Events and Opportunities

Contributed by Helen Parker, Executive Director of The Babes Project. 

The Babes Project recently celebrated Valentines Day with the opening of their Pregnancy Support Centre in Croydon.

With the mandate of supporting women in crisis pregnancy, promoting adoption and parenting as positive alternatives to abortion, The Babes Project will run the centre for women to access further support.

With over 80 people in attendance, the centre was overflowing.  Some highlights included the story of Kartya who shared her journey of adoption, abortion and crisis pregnancy as well as the first showing of “The Babes Project Story” which articulates the beginnings of the organisation and the heart behind it.

David Hodgett MP, conducted official proceedings and spoke of the importance of engaging with the issue of crisis pregnancy and how centre’s such as these can be utilised, becoming a great asset to the community.

Within the first days that the Pregnancy Support Centre was open, a young teen walked into the centre with her boyfriend and The Babes Project was able to provide her with free pregnancy testing and book her in for subsequent appointments.  This highlighted the immediate and great need for a service to be readily available to support those needing help, hope and support when they first discover they are pregnant.

The Babes project is working with local councils, community groups and health care services to ensure this is a centre which is utilised to it’s full capacity.  

For more information on volunteering, pregnancy assistance or donating, please email info@thebabesproject.com

By Shawn Carney -  40 Days for Life shawn@40daysforlife.com

Are you ready to be part of something BIG?  

Are you ready to pray and fast, stand in peaceful vigil, change hearts and minds -- and save lives?  

If so, it will require sacrifice ... but it will be worth it.  

Tomorrow, you have the opportunity to join the largest spring (Autumn in Australia) 40 Days for Life campaign in history, as it kicks off in 258 cities across America and around the world!  

Find the location nearest you:  

http://40daysforlife.com/location  

http://40daysforlife.com/adelaide-sa/

http://40daysforlife.com/brisbane/

http://40daysforlife.com/hobart/

http://40daysforlife.com/melbourne/ 

http://www.40daysforlife.com/perthwa/

http://40daysforlife.com/sydney/

http://40daysforlife.com/tweedheads/

Albury, NSW - Are undertaking to pray for a minimum of an hour every day from Ash Wednesday to Passion Sunday from 4:30pm-5:30pm (can be extend to 6:30pm should enough people roster on) as well as our full day on Thursdays from 9:30am - 5:30pm. Contact: 0433 841 676

When we conducted the first 40 Days for Life campaign in College Station, Texas, back in 2004, if you had told me that 40 Days for Life would spread around the globe ... I wouldn't have believed it.  

We thought there would be ONE -- and only one 40 Days for Life campaign. EVER.

Thankfully, God's plans were bigger than ours ... and 40 Days for Life has now been conducted in hundreds of cities and towns across all 50 American states -- and thirteen other countries.  

One of those countries where 40 Days for Life is making a profound impact is England. This spring, there will be four local campaigns conducted across Great Britain. 

A few days ago, they flew 40 Days for Life national director David Bereit and me "across the pond" to help kick off campaigns in London, Birmingham and Manchester.  We were amazed to see how God has inspired thousands of people across the UK to pray and fast, stand in peaceful vigil and participate in community outreach ...  

... and now YOU can see the big picture by watching this brand-new 15-minute video of how 40 Days for Life is positively impacting England: http://40daysforlife.com/blog/?p=2657

As I said ... this is BIG. And you can be a part. 40 Days for Life is God's work -- but in order to make this happen, He needs YOU! We start tomorrow. Will you be there?

Let's get to work saving lives!  

During these next 40 days, when you sign up, you will receive daily devotionals and scriptures along with amazing reports of blessings straight from the frontlines. To get you started, today's devotional is from Carmen Pate, a member of the 40 Days for Life board of directors.

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PRE-KICKOFF INTENTION

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 For God’s blessing upon the coming 40 Days for Life campaign.

SCRIPTURE: "If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and forgive their sin and heal their land."  2 Chronicles 7:14