Ways to Get your Group Involved
There are many ways to get your group involved in the 40 Days for Life New Orleans campaign, but here are a few specific ways:
Uniting in Prayer and Fasting to End Abortion during 40 Days- A cornerstone of 40 Days for Life is the focused prayer and fasting to end abortion during the 40 Days. Here are a couple ways to carry this out in your community or church:
- At every church service, event, or everyday in school, say the "Prayer for an End to Abortion" during the 40 days (prayer found on website).
- Arrange with campaign team to get 40 Days for Life Prayer Cards and distribute to a congregation or school to foster daily prayer to end abortion. Visit our page to order prayer cards.
Peaceful and Prayerful Vigil- People in your church or ministry signing up for a vigil hour and praying for their first time at the abortion facility may truly awake their hearts to the reality of abortion and encourage them to be active pro-lifers. Take one of the following methods to build up the peaceful and prayerful vigil that will go from 7 AM - 7 PM everyday at the Ridgelake abortion facility in Metairie. We encourage you to sign people up after a gathering and supply them with reminder cards (available from the campaign team) with their hour on it. Be sure have them agree to the Statement of Peace before signing up.
- Adopt-a-Day- The main way we suggest your group participate in 40 Days for Life NOLA is through "adopting" a day at the vigil, meaning your group would be responsible to have 2-3 people present at all 12 hours. View the vigil schedule to see what dates are available, and then go to our vigil sign-up page and sign up for your date. You can also contact the Vigil Coordinator to sign up or ask questions (40daysforlifenola@gmail.com).
- Adopt-a-Hour- Through working with the campaign team, "adopt" a hour within the 12 hours that your group would be responsible for across the board, meaning that if you chose 3 PM, your group would be responsible for having 2-3 people at the vigil everyday at 3 PM. People could repeat their hours each week. Contact the Vigil Coordinator to sign up or ask questions (40daysforlifenola@gmail.com).
- Individual hours- If you do not choose to do one of the above (the above are preferable), then go to our vigil sign-up page and sign up for your hour.
Community Outreach- We invite you to participate in and advertise the events the campaign will be organizing. We also encourage you to educate and activate your group in other ways during the 40 days.
See our 40 Days for Life NOLA home page for a list of all 40 Days for Life NOLA events and recent news.
For more information, please contact us by emailing 40daysforlifenola@gmail.com or by calling the campaign office at 504.835.6520. Sign up for email updates online to stay informed on the campaign and to learn about other activities that will help you make a maximum impact in your community.
