JOHN SMEATON, DIRECTOR OF SPUC: Be an Olympics torch bearer for unborn children

Monday, 2 April 2012

Be an Olympics torch bearer for unborn children

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SPUC evangelicals are leading an important pro-life outreach in major cities through which the Olympic torch will travel. Reverend Arthur Woood, a member of the SPUC evangelicals committee, has put together a programme to take the pro-life message to the heart of the Olympic games and into the hearts of the British public.

Arthur will be leading an act of pro-life witness in several towns and cities around the country. Pro-lifers will be handing out a specially designed leaflet (right) and holding Olympic torch placards.

The itinerary so far is:

Plymouth where the torch arrives: 19th May
Swansea torch arrives: 26th May
Manchester torch arrives: 23rd June
Birmingham torch arrives: 30th June
Southampton torch arrives: 14th July
London torch arrives: 21st July

Other towns on the Olympic torch itinerary can be added if you are willing to help Arthur organizing an event in a town local to you. Anyone wanting to support the events listed, or organize a new one, should contact Arthur. Write to me at my email address below and I will put you in touch.

You can also support Arthur Wood's initiative by simply ordering the flyer pictured above and delivering it door-to-door. Again, contact me at the email address below if you would like to order flyers.

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About Me

I became involved in SPUC after graduating, when I established a branch in south London in 1974. I have worked full-time for SPUC for 42 years. I became chief executive of SPUC in the UK in 1996, having been general secretary since 1978. I was elected vice-president of International Right to Life Federation in 2005. At UN conferences in Cairo, Copenhagen, Beijing, Istanbul and Rome, I helped coordinate more than 150 pro-life/pro-family groups resulting in pro-life victories in Cairo, Istanbul and Rome. I was educated at Salesian College, London, before going to Oxford where I graduated in English Language and Literature. I qualified as a teacher, becoming head of English at a secondary school. I am married to Josephine. We have a grown-up family and we live in north London.