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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.
We
would be very grateful if you could make a donation of $100, $50, $25,
or $10 today towards our work producing these Friday Fives and
fighting for your values on the public square!
1. NEWSWEEK: Concerned About
Your Child's School? You Might Be a Domestic Terrorist
“The worst civics lesson we could
possibly teach the next generation: Those who voice different
political opinions should be investigated and prosecuted by federal
law enforcement as ’domestic terrorists.’ Unfortunately, this is
exactly the lesson that the National School Boards Association (NSBA)
is teaching American schoolchildren—by example.”
2. WBTV:Mecklenburg Co. Leaders
vote to advance sexual orientation and gender identity at the expense
of religious freedom
"The BOCC voted to advance an
LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance after hearing comments
from residents about the impact of these protections.
One of the
proposals was limited to small businesses, while the other would
expand existing law to protect those things in businesses of any size
and in many public areas. The proposals ultimately gave more teeth to
existing protections added to Charlotte’s nondiscrimination law in
August."
3. FOX NEWS: Biden reverses
Trump ban on federal funds for abortion-referring
clinics
"The Biden administration rescinded a
2018 Trump-era regulation Monday that blocked federal funding for
family planning clinics that refer patients for abortion.
The new rule, which will allow Title X
money to resume for abortion-referring clinics, goes into effect Nov.
8."
4. FOX NEWS: District court
judge blocks landmark Texas 'fetal heartbeat' abortion
law
"A district court judge issued a Temporary Restraining
Order blocking Texas S.B. 8 abortion law on Wednesday, finding in
favor of the U.S. Department of Justice, which had sought the order to
block the law from going into effect."
5. NC VALUES: We had an amazing
Celebration of Carolina Values last week!
We had an amazing Celebration of Carolina Values last Thursday
night!
A huge thank you to all of our wonderful sponsors, and everyone
that joined us both in person and over live stream. We are so grateful
for you.
It was truly a memorable evening. There is something really
inspiring about being gathered with other individuals, all united
around the singular purpose of promoting true North Carolina Values
within our state.
We were blessed with a wonderful audience of over 300 people, all
gathered in the beautiful Angus Barn Pavilion.
 WEEKLY PRAYER: FAMILY
LORD, we cry out to you as Father. You are a model of the love,
mercy, and authority of the perfect parent. We thank you for modeling
for us what every parent should strive for, and for creating this
wonderful institution called family.
LORD, we thank you for creating us with a basic nature designed
to not be alone. You made us to desire the intimacy of relationships,
and it is here where we experience joys indescribable: the joys of
marriage, the joys of having children; the joys of seeing our children
have children. What a blessing and mercy you gave us in the family! In
it we find our first teachers, our first guardians, and our first
authorities.
LORD, we recognize how deeply you love your children, and how
deeply it pains you when they go astray. Alongside our adoration and
thanksgiving, we pray in confession—as individuals and as members of
larger communities—over any sins we may have committed that undermine
your beloved institution. Forgive us when we endanger your institution
through selfishness and arrogance. Forgive our communities and nation
for attempting to redefine some of the most basic and deepest parts of
being human—being made male and female, having lifelong marriage vows
and responsibilities, and having parental rights over educating one's
children.
"Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved,
compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13
bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another,
forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must
forgive. 14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything
together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your
hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing
one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual
songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do,
in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving
thanks to God the Father through him." (Colossians 3:12-17)
Amen
Will you chip in $100, $50, $25, or even $10 to help
the NC Values Coalition continue to fight for your rights? You can
donate by clicking here.
Sincerely,
North Carolina Values Coalition
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