Attached you’ll find excerpts of a letter by Stephanie Kemp, who teaches the Sidewalk Counseling Workshops each month at PPCFL. The news is stunning … appalling … and a call to ACTION.
Please read and respond generously with your time!
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Dear Pro-Life Friends,
There is some important breaking news to share with you- good and bad- about Planned Parenthood at 1330 West Colorado Avenue. The most recent edition of The Independent has printed a story confirming the information we heard on Tuesday of this week. We learned, after being in that location for over 3 decades, our prayers and the prayers of many others during that time have been answered. Planned Parenthood is closing its doors at the end of July. Old Colorado City residents will finally have their neighborhood back.
Unfortunately, PP is moving its abortion mill to 3480 Centennial Blvd- a nearly new and much bigger location north of Fillmore. They are moving from 3000 square feet to over 11,000 square feet “to more efficiently handle a greater number of patients, mostly women seeking reproductive health care.” Needless to say, we are all shocked by the news. The building they are moving into used to be a Osteopathic Hospital and was purchased for $2.05 million (in cash) in February of this year. The purchase was done under the name of Majors Property LLC.
The area has been scouted out by a number of people who come to pray regularly on the sidewalk It is going to be … harder yet to reach the moms and dads going in because of the long private drive off Centennial Blvd to get to the abortion mill. There are no sidewalks close by to even stand on. We all agree where there’s a will… there’s a way. Our ongoing witness on the Centennial Blvd. corner sidewalk is do-able, but it will take some creativity, greater perseverance and even more faithful prayer as we will have very little access to the moms and no wonderful pregnancy center across the street to take mothers that at the last minute open their hearts to life.
The closest we will legally be able to witness is nearly 200 yards away from the front door. We are sure that the increased activity on the West Colorado sidewalk over the last few years and the Old Colorado City Pregnancy Center and Prayer Chapel across the street are the reasons this new property was chosen.
We are going to need a great deal of help over the next few weeks to get the word out to the neighbors in the area: nearby businesses, homeowners, schools, and churches. Our plan is to blanket the area as soon as possible, going door to door, handing out information about the abortion chamber moving into the neighborhood. We also will be standing near the shopping center to the south passing out fliers to cars leaving the lot.
This is going to be a monumental effort. Will you be able to help us get the word out? Please prayerfully consider this urgent request. It’s a bit providential, I think, that in the Gospel, we hear about the 72 disciples Jesus sent out ahead of Him to proclaim the kingdom. He sent them out in pairs like lambs among wolves. Their mission was going to be demanding and possibly perilous. This account in Luke’s Gospel is a good reminder that discipleship requires a single- mindedness that is uncompromising. The 72 returned with jubilation, marveling that even the demons were subject to them because of the Name of Jesus. As always, if we do this with the love of God, He will reward our faithfulness.
I’m not saying we can change the course of events now because it appears Planned Parenthood purchased the building and are not just leasing space. However, we have an opportunity to shine the light of truth on PP and it’s grisly business before they change locations.They can run but they can not hide. It is an awesome opportunity to educate people about the deception PP sells to moms who need support not abortion. I think everyone would agree if we lived in the neighborhood we would want to know that an abortion mill was moving in right down the street. I expect we will find a lot of people who will be shocked, dismayed, angered and thankful they were alerted ahead of time.
Can we count on you? Please let me know if you can help and your availability…weekdays, weekends, mornings, afternoons. Dates to distribute have not yet been chosen yet. All is dependent on when the fliers for the homes and businesses are available, so flexibility will be important.
Please get back with me as soon as possible. I know it is going to be a tricky time with summer vacations but we will need more committed pro-lifers than ever in this new effort. One advantage of getting the word out now is that we may inspire some new people in the nearby neighborhood to join us in prayer on the sidewalk when the time comes.
We would also appreciate any suggestions, advice, technical help, financial support (for the banners) and most importantly, your prayers.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
God Bless.
Stephanie
481-4355
P.S. In anticipation of all that is changing on the PP sidewalk, there will be no Introduction to Sidewalk Counseling Class as scheduled for this month.
