb, before they make the final decision about the future of their pregnancies.

Results in the USA show a 60% - 80% turnaround of decision from abortion to keeping their babies!

ALL THE FACTS CAN MAKE …… ALL THE DIFFERENCE!

Again, we couldn’t have made it this far without you, and we can’t go any further without you either. All together we make a great team, so please come along for a wonderful evening of food, entertainment and inspiring speakers and guests.

Bring along your friends too!

See you there!

Juli Bednall
Chairperson

To book please email the following details to genesispregnancysupport@msn.com

$50 tickets - Number of attendees:
$40 earlybird (before 31st July) - Number of attendees:
Table of 10 @ $40ea ($400..saving of $100) - Yes or No :
Number requiring vegetarian meal:
Number requiring gluten-free meal:

PAYMENT DETAILS

Credit card
Type of CREDIT CARD (eg Mastercard/Bankcard/Visa):
Card no (16 digits):
CVV no (last 3 digits on back of card:
Expiry Date:
Name (as it appears on card):
Amount:

Direct deposit
NAME: GENESIS PREGNANCY SUPPORT INC
BANK: BANKSA
BSB: 105-152
A/C: 033 660 840
(Identify deposit with: SURNAME + Number of Tickets eg SMITH 4

CONTACT DETAILS (for your receipt)

NAME:
ADDRESS:
PHONE:
EMAIL:

Bookings or payment can also be made by phone: 08 8376 4100, or by mailing a cheque or money order.
All bookings will be confirmed by phone or email. Receipts will be issued at the door on the night.

LIFE NETWORK AUSTRALIA TURNS 1

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:50:00 GMT

....and will be celebrating with a birthday dinner in Deniliquin (rural NSW).

WHERE: Deniliquin RSL Restaurant.
WHEN: July 3, 2010 - From 6:00 pm (nibbles).
WHAT: Dinner - 3 Courses
COST: $50 per head.

The evening will feature guest speakers:

Trevor Grace who recently ran as an Independent in the South Australian election. He understands the harm that abortion does to Australian women, and is prepared to do something about it, despite the hostile opposition he and his family have received from some members of the public. Trevor and his wife, Robyn, have supported women to continue their pregnancies and also supported women post abortion, and have a wealth of knowledge and information regarding the needs of women and the devastating impact of abortion.

Kay Painter and Julie Thomas of the US-based 'Operation Outcry'. Operation Outcry is the ministry of The Justice Foundation working to end the pain of abortion by exposing the truth about its devastating impact on women, men and families. They believe that this can be accomplished through prayer and the testimonies of women and men who have suffered harm from abortion. They aim to restore justice and to protect women, men, and children from the destruction that abortion causes.

ALSO...

Life Network Australia will share about their first exciting year and plans for the rest of 2010.

For bookings or more information, contact Sonja Couroupis: sonja.couroupis@bigpond.com or text or phone 0428 313 931.

Rachel's Vineyard Workshop & Training, Mildura

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:57:00 GMT

Friday night 7:00pm and Saturday 9:30am - 4:30pm, July 2-3

This is an open event and a development opportunity, suitable for those who counsel people with post abortion grief, but also for those who hope to be able to do so in the future, and of course for those who have been touched by abortion personally. You may invite anyone you feel would benefit; counsellors, nurses, mental health workers, doctors or welfare workers. Having said this, you do not need any previous training to come.

Anne Neville is the guest presenter and comes from Open Doors in Melbourne. She is well qualified to speak in the area as the Director of Counselling there and has her credentials an arm's length long: R.N., R.M., Dip. Psychotherapy, Dip. Marriage and Family, Dip. Interpersonal Relationship Therapy, Accredited Grief & Loss Counsellor with N.A.L.A.G., Clinical member of CAPAV, Clinical Counsellor PACFA Reg. No. 21127.

If you wish to know more about Rachel's Vineyard itself, please look at the websites both in the US and Australia. Jump on board if you will!

The cost will be $50 per person.
Venue: Diggerland Upstairs & Cafe 26, Red Cliffs.

Friday 2nd July: 7pm
Pregnancy proneness
Crisis Pregnancy
Supper

Saturday 3rd July: 9.30am-4.30pm
Abortion Decision
Post Abortion Syndrome (criteria)
Traumatic Re- Enactment (DVD's)
Rachel's Vineyard Experience

Please RSVP to Anne Webster webster@ncable.com.au to confirm your spot.

Write now to oppose Queen's award for abortion advocate

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:42:00 GMT

An action-alert from Pro-Life Victoria

Listed amongst the many selfless voluntary community workers and leaders in yesterday's Queens Birthday Honours was long term pro abortion activist and abortion provider Jo Wainer. This is a cynical attack on the sanctity of human life ethic. It is a deep insult to those of Her Majesty's subjects who adhere to and have devoted their lives to the preservation of this ethic. And it demeans the dedication and achievements of the worthier recipients.

This insult cannot be allowed to go unchallenged! We need to ask the Queen to strip Jo Wainer of this honour.

It is unlikely Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 11 would know the background of the 400 odd Australians upon whom she was bestowing her honours. BUT SHE MUST NOW BE MADE AWARE OF THE INSULT AND MISCHIEF MAKING OF THOSE ADVISING HER. The honour was bestowed for "Service to the community as an academic and researcher in the area of reproductive health rights and through leadership roles promoting women in medicine ... in particular rural areas." She is described as an "Abortion law reform campaigner since 1969, member of the team which secured repeal of the Victorian abortion laws in 2008."

PLEASE WRITE NOW TO:

HM Queen Elizabeth II c/- Buckingham Palace London protesting this mischief. She is a Constitutional Monarch and as such is above politics. Victoria's abortion law was highly political and very divisive. The Monarch is supposed to unite, not divide her subjects. She has been badly advised by her Australian representatives, perhaps Australia's Governor - General Quentin Bryce, who herself has a past history of pro abortion activism, the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd who voted for the importation of the abortifacient drug RU48 and John Brumby whose Government passed the worst abortion law in the Western world?

AND send a copy of your letter to:

Governor - General Quentin Bryce
c/- Government House
Yarralumla Canberra 2600

Rt. Hon. Kevin Rudd
Prime Minister
c/- Parliament House
Canberra 2600

Premier John Brumby
c/- Parliament House
Spring Street
Melbourne 3000

Remember to ask that this Queen's Honour be rescinded ... and this gross insult, the "icing on the cake", the "reward" for this barbaric abortion law, to her otherwise loyal subjects, redressed!

Denise M Cameron
Pro Life Victoria (Inc)
Australia

Lifting the Veil – Adelaide

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:29:00 GMT

The unspoken pain of abortion.

For more than 40 years, our nation has argued about abortion. It has fragmented political parties and churches. Divided families and relationships. Men against women. Women against women. During this time, over one and a half million women have had one or more abortions, and three million unborn babies have been killed.

However, while conflicts rage over abortion, little has been done to protect the unborn and address the emotional needs of those who struggle with feelings of grief, shame, guilt – and more, as a result of having had an abortion. Instead, social taboos and political biases have stifled discussion of abortion and abortion-related feelings.

Lifting the veil is about recognising the unborn child is a unique, individual, human being. Lifting the veil is also about listening and enabling women to share their postabortion pain – offering women hope and healing.

Julie Thomas tells of her abortion experience and how it has taken 24 years to allow God to teach her how to forgive herself. “The road to healing can be long and hard. I made the choice and I paid the price.” Julie is from Atlanta, a single mother and an employee of a major airline.

Kay Painter shares her own personal story. At the age of 39, with older children and a growing business, Kay became pregnant and then had an abortion. She is currently a counsellor at Lifeline Pregnancy Centre in United States, where she helps women suffering post-abortion grief.

Trevor Grace Independent candidate for Save the Unborn and author of abortsa.com website, speaks openly how society and governments need to legislate the personhood of the unborn child and not compromise into believing otherwise.

Lifting the Veil will be held at the Dom Polski Centre, 232 Angas Street, Adelaide, on Tuesday 6th July 2010, commencing 7:30pm. Free Admission

For more information contact Robyn Grace 0403 760 200, or download a brochure.

Passion4Life Blue Mountains Walk4Life

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:10:00 GMT

Passion4Life are a team of four passionate teenagers who have organised a walk across the Blue Mountains to support organisations Choices of Life and Diamond Pregnancy Support. The Passion team aim to bring awareness about the affects of abortion and to support women and families who face unplanned pregnancy.

Team member, Liana, is excited about their second walk. "We really believe in the lives of the unborn and the potential of their mothers. We are doing the walk over the 8-10th of July (three days) from Lapston to Little Hartley (approx 90 km).”

If you would like to join these enthusiastic teenagers, contact Ebony at youthp4l@gmail.com. Alternatively, donations can be made to:

Bank: Commonwealth
Account name: Passion 4 life
Account number: 06 2601 10313498

Choices of Life: 4th annual dinner

Fri, 14 May 2010 13:10:00 GMT

With special speaker Jenny Gurry, Diamond Pregnancy Support (Western Sydney) and the Passion for Life Team.

Saturday 26 June 2010
Epping Baptist Church
Cnr Carlingford and Ray Rds Epping, NSW (Sydney)
Starting at 6pm
Cost :$25
RSVP: 22 June 2010 info@choicesoflife.com.au or phone: 02 9499 5108.
See invitation for more information.

Jenny Gurry completed her Degree in Business then worked in marketing in the corporate world for some time. It was after completing an Advanced Diploma in Ministry that she begun her journey into helping women face unplanned pregnancy. Now newly married and loving life, Jenny has been involved in the life movement for just over 3 years now. She began Diamond Pregnancy Support after she saw that there was a need for women who were facing an unplanned pregnancy to find the support they needed. After 3 years, they are reaching over 100 families a year and reaching women from all different walks of life and all different backgrounds and being part of the answer for women facing unplanned pregnancy and the unborn.

The Passion 4 Life Team is an amazing group of young (13-15 years old) ladies — Ebony, Grace, Liana and Jacinta — who are passionate about saving the unborn. They are planning their second Blue Mountains walk of 70kms to raise awareness of abortion and funds for pro-life initiatives.

Life Dinner 2010: A Fundraiser for defending life

Sat, 15 May 2010 10:17:00 GMT

LIVE music  International Speaker  Auctions

Special Guest Speaker
Dr Alan Carlson (USA)
Chairman, World Congress of Families

Pro-Life Musician
Robert Galea

Venue: Melrose Receptions
Cnr Melrose & Carrick Drive,
Tullamarine, Victoria
Date: Saturday 14 August 2010
Time: 6:30pm with pre-dinner drinks
Cost: $75 for 3 course meal (including drinks)
$50 for students
RSVP: Friday 6 August 2010

Bookings: Phyllis Restall (03) 9816 0800 or 0429 336 053
See invitation for more information.

Sponsored by Life Coalition:
Australian Family Association
Catholic Women’s League
Christian Democratic Party
Culture Watch
Democratic Labor Party
Endeavor Forum
Family Voice Australia
Knights of the Southern Cross
Life Network Australia
Salt Shakers
The Helpers of God’s Precious Infants
Victims of Abortion
Vitae Australia

WA Remembrance Walk and Rally for Life

Mon, 03 May 2010 11:50:00 GMT

100,000 dead babies

Archbishop Barry Hickey will launch the Western Australian Remembrance Walk and Rally for Life, scheduled to begin at 7 pm on Tuesday 25 May at St Mary’s Cathedral in Victoria Square.

This year will mark 12 years of abortion with state approval in Western Australia. Sadly by May 2010 over 100,000 children will have been killed by abortion in that State since 1998.

Rather than just holding a traditional Rally for Life at Parliament House, organisers, The Coalition for the Defence of Human Life, hope to make this year’s commemoration a pilgrimage of prayer, repentance and resolution.

Beginning from St Mary’s Cathedral, thay will march along St Georges Terrace. The marchers will stop for a prayer of repentance outside Government House, where on 26 May 1998 the WA Governor gave the Royal Assent to the abortion bill, ignoring the 10,000 signatures gathered on a petition against the bill over the preceding weekend.

Further down the Terrace they will pause again outside the Premier’s office to remind Colin Barnett, who voted for the abortion bill in 1998, and his government, that the first duty of the executive government of Western Australia is to ensure that all its innocent citizens – particularly the most vulnerable - are fully protected by the law.

The evening march will finish at Parliament House where the participants expect to be joined by many fine MPs from all parties who share a commitment to the defence of human life.

Please mark this date on your calendar now and invite your friends and family to join you. Children are very welcome at this event. Electric candles will be provided for all participants as well as “precious feet” badges as a memento of this occasion.

Reproduced from the April 2010 newsletter of the Coalition for the Defence of Human Life.

Cherish Life Annual Conference - 3 journeys

Sat, 01 May 2010 12:38:00 GMT

“Reclaiming Lost Ground”

The Cherish Life Queensland Inc Annual General Meeting & Conference will be held on Saturday June 26, 2010, in the Undumbi Room, Parliamentary Annex, Alice Street, Brisbane.

3 women ... 3 decisions ... 3 journeys ...
Keynote speakers Karen Pearce, Lori Cartagena, Helen Glen will speak about their experiences of abortion, adoption and parenthood.

Kay Painter and Julie Thomas from Operation Outcry in the USA will share what they are doing to raise awareness of the horror and destruction of abortion.

Sue Story and Terry Clarke-Burrows, originators of Katie Rose Cottage hospice, will also speak.

For registration and further information, please download the attached flier.

Walk for Little Feet - Queensland

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:00:00 GMT

Speaking up peacefully for the unborn.

The Walk commences on Saturday 8 May, 2010, at 10.15am from outside the Marie Stopes International abortion clinic at the corner of Hayling and Chalfont Streets, Salisbury, Brisbane.

It is a 9.5km walk to lunch at the park at the corner of Vulture and Sidon Streets, South Brisbane – at the southern entrance to South Bank. (BYO lunch – fruit and water provided.)

It is then 3km to Parliament House via South Bank and the city. The Walk concludes at 2.45pm.
All placards provided.

Be a participant:
Walk as far as you like to ‘do your bit’ for the little feet that may never walk. The total walk is 12.5km, but you can join in at any point marked on the attached flier.

Be a sponsor:
The Walk also aims to raise funds for Right to Life Australia’s life-saving work. Find sponsors and walk yourself, or if that is not possible, sponsor someone else.

Walk for Little Feet Queensland 2010

Silent Scream screens in Brisbane

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:33:00 GMT

The well-known pro life film from 1984, "Silent Scream" was produced 30+ years ago showing ultrasound images of abortion, and is narrated by Dr Bernard Nathanson.

It is a confronting film — children 13 years and under may attend with parental permission.

For further details, contact Cherish Life Queensland Inc, phone 07 3871 2445 or email info@cherishlife.org.au

Sue Hartley from Daughters of Promise will speak briefly about her organisation and how it helps young girls become young women without losing a sense of their value in a valueless world.

Wednesday 19 May 2010, 7:15pm for 7:35pm start
Legion House, 377 St Paul's Tce, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
Parking available in surrounding streets after 7pm
Gold coin donation, pro life resources available for sale.
Bring a plate to share for supper.

Training for Pregnancy Support Workers

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:46:00 GMT

The Priceless Life Centre (Brisbane) provides a crisis pregnancy help line, face to face appointments, pregnancy support, and post abortion support.

The PLC desire to see a cohesive and qualified group of counsellors and support workers across Queensland who are equipped to respond to the needs of people facing challenges because they are pregnant, especially those considering abortion.

As people change the way they think in relation to the unborn as a result of our advertising campaigns, there will be more and more women who choose life, who choose to keep their babies, and therefore there will be a greater need for pregnancy support. Emily's Voice and Toowoomba City Women are teaming up with the Priceless Life Centre and bringing them to Toowoomba to train women who are interested in becoming pregnancy support workers.

The training session will include introduction to communication, self-awareness, ethics, abortion, post abortion, fertility and STI’s. It will involve a distance education component as well as attendance at a weekend seminar on 19th & 20th June. Cost for the training is $110. Registration and enquiries to Liz Preston at info@pricelesslifecentre.org.au or call (07) 3856 3007.

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Emily’s Voice recently sent out a call for those who would like a more active role in EV to attend a meeting and be mobilised! They now have a dedicated band of people who, using their own gifts and talents, are contributing to the impact Emily's Voice is having in Toowoomba and beyond. People are praying, assisting with mail outs, staffing stalls, writing new promotional material, sourcing merchandise, liaising with churches, networking, hosting speaking opportunities and more. If you are keen to be more involved, please email info@emilysvoice.com