Events and Opportunities

 

Join us for the final hour of prayer.

From 6:30pm outside the Fertility Control Centre.

Followed by a celebratory supper at St Francis Pastoral Centre (326 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne).
7:30pm-9:30pm, 4th November.
RSVP 2nd November: events@40daysforlifemelb.org ph 0401 802 013

 

Please join us in making a stand for the unborn by supporting the March for the Babies in Melbourne on October 13, 2012.

If all of us who call ourselves "pro life" ensure we support this event (in big numbers), it will be "game on" in our political arenas, providing pro life members of parliaments around Australia with a public mandate to protect the unborn and their mothers, fathers and families from abortion. 

We urge you to please keep this date free or cancel anything you may have already arranged and make it a priority to be there.

Where: Meet at Treasury Gardens, Melbourne.

When: October 13 at 1:00 pm

Wear: pink or blue (for the babies)

For those who are physically capable of attending: "If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you will find an excuse". Anon.

 

David Bereit, co-founder of 40 Days for Life, has recently addressed those who attended the Pro Life Convergence Conference in Brisbane. Be inspired by his address here 

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

 

Rally For Life — Saturday 11th February 2012

This 2012 Rally For Life in Brisbane is more important than ever as the pro-abortion industry lobbyists make yet another push for the decriminalisation of abortion.  Make it your mission to do everything possible to prevent the spread of Victorian darkness. You can help promote the rally by downloading, printing and distributing the PDF file of the A4 poster.  There is also a Facebook page for this event with which you can invite your friends to the rally. Mark your diaries: Saturday 11th February 2011 — 1:15pm for a 2:00pm start at Queen's Park in Brisbane's CBD.   Help needed 9am - balloons for Rally For Life Even if you aren’t able to attend the Rally For Life this Saturday afternoon, you may be able to give us an hour of help in the morning. We need a team of people to help fill the balloons with helium and put the clips and strings on them.  It is an easy job and you will be under shade. Please get back to us ASAP if you are able to help 9am in the park this Saturday.

Please view and share a link to this footage. Many do not know that Victoria now has abortion on demand up until birth!!  Please join us today in the fight against abortion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p4LVSmKx5M&feature=related 

A participant from the '40 Days for Life' campaign in Melbourne sent this in:

"WOW!! The Carlton (Berkeley St) abortion clinic is CLOSING DOWN from next week, N ovember 1. They have announced they are “relocating” their services to the existing abortion clinic in East Melbourne (Fertility Control Clinic) as the Doctor/owner is semi retiring. Great news!! 

It has been a blessing to hear of the many turnarounds over the last few months at this Carlton clinic during the peaceful prayerful presence from the Helpers. It’s now less than 2 weeks to go until this 40 Days for Life campaign ends - let’s multiply our efforts at the East Melbourne clinic as we pray for this one to shut down too!"

For information about joining Melbourne's '40 Days for Life' campaign (it finishes on November 6 for this year), click here. 

Other exciting news: Life News has reported that 361 mothers have changed their minds about abortion during the current 40 Days for Life campaign. Read more here.

The annual 'March for the Babies' was held last Saturday (Oct 10, 2011) in Melbourne. Life Network Australia wishes to congratulate the MFTB committee and chairman, Bernie Finn, on a fantastic and well organised day - as well as applaud those who came from near and far to participate. 

This year's March was held on the third anniversary of the passing of the most extreme abortion legislation in the western world - with babies now able to be legally aborted right up until birth (and some babies even being born alive and left to die - Vic Health Department Report). Legal protection for women and girls has also been removed through the rejection of amendments by the Brumby Government, in 2008.

Guest speakers at the march included: Bernie Finn, President of the 'March for the Babies' committee; Helen Parker, The Babes Project; Cindy Collins, U.S pro life activist - intimately involved in legislative changes supporting the rights of children before birth; Honourable Greg Smith MP SC, NSW Attorney-General;  Marlene Kairouz MP, Opposition Whip; and Michael Gidley Member for Mount Waverley.
Music was provided by an impressive Amy K!

The crowd at the march consisted of people of all ages, from babies through to the elderly, with lots of teenagers and young families. 

Please mark October 13 on your calendar for next year's march, as we continue to advocate for the unborn and their mothers and families. 

See footage and following pictures for a snap shot of the day.  

   

Hello,
 
My name is Joanne Cicchini and I am part of a small committee who are launching Perth's very first "40 Days for Life" campaign. I have attached a brochure to give you an idea of what the campaign is about.
 
Part of our campaign is to let as many Christian people know about 40 Days for Life and we are currently printing up brochures, fliers and posters. We intend to do a mail out in the Koorong catalogue in February, but we are also very keen to promote the campaign in church newsletters.
 
I was wondering if your church circulated newsletters, either by mail or email and if you would be willing to put a small insert in that newsletter about 40 Days for Life? We are currently creating a smaller advertisement, as well as the brochure, so that it is easily included in a newsletter or bulletin.
 
Could you please email me or phone me on 0439 657 597 or email me back to let me know if you would be willing to include this in your next newsletter? 40 Days for Life will run from the 9th March til the 17th April 2011.
 
Thanks very much.
 
Joanne Cicchini