Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! Joel 3:14

LIFE CHAIN COMMITTEE c/o Daniel J. Smith

7814 N. Radnor Road Peoria, Illinois 61615 (309) 691-3611

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! Joel 3:14

Dear Friends of Children in the Womb:

Since the USSR first legalized abortion in 1922, one billion abortion decisions have occurred worldwide. My brother Jerry, who began the Life Chain in Peoria, predicted 20 years ago, just a couple of months before his death, that the prophet Joel’s “multitudes, multitudes” referred to one billion abortion decisions. We now reside in a world where multitudes, multitudes abortion decisions have occurred. As Joel stated in the previous verse, “The vats overflow, for their wickedness is great,” bringing to mind the final judgment memorialized in The Battle Hymn of the Republic’s first two lines, “Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored.” All our prayers are necessary.

Please join our stand against the greatest injustice of our time at the Heart of Illinois Life Chain on Sunday, October 6, 2013 from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. The Heart of Illinois Life Chain is truly a human chain stretching from where abortion decisions occur at 7405 N. University, south on University Street past churches and schools to the Metro Centre, part-owned (12 ½ %) by Washington state’s Planned Parenthood, the northwest’s largest destroyer of life in the womb.

Signs will be distributed again this year from the center of the Life Chain at the corner of University and Northmoor near Richwoods High School and St. Vincent DePaul School. We also encourage church groups to sign up earlier to fill blocks along the route where your church members may go directly to participate. Please bring as many as you can from your church and help us stretch out along this route. Adults standing 15 or 20 feet apart can provide a clear and continuous witness to those driving by as well as enable us to reflect more prayerfully. Children standing beside their parents in prayer provide a strong testimony of family unity to a culture where family divisions are commonplace. Everyone, young and old, may participate in prayer. You may bring water to sustain your stand and, if you cannot stand, bring a lawn chair, too. Our witness is strengthened especially by the weakest among us.

I will gladly speak to any church or group interested in attending. Life Chain signs will be available for pickup weekdays at the new Family Resources Center, 409 NE Monroe, Peoria in September, or at or at the parking lots near Richwoods High School and St. Vincent’s Church at the corner of Northmoor and University streets beginning an hour before the Life Chain.

May God bless your stand for righteousness on behalf of children in the womb. Most gratefully yours in Christ,

Stand with thousands of pro-lifers throughout the USA!

You'll be a light in a darkened world as you help put an end to abortion

through prayer!

Bring your whole family! Rain or shine! Water, lawn chairs for the young

and old, umbrellas and strollers are welcome!

Signs proclaim “Abortion Kills Children,” Abortion Hurts Women,”

“Adoption the Loving Option,” “Life – the first Inalienable Right” “Jesus

Forgives & Heals,” “Lord, Forgive Us and Our Nation,” and “Pray to End

Abortion”

See

www.LifeChain.net

for more than 1700 locations

in 1500 cities and towns across the United States and Canada.

For more details call 691-3611

LIFE CHAIN

is a peaceful and prayerful public witness of pro-life Americans

standing for one hour praying for our nation and for an end to abortion. It is a visual

statement of solidarity by the Christian community that abortion kills children and that

the Church supports the sanctity of human life from the moment of conception.

Sunday Oct. 6, 2014

2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

7405 N. University

to Metro Centre

Meet at University and

Northmoor Intersection

Central Illinois Right to Life, Inc. 4100 N. Brandywine Dr. Peoria, IL 61614 (309) 645-8000 email: [email protected]

Coming Events

During coming months, the following pro-life events are scheduled in the Peoria area:

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July Fourth Parade: Members and friends of Central Illinois Right To Life will walk together in the July 4th Parade in West Peoria. Meet at 9:30 AM on the 4th at the West Peoria fire station. Call Sondra at 673-4833 for more information.

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Annual 5K Run/Walk: This year the race will be on August 3th. It will be at Bradley Park in Peoria starting at 7:30 AM. Trophies are awarded to male and female winners in several age divisions. Contributions are needed to help purchase the trophies for the run. Call Dan at 309-691-3611 or CIRTL at 309-645-8000 for additional information.

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Fall 40 Days for Life Campaign : Please mark your calendar for September 25 through November 4 There are plans for having a prayerful presence at the abortion clinic in Peoria and community outreach as well. Contact Karen Guth for more information at 309-453-7493.

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Annual Peoria Area Life Chain: Central Illinois Right to Life will sponsor the annual Life Chain on Sunday, October 6 2013. Organizational help and church coordinators are needed. Call Dan at 309-691-3611 for more details.

Pastors Speak Out

In this issue we present a report on a new pregnancy center that has recently opened in Peoria.

WOMEN’S CARE CENTER OPENS IN PEORIA

Peoria has a new pregnancy center called the Women’s Care Center which opened on Thursday, May 16, 2013 and is located at 7319 N. University Street. This is one of two pregnancy centers located in Peoria. Pregnancy centers are in our community to help women to choose life, not abortion, for their babies. There are twenty two Women’s Care Centers located in the Midwest and Vero Beach, Florida. Over 95 percent of abortion-minded women who receive counseling and an ultrasound choose life for their babies. The new Women’s Care Center is located next to National Health Care, Inc. which is Peoria’s only regional abortion provider on University Street. Last year, Women’s Care Center served 16,731 women who made nearly 70,000 on-site visits.

With a homelike presence, prominent signage and free full-time ultrasounds, the new center will be available for pregnant women in need. The center will provide unconditional love and support as well as free pregnancy testing, prenatal education, free ultrasounds, parenting skills classes and tangible assistance under an incentive program to

encourage good parenting and self-sufficiency. In a recent study in Fort Wayne, Indiana, 97 percent of abortion-minded women receiving counseling and an ultrasound at the Women’s Care Center chose life for their babies. Many of the women come through the “wrong door” looking for the abortion clinic. Women’s Care Center was founded by Dr. Janet E. Smith in South Bend, Indiana twenty nine years ago. (con’t on page 2)

The founders of the Women’s Care Center in Peoria are Christine and Clyde Dennis. Christine is the Board President and Clyde is a Board Director. The additional Board Members are Reverend John-Therese Creus, Theresa Rahe Hardesty, Arlene Heinz, Tom Jenn, Ann Kube, Dan Noeth, Kay Shank, Mary Willi, and Dr. Tom J. Zimmerman. Jody Pitcher is the Director/Lead Nurse, a full time salaried employee on site. There are many sponsors who made the renovations and signs to

the building possible. These same people made it possible to pay salaries where needed; and

many volunteers will be on hand to help. The building/renovation donor is the Kress family. There are approximately 1,500 abortions performed each year at the National Health Care, Inc., the abortion clinic located on North University. One in six babies in our community is

aborted. Women’s Care Center has found that locating beautiful and comforting sites near places that perform abortions and surrounding women with genuine love and concern can touch the hearts of even the most abortion-minded women.

The center helps women before, during, and after pregnancy. With a practical approach to education, young parents learn about adoption, parenting skills, self-sufficiency, abstinence and nurturing their little ones. All programs are incentive-based, so that parents do not receive handouts, but rather earn cribs, car seats, diapers, and baby items by participating in education classes through the Crib Club.

The available services are: Free Pregnancy testing and confidential counseling, Free Ultrasounds, Prenatal education and birth preparation, Prenatal vitamins, Community referrals, Parenting skills classes, Adoption education, Baby basics, Safe sleep education, Self-sufficiency training, Crib Club (cribs, diapers, and baby items), Books for children.

There is no greater return on your investment than the life of a child. To contribute to this wonderful endeavor, volunteer or just ask questions, please call Christine Dennis at (309) 689-0200.

www.womenscarecenter.org www.wccfoundation.com

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ANNUAL FALL CAMPAIGN 40 DAYS FOR LIFE

Put it on your calendar! Dates: September 25 through

November 4. Not too early to “take a day”, to reserve hours

for your church’s or organization’s day. 8 days are already

taken.

For more information or to “take a day”, call Karen Guth-309

-453-7493. Be part of this work to promote the Culture of

Life in Central Illinois. Our presence and prayers save

lives.

Central Illinois Right to Life: Membership and Volunteer Drive

If you would like to work with us to defend Right to Life in Central Illinois, fill out

and mail this form to receive our quarterly newsletter and/or to let us know that

you are available to help with Pro-Life activities and events in the Peoria area.

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Pro Life Events Remembered - Annual Benefit Sale

The 2013 Central Illinois Right to Life sale was a big success! Thank you's are deserved for help received from Catholic Charities through Sister Anapia, Sarah, Carl and Dennis. We were provided with space to hold the sale. The office supplies and items stored at St. Bernard's were moved to Catholic Charities by Carl and Dennis, board members and other CIRTL members. New signs purchased and placed all over Peoria and West Peoria brought many "customers." We have a dedicated and awesome crew of workers who prepare the generously donated "stuff."

The enthusiasm, gathering and returning tables, hard work and fun of all the volunteers is outstanding. The high quality of the donations, sorting, resorting and pricing benefited the shoppers, CIRTL educational efforts for life and mothers and babies in crisis pregnancy situations.

Thank you! Thank you each and everyone. Jeanne and Sondra

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Memorials may be made to Central Illinois Right to Life in the

name of friends or family members who have passed away.

Please consider a lasting tribute to someone that will in turn

Peoria Dining Tour coupon books

are available again this year from

Central Illinois Right to Life, Inc. The cost is $30. The book contains over

250, two for one coupons for use at local restaurants and other

businesses. The coupons are good till November 2013. Contact CIRTL

at 645-8000 for more information. All net proceeds will go to support Pro

Life work. Books are also available at the Christian Center Office in

Peoria.

Unity on the essentials of the Sanctity of Human Life is our objective. We are not seeking uniformity of opinion on all matters.. Therefore, some ideas advocated by the authors of articles in Central Illinois Life News or on the Central Illinois Right To Life website may not necessarily reflect the the personal views of all the members and officers of Central Illinois Right To Life, Inc.

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