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Theresa Stammen, President 3112 County Rd. 716ACelina, OH 45822 January 2007Meeting Date: Our next meeting will be January 18th, 2007, 8:00 PM, Coldwater Community Hospital Meeting Rm. We will be making final preparations for the Send-Off Rally and D.C Trip. We have a lot to do! Why not come and see what you can do to help! LIFE CONFERENCE INFO – BACK PAGE. PLEASE CHECK IT OUT!!
ELECTION OF OFFICERSDuring the December meeting, Theresa Stammen, rural Celina/Maria Stein was voted in as our new President of the Mercer County RTL for 2007. Theresa and her husband Ron are the parents of four children, 15 to 10 years of age. She is the Cafeteria Cashier at Marion Local. Ruth Rutschilling, another Maria Stein resident, was elected to be our Vice President for the upcoming year. Ruth and her husband Paul are farmers and have two adopted children, Carla, 14 and Justin, 12. They attend Marion Local School, where Ruth fills in as needed in the school cafeteria. She is also a full time mom. Lisa Homan and Sue Moeller have graciously agreed to will serve as our Secretary & Treasurer. Congratulations to our Officers. Many, Many Thanks to Sarah Franck, our outgoing President, for an Outstanding Job!!!! She was ‘Super’ during this difficult election year. We hope that she sticks around for years to come. Working with the pro-life movement is a rewarding and gratifying experience NEWSPAPER SIGNATURE AD CAMPAIGN 2007: There is still time to get your name included in the full page ad in the Daily Standard and the Mercer County Chronicle commemorating the 34th Anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision legalizing abortion, but you must act ASAP. Deadline is January 12th.For a $5.00 donation, your name, along with several hundred others, will be included in the pro-life ad in both papers. If you wish to participate in this years Ad Campaign, please give Janet a call, 678-3291. Many Thanks to Janet’s daughter, Kaye, for helping with the Signature Ad Campaign. We understand that she is actually the ‘Brains behind the scene’. MERCER COUNTY RIGHT TO LIFE SEND-OFF RALLY, 1/21/07 The Mercer County Right to Life Send-Off Rally will be held on Sunday evening, January 21st, 7:00 PM at St. Bernard’s Church in Burkettsville. The Guest Speaker will be Mr. John Huffman, an Attorney from Lima. The hour service will be filled with lovely music and prayer. The buses are scheduled to leave from the Church parking lot immediately after the service. The Public is cordially invited to attend and wish those traveling to our nations Capital a safe & successful trip. MARCH FOR LIFE 2007: January 22, 2007 will mark the 34th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion on demand. Two buses have been reserved for the Washington D.C. March for Life trip. Gary Borger, Coldwater 678-8538 and Dave Kaiser, St. Henry 678-2569, will be coordinating the event. As of this writing, seats are still available, but you must call Gary NOW to reserve your spot. The registration form for the March was in the November/December Newsletter. Payment can be made the evening of the Send-Off Rally. One bus will take its passengers to the Youth Rally Mass to be held at the MCI Center and the other bus will take its passengers to the Ohio Congressional Breakfast, which will be held at the Capital Hilton. Everyone will eventually meet up at the Rally point, where those attending will hear from many Congressmen sharing words of wisdom!! The cost for the trip will be the same as last year, $75 for adults and $60 for students. You will need to specify which morning event you want to attend, the Mass or the Congressional Breakfast. As always, we rely heavily on contributions from individuals and organizations to help defray the cost of this trip. Your past generosity has enabled many students from our area the opportunity to participate in a very powerful pro-life experience. We would like to see a good crowd from this area make the trip, however, if you personally cannot join us, please consider helping someone else go in your place. Please send to: Gary Borger, March Coordinator, 806 S. Dogwood Dr., Coldwater, OH 45828. All was not lost in the November elections. Our tireless efforts have moved momentum to our side. The many Democrats who won in the election latched onto our momentum and have declared their pro-life views!! Our nation’s youth are more pro-life than any previous generation! The debate on partial-birth abortion has changed the focus of our nation from the rights of the woman to the humanity of the pre-born child. There is still much work to do, but LIFE looks promising!
2007 MERCER COUNTY RTL SWEETHEART DANCE – February 24th Mark your Calendar; our Sweetheart Dance is set for Saturday, 2/24 at the Ft. Recovery Legion. As always, it promises to be a great time! For your convenience, three tickets have been enclosed with this Newsletter. Check out the Prize List!!! You can bring the tickets along with you to the Dance, or simply fill in the info and return them in the enclosed envelope. If you are unable to attend the Dance but want to enter the Raffle, just send your completed ticket stubs along with a check, payable to Mercer County RTL. For extra tickets, call a member of the Dance Committee: Marilyn Pottkotter, 375-2400; Lisa Homan, 375-2515; Ruth Wynk, 268-2491 and Linda Fesenmyer, 925-4999.
LIFE CONFERENCE 2007Grace Missionary Church will host Life Conference 2007 January 6th & 7th with nationally recognized speaker, Scott Klusendorf. Scott is an advocate for the unborn and the President of Life Training Institute. He is a Passionate and engaging speaker who trains people to persuasively defend the pro-life position. Scott has appeared on Focus on the Family with James Dobson, Billy Graham’s “Hour of Decision” and “The Bible Answer Man” with Hank Hanegraaff.
Scott will speak three times at Grace Missionary Church, 910 Portland St. in Celina.
* “Making Abortion Unthinkable” Saturday Night, January 6th, 7:00 PM * “In His Image” – Sunday Worship Service Sunday, January 7th 8:00 AM & 10:45 AM * “The Case for Life” – Sunday School, 9:30 AM
There is no cost for this event. All teens & adults are invited. Free Childcare will be provided.
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