Events and Opportunities

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.

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

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 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