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.
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or $10 today towards our work producing these Friday Fives and
fighting for your values on the public square!
1. YOU’RE INVITED: Join
us at the Awaken Moms Conference on October 22nd.
If you are a mom who
feels like it’s getting harder and harder to raise kids in a culture
that stands against God’s ways, we want you to know one
thing:
You are
not alone.
In
fact, hundreds of moms from across the country are joining us in the
Charlotte area on October 22 for the Awaken Moms
Conference.
And we want
to personally invite you to join us.
Tickets are only $10 and the speakers are
incredible.
Click here
to check out the lineup and all the details:
https://www.awakenmoms.com/
2. CAROLINA JOURNAL: Republicans
denounce task force for chiding parents over school board
meetings
"The N.C. Task Force for Safer Schools is finalizing a statement
chiding parents for strongly voicing their views and at times
disrupting recent school board meetings.
The disruptions have
come from parents — across the state and nation — concerned about
school policies on everything from COVID-19 vaccination and masking to
controversial instruction on race and gender issues."
3. NC VALUES: 🏛 Calling
All North Carolina Attorneys
In July 2021, the State Bar Council
adopted a proposed change to the Preamble of the Rules of Professional
Conduct that would hinder the ability of many attorneys to practice
law in accordance with their faith.
The Supreme Court of North
Carolina has the ultimate say in whether or not to change the State
Bar Rules, and is now considering whether to adopt this change.
The proposed change would add the words “sexual orientation”
and “gender identity” to the Preamble of the Rules of Professional
Conduct, thus creating a protected status for these controversial
behaviors. Unfortunately, this addition would function as a Sexual
Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) amendment. This means that the
State Bar would have the ability to force attorneys to accept policies
that conflict with their sincerely held religious and moral beliefs
about marriage and sexuality.
4. NC VALUES: We stand with Lt.
Governor Mark Robinson
In the past couple days, the media and far-left activists have
dragged our Lt. Governor through the mud and have called for his
resignation.
Why? Because of a clip video where he talks about
removing the sexualization of children from our classrooms.
In
his latest video response below, he makes his current stance clear:
"I will not back down. . . . the idea that our children
should be taught about concepts of transgenderism, and be exposed to
sexually explicit material in the classroom, is
abhorrent."
We agree, and we stand with our Lt. Governor
Mark Robinson and his protection of North Carolina families.
If you support our Lt. Governor, would you consider helping
get his story out there by liking and sharing this video?
5. THE NORTH STATE JOURNAL:
Orange County Public Schools board chair ejects parents, speakers from
meeting
"At the direction of the Orange County Public Schools board of
education chair, parents and members of the public were ejected from
the Oct. 11 board meeting by Orange County sheriffs’
deputies.
The reason? Apparently speaking about concerns and
topics that were not on the meeting agenda. Attendees were also
subjected to metal detectors and told they could not congregate on the
premises of A.L. Stanback Middle School where the meeting was being
held.
Several times during the meeting, Mackenzie was heard to
say, 'you cannot talk on that topic,' before motioning for deputies to
remove the person. Loud booing throughout the auditorium
followed."
WEEKLY PRAYER: LIBERTY
LORD, you have blessed us with a spiritual liberty that is so
wonderful and beyond description, that it can only be understood
through experiencing a life-giving relationship with Christ. However,
we also recognize that in your grace, you have blessed our country
with a political liberty that enables us to openly proclaim the
experience of a life lived in the freedom of the Gospel.
LORD, as individuals and as a nation, may we never take the
inalienable right of religious freedom for granted. Right now our
country has faced a rapid increase in the number of attacks made
against this cherished right. We have seen groups across our public
arena increase in boldness and frequency their smears against
religious liberty. They claim it is bigotry, when we know it is the
security of the greatest of all possible loves.
Be with your people and our country as it continues to protect
the constitutional right protected by our nation's Founders. Be with
legislators and the Supreme Court, as they determine through their
actions the protection of this particular and fundamental
freedom.
“It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore
keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery."
(Galatians 5:1)
"For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not
turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love
serve one another." (Galatians 5:13)
"Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for
evil, but use it as bondslaves of God." (1 Peter 2:16)
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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