MORGAN COUNTY RIGHT TO LIFE

FALL 2018 NEWSLETTER

 

MORGAN COUNTY RIGHT TO LIFE

Morgan County Right to Life was organized as a corporation to provide public education and awareness to the community on the Sanctity of Human Life, Abortion, Infanticide, Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide and was organized exclusively for charitable and benevolent purposes.  Please call with suggestions, concerns, and especially with offers to help as we work together to promote life. Morgan County Right to Life serves Morgan, Cass, Green, Pike and Scott counties.

Linda Curtis (217-553-7715)

 

FUNDING

Funding for MCRTL comes from contributions, the annual flower sale, and gifts from very special angels.  With our

2018 Fall Newsletter, we invite you to become an “ANGEL OF LIFE” to help support life-affirming educational materials and events.  You may designate the area you wish your contribution be used towards.  Donations are payable to MCRTL/Angel of Life, PO Box 185, Jacksonville, IL  62651.    Thank you for your generosity.

 

PARADES

We participate in four parades throughout the year:  the FOURTH of JULY parade, ROUTT CATHOLIC (Sept. 28),

ILLINOIS COLLEGE (Oct. 13), and MacMURRAY (Oct. 20) homecoming parades.  This is an outstanding way to be a public witness in the pro-life movement.  We are thankful to the Vieira family for chairing this effort, and we would invite all of you to walk (or ride) with us. Please call Linda (217-553-7715) if interested in participating.

 

FAIRS

In July, the Right to Life booth was set up at the Morgan County Fair. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped man the table in the heat and to Betty Pine for providing the baby doll for the raffle.

 

RESPECT LIFE MONTH - OCTOBER

 Our annual LIFE CHAIN will be held on Respect Life Sunday – October 7, 2018.  All pro-life residents are asked to gather prayerfully by the Ferris Wheel at the corner of Main St. and Morton Ave. in Jacksonville from 2:30-3:30 pm. or on the Pittsfield Square from 1:30-2:30 pm.  This peaceful demonstration reminds all those driving by that the pro-life cause is valued and supported.  Can you be a witness this year?  Signs will be provided.

 

Living Alternative’s Life Banquet, with guest speaker Chet McDaniel, will be Tuesday, Oct. 23. at Hamilton’s. 

Please call Anne (217-719-0103) if interested in attending. MCRTL will sponsor the table(s).

 

PLANNED PARENTHOOD-SPRINGFIELD

Planned Parenthood is located at 601 N. Bruns Ln., near Alexander’s Steakhouse.  Springfield Right to Life has moved its office right next door from the PP abortion facility in order to be present for women and families that are seeking guidance regarding the facts behind abortion.  Please consider participating in sidewalk vigils at Planned Parenthood in Springfield.

 

ESSAY CONTEST

We will once again sponsor the PRO-LIFE ESSAY CONTEST for ages 15-18 and 11-14.  This year’s topic is “Every Life:  Cherished, Chosen, Sent.”  Cash prizes will be awarded in both senior and junior divisions.  Please call 217-533-7715 if you know someone who might be interested in receiving the form.  Essays must be postmarked by October 22, 2018, and mailed to Morgan County Right to Life, Linda Curtis, 210 Leland Lake Dr., Jacksonville, IL  62650.

 

MARCH FOR LIFE

On January 18, 2019 Pro-Lifers will gather in Washington, D.C. to speak out against the greatest injustice of our time, abortion. Since the 1973 Supreme Court cases, Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, which legalized abortion-on-demand in our country, over 60 million lives have been lost to abortion.   March for Life Chicago will be held Sun, Jan. 13, 2019.  Morgan County Right to Life supports students attending the March.