Friday Schedule

Start time 9 a.m.

  • Y4Life Conference Session 2: Melissa Ohden
  • Pre-March Devotion: Rev. Harrison Goodman
  • March for Life: Rally, March and Testimonials
  • Dinner on own
  • Exhibits, Social time
  • Devotion and Post March Devotion
  • Y4Life Conference Session 3: Panel Discussion on Gender

Daily Devotion

Bauman-Male-or-Female-Devotion.docx

Speakers: Melissa Ohden, Rev. Harrison Goodman, Rev. Brian Barlow, Rev. Jonathan Petzold, Christa Petzold, Katy Faust

Life Issues Covered: 
  • Masculinity and Femininity
  • Marriage
  • Homosexuality and Transgenderism  

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Fact Sheets- Day 6

Activity Sheets- Day 6

Meet the team.

Melissa Ohden

Just As...I AM as Male and Female

Bio:
Melissa Ohden is the survivor of a failed saline infusion abortion, but like every survivor, she is so much more than a survivor. Melissa is a Master’s level prepared social worker and the author of You Carried Me: A Daughter’s Memoir. She is the founder and director of The Abortion Survivors Network, the only healing and advocacy organization for abortion survivors worldwide and The Education and Policy Center, which impacts policy issues related to abortion and abortion survivors. Melissa and her team have connected with 397 survivors as of July 2021. Melissa is a frequent contributor to pro-life and conservative news outlets and a regular guest on radio and television programs around the world. Although Melissa’s heart is for providing help and hope to all affected by abortion, she also strives to humanize the unborn through activism. She has testified before congressional committees numerous times, as well as lobbied, and even met, President Trump in the Oval Office in 2019.   

Reverend Harrison Goodman

Devotional

Bio:
Chief of sinners. Child of God. Pastor Harrison Goodman preaches Christ crucified as a light that shines in darkness and a hope for the hopeless. As content executive, he helps to make these same gifts known online by employing the many voices and talents of our brothers and sisters in Christ. He believes that while the internet cannot replace Word and Sacrament ministry, it doesn't need to try. He shapes HT content to point youth and young adults toward the gifts given in your sanctuary.

Reverend Brian Barlow

Panel Discussion

 
Bio 
With over 20 plus years ministering to the sexually and relationally broken, Rev. Barlow addresses the necessity of keeping a clear gospel when walking along side individuals who identify as LGBTQ+ and those who desire freedom in Christ. His personal journey out of a disfigured life is a testimony to Ephesians 3:20. God in His mercy continues to do more than Brian and this world could imagine. He married his bride Nichole in 2012 and together they are raising their 4 sons ages 10, 8, 4 and 2.5 months. In addition to pastoring, Rev. Barlow serves with many local and national ministries including Lutheran's for Life, Y4Life, and LINC-LA. Pastor Barlow is invited often to share his story and give hope to both large and small venues across the US 

Reverend Jonathan and Christa Petzold

Katy Faust

Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion

Bio:
Katy  is Founder and President of Them Before Us, a global movement defending children’s right to their mother and father. She publishes, speaks and testifies widely on why marriage and family are matters of justice for children. Her articles have appeared in Newsweek, USA Today, The Federalist, Public Discourse, WORLD Magazine, The Daily Signal, the Washington Examiner, the American Mind, and the American Conservative. She is on the advisory board for the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship. Katy helped design the teen edition of CanaVox which studies sex, marriage and relationships from a natural law perspective. She detailed her philosophy of worldview transmission in her book, Raising Conservative Kids in a Woke City. She and her pastor husband are raising their four children in Seattle.

Rev. Jonathan Petzold holds an MDiv from Concordia Seminary, Saint Louis. He serves as the senior pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church and School in Roselle, Illinois. Christa Petzold holds an MA in theology from Concordia University Irvine. She works as a stay-at-home mother, homeschooling their four children.  
Jonathan and Christa have been married since 2010 and enjoy learning and teaching God’s Word together. They also love coffee, Star Wars, traveling, and quiet evenings at home.