‘ Lutherans For Life of Michigan February.March.April 2015 The mission of LFL is to equip Lutherans to be Gospel-motivated voices For Life. INSIDE THIS ISSUE: 02 — Board Members…’Thank You’ 03 – National LFL High School Essay Contest **NEW** 04 —Life Issues Contest Guidelines for Grades 7-8 05 — ‘Thank You’ … 2014 Financial Report 06 — What’s Happening… 07 — …in Michigan? 08 — What’s Happening in Michigan? cont’d 09 – Pregnancy Choices of Lansing 10 – Legislative Update 11 — Membership…Life Resources 12 — Notes & Quotes God says: “[I chose you] before the foundation of the world.” -- Ephesians 1:4 I demonstrated My love for you through the blood of Jesus shed on the cross. – 1 John 4:9-10 I called you through Holy Baptism and cleansed you from all sin. – Titus 3:5-7 No circumstance, no matter how frightening it may seem, can separate you from My love. No sin, no matter how horrible it might seem, can separate you from My forgiveness. – Romans 8:31-39 I did not choose you because you were special, but you are special because I chose you! – 1 Peter 2:9 You can trust Me! Choose life, that you and your offspring may live.” – Deuteronomy 30:19 Rev Dr James Lamb [adapted from Portals of Prayer devotion, 1/22/14] Trust God…Choose Life “You shall have no other gods before Me.” Exodus 20:3 On January 22, 1973, death became a god. The United States Supreme Court decision Roe v Wade struck down all abortion laws. In the past 42 years, over 56 million children have died through induced abortion. Add the millions of women and men wounded by abortion decisions, and the tragedy becomes incomprehensible. A spiritual tragedy ensued as well. Death became a god that people – many of whom claim to be Christians – turn to for rescue. Abortion is fundamentally idolatry, trusting in the god of death rather than in the Lord of Life. But real rescue and hope come only from the latter.
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Lutherans For Life of Michigan
February.March.April 2015
The mission of LFL is to equip Lutherans to be Gospel-motivated voices For Life.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
02 — Board Members…’Thank You’
03 – National LFL High School Essay Contest **NEW**
04 —Life Issues Contest Guidelines for Grades 7-8
05 — ‘Thank You’ … 2014 Financial Report
06 — What’s Happening… 07 — …in Michigan?
08 — What’s Happening in Michigan? cont’d
09 – Pregnancy Choices of Lansing
10 – Legislative Update
11 — Membership…Life Resources
12 — Notes & Quotes
God says: “[I chose you] before the foundation of the world.” -- Ephesians 1:4 I demonstrated My love for you through the blood of Jesus shed on the cross. – 1 John 4:9-10 I called you through Holy Baptism and cleansed you from all sin. – Titus 3:5-7 No circumstance, no matter how frightening it may seem, can separate you from My love. No sin, no matter how horrible it might seem, can separate you from My forgiveness. – Romans 8:31-39 I did not choose you because you were special, but you are special because I chose you! – 1 Peter 2:9 You can trust Me! Choose life, that you and your offspring may live.” – Deuteronomy 30:19
Rev Dr James Lamb [adapted from Portals of Prayer devotion, 1/22/14]
Trust God…Choose Life
“You shall have no other gods before Me.” Exodus 20:3
On January 22, 1973, death became a god. The United States Supreme Court decision Roe v Wade struck down all abortion laws. In the past 42 years, over 56 million children have died through induced abortion. Add the millions of women and men wounded by abortion decisions, and the tragedy becomes incomprehensible. A spiritual tragedy ensued as well. Death became a god that people – many of whom claim to be Christians – turn to for rescue. Abortion is fundamentally idolatry, trusting in the god of death rather than in the Lord of Life. But real rescue and hope come only from the latter.
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LFL Vision Statement: Every Lutheran congregation upholding the God-given value of human life and influencing society to do the same.
LFL-MI BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Spiritual Advisor: Pastor Paul Clark [517] 420-4826
Lutheran Schools Outreach: Chris Schultz [734] 241-1607
Post Abortion Healing Outreach: Laverne Santangelo [586] 945-4949
Legislative Reporter: Pastor Paul Clark [989] 593-2354 Board Members at Large: Dorothy Zink [517] 694-7189 Katrina Brundage [618] 975-8361
Life Issues Project Consultants: Lori Looker [Written Projects] [586] 557-7833 Jeff Davis [Artistic Projects] [586] 913-5993
Honorary Members: Fred & Millie Gallert [616] 538-5791 Lifelines of Michigan LFL is mailed free of charge to Michigan LFL supporters. Articles may be reprinted with attribution to source. Email address: [email protected] Website: www.lflmi.org
Thank you… The following donations were all made in memory of Stewart Mallinson:
Scott Kamm, Royal Oak
Paul & Patricia Posch, Shelby Twp
Ken Pyszel & JoAnne Hicks, Sterling Heights
Charlotte Dienes, Rochester Hills
Kamm Monday Night Bible Study Group, Holt
William & Su Paterick, Holt
Michigan Association of Non-public Schools, Lansing
Deborah Krueger, North Street
Marianne Catarella, New Port Richey, FL
Dr Marna Beard, Harrison Twp
Phil & Patti Davies, South Lyon
Edward & Valerie Conaughty, New Port Richey, FL
Gerald & Barbara Boner, Traverse City
Jack Wieczazasek, Loveland, CO
Norman & Susan Hamway, Rochester Hills
Rick & Karen Abell, Venice, FL
Michigan Catholic Conference, Lansing
Colony Cove Social Association, New Port Richey, FL
Kenneth & Sharon Starr, New Port Richey, FL
Pastor Timothy & Betty Loewe, Temperance [in honor of their family]
Alfred & Catherine Lutz, Grand Haven
William Schultz, Traverse City
Ruth List, Frankenmuth
George Schneider, Cedar
Pastor James & Susan Hill, Mt Clemens
James & Laverne Santangelo, Troy
William Jr & Carolyn Burns, Portage
Earl & JoAnne Iseler, Rockford
Gary & Jean Peters, Bay City [in memory of Al Rickert]
Dear Pastor/Principal: Lutherans For Life of Michigan is excited to announce participation in the National Lutherans for Life Essay Contest 2015! This is an opportunity for high school students to learn more about life issues and express their biblical understanding of the sanctity of life. Please see the instruction sheet below for more information about the 2015 National High School Essay Contest. Thank you for all your work in ensuring a Christ-centered education that values life in all its stages for these precious children. We look forward to receiving essays from your church or school and rejoicing in your students’ expression of faith!
Lauren Schaidt Secretary, Lutherans for Life of Michigan
Lutherans for Life National High School Essay Contest 2015
What: Essay Contest on the Sanctity of Life Who: Students in Grades 9-12
(Any high school student in a Lutheran school or church)
Sponsored by the Council of Federation Presidents, National Lutherans For Life
Contest Guidelines:
1. Students will write a pro-life essay based on the 2015 Conference theme: Created, Redeemed, Called and Isaiah 43:1 ESV: “But now says the LORD – He who created you, O Jacob, He who formed you, O Israel: ‘Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by My name, you are Mine.’”
2. Example essay topics are: abortion, the handicapped, infanticide, cloning, stem cell research or euthanasia.
3. Essays should include the student’s name, grade (identify school or church) and email address. If entries are submitted by a teacher or pastor, please include name and email address. This information should be submitted on the title page. Please also fill out the student information on the rubric (found at www.lflmi.org under News & Events) and send it along with the essay submission. All sources for references, statistics and quotes should be incorporated within the essay. The essay should be up to 750 words.
4. Entries are due to Lutherans For Life of Michigan by February 28, 2015. Please send the essay along with title page and rubric to:
Mrs Susan Hill 21 Kendrick Mt Clemens, MI 48043
5. All participants will receive a certificate and the winner will be automatically entered in the National Lutherans For Life Essay Contest.
6. Prize for the National winner: $250 and free registration to the October 30-31, 2015 Conference at the Creation Museum in Petersburg, KY.
7. All entries become the property of Lutherans For Life.
8. For questions or resources on the sanctity of life, see: www.lutheransforlife.org (National Lutherans For Life) and www.lflmi.org (Lutherans For Life of Michigan) or call 586-949-9261.
NEW LIFE ISSUES CONTEST for 7th – 8th Graders Lauren Schaidt, Chair of Life Issues Contest Committee
As part of the mission of LFL-MI to educate and equip our young people to be Gospel-motivated voices on life issues, we are excited to announce a new format for our ‘Life Essay Contest’. We will be accepting essays as well as artistic projects. We hope that this change will allow students with a wide variety of interests and skills to express their support of life issues in a personal and meaningful way. Please note that the essays and artistic projects will be considered as two different categories and they will be evaluated and prizes will be awarded separately.
All Lutheran congregations/schools are encouraged to participate in this contest by presenting this information and opportunity to their 7th and 8th grade students. Projects should be created under the guidance of the pastor or teacher, and submitted by the deadline of March 15th.
Each congregation/school should judge their own students’ projects first and then submit to the state contest their one winning entry in the artistic category and/or one winning entry in the essay category. Prizes for the top three winners in each category will be awarded at the state level, according to the criteria below.
Step 1: Pick a life issue…abortion, sexual purity, euthanasia, assisted suicide, embryonic stem cell research Step 2: Pick a project…essay or artistic project [T-shirt or jewelry design, video, poster, work of art, technology (i.e. Prezi, Vine, PowerPoint, Flipagram)]
Essay Guidelines
* Write 400-500 words * Research your subject well * Develop your theme clearly * Show how this issue relates to you * Use clear Biblical references and teachings * Use proper spelling and grammar * Be convincing and personal * Include a title page with the following information: - title of essay - student’s name - name of congregation/school with address, telephone number and email address * Please submit essays to: Lori Looker 43078 Hartwick Sterling Heights, MI 48313 [email protected]
Artistic Project Guidelines
*Research your subject well * Develop your theme clearly * Show how this issue relates to you * Use clear Biblical references and teachings * Be convincing and personal * Exhibit excellent craftsmanship and creativity * Send a few pictures (photographs or JPEG) and a paragraph OR a short video (in the .mov format) in which you display your project and explain its meaning * Include a page with the following information: - title of project - student’s name - name of congregation/school with address, telephone number and email address * Please submit artistic projects to: Jeff Davis 1000 Bagley Rochester Hills, MI 48309 [email protected]
It is our hope and prayer that these two contests… the Life Issues Contest for 7th & 8th graders and the Life Essay contest for high school students… will be valuable exercises in teaching our young people the value of human life, the need to protect that life, as well as the need for sexual purity and marital faithfulness.
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Thank You continued.......
Hope Lutheran Church, Stanton [Chapel offerings]
Kevin & Dianne Stresman, Vassar [in honor of Kassandra & Katherine Stresman]
Jeffrey & Jannice Havemeier, Grand Rapids [in honor of Floyd & Sharon Havemeier]
Lester & Rhonda Chapman, Grand Haven [in memory of 1st grandchild miscarried at 20 weeks]
2014 Financial Report
Balance on January 1, 2014 $11,273.22 Total 2014 Income $14,286.65 Total 2014 Expenses $12,070.65 Balance on December 31, 2014 $13,489.22 The following chart shows the distribution of expenditures during 2014.
2014 Income At the end of September, income was down approximately $4000 compared to the previous five years. There was a surge of donations during October, November, and December raising income to about the same level as it was for 2013. We praise and thank the Lord of life for your generous donations. Your gifts assist us in carrying out our mission in Michigan churches, schools, and communities, to give witness to the sanctity of all human life, from conception to natural death, based on the Word of God.
[Report submitted by Earl Iseler, LFL-MI Treasurer]
You may now make donations to LFL of MI “on-line” using a credit card or an existing PayPal account Start by going to the LFL of MI website at www.lflmi.org. On the home page select the green box with DONATE in it on the right side of the screen and click anywhere on the green box. The Donate page will be displayed, click the “Donate” button to continue. A new page will be displayed. In the first box enter the amount you would like to donate. If you want to donate the amount entered every month, click inside the second box and a check mark will be shown in the box. If you are making a one-time donation leave the box blank. If you have a PayPal account you may enter your email address and PayPal password on the right side of the screen and click on the “Review Donation and Continue” box. If you do not have a PayPal account, you may make a donation using a Visa, Master Card, American Express or Discover credit card. Enter all the information requested on the left side of the screen and click the “Review Donation and Continue“ box. Your donation information will be displayed, if your donation is an Honorarium or Memorial click on “Add Special Instructions to the Seller,” a text box will appear. If your donation is an Honorarium, enter that it is in Honor of (name or names), include the address so notification of the honorarium can be sent. If your donation is a Memorial, enter that it is memory of (name) and name or names and address of those that are to be notified of the memorial. When everything is correct and you want to make the donation click on the “Donate $__.__ USD Now” at the bottom right of the screen. You will receive an email message confirming your donation.
Donations, honorariums, and memorials may be mailed to our treasurer at: Earl Iseler 6833 Woodhills Drive NE, Rockford, MI 49431 or they may be made on-line at our website www.lflmi.org
On October 24-25, St Matthew Lutheran Church in Grand Rapids hosted 200 Lutherans from across the United States and Canada for the 2014 National Lutherans For Life Conference.
Focusing on the conference theme in his opening worship service sermon, Rev Dr James Lamb, Executive Director of Lutherans For Life said, “If the life issues are merely political issues, then we need not discuss them in church. But if they are matters of the heart that touch people’s souls and put our brothers and sisters in need, and we have what it takes to deal with matters of the heart – the Gospel of Jesus Christ – but close our hearts to doing so, how can God’s love abide in us?” He continued, “The Gospel speaks to our hearts those wonderful words, our ‘warfare is ended’. Through Christ we have peace with God. He loves us and nothing can separate us from that love. We can trust Him and turn to Him, not death, as the solution to our problems.”
The conference in-gathering helped attendees put ‘love into action’ by bringing baby items to assist the outreach ministries of Cradles of Grace (serving single women in unplanned pregnancies) and the Pregnancy Resource Center of Grand Rapids. A special offering was also collected and given to these ministries.
The 2015 Lutherans For Life National Conference is set for October 30-31 at the Creation Museum in Petersburg,
Kentucky. The theme is Created…Redeemed…Called.
Students from Concordia Ann Arbor were among those attending the National LFL Conference in Grand Rapids. From L to R: Grace Gilson, Sarah Hetting, Christian Allen, and Madison Redmer
Former LFL-MI Board members were also in attendance. From R to L: Pastor North Sherrill [Spiritual Counselor], Fred Gallert [Treasurer], Millie Gallert [President], Sandy Schultz [Secretary] and Sharon Sherrill
Dr James Lamb, Executive Director of Lutherans For Life addresses the conference theme, Matters
of the Heart.
Pictured above are approximately one-third of the conference attendees from Michigan
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Owen’s Mission is a national Lutherans For Life project whose goal it is to place a set of Touch of Life fetal models into every Lutheran Elementary and High School in the United States. On January 7th, as part of this project, LFL-MI President, Connie Davis shared the chapel message Created, Redeemed, Called with the students and teachers at St Peter Lutheran School in Macomb. Since St Peter already has a set of fetal models, a packet of ideas was presented to the school on how these babies might be used to teach about the value that God gives to every life. Pictured on the left: St Peter students, grades 1-8, in the Wednesday morning chapel service; on the right, from L to R: St Peter Interim Principal Kathy Krause, Pastor Matt Baye, and Connie Davis.
Life Team/LFL Leadership Summit
Saturday, April 18, 2015
St Paul Lutheran Church
329 North Sorrell Street
Fowler, MI 48835
989-593-2066
This event is designed to bring congregational Life Ministry Coordinators/Advocates, LFL chapter/life
team leaders, pastors, plus anyone interested in learning more about the development of Life Teams in
churches to educate and equip their members to be Gospel-motivated voices FOR LIFE. Lori Trinche,
National LFL’s Mission and Ministry Coordinator, will facilitate the seminar.
9:30 – 10:00 – Registration and Opening Devotions
10:00 – 12:00 – Breakout Session 1 - [Sharing goals and activities of LFL-MI and congregational LMCs/Life Teams]
12:00 – 12:45 – Lunch [provided by St Paul Fowler]
12:45 -- 2:15 – Breakout Session 2 - [Discussion of implementing goals in local congregations]
2:15 – 2:30 – Closing Devotions
Please RSVP to [email protected] or call 586-949-9261 before April 10 to assist in planning for
materials and luncheon. We are willing to help coordinate car-pools from different areas in the state.
We look forward to working with pastors and lay leaders in sharing the FOR LIFE message in their
Heart to Heart Ministries in Howell, Michigan has become the 322nd
chartered chapter of National Lutherans For Life. LFL of Michigan thanks
Mary Yigon, from Heart of the Shepherd Lutheran Church, for her
dedication and persistence in getting this new chapter of LFL chartered and
active in her community. Other Lutheran congregations in the Howell area
are welcomed and encouraged to participate in the Heart to Heart pro-life
ministry. For further information or to become involved in Heart to Heart
Ministries, please contact Mary at 517-545-3407.
Upcoming Events in 2015
February 3 – Exhibit at West Pastors’ Conference in St Joseph March 7 – LFL-MI Board meeting at St Matthew in Holt April 18 –LifeTeam/LFL Leadership Seminar with Lori Trinche at St Paul Lutheran Church in Fowler May 4-5 – Exhibit at North & East Pastors’ Conference in Frankenmuth May 12-13 – Exhibit at South & East Pastors’ Conference in Frankenmuth June 28-30 – Exhibit at LCMS Michigan District Convention in Ann Arbor October 11-13 – Exhibit at All Pastors’ Conference in Boyne Falls November 7 – LFL-MI Board meeting at St Matthew in Holt
Statewide Diaper Shower sponsored by Lutherans For Life of Michigan
May 10 through June 21, 2015
Lutherans For Life of Michigan is once again sponsoring a Statewide Diaper Shower. This annual project encourages and supports local pregnancy resource centers throughout our state. All Lutheran congregations in Michigan are encouraged to collect disposable diapers on the Sundays between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.
The procedure is very simple…
Encourage the members of your congregation/school [via bulletin, newsletter and oral announcements] to purchase packages of disposable diapers.
Designate an area in your church/school building for the collection of diapers.
Once the diapers are collected, please tally the individual diapers collected and call or email the total to Connie at 586-949-9261 or [email protected]
Deliver the collected diapers to the nearest pregnancy resource center in your area. The centers are always so appreciative of these gifts for mothers and children in need.
We also encourage you to take photographs of your congregation’s/school’s collection area and email them to [email protected] for inclusion in our quarterly Lifelines newsletter...as space permits.
NOTE: For congregations with elementary schools/youth groups…this is a great project to encourage students/teens to actively do something for those in need.
Thank you for caring for ‘the least of these’.
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Pregnancy Resource Centers save lives! Is this PRC near you? Read how you and your church can help.
History: Pregnancy Choices had its Grand Opening in January of 2014. Pregnancy Services of East Lansing and Cedar Street Church of Holt formed a partnership in the Fall of 2013 to open a new branch. Pregnancy Services has faithfully served the community since 1978, but saw a greater need in the community. Their vision to “surround the city” was also felt by many in the community, and a satellite office was opened in 2010 on the West side of Lansing. In the Fall of 2013, Pregnancy Services formed a very unique partnership with Cedar Street Church in Holt to open Pregnancy Choices, the South satellite office.
Mission: Pregnancy Services of Greater Lansing is a Christ-centered organization whose purpose is to provide physical, emotional and spiritual support regarding pregnancies; to assist individuals in understanding the benefits of God’s truths regarding sexuality and the sanctity of life; and to encourage sexual abstinence until marriage.
Services Provided: We provide the following free services: Pregnancy tests Ultrasounds Options counseling Parenting programs Some free baby items (As a satellite office, we do not give out large baby items, however, the East Lansing office will take them.)
Volunteer Opportunities: Prayer Monetary donations Volunteers (train to be a Pregnancy Counselor or teach parenting programs) Donate baby items such as diapers, wipes and formula Organize a “Baby Bottle Drive” to collect funds from your church or small group Non-gender specific baby quilts Pregnancy Choices is dedicated to helping women understand that life is precious, not just because of political agendas, but because God has ordained it. Each week women come through our doors searching for answers. Some are searching for a reason not to abort their babies, and some are looking for approval of a bad choice. We give them information and resources to make an informed decision. We show them how they can parent (or choose adoption) in a world that tells them they can’t! There are few things in life more exciting than watching a woman realize that she is already a mother, all she needs to do now is embrace the life that is growing inside of her. Do you love life? Do you love babies? Please join us in supporting these women, helping them to make the right choice for their babies, as God has equipped and enabled you. Please contact Bethany Morris by calling (517)889-5135 or email at [email protected].
Please send funds to: Pregnancy Services, 1045 East Grand River Avenue, East Lansing, MI 48823. (In check notes, please specify to “Pregnancy Choices”)
[Information submitted by Bethany Morris, Director of Pregnancy Choices]
Pregnancy Resource Centers help save lives! Is this PRC near you? Read how you and your church can help.
In December, House Speaker Jase Bolger refused to take a vote on The Coercive Abortion Bills (S.B. 1156 & 1157) over the final days of the legislative session. While more than 100 bills were addressed during a marathon 20-hour session, the two coercive abortion protection bills were left to die and will have to be reintroduced in the new session starting in January. Bolger is term-limited and will not be returning to the legislature in 2015.
Kudos to Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville and lead bill sponsor, Senator Judy Emmons, who went the extra mile trying to get this legislation through in the waning days of this session. They demonstrated true commitment and leadership to the prolife cause.
It is a disappointing finish to an otherwise historic 4-year legacy of passing prolife legislation under the current House and Senate leadership. Under Speaker Bolger and Majority Leader Randy Richardville, RLM was able to promote more significant prolife legislation than at any other time in our history. Both Bolger and Richardville are term-limited and will not return to the legislature in 2015.
In 2011, after 15 years of effort, a ban on partial birth abortion was finally secured in Michigan law. In 2012, we passed the unprecedented Prolife Omnibus bill, putting four separate bills together into one. In 2013, the House and Senate approved our citizen petition legislation to remove abortion coverage from Obamacare plans and all health insurance in Michigan. Passage of the Coercive Abortion Protection Act would have been a crowning piece to this remarkable run of prolife legislation.
We need to continue to pray for this legislation to be passed this year. Washington, DC:
U.S. House of Representatives to vote January 22 on Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act!
The Republican leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives indicates that it intends to bring a major pro-life bill to the House floor for a vote on Thursday, January 22, 2015…the 42 year anniversary of the infamous Roe v Wade U.S. Supreme Court decision.
The bill is the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 36), which would extend general protection from abortion to unborn children nationwide beginning at 20 weeks fetal age, based on congressional recognition that by this point in development, if not earlier, the unborn child is capable of experiencing pain. H.R. 36, sponsored by Reps. Trent Franks (R-AZ) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), is based on model legislation developed by National Right to Life that has already been enacted in 10 states.
Note: In the U.S. Senate, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) plans to introduce the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act sometime in the Spring of 2015.
[submitted by Pastor Paul Clark, LFL-MI Spiritual Counselor and Legislative Reporter]
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Rev Dr James Lamb takes a look at end-of-life issues. Key Concept: God gives life value and purpose and decides the time of our death. Gospel Focus: Christ’s victory over death and the grave makes death a gain and makes life meaningful.
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* “Every day in this country confusion and fear lead to nearly 3,000 babies being brutally destroyed through abortion. These are babies created by God, babies for whom Jesus died, and babies God wants to call into an eternal relationship with Him…How can we possibly label these [issues] ‘political’ and withhold the only thing that can speak to such matters of the heart? The Gospel is designed to speak to hearts, your heart, my heart, all hearts. The Gospel calls us to repentance. The Gospel cleanses our hearts and forgives the sins that flow from our hearts.” [Dr James Lamb, LFL Executive
Director, National LFL 2014 Conference]
* “In America, we removed the religious moral compass from our children and now we are shocked when some sad soul murders his classmates. We removed morality from our youngster’s education, and we are surprised to see high schoolers ‘sexting’ … This is why we say we can do no better than to listen to the Lord.” [Rev Ken
Klaus, speaker emeritus on the Lutheran Hour]
* When we sanction death as a solution to life’s problems, then death, not the LORD of Life, becomes our master. [Life Thoughts in the Church Year, LifeDate, Fall
2013, p. 28]
* “A mother’s womb should be the safest place on earth for her unborn child, yet it is often the battleground between life and death. Abortion not only tears a child from her mother’s womb, but tears away at the intimate fabric of the family unit.” [Arina Grossu, Director of the
Center for Human Dignity at Family Research Council, LifeNews.com, 1/9/15]
* “We can’t stop all evil in this fallen world, but we can fight it in our own neck of the woods with love. Love never ends. Love can save lives. Love declares that there is no such thing as an unwanted child.” [Dr Alveda
King, niece of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr]
* “Our culture has bought into the bizarre idea that the best way to eliminate certain illnesses is simply to eliminate people who are ill before they have a chance to be born.” [Gina Dalfonzo, Focus on the Family magazine,
January 2005]
* God who forgives iniquity and remembers sin no more (Jeremiah 31:31-34) is just the kind of God people who have sinned against life need to hear about and trust in and take comfort in. [Life Thoughts in the Church Year,
