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Friend,
Welcome to the Friday Five! Every Friday we share our top five
articles, stories, and quotes for you to read and share with your
friends and church families.
 1. MARCH FOR LIFE: Join the virtual March for Life 2021 LIVE today starting at 12pmWatch the March for Life Rally and LIVE coverage of the March for Life beginning at 12 p.m. ET. The Rally will include inspiring speeches from pro-life leaders, information on how to stay involved in the pro-life movement all year long, and a performance by Christian singer and songwriter Matthew West. After the Rally, watch continued LIVE coverage of the March for Life, as a small group of pro-life leaders march in representation of pro-life Americans across the country.
 2. NSCW: This Week is National #SchoolChoiceWeek 2021Every January, National #SchoolChoiceWeek (1/24-1/30) shines a spotlight on effective education options for children. During National School Choice Week, schools and organizations across North Carolina partner with families to raise awareness about the different K-12 education options available to children. This not-for-profit effort is designed to inform and assist parents, while shining a positive spotlight on the importance of opportunity in education. In 2021, National School Choice Week takes place from January 24-30, 2021.
 
3. WSOC-TV: City of Charlotte working on nondiscrimination ordinance"With the sunset of HB142, the city of Charlotte is now working on a nondiscrimination ordinance. Mayor Vi Lyles made the announcement following public comment Monday after a speaker expressed a desire for Charlotte to implement one." 
4. NORTH STATE JOURNAL: Lt Gov clashes with Board of Ed members over ‘radical agenda’ being added to standards“During their Jan. 27 meeting, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and some of the Democratic members of the N.C. Board of Education clashed over whether the proposed changes to the social studies standards were an attempt to impose a political agenda or to simply include students of all backgrounds. About an hour into the meeting, board member James Ford, a supporter of the new standards, said he was getting tired of ‘beating around the bush.’ ‘And if we’re being honest and forthright, this debate is connected to a much longer, a much broader national discourse,’ said Ford.”
5. SPECTRUM: Legislators Facing Coronavirus Relief, New Budget as Session Begins in Raleigh“The North Carolina House and Senate convene[ed] at noon
Wednesday to kick off what could be a busy and long session for
2021.The Republicans kept their majorities in both chambers of the
General Assembly in the last election but they did not flip enough
seats to overcome the governor’s veto.
 WEEKLY PRAYER: OFFICIALSLORD, you also have instructed us to pray for our governing
officials, and we come to you in the spirit of this petition. We pray
for our national government and its executive, legislative, and
judicial servants. May they indeed be servants unto the people, and
govern in a manner that protects liberty and virtue. In the same
spirit, we pray for public servants across our state and local
governments. May they all heed your mandate in Romans 13:4 to be in
positions of authority as "God's servant" and for the "good" of the
public. They govern in what we confess are difficult times. Between
the COVID-19 pandemic, the civic unrest, the hostile political
climate, and the opposition of international opponents such as China,
they are much in need of your incalculable wisdom. May they plead with
you to give it to them, and may your grace respond in
kind.
Sincerely, North Carolina Values Coalition
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