Mercer County Right to Life

11/03/2025

MERCER COUNTY RIGHT TO LIFE ESSAY CONTESTS: Mercer County RTL is excited to sponsor their youth essay contests for the following age groups: 9th / 10th grade and 11th / 12th grade. The cash prizes for each group are as follows: 2nd place will receive 200 dollars and 1st place will receive 300 dollars! All participants will receive a $20 McDonald’s gift card.

Each educational or persuasive essay is to be 600 – 800 words and to have one of the following topics: ‘Why I Am Pro-Life’, ‘How I Defend My Pro-Life Position’, or ‘How I Can Assist the Pro-Life Movement’.

Essays will be scored equally on four criteria: grammar, facts, creativity, and inspiration. All essays expected to reflect the pro-life convictions held by Mercer County Right to Life.

Please include in subject line of the e-mail submission the contestant’s name. In the message portion please list the contestant’s address, age group essay is to be entered, and school. All high school students who live in or worship in Mercer County are eligible.

Essays are to be e-mailed to prolifegeneration.mercercounty@outlook.com by January 18th, 2026. Good luck!

10/22/2025

REMINDER: Our next MCRTL meeting is tomorrow, Thursday, October 23 @7:00pm. It will be held at Preferred Insurance Center, 809 W. Main St., Suite 2 (basement), across from the Mercer Health Hospital in Coldwater. Please park in the back of the building.

Everyone is welcome to join us! We hope to see you there!

10/17/2025

Read our October newsletter! Read about the Ohio March for Life, an upcoming mission trip, the t-shirt design contest, and more! Click the link below!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L-j3uepCk9JezTjWgBo8GZ4SdDdHL1KS/view?usp=drivesdk

10/10/2025

T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST: Mercer County RTL is excited to announce the winner of our T-Shirt Design Contest. This year there were 27 contestants who used their time and talents towards this life affirming contest. We appreciate our three volunteer judges for their help: Allison Moeller, Heather Stammen, and Lisa Homan. All contestants were asked to submit a design that utilized one side of a t-shirt and used a maximum of two colors. All entries were scored on their level of inspiration and creativity. Our winning design will be used for the 2026 ‘Pro-Life T-Shirt Day’ in April. This year’s winning design came from Lyla Homan…CONGRATULATIONS!

10/08/2025

10/01/2025

The Ohio March for life is THIS Friday, October 3rd, at our state capital. Mercer County Right to Life will be taking a bus. The cost will be $25 for adults and $10 for students. There are plenty of seats open!

If you are attending this event, please bring a lawn chair and a sack lunch.

If you’d like to join us, click on the link below to grab your seat!! We hope you can make it!

https://www.mercerlife.org/checkout/donate?donatePageId=66324c3deec72467201462e5

09/30/2025

Seats are still available!

Please bring a sacked lunch and lawn chair.

Rally begins at 11:00
March begins at 12:00

09/26/2025

09/25/2025

Meeting tonight, September 25, at 7:00 pm at the Preferred Insurance Center in Coldwater (across from the hospital). Come to see what you can do.

09/21/2025

MERCER COUNTY RTL T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST: Mercer County RTL sponsored T-Shirt Design Contest will be facilitated this year with the cash prize of $300 dollars for the winning design! The winning design will be used for the 2026 ‘Pro-Life T-Shirt Day’. All participants will receive a $20 gift card to McDonald’s.
Contest rules: Designs must have a maximum of two colors and utilize one side of a shirt. Design entries to be submitted to: prolifegeneration.mercercounty@outlook.com by September 30th, 2025.
7th – 12th grade students from Mercer County are eligible, as well as those who worship in Mercer County.
Please include in subject line of the entry submission the contestant’s name. In the message portion please list contestant’s address, age, and school. Scores will be based equally on inspiration and creativity. Good luck!