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	November 19, 2008 .................... LCMSNews -- No. 66

>LFL invites others to join Jan. 22 march

The Northern Virginia chapter of Lutherans For Life (LFL) invites other
pro-life supporters to join its members, Synod President Gerald B.
Kieschnick, and the LCMS Sanctity of Human Life Committee for the Jan.
22 "March for Life" in Washington, D.C., and several other march-day
activities.

That chapter also is offering to help arrange complementary housing
through host families for out-of-towners who join the Lutheran
delegation.

The annual March for Life observes the anniversary of the Jan. 22, 1973,
U.S. Supreme Court's "Roe v. Wade" decision legalizing abortion in the
United States.

Expected to draw an estimated 100,000 participants, the 2009 march will
be the 12th consecutive one in which an LFL delegation is participating,
and the first one for Kieschnick.  It also will be the first time that
the 10-member LCMS Sanctity of Life Committee (which is under the
auspices of LCMS World Relief and Human Care [WR-HC]) participates as a
group.

LFL-sponsored activities Jan. 22 start with an 8 a.m. worship service at
Immanuel Lutheran Church, Alexandria, Va., with Kieschnick as the
scheduled preacher. A complementary brunch follows there at 9:30, and
afterwards marchers will carpool to the National Mall for the pre-march
rally at noon. The march itself begins from the Mall at 1:30, and is
scheduled to end about 3 p.m. at the U.S. Supreme Court building.

Those who join the Lutheran marchers for the rally should look for the
Lutherans For Life and Synod banners, starting about 11 a.m., on the
right side of the mall (facing the speakers podium), between 7th and 8th
Streets. A number of U.S. senators and members of the House of
Representatives are expected to speak during the rally, along with
national pro-life leaders.

The theme for this year's March for Life and rally is "REMEMBER -- the
'LIFE Principles' mean 'Equal Care' with 'No Exception!'"

For more information about housing or march-related activities, e-mail
Dennis Di Mauro, president of the LFL Northern Virginia chapter and
organizer of its march activities, at dennisdimauro@yahoo.com
<mailto:dennisdimauro@yahoo.com> .

"The election of a pro-choice president makes the March for Life even
more important this year," Di Mauro said. "It will also serve as a
powerful reminder of the need to nominate judges to the Supreme Court
who are willing to defend the sanctity of life."

Kieschnick said that this is the first year that his schedule has made
it possible for him to participate in the March for Life.

He also said, "I very much look forward to this activity that in a
visible way communicates our Synod's strong pro-life position, with
which I wholeheartedly and unapologetically agree.  Particularly at this
point in history, it is imperative for LCMS members and other Christian
citizens to affirm and speak in support of the God-given blessing of
life, from conception to the grave."

The LCMS Sanctity of Human Life Committee will hold its quarterly
meeting after the march at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Alexandria.

Maggie Karner, director of Life and Health Ministries for LCMS WR-HC and
chair of the LCMS life committee, said the meeting's agenda will center
on discussion of "leadership strategies for upholding the pro-life
position under the new federal administration, amidst many statewide
changes. Our committee goals for this year will be focused on improving
the pro-life witness of the LCMS within our congregations and the larger
public square.

"We are at a critical juncture in this nation's history for many
reasons," Karner said. "Although the new administration and Congress may
bring some positive things for our country and may speak for people who
have felt underrepresented in the past, we must, as pro-life Christians,
be unrelenting in our efforts to continue to speak out for the interests
of those who have no voice at all: the unborn and the helpless."

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