Story of a Life Saved – Impact Youth Conference Ocean City

March 29, 2012 by Leave a comment

Image“Seeing you at Impact last year helped me in my decision to not have an abortion” – A quote from a young girl who came to our table at Impact Youth Conference this past weekend.

Last weekend we were in Ocean City, Maryland for a 2,000+ person Christian youth conference. We had a booth alongside many other college, ministries and bands.

We had great conversations all weekend, but the one that stood out was one I had with a young girl who recently became pregnant. She came storming to the table at the start of the conference asking how she could get involved with Rock for Life. After answering all her questions I asked why she was so interested.  She told me  she was pregnant, and seeing our booth the previous year was an influence in her decision to keep her child. Now she wants to get involved and share her story to as many people as she can!

Yes that’s right – a young child is alive today partly because of our presence and efforts at this same conference last year!  Isn’t that amazing?

Stories like Kristan’s are what keep us going, it’s why we do what we do. Rock for Life targets the younger generations by going to youth conferences like Impact and hearing her story just confirms the influence we are having on the pro-life generation! Impact was a great weekend of inspiring the next generation of youth!

Special thanks – Hannah Valle for hosting us at her home – The vendor coordinators at the event –  All the kids who support our ministry – Alex Moreland and Brian Collins for volunteering.

And a special thanks to our supporters who give their prayers, time and their resources to see that we are a constant presence at Christian youth conference, conventions, concerts and festivals.  THANK YOU!

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VIDEO: Caitlin Jane Live Performance of her pro-life song, “Unborn”

March 11, 2012 by Leave a comment

Friday night we were at “The Cave” in Columbia, Maryland for an evening of pro-life education and awareness.  One of the performers, Caitlin Jane performed her pro-life song, Unborn.  We caught it on video and wanted to share it with you.

Unborn is a great song, Caitlin Jane is a great song writer and a great performer.  Make sure to go to her website and listen to some of her other tunes.  Thanks!

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Thank you for helping us renew our vehicle insurance!

March 7, 2012 by Leave a comment

Thank you so much to everyone who helped us in renewing our vehicle insurance policy!  On February 22nd I sent out an email asking you to help us, either with your prayers or your pocketbooks to come up with$396 to renew our vehicle insurance policy.  In less than 48 hours our goal was met!  We are so amazed at the graciousness of our supporters.  THANK YOU!

Now I apologize, I haven’t sent out a thank you until now.  That has a lot to do with being so busy!  Since that email we have been at:

  1. Pennsylvania Christian Teen Convention in Harrisburg, Penn.
  2. Spoken show in Columbia, Maryland
  3. Fireflight show in Dunn Loring, Virginia
  4. Impact 2012 in Harrisburg, Penn.

Whew!  These last two weeks we’ve had the opportunity to reach thousands of young people and we’ll have many more opportunities in the month of March.  And we couldn’t have done it without you!  Your prayers and your financial support keep us on the road which keep us reaching young people with the pro-life message.  This in turn builds the next generation to be one that will end abortion in our lifetimes!  Now that I look forward too!

So, thanks again big time!  And make sure to check back here, facebook and twitter for photos and stories from the road.

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ALIVE 11 Metro Maryland Youth for Christ conference recap

November 24, 2011 by Leave a comment

This past weekend we had the opportunity to be at the Alive 11 Metro Maryland Youth For Christ Conference, a conference for junior high youth students held in Ocean City, Maryland. Every year a few thousand middle school students come out with their youth groups to sit in teaching sessions and listen to some awesome music. We had the opportunity to set up a table and educate some of these kids on the pro-life issues.

Though it was a loud and crazy weekend we were still impressed with the maturity level of some of these kids. We were able to have serious, mature conversations with some of them at a level that we didn’t expect.  They asked questions, they had ideas, they were interested in getting involved.  They truly believed in what we were doing!

At the conference was this giant 50 foot long sign that the conference had up for the kids to draw and write on.  For us the best part was getting kids to write pro-life slogans and draw some of our designs on that wall.  There were pro-life messages spread through the whole wall!  You could definitely say we co-opted the wall!

At these events some of the best interactions we end up having are with the other volunteers and vendors that are also set up alongside us. This weekend we made friends with a guy who started an online Christian music video channel and we discussed doing different video projects together.  We also befriended a handful of teen volunteers for the event that want to help us out at Impact, the senior high conference in March.

Our most popular items at this event were our I Am Pro-Life wristbands.  We are almost completely out of them!  We also distributed a lot of buttons and stickers too!  A huge big thanks to Human Life Alliance for giving us tons of ‘Live Pure’ tattoos to give out.  The kids loved them!

Overall this event was a success in starting to develop a heart for pro-life in young junior-highers. I hope that the connection that we are establishing with them now will continue for years as they get into high school and continue going to the senior high event through the years.

Thank you for helping us get to Alive 11.  Through your prayers and financial contributions we were able to reach thousands.  Without your help we could not of made such a huge impact.  THANK YOU!

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Tonight – Maryland March for Life – See You There!

March 14, 2011 by Leave a comment

Tonight (Monday, March 14, 2011) is the Maryland March for Life in Annapolis, Maryland and we will be there!

If you are a Marylander and pro-life you should attend this event.  Speakers include David Bereit (40 Days for Life) Matt Birk (Center for the Baltimore Ravens), Mike Martelli (MD Coalition for Life) and many others.

The event kicks off with a Mass & Non-Denominational Service (5:15 pm) at St. Mary’s Catholic Church (111 Duke of Gloucester, Annapolis), then March activities begin at 6:30 pm followed by a rally at Susan Campbell Park – City Dock at 7:45 pm then the walk back to the church and finally fun, music and hang-out time.

See you there!

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Not Many Fans of Late-Term Abortions

December 14, 2010 by 3 Comments

I (obviously) am not a fan of abortion.  Most people aren’t.  All abortions kill a human person and leave another (the mother, sometimes the father and other family members) scared physically, spiritually, emotionally, or all of the above.

But one thing is for sure – Most people REALLY aren’t fans of late-term abortions.  Can you blame them?  A late-term in-utero baby looks much more like you and I as opposed to a first-trimester baby.  Doesn’t make it worse.  Killing is killing.

It’s fascinating to see the latest outrage against late-term abortions.  Leroy Carhart, a late term abortionist started performing his specialty Monday, December 6th in a new location – Germantown, Maryland.  Over 600 pro-lifers showed up on opening day to pray and be a public witness.  That is an awesome showing.  I was very impressed.

Then, the first Saturday of his business (Dec. 11th) over 600 pro-lifers showed up to pray and to be a public witness. Again, awesome!

Last night, (Dec. 13th) over 150 reported pro-lifers showed up at a City Council meeting in Council Bluffs, Iowa to protest another proposed late-term abortion facility opening up by, you guessed it – Leroy Carhart. Again, major awesomeness!

So, as you can see late-term abortions really rile people up – and rightfully so.  But aren’t all abortions the killing of a human person?  Why does the killing of a late-term abortion freak everyone out but not so much as when his or her younger brother or sister is being terminated via abortion?  Aren’t all human persons equal regardless of age / level of development?

I don’t mean to be a downer.  I am really excited that so many people are coming out to oppose abortion.  But where are these same people when it comes to first-trimester abortions?  If abortion kills a human person and we really believe that, then we should be just as horrified when a 12-week old baby in-utero is killed as a 22-week old baby in-utero.

Thoughts?

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PODCAST: SLU SFL The Gateway to a Pro-Life Campus?

October 21, 2010 by Leave a comment

Check out our latest podcast!  You can listen to it here.  This is the podcast we published on October, 15, 2010.  We finally got our podomatic account up and running so make sure to check out all of our podcasts here.  Finally, make sure to subscribe to the podcast RSS feed here.  Copy the feed URL and paste it into your iTunes Podcast RSS feed reader.  Thanks!

Kristan Hawkins (Students for Life of America) and Erik Whittington (Rock For Life) interview Rose Daly, who runs the Students for Life group at St. Louis University.  Rose talks about all of the different unique projects and tactics her group employs to bring the LIFE message on campus

Kristan & Erik also interview Kelly Stauffer, who is Silent No More and hosting a pro-life youth rally Oct. 29th in Hanover, Maryland

Featuring music by Hello Kelly

Enjoy!

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