Come join in a thoughtful mealtime discussion as we return to the original idea of a symposium – a philosophical banquet – and share with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare leaders on what inspires them to improve the human environment surrounding their practice.

Featuring: Rita Marker, founder and executive director to The Patients Rights Council

Panelists:

Rebecca Davis Mathias, Ph.D., Ethicist at St. Anthony Hospital in Chicago, Consulting Ethicist for the Franciscan Sisters of Chicago Service Corporation, Adjunct Professor of Bioethics at Dominican University in River Forest, and Board Member for the Integritas Institute.

Mark Grzeskowiak, MD

Sean O’Mahony, PhD

Opening Remarks:

Most Rev. Joseph N. Perry, JCL, DD, Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago and Convenor of the Integritas Institute Advisory Boards.

Welcome:

Rev. Connor Danstrom, Chaplain, St. John Paul II Newman Center

Emcee:

Mary Keen, MD

Check In and Social: 5:00pm

Dinner and Formal Program: 5:30pm (Buffet style dinner)

The Abstinence & Marriage Education Partnership exists to ensure that every teenager in the country has the opportunity to hear a clearly reasoned, positive presentation on the benefits of abstinence until marriage and instruction on preparing for a healthy future marriage.

Each year we hold one special event to provide an update on our progress and to provide an opportunity for new friends to partner with us in this critical work. This year, we are pleased to welcome a strong advocate for abstinence education, former Congresswoman Michele Bachmann.

This year, if you are in the Chicago area we’d love to have you join us.  Even more so, we’d appreciate your help in making this banquet a great success.  I would like to ask you help us out in two specific ways:

1.    Would you please host a table?
2.   Would you please recruit on other person or couple to host a table?

A table host simply invites family and friends to fill a table of 10. There is no cost to attend or to host, though an opportunity to financially partner with the ministry will be given.  Table hosts are the key to a successful banquet and we would be most grateful for your help.

Please call or e-mail the office and let us know if you are willing to support this ministry by serving as a table host (224-735-3628) info@ampartnership.org.

Join hundreds of pro-family warriors for the Annual Illinois Family Institute Faith, Family and Freedom Fall Banquet with Lt. Col. Allen West —  one of the great conservative spokespersons of our time.

He firmly believes inspiring hope for this generation and those to come is critical to our nation’s future. He is a decorated veteran, an author, and was a conservative leader in Congress. Currently he contributes to Fox News, works with the London Center for Policy Research, writes for various media outlets and is the President of the National Center for Policy Analysis, a public policy research organization.

7:00 PM, Friday, October 27, 2017
The Stonegate in Hoffman Estates

Program advertisements & banquet sponsorships available.

Lt. Col. Allen West served 22 year career in the United States Army, and was deployed in several combat zones: in Operation Desert Storm, in Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he was a Battalion Commander in the Army’s 4th Infantry Division, and later in Afghanistan. He received many honors including a Bronze Star, three Meritorious Service Medals, three Army Commendation Medals and a Valorous Unit Award. In 2010, Allen was honored to continue his oath of service to his country when he was elected to the United States Congress, representing Florida’s 22nd District. He remains an outspoken advocate for the family and freedom.

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Tickets

Individual: $100

Table of 10: $900

Private Reception Ticket: $150, Private Reception with Lt. Col. Allen West, includes ticket to the main banquet.

Tickets Are Sold Out!

Make plans to attend the Americans For Truth banquet and next-day teach-in featuring pro-family leader Stephen Black, Oct. 20-21, 2017 — at Grace For Life Bible Church, in Naperville, IL (west of Chicago). Stephen once considered himself “gay” but now is a Christian family man and the director of First Stone Ministries, which helps people overcome homosexuality like he did. He is also author of the forthcoming book, Freedom Realized, and Board Chairman of Restored Hope Network, the largest umbrella group of ex-gay Christian ministries. This will be a spectacular learning event that you will not want to miss!! Event details follow the video from our friends at PFOX. — Peter LaBarbera, AFTAH; Twitter: @PeterLaBarbera

WHO: Stephen Black, author, Freedom Realized; Director, First Stone Ministries, Oklahoma City; Board Member, Restored Hope Network.

WHAT: AFTAH’s annual dinner-banquet and next-day teach-in on homosexuality.

WHEN: Banquet with casual dinner is Friday, Oct. 20, 6:00-9:30 PM.

         Teach-in seminars led by Stephen is Saturday, Oct 21, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. A casual lunch will be served.

WHERE: [Note venue change] Grace For Life Bible Church, Naperville, Illinois (west of Chicago), 7S201 S. River Rd., Naperville, IL. [at the corner of River Rd. and Aurora Ave.]

COST: Just $25/person to attend either or both events. Table of 10 at banquet for $250. Separate gift offerings will be taken both Friday and Saturday. Mail check to: AFTAH, PO Box 5522, Naperville, IL 60567-5522 — or pay online HERE.

Stephen H. Black’s life is a microcosm of homosexuality and the “gay” cultural debate. Molested and bullied as a boy, he came to believe the lie that he was “gay.” Unsatisfied with his homosexual life as a man, he ultimately found salvation through Jesus Christ, walked away from homosexual sin, married a wonderful woman and had children (Stephen is a grandfather now, too). In recent years, Stephen was used by God to defend the truth about homosexuality as a board member of the largest Christian ex-gay umbrella group, Exodus International, which imploded after its leaders embraced apostasy.

Stephen is the author of the forthcoming book, Freedom Realized: Finding Freedom from Homosexuality & Living a Life Free from Labels, which testifies to the truth, ignored by the media, that many men and women have found freedom from homosexuality through Christ. Stephen’s powerful testimony and bold defense of biblical truth is a rebuke to the timidity and shallow, defensive thinking on homosexual sin that pervades the evangelical church today.

Stephen will be the keynote speaker at our dinner banquet Friday, October 20th, and then will lead three seminar discussions on Saturday, October 21st, answering questions like these:

• People I love are “gay.” What is the best way to reach out with the heart of Christ to homosexual or “transgender” strugglers?
• Why should I believe what the Bible teaches about homosexuality and marriage, and how do I defend it in a secular culture?
• If “born gay” is a myth, what are the major contributing factors to a person embracing a homosexual identity?
• Is there really solid evidence that MANY once-“gay” men and women have changed and found lasting freedom apart from homosexuality?
• Why is it wrong to affirm “LGBTQ youth” in “gay” identities and gender confusion?
• What is the danger of “gay”- and “trans”-affirming “Christianity” and how should believers answer its false claims?
• Why should the Church stay engaged in the cultural battle for Truth surrounding LGBTQ issues?
• How are LGBTQ activists destroying religious liberty in America?

Petitioning Heaven through Pray for Changes in the Earth

We believe that the greatest transformational power in the universe available to us to be used in our effort to end abortion will be found when people of faith come together to seek God in prayer.

History has shown that the greatest evangelistic movements the earth has ever experienced have been born out of times of revival in the church, which were all precipitated by great commitments to repentance and prevailing prayer.

We invite you to join an estimated 300 people of faith from all over the nation at the Oak Lawn Hilton, October 19-21, 2017 as we come together in unity and prayer to seek a spiritual awakening in the nation, and revival in the Church of Jesus Christ that we are convinced will bring a final end to abortion.

Join Walter and Lori Hoye, Father Frank Pavone, Pastor Louis Reyes, Pastor Stephen Broden, Valarie Jenkins, Joe and Ann Scheidler, and many other pastors, leaders, and people of faith as they come together to pray and plan our spiritual way forward to see abortion ended.

Malcolm X once said: “The greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first, then you’ll get action.”

Help us to cry out loud to God so loud that we wake up a sleeping church.

The pro-life movement must become the leading voice in calling America and the church to repentance over the issue of abortion, and in calling for a return of the nation’s heart unto the Lord.

We believe that in order to finally see the conditions set that will bring about the end of abortion, this nation must be visited by the Spirit of God in a national awakening, and the Church of Jesus Christ must experience revival in order to regain its prophetic voice in determining the direction of the nation. 

Our Goals for this summit are:

• To organize a National Pro-Life Prayer Network to Pray Continuously
• To Discover & Discuss Prayer Strategies to Close Abortion Mills
• To Break Down Walls between the Pro-Life Movement & the Church
• To Foster Unity and Tighter Collaborations Between Pro-Life Groups
• To Discover Messaging that Affirms Life and Speaks of Healing

Summit Location: Oak Lawn Hilton, 9333 South Cicero Avenue, Oak Lawn, IL 60453 

The Hilton is allowing a special summit rate of $129 per night for single King or double Queen beds. Reservations can be made by calling 708.425.7800 or at www.hilton.com.

Summit Date:

Thursday October 19, 2017 ~ 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.                    

Friday October 20, 2017 ~ 9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.                        

Saturday October 21, 2017 ~ 9:00 – 1:00 p.m. (Off Site Activities)

Admission Prices: Purchase tickets HERE

Full Individual Package: $105.00 (Includes Catered Reception, All Sessions, Conference Packet, Luncheon Ticket, Bus Ride to Event)

Luncheon Only: $70.00 each $600.00 Table of 10 before October 1^st.

Sessions Only:   $40.00 (Includes Friday Sessions only & materials)

Religious freedom is the bedrock principle upon which our country was birthed. But that foundational truth is under increasingly aggressive attack. Join Michael Farris and Chief Kelvin Cochran as they provide inspirational insight into a pivotal moment in our nation’s history while outlining key strategies to preserve and protect our most cherished liberty…religious freedom.

Registration begins at 5:30 PM.

For more information or to register, go to adfevents.org/visionandvictory.

Mike Farris

Michael P. Farris is president, CEO, and general counsel of Alliance Defending Freedom. In January 2017, he became only the second person to occupy that position in the organization’s 23-year history. He brings to the role a remarkably diverse background as an effective litigator, educator, public advocate, pastor, and communicator, and wide recognition for his successful work on both the national and international stage.

Farris was founding president of both the Home School Legal Defense Association (1983) and Patrick Henry College (2000) and continues to serve as chairman of the board of HSLDA and chancellor emeritus of PHC.

Kelvin J. Cochran

Kelvin J. Cochran was born and raised in Shreveport, LA. After watching Shreveport firefighters put out a fire across the street from where he lived, he dreamed that one day he would be a firefighter. He accepted Christ at the age of 7 years old and was a member of the Galilee Baptist Church. He became a firefighter with the Shreveport Fire Department in 1981.

Working his way through the ranks he was appointed Fire Chief of the Shreveport Fire Department in 1999. In 2008 he was appointed Fire Chief for the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department under Mayor Shirley Franklin. In August 2009 he was appointed by President Barack Obama to head the United States Fire Administration in the Department of Homeland Security. In June 2010 he was recruited back to serve as Fire Chief under Mayor Kasim Reed and served until January 2015.

Brazil 4 Life invites you to the annual fundraising dinner with guest speaker and abortion survivor Gianna Jessen.

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Gianna Jessen was intended to die before she was born, just another one of the 1.2 million abortions each year in the United States. Instead of death, though, Gianna was bathed in a burning saline solution, but she overcame to enter the world. Two months premature and weighing just two and a half pounds, she spent her first couple of months in a hospital. Eventually, she entered the foster care system.

Doctors predicted Gianna would never even lift her head. She showed them: she began walking at three and has grown into a woman who has run marathons.

While the obstacles she’s overcome have inspiration on their own, she’s also been a living, breathing face to the horrors of abortion. She’s one of the rare survivors and frequently relays her story—speaking for those who can’t speak for themselves. The failed abortion had also provided the “gift” of cerebral palsy, as she calls it: “It allows me to really depend on Jesus for everything.”

She’s testified before Congress four times and watched as President George W. Bush signed the Born Alive Infants Protection Act, which provided safeguards for those born during failed abortions.  Across the pond, she had a similar encounter with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Halls of government have yielded floor time to hear her story as well. Gianna has testified before the Australian Parliament and British House of Commons. Modern communications take her story where she cannot go herself. Two speeches—one at Yale and another in Australia—have made their way into China because of the connectedness the internet brings. The Yale speech was covered by a blogger whose work is read there.

“God is using Gianna to remind the world that each human being is precious to Him. It is beautiful to see the strength of the love of Jesus, which he has poured into her heart. My prayer for Gianna, and for all who listen to her, is that this message of God’s love will put an end to abortion with the power of love” Mother Teresa

The movie October baby was based on her life story.

You have a chance to hear Gianna Jessen on May 11 at 7pm in Streamwood-IL. Gianna will be speaking at the Brazil4life annual dinner at “The Seville” on Barrington Rd.   Please click here to make your reservation www.brazil4life.org or call 847 863 2003. Seats are limited

Brazil 4 Life is an international Christian organization that provides education, counseling, and support to churches willing to plant a Crisis Pregnancy Center anywhere in Brazil and the world. Our services are available where abortion is common or present and no Crisis Pregnancy Center is available. Our mission is to help individuals experience a new life and forgiveness in Christ and to save unborn lives from the steep consequences of abortion.

Please join us for the Abstinence & Marriage Education Partnership Annual Banquet on Thursday, October 20, 2016 at the Cotillion in Palatine at Route 53 & Northwest Highway.  A&M reaches teens around the country through private and public schools and churches with a clear message on the importance of sexual purity and marriage preparation.

Our Annual Banquet will begin promptly at 7:00pm concluding at 9:30pm. There is no cost to attend although there will be an opportunity for financial partnership. Please help us spread the word through e-mail, social media, and personal invitation.

David Limbaugh, NYT Bestselling Author and Syndicated Columnist

David Limbaugh is a nationally syndicated columnist with Creators Syndicate and a New York Times, best-selling author.  His list of titles include:  Persecution, Jesus on Trial, and The Emmaus Code.

David graduated Cum Laude from the University of Missouri, Columbia, with a BA in Political Science.  He received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Missouri, Columbia Law School in 1978 where he was a Member of Missouri Law Review. He served in the National Guard from 1972-1978.

Admitted to the Missouri Bar in 1978, David began practicing law in September 1978 and has continued in practice since. He is presently a partner in the law firm of Limbaugh, Russell, Payne and Howard.  David and his wife Lisa have five children.  David is the brother of popular talk show host, Rush Limbaugh.

The Illinois Family Institute cordially invites you to the biggest gathering of pro-family supporters in Illinois.

The Faith, Family & Freedom
Fall Banquet

Featuring

Michele Bachmann

You will not want to miss this evening with former congresswoman and presidential candidate Michele Bachmann as she encourages people of faith to stand firm in a darkening culture.  Click here for flyer. Call 708-781-9328 or email v.kathy@illinoisfamily.org for more information.

Friday, September 30, 2016

The Stonegate,

2401 W. Higgins Rd.

Hoffman Estates, Illinois

Biography:

Born in Waterloo, Iowa, Michele Bachmann became a born-again Christian at the age of 16. After earning a law degree, Bachmann became a local conservative activist, protesting abortion clinics and state-mandated educational standards. In 2000 she was elected to the Minnesota state Senate, and earned a reputation for her unwavering commitment to conservative principles. In 2006 Bachmann was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and helped found the Tea Party Caucus. A rising star in the GOP, in June 2011 Bachmann announced her candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination, becoming the first woman to actively seek the GOP nomination.

Congresswoman Bachmann is recognized as one of our nation’s social conservative leaders who has consistently defended America’s religious liberties and the importance of the traditional family as a bellwether necessity for a stable society.