March for Jesus 2010

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Is this the change you really voted for? President Obama has only been in office for two months. Now we have HR 1388. The Bill was sponsored by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) with 37 others. The Bill was introduced to the floor of the House of Representatives where both Republicans and Democrats voted 321-105 in favor. Next it goes to the Senate for a vote and then on to President Obama.

This bill's title is called "Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education" (GIVE). It forms what some are calling "Obama's Youth Brigade." Obama's plan is require anyone receiving school loans and others to serve at least three months as part of the brigade. His goal is one million youth! This has serious Nazi Germany overtones to it.

The Bill would forbid any student in the brigade to participate in "engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship services, providing instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory religious instruction or worship, constructing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in any form of religious proselytization." That means no church attendance or witnessing.

Again, is this what America voted for? Here is part of the HR1388 Bill's wording:

SEC. 1304. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.

Section 125 (42 U.S.C. 12575) is amended to read as follows:

SEC. 125. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.

(a) Prohibited Activities- A participant in an approved national service position under this subtitle may not engage in the following activities:

(1) Attempting to influence legislation.

(2) Organizing or engaging in protests, petitions, boycotts, or strikes.
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(7) Engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship services, providing instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory religious instruction or worship, constructing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in any form of religious proselytization.

And finally

(10) Such other activities as the Corporation may prohibit.

Update: Bill passed in Senate March 26th, 2009.
Senate Roll Call #115 Details
H.R.1388: To reauthorize and reform the national service laws.

Update: April 1st, 2009

In the GIVE legislation, SEC. 1304. Section 125 was repealed in it's entirety from the bill. People who opposed the restrictions on church attendance rejoiced. However, closer examination reveals that the text listing Prohibited Activities
was inserted further down in the bill in SEC. 1310 SEC 132A in it's entirety with the addition of even one more prohibited activity.

See text from edited bill here:

SEC. 1304. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONSCONFORMING REPEAL RELATING TO TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

Section 125 (42 U.S.C. 12575) is amended to read as follows: 'SEC. 125. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.'(a) Prohibited Activities- A participant in an approved national service position under this subtitle may not engage in the following activities:'(1) Attempting to influence legislation.'(2) Organizing or engaging in protests, petitions, boycotts, or strikes.'(3) Assisting, promoting, or deterring union organizing.'(4) Impairing existing contracts for services or collective bargaining agreements.'(5) Engaging in partisan political activities, or other activities designed to influence the outcome of an election to any public office.'(6) Participating in, or endorsing, events or activities that are likely to include advocacy for or against political parties, political platforms, political candidates, proposed legislation, or elected officials.'(7) Engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship services, providing instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory religious instruction or worship, constructing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in any form of religious proselytization.'(8) Providing a direct benefit to--'(A) a business organized for profit;'(B) a labor organization;'(C) a partisan political organization;'(D) a nonprofit organization that fails to comply with the restrictions contained in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 except that nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent participants from engaging in advocacy activities undertaken at their own initiative; and'(E) an organization engaged in the religious activities described in paragraph (7), unless Corporation assistance is not used to support those religious activities.'(9) Conducting a voter registration drive or using Corporation funds to conduct a voter registration drive.'(10) Such other activities as the Corporation may prohibit.'(b) Ineligible Organizations- No assistance provided under this subtitle may be provided to the following types of organizations (including the participation of a participant in an approved national service position under this subtitle in activities conducted by such organizations) or to organizations that are co-located on the same premises as the following organizations:'(1) Organizations that provide or promote abortion services, including referral for such services.'(2) For-profit organizations, political parties, labor organizations, or organizations engaged in political or legislative advocacy.'(3) Organizations that have been indicted for voter fraud.'(c) Nondisplacement of Employed Workers or Other Volunteers- A participant in an approved national service position under this subtitle may not perform any services or duties or engage in activities which--'(1) would otherwise be performed by an employed worker as part of his or her assigned duties as an employee or by another volunteer who is not a participant in an approved national service position; or'(2) will supplant the hiring of employed workers or work of such other volunteers.' repealed.

(As stated above, the wording from SEC. 1304 was inserted further down in the bill into SEC. 1310 SEC 132A with the addition of even one more prohibited activity...see below)

SEC. 1310. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.

Subtitle C of title I (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 132 the following: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

'SEC. 132A. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.

'(a) Prohibited Activities- An approved national service position under this subtitle may not be used for the following activities: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

'(1) Attempting to influence legislation. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

'(2) Organizing or engaging in protests, petitions, boycotts, or strikes.
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'(7) Engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship services, providing instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory religious instruction or worship, constructing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in any form of proselytization, consistent with section 132.
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'(10) Conducting a voter registration drive or using Corporation funds to conduct a voter registration drive. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

'(11) Carrying out such other activities as the Corporation may prohibit.

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If you are a prayer warrior who has been praying for Concerned Christians Canada (CCC) or you have financially supported our organization, we would like to take this opportunity to update you on what your support has enabled us to do.

Over the last year we have:

• Connected with politicians at all three levels of government and have promoted religious freedom, have drawn attention to Christian persecution, have discussed and promoted pro-life issues, and have encouraged them to rule with righteousness
• We have been involved in making policy proposals to government regarding the proper treatment of the homeless, we also outlined both cost saving, streamlining and accountability measures that needed to be put in place in the homeless shelter system
• We spearheaded and co-ordinated the third annual Night on the Street for the Poor at the steps of Calgary's City Hall which was well attended by those in need
• We have played a supportive role in political campaigns, providing volunteer support, expertise, and counsel to political candidates
• We have connected in with individuals and organizations in the homeschooling industry both listening to concerns and presenting solutions to problems being faced.
• We have been involved in supporting and assisting both individuals and organizations stand for Christian rights and to stand against Christian persecution in Canada
• We have assisted individuals in their efforts to become Canadian immigrant workers
• We have assisted in the filing of Human Rights Complaints in an effort to put on display not only the discrimination that is happening against Christians in our society but also to demonstrate the bias of the Human Rights Commissions in not acknowledging valid cases of discrimination against Christians
• We were approached by the Canadian Human Rights Museum and were asked to appear at their round table sessions which we did. During those sessions we detailed various cases of discrimination against Christians and also spoke against the liberal agenda that motivates the museum such as their desire to promote abortion, along with extreme feminism, to promote the marginalization of Christians and of traditional roles of men and women, to promote an altered view of Canadian history through a slanted liberal viewpoint, etc
• We have been involved in providing Christian counsel to troubled couples with a goal and a focus to reground them in Christ and to promote Biblical living in their marriage and conduct to one another
• We have also been heavily involved in ministering to youth with the truths from scripture, both reaching them in their time of need with love and sharing the living word with them to help bring them into right relationship with Christ
• We acted in concert with other Christians to spearhead and organize and run the March for Jesus which thousands of people enjoyed this year
  • We spent several months of dedicated time both promoting the march through various venues and organizing and co-coordinating many aspects of the march
  • We also promoted the march through many personal visits to churches with banners and handouts and had many one-on-one conversations about what the March for Jesus was meant to be (uniting the body of Christ in proclaiming the name of Jesus Christ over our city, province and our nation, united by the Holy Spirit and a sincere love for one another
  • CCC also created several resources for the March for Jesus including:
    • creating a dedicated March for Jesus website (www.marchforjesus.ca)
    • designing posters, T-shirts, graphics, balloons, social networking pages (facebook, twitter, linkedin, myspace, etc) used for promoting the march
  • CCC attended YC in Edmonton to both promote the March for Jesus and to minister to youth
• Our National Chairman also recently spoke directly with Prime Minister Stephen Harper regarding defunding abortion support abroad and congratulated the PM on his move to, for the first time in thirty years, opt for supporting the unborn child's right to life
• CCC has been able to get our food for families program off the ground this year and has begun to provide fresh garden vegetables to low income families
• CCC has also been successfully running its CCAMS project which locates and distributes resources to those in need, for the second year in a row
• CCC has spearheaded a program geared at mentoring youth in impacting politics with their Christian worldview and is looking at launching a website dedicated to connecting with Canadian youth over the Internet and giving them an outlet for both their creativity and their ideas relating to moral issues
• CCC has been involved in standing in the way of unjust laws in the form of appearing before committees and speaking in favor of the protection of our rights to freedom of religion, expression, and freedom of association
• CCC is also working on a working farm proposal which we will release to our website when it has been fully put together

As you can see this past year has been a very busy one and we are looking forward to increasing our reach as time goes forward. If you have supported us prayerfully in the past, please keep praying for us, your prayers are truly appreciated. If not, please consider adding us to your prayer sheet. If you have helped us financially in the past, you truly have helped us in our effort to fulfill our slogan of Praying, Acting, Making a Difference! Although our faith is in God to provide, He uses people like yourself to pay the bills that keep rolling in. Thank you for your faithfulness in giving.

If you have not supported us financially in the past, please know that your support would truly be appreciated. We have many commitments to fulfill financially, and many campaigns and programs that we desire to not only keep running but to keep improving on, and that requires funds.

For example, we would like to put together a full system for running the CCAMS project online that would allow the streamlining of locating and tracking resources and people who need them and co-coordinating volunteers in the process of fulfilling those needs.

We would also like to get that website for Christian Youth (youngchristians.ca) up and running to mentor youth in being politically active and to give them an outlet for their creativity as mentioned before.

There are also some campaigns that we would like to run across the country, including pro-life and homelessness and poverty.

As stated before, our desire is to broaden our reach and to fulfill the mandate of Christ, to preach the gospel to all creation and to be salt and light in all the world.

To donate to CCC, you can either sign up for an annual membership here or you can fill in the Contribute to CCC donation panel on the left near the top of the page and click PayPal donate.

Either way, there are some immediate needs that your funds would help us fulfill.

God bless you in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,

Sincerely,

Jim Blake

National Chairman
Concerned Christians Canada

Praying, Acting, Making a Difference!

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For those who believe that the issue of origins is a closed case, this video is for you. A creation scientist provides meaningful evidence to not only disprove evolution, but also to demonstrate that the Bible is worthy of belief from a scientific perspective. He also demonstrates why, theologically, theistic evolution is a problem and explains that it is not necessary to put our faith in evolution, as a Christian, in order to have scientific credibility, and that it doesn't make sense to do so.

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