Georgia Council on Moral and Civic Concerns

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NEW Today:  Visit our Facebook Page.  It is Georgia Council on Moral and Civic Concerns. Write on our wall!

Add Georgia Council on Moral and Civic Concerns to your Friends list. 

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I received this urgent message today from Les Bernal, National Director of StopPredatoryGambling.  Please read and vote now!!!
Dear Willis, 

I need you to please vote today in The Economist’s poll on this statement: “Government should have no restrictions on gambling.” The Economist is holding a debate on the issue and gambling interests are disproportionately skewing the results. Below is our opening statement in the debate. It is an important issue in an important forum and I strongly urge you to make your view heard. A vote to stop predatory gambling is a No vote.

Can you please vote right now? http://www.economist.com/debate/overview/178/Gambling

 

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Visit our 943 Club page:  Help us celebrate the founding and continued ministry of the GEORGIA COUNCIL ON MORAL AND CIVIC CONCERNS...by giving your monthly support in an easy and simple fashion
    

Which is better?  A fence at the top of a cliff or a state-of-the-art ambulance at the bottom?  Read this on our GAMBLING page;

You are invited... Now you may make secure recurring donations, at the level of your choice, on our website using PayPal. Click on the "Subscribe" button and and select the level of giving you wish to make on a monthly basis.  There is also a "Donate" button for those who wish only to make a one time donation.  These buttons allow you to use any major credit/debit card or your bank.  Thank you for your willlingness to support this ministry.

FYI -- Just a reminder;  Please update your address book.  Go to the "About Us" page on our website for the update information!
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Some of our friends have missed it, so  we remind you once again,  our office has moved!  .  We are at 458 Ponce de Leon Avenue NE, Atlanta, a tenant at Grace United Methodist Church. Please see our updated information at our "Contact Us" Page .  to update your address book

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If your community is facing the problem of encroaching night clubs which typically sell alcoholic beverages into ungodly hours of the night, please contact us.  There is help available.

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The GCMCC booth will again be at the South Georgia United Methodist Conference in Tifton, GA  June 5-9, 2011.  We also hope to be at the North Georgia Conference in Athens, GA, and welcome you to stop by, have mints, chocolate, chat with us and pick up literature.  Also, sign up for Legislative Alerts. 

 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.

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At the right on this page, see our Conference display booth.  Please visit our booth in the exhibit area when you attend of the South or North Georgia United Methodist Conference, each June,  or the Georgia Baptist Convention each 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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See our Issues and Action page and read how to contact your legislator:

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Check out the PRAYER page on our website:  Check out our list of  retreat centers where you may go for a private or group prayer retreat.
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 New for Conventions and Conferences: Read details below on this page.
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Check out our "Gambling"  page... and the horrible treatment of our U. S. Troops--- also, see Tom Grey's (lengthy, but excellent) letter about this issue!!!

While you're here you may wish to visit the Georgia General Assembly website.
http://www.legis.state.ga.us/


 The "943 Club" is up and functioning.   It is an exciting venture, honoring both the birth/legacy of the Georgia Council on Moral and Civic Concerns, and inviting you to become a part of change in Georgia and in your neighborhood.  Visit the "943 Club" page for details.
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...more details on Conferences and Conventions display booth;
The display booth is completely updated.  New posters include the 943 Club (see that webpage on this site,) a new Annual Georgia Day of Prayer Poster with changeable date plates, a fabulous new headliner banner with our updated logo on it, and new handouts for attendees to take home.  In addition two PowerPoint Presentations now run during the conferences.  One is from the CDC with  scientific data on the dangers of alcohol abuse.  This P Pt was presented at the Fall meeting of the American Council on Alcohol Problems.  The other P Pt presentation came through the Civil Air Patrol Chaplaincy, and it deals with the horrifying results of  methamphetamine use and abuse.  It is graphic!

• Some issues we are working on to add to this website are: 
• Graduated Driver's license
• Cell phone/texting while driving
• Standardized Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) laws
• Child pornography,
• Sexting (Using the cell phone to communicate sexually explicit language and/or photos)
•  poverty,
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