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 Summertime is typically a more relaxed time. Enjoy your leisure, but keep alert for your personal, emotional, and spiritual safety. Regular visits with God are vital. "Twitter" is the latest "In" thing to do. However, Twittering -- by another name has been around for ages with Christians. We call it, "Flash Prayers," or "Dart Prayers," or a variety of other names. So, keep "Twittering" --- with God! This site was updated July 10, 2009 Please Note!! We use PayPal to handle your secure donations: When you go to our "943 Club" page where recurring donations may be made-- a "Suspicious Website" notice may pop up from your ISP. This temporary malfunction, and the notice may continue to pop up until we resolve an internal posting notice. However, PayPal guarantees secure donations, so you need not fear. We hope to have this issue resolved very soon. You now have the opportunity to make secure recurring donations via major Debit or Credit Cards, or your bank. Visit our "943 Club" page and "subscribe" to make your donation recurring... See Les Bernal's invitation on our Gambling page... Reminder: The Legislative Session begun on January 12 concluded on Friday, April 3. We regret that it did not devote much attention to the common good. Turf guarding, egos, political agendas dominated the session. The final session of the 2009-2010 Term begins January 11, 2010. On Sunday, January 10, 2010, Please join congregations across Georgia as they observe The Annual Georgia Day of Prayer For Moral Leadership. Please pray for strong moral leadership from our legislators. Please see our Prayer page for information on observing the day. Read Dr. Moore's letter to the Editor of the AJC #1 on our Gambling page. (as of March 26, it has not been published; watch the AJC to see if it does get published.) You may feel free to copy and send it to your own newspaper editors. Also, read Dr. Moore's Testimony before the Regulated Industries Committee on February 18, 2009, on our ISSUES AND ANSWERS page.
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Big News... Now you may make secure donations on our website using PayPal. Click on the "Donate" button on one of our web pages and use any major credit/debit card. Please consider monthly donations--Go to the Club 943 page and click on the "Subscribe" button for your choice of giving level. Thank you for your support of this ministry. News Items; 1) We are compiling our E-Newsletter contact list. If you want to receive our periodic "Legislative Alerts" E-newsletter, go to our "Receive Alerts" page on this website, and sign up. You may un-subscribe at anytime. 2)The United Methodists in Georgia have new leadership as of September 1, 2008. >> North Georgia United Methodists now have Bishop Michael Watson as their Episcopal leader, for the next four years. >>South Georgia United Methodists now have Bishop James King as their Episcopal leader for the next four years . ...This is the first time in recent decades that both conferences have changed bishops at the same time. 3) The Georgia Baptist Convention Meets November 9, 2009, at First Baptist Church Woodstock, GA 4) Please Note: On Sept 26th - 27th 2008, The National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling (NCALG) met; at the Gaylord National Resort in National Harbor, MD just outside of Washington, DC and made some dramatic changes 5) NCALG changed its name as of the September meeting: Reflecting what is happening in our society, the name is: "Stop Predatory Gambling." A friend contacted us with the following inquiry: I have recently become acquainted with a group that works to help female children when they are trapped in prostitution (yes, children…pre-teen to under 18yo). It is a well-formed coalition supported by the Atlanta Women’s League and the Juvenile Justice Foundation. Would your organization want to help with that concern? If so, I’d be happy to refer you to folks with that group. It’s called “A Future Not a Past,” AFNAP. We have offered to open communication with this group, in that we have supported legislation in this vein before. Keep in touch. We have moved our office! Please see our updated information at our "Contact Us" Page. Only our physical address and mailing address changed. E-mail, Web, and telephone remain the same. If your community is facing the problem of encroaching night clubs which usually sell alcoholic beverages into the wee hours of the night, please contact us. There are helps available. The GCMCC booth was well received at the two United Methodist Conferences in June and at the Georgia Baptist Convention in November. A number of people stopped by, had mints, chocolate, and picked up literature. Also we picked up additions to our Legislative Alert list. If your denomination is interested in working with GCMCC, and/or has a conference/convention scheduled, contact us and we will be happy to bring our exhibit and set up a booth. We will need to have an official contact person, so please be prepared to help us along these lines. At the right on this page, see our Conference display booth. Please visit our booth in the exhibit area when you attend one of the South or North Georgia United Methodist Conference, each June, or the Georgia Baptist Convention in November. We invite you to pick up free literature, mints, view a video or PowerPoint, or just visit. We are collecting E-mail addresses of persons interested in our periodic newsletter. It will keep you abreast of current and upcoming issues.
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