PRAY CENTRAL
FLORIDA
Dear
Fellow Prayer Warrior, April, 2009
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord
Jesus Christ. The National Day of Prayer
is Thursday May 7th. We have many local opportunities for prayer on
that day, please see below for details. Also, the Global Day of Prayer is May 31st. See the following web
sites for details and resources - www.globaldayofprayer.com and www.waymakers.org/index.php?p=gdop. The month of May is “Consecrate Orlando” where we are called upon to consecrate
ourselves to the Lord. There is more information in the e-mail and on-line
versions of this newsletter and on their web site: www.consecrateorlando.weebly.com.
Their web site has a calendar you can check and see the various prayer meetings
during the month of May. There is something almost every day so go check it
out!
National Day of Prayer Thursday May 7th-
[Taken from www.ndptf.org] The National Day of Prayer is
an annual observance held on the first Thursday of May, inviting people of all
faiths to pray for the nation. It was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of
the United States Congress, and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman.
Our Task Force is a privately funded organization whose purpose is to encourage
participation on the National Day of Prayer. It exists to communicate with
every individual the need for personal repentance and prayer, to create
appropriate materials, and to mobilize the Christian community to intercede for
America's leaders and its families. The Task Force represents a Judeo
Christian expression of the national observance, based on our
understanding that this country was birthed in prayer and in reverence for the
God of the Bible.
Their
web page (www.ndptf.org) has lots of
resources as well as a searchable database of prayer meetings. The following
are from that web site – check it for late additions or changes.
Orlando – 7:00
a.m. 42nd Annual Central Florida Mayors Prayer Breakfast at The Ballroom at Church Street
225 S. Garland Avenue, Orlando - (407) 420-9091. www.mayorsprayerbreakfast.org.
Pine Hills - 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Breakfast and lunch will be
available. Location: House of Prayer & Praise, 6900 Silver Star rd suit 112
Orlando. Coordinator: Jasmine 407-536-0929.
Pine Hills 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. - Lunch will be available. Location:
Faith Christian center 6873 West Colonial Dr Orlando. Coordinator: Jasmine 407-536-0929.
Pine Hills –
11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Lunch will be available. Location: Church of God of
Prophecy 2906 N Pinehills RD Orlando. Coordinator:
Jasmine 407-536-0929.
Orlando –
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Location: 1919 Delaney Ave Orlando. Coordinator:
Caroline Siler
407-422-0758. Website: http://www.delaneychurch.com.
East Orlando
– 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Location: Spirit of Joy Church 1801 Rouse Rd Orlando. Coordinator:
Pastor Yemi Mateola 407 992 6678.
Orlando –
9:00 to 9:30 and 12:00 noon. (also, sanctuary will be
open 7:30 am to 6:30 p.m.).
Prince Of
Peace 1515 So Semoran Blvd Orlando. Judy Finnie 407-277-3945. www.poporlando.org.
Orlando –
7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Location: Vista Community Church 4200 S. Chickasaw Trail
Orlando. Coordinator: Debbie Fielden 407-306-8000 www.vistachurch.com.
Orlando –
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Location: Centro Cristiano Restauración. 1600 N. Chickasaw Trail Orlando.
Coordinator: Tomas Lares 321-604-1441
Winter Garden
– 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. NDOP Breakfast. Location: Roper YMCA Family Center 100 Windermere Rd. Winter Garden. Coordinator:
Tom Welch 407-903-1384.
See page 2 for Current Prayer Events
An E-mail version of this
newsletter (with more stuff!) is also available - send me an E-mail to sign up.
See this newsletter on the web at www.christiansnet.com/praycf/praycf.htm.
George Kern, 405 East Jersey St., Orlando, FL 32806,
407-245-1132, praycf@juno.com
PRAY CENTRAL
FLORIDA
Page 2 April,
2009
National Day of Prayer Thursday May 7th Seminole
and Osceola County events -
Casselberry
– 6:00 a.m. to 5/8 6:00 a.m. - NDP 24 hour prayer vigil. Location: Ascension
Lutheran Church 351 Ascension Drive Casselberry. Coordinator: Noel Lambert (407)690-3684.
St. Cloud –
6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Location: St.Cloud Veteran's
Park E. Hwy 192 by the St.Cloud Water Tower Coordinators:
Bertha Chase, Randy Law 407 870-5887. www.osceolaNDP.org.
Also prayer at Osceola Courthouse from 12pm-1pm and St.Cloud
City Hall from 12pm-1pm.
Kissimmee –
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.. Chapel open
for spontaneous prayer. Location: FUMC Kissimmee Chapel 101 West Dakin Ave. Georgianna 407-847-3700. www.fumc.ws.
Kissimmee – 12:00
p.m. to 8:00 p.m. - Prayer Journey/Celebration. Take a self-paced Prayer Journey and Pray with
others. 7pm: Glorify God in Spanish and English with the arts, mimes, dance,
praise, prayer. Location: The Vine Church 1003 S. John Young Parkway Kissimmee.
Coordinator: Iona Hoeppner 407 552-9941 www.thevinechurch.cc.
Verify event details with the
contact person or web site before attending. Listing does not necessarily imply
endorsement by Pray Central Florida. For
more events see the Z88.3 web site - http://zradio.org/index/events/calendar.
Daily – various times
– Orlando House of Prayer - get a
taste of IHOP without having to fly to Kansas City. Location: 495 W. Silver Star Rd., Ocoee. Web site for info and
schedule: www.orlandohop.org, or call 407.877.5970,
ext. 201.
Weekdays –
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. – all day worship and prayer hosted by Love of Christ Ministries (Mack McCambridge). Location: Faith World church, Orlando. Call
407-292-0966 for info.
Tuesdays – 6:00 a.m. - Sanford
Ministerial Fellowship. Info:
Jeff Krall - 407-322-9222, jmkrall@bellsouth.net.
Tuesday and Friday
mornings – Full Gospel Businessmen’s
Fellowship.
Fellowship and bible study breakfasts and monthly evening meeting. Contact Joseph Shaia for info -
407/682-3216.
Tuesday
evenings - 6:00 p.m. – Community Healing & Prayer Service. All Saints Church, 338 East
Lyman Av. Winter Park.
Call 407-647-3413 for info. www.allsaintswp.com.
Tuesday evenings - 7:00 p.m. - Servants of the Most High and
Intercessory Prayer Network of Central Florida. Prayer and fellowship in the Longwood area. For info, call Maureen at 407-332-7286 or
e-mail IPNCF@ruii.org.
Thursday
Evenings – 7:30 p.m. Oviedo Healing
Rooms - Healing in the Name of
JESUS through the Power of GOD's Presence and Prayer. 145 W. Broadway Blvd., Oviedo. Call 407-529-7111 for
appointment (suggested but not necessary) www.OviedoHealingRoom.com.
Friday
evenings – 7:30 p.m. – International Concert of Prayer – prayer for
Orlando, USA & the world. At Greaterlife Church in
Oviedo, call Pastor Jeff Good for information at 407-365-5950.
First
Saturday of month - Prayer for Muslims - 10:00 a.m.-Noon, Orlando. Peter Shadid
– 407-240-6272. Peter has a team reaching Muslims in Kissimmee and can train
people for outreach.
Second
Saturday of month – 9:30 a.m. - KNEC (Kingdom Network Empowering
Communities) –Orlando. Contact: Bishop Helligar –
407-299-6677.
Second and Third
Saturdays – 5:00 a.m. City-wide Prayer
Meeting. Hampton
Inn at 7448 International Drive, Orlando. Sponsor: Pastor Mary Norman,
321-276-5352.
Third Saturday of month – Prayer
for the Persecuted Church. Longwood. Email
amystrang@aol.com.
Daily - Lighthouse Report (with Steve Douglass) – on the web at www.lighthousereport.com
Pray
Central Florida – Praying for Central Florida and encouraging the Church in
Central Florida to pray
And
here is the extra stuff you don’t get with the snail mail version...
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(1) Intercessors for America - Invitation to Weekly Prayer Conference Call
(2)"Step Forward" May 11th
(3) ConsecrateOrlando (the
month of May)
(4) National 40 Days for
Life Campaign Sees Abortion Centers Temporarily Closing
(5) Contending
for the Atmosphere
(6) Global Day of Prayer – May 31st
(7) Insider's Report: Week 8 Legislative Session
(8) Treasure Hunting Across Florida
(9) “Cry Out America” on
September 11th
(10) The entire world is
experiencing a "hastened" season
(11) Presdient Barack Obama's Pro-Abortion
Record - 26 Decisions and Counting
*NPPN -
NATIONAL PASTORS' PRAYER NETWORK - US
A
Ministry Network Of The Mission America Coalition
OUR
VISION-
Identify
And Encourage Pastors' Prayer Groups In Cities And
Communities
Across
America So That Pastors Lead Their
People Into Praying For And Sharing Christ With Everyone In Our
Nation.
Subscribe
to the NPPN: http://www.nppn.org/subscribe.htm
INTERCESSORS
FOR AMERICA
192 N 21st St, Suite 300
Purcellville,
VA 20132
1-800-872-7729 or 540-751-0980
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(1) Intercessors for America - Invitation to Weekly Prayer Conference Call
From:
Intercessors for America <ifa@ifapray.org>
To:
praycf@juno.com
Date:
Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:31:22 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: On_Watch_In_Washington
Invitation
to Weekly Prayer Conference Call
"Partnering
with Christ for Revival in the Middle East & America"
Saturday, May
2, 2009
3:30-6:00
a.m. Alaska, 4:30-7:00 a.m. Pacific, 5:30-8:00 a.m. Mountain,
6:30-9:00 a.m. Central, 7:30-10:00 a.m. Eastern
Conference Call & Access Numbers
1-712-432-9998 & 526338#; Alternate No: 1-712-432-1690 &
399430# (Please use *6 for muting)
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(2)"Step Forward" May 11th
From: David.Cramer@ocfl.net
Date:
Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:04:21 -0400
Subject:
Your Invitation to "Step Forward"
You are
invited to Join us @ “Step Forward”
"Step
Forward", is a monthly resource meeting is for those who
minister and work in our community with the homeless, those with addictions,
and those behind bars to acquire information to help others. We have some
special guests that will be joining us for this meeting and we encourage you to
set aside about 90 minutes of your time and join us.
You
are invited to the next meeting at Northland Church in Longwood@ 7PM
on May 11th.
The monthly meetings are being held to help us all in our ministries, programs
and also to provide resources from other organizations and area ministries.
This will also allow you the opportunity to share what your organization
provides in a relaxed setting.
For
directions or other info, please feel free to call 407-836-3357 or visit
the website www.hishealinghand.com <http://www.hishealinghand.com>
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(3) ConsecrateOrlando (the
month of May)
From:
"Maureen Bravo" <maureen@ruii.org>
To:
"Kern, George" <praycf@juno.com>
Date:
Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:01:33 -0400
Subject:
Information on ConsecrateOrlando
“Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do
wonders among you."
I
hope you had a great Resurrection weekend, and that you can now turn your
attention to participating in the exciting, region wide prayer initiative
ConsecrateOrlando which will be
taking place during the entire month of May, and involving the Body of Christ
in seven (7) counties here in Central Florida.
Our
Orlando team is contacting others with hearts burning to see the LORD’S PRESENCE permeate and penetrate our region…
and impact the lives of all those living in Central
Florida. Each congregation / ministry taking part
will uphold this corporate initiative on one of the 31 days
in May with a prayer service dedicated to consecration to the Lord and
worshipping Him over our region.
Our
hope is that you and the readers of your PCF newsletter
will participate on behalf of all those they represent here in Central FL…
and that the many congregations and ministries that join
us will be blessed by this consecration and worship experience!
Please
review the attached info, and let me know what part you would like to play in
this!. Blessings! Maureen
407-810-4665 Cell Maureen@ruii.org
Let
the sound of WORSHIP fill the air, changing the atmosphere in Central Florida!
Setting aside the month of May 2009 to consecrate
ourselves and our city to the Lord.
"Then
Joshua said to the people,
'Consecrate
yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.'"
(Joshua
3:5, NASB)
·
Recognizing the
one true God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, is majestic in holiness,
awesome in glory and able to work wonders (Exodus 15);
·
Recognizing the
seriousness of the times in which we are living and acknowledging our
responsibility for the sin that permeates our homes and our neighborhoods (1
·
Recognizing our
own inability to address the root issues involved with personal and corporate
pride, poverty, violence and racial discrimination;
The Body of Christ in
Central Florida is being called to set aside the month of May 2009 to
consecrate our lives, our city and the greater
This time
of consecration will be marked by corporate prayer and worship that
·
extends across
denominational and racial lines;
·
embraces a
variety of expressions while maintaining the centrality of the Word;
·
expresses confidence in our God to be the source of eternal
hope and healing for our land.
During
this time of prayer and worship, we will invite God to invade our lives, making
us one in Him, humble, gentle, patient, and able to bear with one another in
love (Ephesians 4). We will ask for and trust we will receive new wineskins, to
hold the “new wine” that will be poured out into our hearts for this
season. As we celebrate His goodness and honor His faithfulness, we will
express our love and gratitude to Him by reaching out to others in our
community.
Following
the Consecrate|ORLANDO prayer experience
in the month of May, we will corporately experience the joy of serving many in
our midst who are marginalized, impoverished and hurting in our region. Participating in the GDOP’s
“90 Days of Blessing,” we will encourage existing ministries as well as
participate in special Consecrate|ORLANDO
service initiatives.
To God be the Glory!
Questions
and Answers
Q:
What is at the heart of Consecrate|ORLANDO?
A:
The Holy Spirit is the Author and Finisher of Consecrate|ORLANDO.
Under His leadership, a Servant Team of believers with hearts for prayer
and a desire to see God exalted in our region will together.facilitate
this month long, corporate prayer initiative.
Q: How
can I get involved?
A: To
learn more, you are welcome to attend one of the special worship and prayer
times which will function as models for the services which will be held on each
of the 31 days. These will take place on three consecutive Thursdays, April
16th, 23rd and 30th at 7 PM at Centro Cristiano Restauracion (
Consecrate|ORLANDO is committed to
cultivating, fostering and nurturing strong cross-denominational relationships
in the Body of Christ in our region. Cross pollinating working teams are
being developed that will truly reflect the message of Ephesians 4 as they
facilitate those groups hosting each day of the Consecrate|ORLANDO
worship schedule.
Q: What does Consecrate|ORLANDO
look like for the month of May?
A: There will be at least one prayer
gathering (sometimes more) each day in May. Each will offer a call for the
consecration of ourselves and our city to the Lord, and release corporate
worship of God over the
Q: What about other
prayer initiatives in May, such as the National Day of Prayer (NDP) and the
Global Day of Prayer (GDOP)?
A: Both NDP and GDOP
observances will be incorporated into the Consecrate|ORLANDO
master schedule. At present, we are hosting two events on the May 7th
National Day of Prayer. The first, at 7:00 AM, is the Central Florida
Mayors Prayer Breakfast, in the Ballroom at
Q: Can we
partner with another congregation to cover one of the days in prayer together?
A: Yes! Exalt the
name of Jesus together! As long as the
focus of consecration is upheld and God is worshipped over
Q: Is there
someone I should tell about our plans? Is there a Consecrate|ORLANDO
communications network?
A: Members of
the Servant Team for Consecrate|ORLANDO
are facilitating
communications! If that is
where your gifting lies, come join us! We are also connecting through Facebook. Our “group” Is Consecrate|ORLANDO.
[Editors note: their web site is www.consecrateorlando.weebly.com]
Q: What
resources are available to help us in our planning?
A: If you’re
sensing that God is calling you to participate in Consecrate|ORLANDO,
please contact one of the Servant Team listed at the bottom of this sheet. You are also encouraged to visit the websites
for the National Day of Prayer (http://www.ndptf.org/) and the Global Day
of Prayer (http://www.globaldayofprayer.com/ ). Both have a variety of useful material which
can be adapted for your use.
Q: You
mentioned a follow-up time of service to the community. What will that look
like?
A: As the final
part of the GDOP initiative, members of the 21st century
There will be a
suggested list of existing ministries that need additional support throughout
the summer months. We are also planning special Consecrate|ORLANDO
service events. Facilitating participation
in these events is yet another opportunity for those assisting in Consecrate|ORLANDO leadership team.
Q: I’d like to know more Is there someone I
can contact for additional information?
A: Yes!
Feel free to contact any of the following individuals on the Servant
Team:
Tomas Lares
321-604-1441
Nancy Schneider 407-341-1191
If the Lord is
calling you to participate by upholding one of the 31 days:
Tomas Lares 321-604-1441
Nancy
Schneider 407-341-1191
Milton Monell
407-826-2691
Maureen
Bravo 407-810-4665
For additional
questions, write to ConsecrateOrlando@gmail.com
www.consecrateorlando.weebly.com
REMINDER
You are invited to attend Thursday evening
“preparation” and
training sessions
for
ConsecrateOrlando
the corporate prayer initiative which will take
place for 31 days in May, across seven Counties of Central Florida…and beyond…
Time:
7 – 9 PM
Dates:
April 30th, May 7th, 14th,
21st + 28th
Location:
Centro Cristiano
Restauracion (Restoration Christian Center)
1600 N. Chickasaw
Trail
(off of Hwy 50 /
Colonial Drive in East Orlando.
Come join in worship,
prayer and sharing as we together prepare our hearts for what God will do / is
doing in our midst!
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If you have not yet signed up for a date ( May 1st
through May 31st )
on which you will uphold ConsecrateOrlando,
please do so immediately!
www.consecrateorlando.weebly.com
or e-mail: maureen@ruii.org
For info: Contact a member of the ConsecrateOrlando
Servant Team:
Nancy
Schneider 407-341-1191
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(4) National 40
Days for Life Campaign Sees Abortion Centers Temporarily Closing
From: "LifeNews.com" <news@LifeNews.com>
To: praycf@juno.com
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:06:05 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: LifeNews.com Pro-Life News Report 3/30/09 #4576
National 40 Days
for Life Campaign Sees Abortion Centers Temporarily Closing
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- For abortion center
staff who don't want to face the prospect of going to work with dozens of
pro-life advocates outside their facility, temporarily closing is the next best
thing. That's what two abortion centers in Austin, Texas and Jacksonville,
Florida have done in the face of community opposition. "I've heard from
numerous 40 Days for Life vigil coordinators that on certain days, every one of
the abortion center's patients left without having an abortion," 40 Days
director Shawn Carney told LifeNews.com. How does he know the abortions didn't
take place? "Because the clinic was closed.
Locked tight -- nobody home," he said. A pro-life advocate named Pat
reports that as many as 50 people are praying and educating people outside a
Planned Parenthood abortion business in Jacksonville. When they see the
pro-life advocates at the center, women considering an abortion decide
otherwise. "Many cars will drive in, make a U-turn -- and keep going
out," she said. Carney comments: "Because of the pro-life presence at
Planned Parenthood, these women went someplace else -- a pro-life pregnancy
center -- where they saw ultrasound images of their children and chose life for
their babies instead of abortion." Full story at
LifeNews.com
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(5) Contending
for the Atmosphere
From: Kimberly
Johnson <office@kimjohnsonworship.com>
To: praycf@juno.com
Date: Tue, 31 Mar
2009 06:06:22 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: News from
the Frontline - Contending for the Atmosphere
Contending for the
Atmosphere
by Kimberly
Johnson
America is in a time
of turmoil. We, the saints of God, must learn how to be wise in battle in
this season. Our attitude and posture of prayer will determine how we
move ahead in the future. Like many of you, I am distraught by the
decisions that are being made in our nation's capital. In my frustration
one morning, I asked the Lord why I was having a hard time coming up with a
strategy for prayer. Here is what He said:
You are concerned about a strategy for a man.
I am concerned about the heart of a nation.
Immediately, I had to
repent for having my focus in the wrong place. I had been duped by the
political spirit. I had become ensnared by it's
dissolution and thought I needed to target my arrow of prayer from
the ground level. But God's ways are higher than ours! He wants us
to war from a heavenly perspective. In the midst of the elections
and current media input, many have become engrossed with daily workings of the
structure of politics. We've been shooting from the hip, when He wants to
us shoot with an eagle eye. We need a perspective change.
"Let no one
deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God
comes upon the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not be partakers with
them. For you were once darkness, but now you are light
in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of the
Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), finding out what is
acceptable to the Lord."
-Ephesians 5:6-10
The Lord never called us to be rulers of the world system. He called us
to be ambassadors of His Kingdom. Therefore, we must have God's
perspective to pray effectively. We must realize that the Kingdom of
Heaven is our kingdom. This means that Father, Son, Holy Ghost and all
the myriads of angelic hosts they have at their command are warring with
us. When we pray from heaven's perspective we release a force greater
than any political system into the earthly realm. God deals with the sons
of disobedience, while you are called to walk as a child of light. Lord,
give us eyes to see and understanding to partner with You!
I want to challenge you today to contend for the atmosphere in America.
The Church is to be a light in the midst of darkness. As kingdoms clash,
we must stand firm in knowing our kingdom prevails. Ask the Lord to show
you His concerns about the heart of America. Ask Him how He wants you to
affect the heart of your nation.
On the wall of
America,
Kim Johnson
To invite Kim to
minister contact us at:
863 680-3191
Walk in Light
Ministries, Inc. is a member of Revelation 22 Apostolic Alliance, Glory of Zion
International's Zion Connect, and Global Spheres.
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(6) Global Day of Prayer – May 31st
[From www.waymakers.org]
Following the example
of the first believers who "joined together
constantly" in prayer
(Acts 1:14) until the outpouring of the Holy
Spirit, the Global
Day of Prayer is calling Christians from all
nations to unite in prayer.
A simple threefold strategy will be
implemented each year until 2010
and "BEYOND":
Ten Days of
day-and-night prayer from Ascension day until the
Saturday
before Pentecost Sunday.
A Global Day of
Prayer on Pentecost Sunday, May 31, 2009
The Global Day of
Prayer is a call to united prayer. The 10 Days
preceding the Global Day of
Prayer creates an excellent opportunity
to unite in prayer with
millions around the globe, based on Acts 1
and 2. The 10 Days helps
us to gradually build a lifestyle of prayer
in our communities, as
well as to focus our prayers more widely than
our personal and national
needs as we pray with millions during this
time.
Ten Days provides an
excellent opportunity to involve youth and
children. Do include them in
your planning and make sure that they
have a prayer
responsibility during the 10 Days, be it in a creative
prayer room focused on
youth or children or in an integrated prayer
room.
The 10-Day Prayer
Guide is merely a guideline and may be adapted to
your specific needs and
prayer focus. The resources below will assist
you in saturating your
nation and the nations of the world in prayer
as we cry out to God
with millions for the His glory to fill the
whole earth and for the
fulfillment of His promises.
The 10 Day Prayer
Guide provides topical prayer information for each
day leading up to
Pentecost.
Any country or region
is encouraged to adapt and publish the ten-day
prayer guide in a way that
fits their local needs.
English language
printed copies of the 10 Day Prayer Guide are
available from the office of WayMakers in the USA. Inquire at:
gdopusa@waymakers.org
or www.waymakers.org/gdopIntRate
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(7) Insider's Report: Week 8 Legislative Session
From: "Florida
Family Policy Council"
<ActionAlerts@floridafamilyaction.org>
To: "George
Kern" <praycf@juno.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr
2009 15:32:46 -0500
Subject: Insider's
Report: Week 8 Legislative Session
Insider’s Report: Week Eight
April
20 - April 24, 2009 * Legislative Session, Tallahassee, FL
An Exclusive Report and Analysis
of Legislative Activity for Social Conservatives
By Nathan Dunn, Vice President of Public Policy
Dear George,
Time is running
out on the 2009 Legislative Session, with only one week remaining. This
week there was both good news and bad news on the gambling front. The Marriage
Preparation Act is still alive, but in some jeopardy. And all eyes are still on
the budget process. Budget negotiations have gone so slowly that many are
now expecting the session to run past May 1st. Or the possibility
exists that legislators will have to come back in June to finish the budget in
a special session. FFPC President John Stemberger
and I have been working diligently behind the scenes to kill bad bills and try
and pass good bills. Here is the update:
GOOD BILLS:
Marriage
Preparation Act
HB 1185 by Rep. Plakon (R) and
SB 2310 by
Sen. Storms (R)
EXPLANATION: This bill
provides an optional, additional $100 fee for marriage licenses, but waives
that fee if couples complete 8 hours of premarital education. For those that do
not prepare and pay the optional fee, that extra $100 goes into a Marriage
Education Trust Fund which will provide grants to organizations that help
prepare, strengthen and restore marriages around the state.
UPDATE & ANALYSIS: I have had several meetings this week to discuss
ways to move the Senate bill along through the process. On Thursday, the bill
was withdrawn from the Senate Finance and Tax Committee which is good because
it is one less commitee that it needs to pass out of.
We will now attempt to have it also withdrawn from the final committee, Health
and Human Services Appropriations. At this point in the session, the bill
will have to be removed from the committee and be taken straight to the floor
for a vote of the full Senate. The House bill continues to be tied up in the
Finance and Tax Council where the Chairwoman Rep. Ellyn Setnor Bogdanoff
(R) of Fort Lauderdale has refused to place the bill on
the Council’s agenda. It is possible that leadership could move this bill
to the full House and we pray they will do so as the legislation has wide
bi-partisan support and is an innovative bill to help strengthen marriages
and families.
ACTION: If the bill
moves to the floor in the Senate, we may need your help in contacting Senators
about the bill. Please stand by, as things may move and change very
quickly during the final week of session.
ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES AND NEWS REPORTS:
- The Taxpayer Costs
of Divorce and Unwed Childbearing – Executive Summary
- Florida Family
Action Talking Points on Marriage Preparation Bill
- Status of HB 1185
Staff Analysis HB
1185
- Status of SB 2310
Staff Analysis SB
2310
Ultrasound
Option Prior to Abortion
HB 983 by
Rep. Flores (R) and Rep. Burgin (R) and SB 1854 by Sen. Gardiner (R)
EXPLANATION: This bill
will require abortion clinics to conduct an ultrasound and give a woman the
option of reviewing the results of the ultrasound prior to consenting to an
abortion. It will allow the mother to see her baby within the womb
and make this irreversible and life changing decision based on all
available information.
UPDATE &
ANALYSIS: Sadly, this bill
is essentially dead now for this session. Unfortunately the Senate
bill was not heard in its first committee. We made several attempts to
request that Senate President Jeff
Atwater (R) and other Senate leaders make the bill a
priority, but no action was taken. Although the House bill passed its
first committee, the process stalled to a halt when it became apparent that the
Senate bill was not moving. We will continue working with legislators after
session to try to get this bill in a position to pass next session.
ACTION: No action is
needed.
ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES AND NEWS REPORTS:
- Florida Family
Action Talking Points on Ultrasound Option Bill
- Status of HB 983 Staff Analysis HB
983
Pro-Life Issues in the Budget
HB 5001, HB 5101 and SB 2600 Appropriations
Bills
UPDATE & ANALYSIS: Good News! In last week’s report, I
described how there were attempts in the House to remove budget provisions that
prohibit destructive human embryonic stem cell research and that provide
critical funding to Crisis Pregnancy
Centers. These bad amendments failed. However, the Senate
appropriations bill does not include these provisions at this time. The
two chambers will meet in conference soon to work out the differences between
the two budgets, so we will be encouraging the Senate to accept these items
from the House version.
ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES AND NEWS REPORTS:
BAD BILLS:
Seminole
Indian Gambling Compact and Gambling Expansion
SB 788 and SB 836 by Sen. Jones
(R) and HB 7129 and HB 7145 by Select
Committee on Seminole Indian Compact Review and Rep. Galvano
(R)
EXPLANATION: The Gambling
Compact that Gov. Charlie Crist signed with the
Seminole Indian Tribe to expand gambling by allowing the tribe to have Class
III Casino games has been ruled void by the Supreme Court because the
Legislature did not give input and approval. Now both the House and the
Senate have put forward their own versions of what the compact should look
like. The temptation to approve a deal with the Indians is all the more
enticing because of the economic crisis the state budget is in. Both
chambers have also proposed bills to expand casino gambling at existing
pari-mutuels (horse and dog racetracks) to help them compete economically with
the Seminole facilities. Gambling is bad public policy because the
government is preying upon the weaknesses of Florida’s citizens for profit.
The allure of gambling is like crack cocaine for both polictians
and the poor and we need to fight this historical expansion of this life
destroying activity.
UPDATE &
ANALYSIS: Tuesday, the
House voted on SB 788 (Indian Gambling Compact) and HB 7145 (Pari-Mutuel Casino Industry Expansion). The bad news
is that unfortunately, both gambling bills passed. SB 788 passed 83 yeas to 28 nays and HB 7145
passed 83 yeas and 33 nays. You
can see how your particular State Representative voted
HERE (SB 788) and HERE (HB 7145). The
good news is that 27 House members (both Republican and even some Democrats)
stood for principle and voted their conscience and against the Republican
leadership on both bad bills. These two bills are now sent to the Senate
to await action. Rep. James Bush III (D), a freshman State
Representative from Miami, demonstrated courage and principled leadership by
voting against both gambling expansion bills (he was one of only three
Democrats to vote against the bills, with the other two being Rep. Debbie
Boyd (D) and Rep. Leonard Bembry (D)). I
asked Rep. Bush to take a picture with me outside of the House Chamber because
we wanted to thank him for his good votes. The big disappointment was that so
many Republicans who has traditionally voted against gambling expansion,
decided to vote “yes” on one or both of these bad bills. The Senate has not yet
brought up SB 836 (Pari-Mutuel Casino Industry Expansion) on the floor and may
instead amend the House bill with some of the additional casino games from SB
836. Eventually, the two chambers will meet in conference to try to work out
the differences in the bills. Meanwhile, on Thursday, Gov. Crist
revealed a new unbelievably bad negotiated deal with the Seminole Tribe
that would have the Indians providing a $1.1 billion loan to the state over the
next two years that would deny the state any gambling revenue in year
three and cost the state interest. Senate and House leaders have expressed
initial displeasure with this new proposal coming from the Governor’s office.
ACTION: Thank you for those who participated in the Action Alert
earlier
this week. We need to keep the pressure on the legislators to do the right
thing and reject this massive gambling expansion.
ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES AND NEWS REPORTS:
- Florida Family
Action Position Paper on Seminole Compact and Pari-Mutuel
Casino Expansion
- Florida Baptist
Witness: Florida House overwhelmingly approves gambling expansion (April 21,
2009)
- Bradenton Herald:
House passes new gambling agreement (April 22, 2009)
- Tallahassee
Democrat: Crist gets talks rolling on new gambling
compact (April 23, 2009)
- Sun Sentinel:
Lawmakers reject Crist's Seminole gambling plan
(April 24, 2009)
- Status of SB 788
Staff Analysis SB
788 Seminole Compact
- Status of SB 836
Staff Analysis SB
836 Pari-mutuel Expansion
- Status of HB 7129 Staff Analysis of
HB 7129 Seminole Compact
- Status of HB 7145 Staff Analysis of
HB 7145 Pari-mutuel Expansion
Thank you again
for your faithfulness to follow the actions of your state government. It is a
privilege for us to serve you through promoting pro-family and pro-life issues
in state government.
1) Please pray for
our efforts during this last week of Regular Session. We will be
diligently seeking to stop the expansion of gambling and protect the pro-life
funding issues. Pray that God will grant us favor with the Legislators.
2) Please make plans to join us May
16th in Orlando for our Fourth Annual Policy Awards Dinner. You will hear from Focus on the
Family President Jim Daly, Florida House of Representatives Speaker-Designate
Dean Cannon and Florida Family Policy Council President John Stemberger. You will also get a full recap on the
legislative issues we have shared with you during session. Full details with
table sponsor and individual ticket information is available HERE.
3) Please
consider making an Online Donation Now. Our work on
behalf of the families of Florida is only possible through your generous
participation with us. Thank you for considering a gift to help us
continue this work.
4) Please
invite others to learn about these issues. You can forward these "Insider's Reports" to all
your friends and family and help us spread
the word by using our special forward to a friend tool HERE: (we prefer
you use this tool rather than just forwarding this email – thanks!). You
can also join our Facebook page HERE.
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(8) Treasure Hunting Across Florida
From: "Sharon
Gonzales" <sharon@js-now.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009
10:13:47 -0400
Subject: More
Treasure Hunting Across Florida
Hello friends,
If you are following
the current Florida focus on the waterways and coastal areas, then you will
want to read Diane Buker’s most recent email
update. Our executive team will be meeting
in a 2 weeks for another prayer Florida prayer time as well.
Blessings,
Sharon
From: Battle Axe Brigade
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 5:27 PM
Subject: Treasure Hunting
Across Florida
Greetings and
blessings Ecclesia* of Florida,
On Thursday of this
week several of us went to the city of Weeki Wachee in Hernando County. Our prayer focus was the
waters of Weeki Wachee
Springs and river.
The Seminole Indians
named the spring “Weeki Wachee,”
which means “little spring” or “winding river.” Each day, more than 117 million
gallons of clear, fresh 72-degree water bubbles up out of subterranean caverns,
the spring is so deep that the bottom has never been secured
. Deep in the spring, the surge of the current is so strong that it can
knock a scuba diver’s mask off. The basin of the spring is 100 feet wide with
limestone sides and the river travels 12 miles empting out into the Gulf of
Mexico.
We released blessings
over the waters of the river as we strolled its course
on their River Boat Cruise. We sat through a portion of the “mermaid” show so
as to view and pray over the spring itself.
We were all in
agreement that the mermaids strongly pale in comparison to the splendor and
majesty of God’s waters, trees and flowers and a multitude of magnificent
wildlife around the park.
I was struck by these
verses from Psalms while there;
“Let us come
before His presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto Him with
psalms. For the Lord is a great God, and a great
King above all gods. In His hand are the deep places of the earth: the
strength of the hills is His also. The sea is His, and He made it: and
His hands formed the dry land. O come, let us worship and bow down: let
us kneel before the Lord our maker.”
Psalm 95:2-6
Holy Spirit reminded
us that Father isn’t looking for a form of “religious procedure” in praying
over Florida’s waters. He is calling us to remind the heavenlies
that it is He who owns Florida’s waters. He wants us to see the evidence of His
glory in the midst of His creation and honor it.
As we spoke one
Scripture, another would come to mind. Each Scripture prompting yet
another and passion and revelation for God’s creation to meet with redemption
increased in our hearts.
Weeki Wachee
Springs is kept very clean and is well tended to because it has been made a
“tourist attraction”. However, in traveling and praying over various
waters in Florida many of them are overtaken with garbage and neglect.
How grievous it is to realize our abuse/our sin against God’s creation.
I have attached a
document in which we addressed the sins we have taken to our waters. As
you pray blessings over your chosen waterway consider standing in the gap for
the sins that have been perpetrated against it.
[Editor’s note: document is included below - “Defiling the waters”.]
I know that the
Father will not arise and contend with the enemy over our waters until we
acknowledge with Godly sorrow our sin and ask Him for repentance. I know
the treasures the enemy has stolen from us will not be returned until we bring
redemption for our waters.
Again, Holy Spirit
says, this is not an aggressive move against Leviathan but a time of humbling
ourselves before the Lord, operating in the contrary sprit of Leviathan…pride!
The book of Job gives
us a very good picture of this;
“Lay your hand on
him; Remember the battle-- Never do it again! Indeed, any hope of overcoming
him is false; Shall one not be overwhelmed at the
sight of him? No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up. Who then is
able to stand against Me? Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.”
Job
41:8-11 NKJV
There are yet many
county coasts lines, rivers, and lakes that need someone to stand in prayer
over them. Please consider getting a prayer partner and joining Treasure
Hunting Across Florida.
We are going to begin
to archive all our communications and information concerning this prayer
initiative on our website. I hope this will keep you informed and build
your awareness of God’s passion for His waters.
Treasure Hunting
Together,
Diane Buker
Battle Axe Brigade,
Inc.
Relational Staff for
Glory of Zion International
*Ecclesia is the
Greek work for church defined as “a gathering of God’s people, those called to
be a legislative/governing body”
PS
Remember Florida
WHO
WHO is coming (Jesus) and WHAT is coming (Difficult
Times).
http://www.battleaxe.org/Disaster%20Preparedness.html
Defiling the waters:
Piracy - Taking a
ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it
(Florida’s official definition for modern day piracy)
Drug and gun
smuggling
Pleasure
seeking/Perverted Sex – nudity, homosexuality and not God’s good gift of
relaxation
Gambling – casino
ships
Illegal Dumping –
pesticides, fertilizers, industrial waste, etc.
Idolatry – Buddhist
and Hindus taking their gods into the waters to purify them, New Age drumming
on our shorelines, etc.
Water waste –domestic
and industrial – poor stewardship of our natural resources
Bloodshed/Murder -
Slavery ships, and modern day sex-slave trade, Indian massacres
Power Abuse – Port unions
(longshoremen and others), drug cartels, Mafia influence
Human Trafficking – Forced labor
and/or sex in any form (Florida has 2nd highest incidence in the US)
As the Lord gave us insight in reviewing these issues of where we’ve taken our
sin to the waters, we saw a common thread of greed involved in each one. As 1
Tim. 6:10 says, “For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while
some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves
through with many sorrows.”
Love of money means
avarice, fond of silver or money [G5365/5366]. Avarice is defined as an
excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness
[www.dictionary.net.]
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(9) “Cry Out America” on
September 11th
From:
LindaviD96@aol.com
Date: Mon, 27 Apr
2009 10:34:06 EDT
Subject: Awakening
America Leadership Summit -- Lexington, KY
Please join others
across the nation to PRAY FOR ALL THOSE WHO WILL BE TRAVELING to the Awakening
America Leadership Summit in Lexington, KY. this week.
Dear Praying Friend,
As an Awakening
America Alliance Partner I want to ask you to pray for the Awakening America
Leadership Summit in Lexington, KY this week. Also to ask you to consider
joining many of us on Sept. 11th this coming fall for Awakening
America's nation-wide prayer gathering, CRY OUT AMERICA. This gathering
calls believers to gather together at county courthouses across all 3,141
counties on 9/11 at the noon hour local time to pray for a new Christ awakening
in their local community and in our country.
Already, hundreds of
coordinators are in place in counties across the nation. However, there
are many counties that do not yet have a coordinator. Let me ask if you
would pray about your part, or in recommending another for this important
position. Please prayerfully consider serving as a coordinator for
your county.
As a part of
Awakening America this call is being issued for believers across the nation to
mark this significant day, 9/11, in our history with POWERFUL prayer for EVERY
STATE, EVERY COUNTY, EVERY HEART.
Thank
you in advance for your assistance as we partner together to see a new Christ
Awakening in the United States of America.
Persistently
prevailing,
Linda Bemis
Check out the website
for: Awakening America Alliance
4399 N. Ocoee St.
Cleveland TN 37320. 1-888-9AWAKE-US
From: Sarah Lowe
Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 4:06 PM
Subject: Prayer for Traveling Mercies
We leave tomorrow morning (April 27) for the Awakening America Leadership
Summit in Lexington, KY. Bob Bakke (US Director
for the Global Day of Prayer) is flying in tonight. He will be driving up
with us. We have a strategic breakfast meeting in the morning and then
will all be driving together up to KY. One of the sessions of the Summit
is a prayer journey to the Cane Ridge Camp Meeting Revival Center!
Please pray for traveling mercies for all who will be traveling!
Pray for Divine Direction in all the meetings.
Pray for God’s Guidance and Kingdom Alignments in all we do.
Pray for a FRESH Revival Anointing to fall on these national leaders as
we meet together!
Thanks for your partnership in prayer!!!....
“though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou
wilt revive me.” Psalm 138:7 (KJV)
Sarah Lowe
South Central
National Area Leader
National Day of
Prayer
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(10) The entire world is experiencing a "hastened"
season
From: Intercessors
for America <ifa@ifapray.org>
To: praycf@juno.com
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009
22:23:16 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: On Watch In Washington | Taliban Threatens to Attack Washington |
Join in First Friday Prayer and Fasting
[Editor’s note: this
is an excerpt from a long but insightful newsletter.]
By Gary Bergel
A look into the prophet
Jeremiah's vision of a budding almond rod and a boiling pot gives us a balanced
perspective for today. Jeremiah first saw "the rod of an almond
tree." The rod indicated affliction and chastening. God was correcting and
adjusting His wayward people because of their idolatry. The branch being almond
signified a "hastening." In Hebrew, the almond tree is termed
"hasty" tree. It is the first to blossom each spring. The Lord told
Jeremiah he had seen well: "I will hasten My word to perform it."
(Jer 1:11-14 KJV)
Jeremiah also saw "a
seething pot" tilted toward the north. The Lord declared He would call
families and authorities from the north and set their "thrones"
against "the gates of Jerusalem." Such was the orchestration then, so
is the end-time orchestration today!
The entire world is
experiencing a "hastened" season-quick economic and institutional
collapse with warfare, corrective judgments, and realignments. Yet, as this pot
boils, God's redemptive prophetic agenda is budding and unfolding quickly: His
covenant promises toward Israel are being fulfilled, including the ultimate
redemption of the Jewish people; a parallel restoration of Israel and the
Church is underway; a proclamation of the gospel to the last of the last
unreached people groups is accelerating; a rapid harvest and ingathering of
souls is occurring; the bride of Christ is making herself ready for His return.
John Beckett, IFA board
chairman, shared that his Web outreach (www.LifesGreatestQuestion.org) recorded
20,000 decisions for Christ in January! Many who responded asked for teaching
in Farsi, the language of Iran. So, while Israel and the world watch the
buildup of a nuclear threat from Iran-the pot boiling in the north-Iranians are
coming to know Jesus, Isa, as Messiah-the rod is blossoming and bearing
fruit! This is a wonderful illustration of the hinged, simultaneous
"almond and pot" unfolding of God's prophetic word and redemptive
purposes.
While I see and believe
in multi-generational redemption and transformation through Christ, ultimately,
there is no permanent political, financial, institutional, or even family fix
this side of eternity. There is only flux, seasons in time and in the life of
nations which take all forward unto God's final kingdom fix-Christ's
consummating return and eternal reign. (Lk 1:33) This biblical reality, in the
midst of chaotic events and gloom, imparts steady vision and hope.
This is why I believe the
apostle Peter so strongly admonished believers to fix their eyes in a primary
way upon Christ, "the prophetic word confirmed." He exhorted that we
"heed [this truth] as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day
dawns and the morning star rises in [our] hearts...." (2 Pet 1:19; Heb
12:2) God's primary prophetic kingdom agenda centers upon Christ and radiates
forth from His finished work and majesty.
When angry over lies and
evil abounding, when perplexed and troubled, let us pause in prayer and in the
Word-for it is there that we experience afresh all the promises of God, His
kingdom seeds, that are ours today in and through the merits of Jesus. (2 Cor
1:20, 7:1) These sure promises are the buds on His ever-green almond branch
which bloom and bear fruit in our hearts and lives, regardless of the politics
and boiling pot we face.
"In the world you
will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."
(Jn 16:33) "Do not fear little flock, for it is your Father's good
pleasure to give you the kingdom." (Lk 12:32)
Click here to read the entire
IFA April First Friday Prayer Letter.
Click here to order CDs of
"God's Primary Prophetic Agenda"
APRIL 3 FIRST FRIDAY PRAYER FOCUS
ALL IN AUTHORITY
Intercede for President Barack Obama,
Vice President Joe Biden, the Cabinet, White House
staff and all in the Administration. Pray for your U.S. Senators,
Representative, Governor, and state officials. Offer thanksgiving for the
Supreme Court's unanimous vote to uphold public displays of the Ten
Commandments and pray for the justices. (See Page 4)
FOREIGN POLICY
Intercede for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Middle East Envoy George
Mitchell, Ambassador to Israel James Cunningham, and all working on Middle East
foreign policy, especially toward Israel and Prime Minister-designate, Benjamin
Netanyahu. Intercede that Alejandro Peña-Esclusa's
warning of "grave danger" to the U.S. from Marxist / Islamic Jihadist plotting in Latin America be
heeded and acted upon. (See Page 3) Pray for the
preservation of Mexico's government and for the overthrow of the drug lord
militias and violence. Intercede as the Lord leads for U.S. foreign policy toward
Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, Iraq and the Middle East, Russia,
Europe, North Korea, China, Asia, and Africa.
UNEMPLOYMENT / CREDIT CRISIS
Use the unemployment
rate chart on Page 4 and intercede that
the Lord will bless, inspire, create jobs, and prosper business owners and
employers in these categories. Intercede that God will lead and guide men and
women to sustaining employment at this time. Intercede for mercy, that the Lord
will break the credit crisis, and prompt banks and financial lending
institutions to grant credit and loans to qualified borrowers.
HOLDING HIS NAME HOLY
"You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God." (Ex 20:7)
"Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your
name." (Mt 6:6) Reflect and repent if you have not regarded the name of
the Father or of Jesus Christ with awe, reverence and respect,
or if you have held it in contempt and used it in damning or casual cursing.
Offer prayers of repentance for how multitudes of celebrities and entertainers
mock, degrade, ridicule, and blaspheme the name of God and of Jesus. Pray that
the Holy Spirit instruct you and Christians in your area to "hallow"
the name of God as Jesus did
.
Pray for your U.S. Senators,
Representative, and the Top 130 U.S. Officials. For a bookmark
prayer guide click here.
Intercede by name for the Obama Administration
Cabinet and other key advisory and staff appointments that are being made. For an updated
list click here.
To read the entire April First Friday Prayer Letter click here.
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(11) Presdient Barack Obama's Pro-Abortion
Record - 26 Decisions and Counting
From:
"LifeNews.com" <news@LifeNews.com>
To: praycf@juno.com
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 18:01:08
-0400 (EDT)
Subject: Presdient Barack Obama's Pro-Abortion Record - 26 Decisions and Counting
Dear LifeNews.com Friend,
The
following is a compilation of bill signings, speeches, appointments and other
actions that President Barack Obama
has engaged in that have promoted abortion before and during his presidency.
While Obama has promised to reduce abortions, and
some of his supporters believe that will happen, this
long list proves his only agenda is promoting more abortions.
While Obama has appointed numerous other abortion
advocates to key positions, LieNews.com has only included the appointments that
pertain to policies on abortion.
You can find this complete listing online at LifeNews.com at http://www.lifenews.com/obamaabortionrecord.html
Post-Election / Pre-Inauguration
November 5, 2008 - Obama selects pro-abortion Rep. Rahm Emanuel as his White House Chief of Staff. Emanuel has a 0% pro-life voting record according to National Right to Life.
November 19, 2008 - Obama picks pro-abortion former Sen. Tom Daschle as his Health and Human Services Secretary. Daschle has a long pro-abortion voting record according to National Right to Life.
November 20, 2008 - Obama chooses former NARAL legal director Dawn Johnsen to serve as a member of his Department of Justice Review Team. Later, he finalizes her appointment as the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of the Legal Counsel in the Obama administration.
November 24, 2008 - Obama appoints Ellen Moran, the former director of the pro-abortion group Emily's List as his White House communications director. Emily's List only supported candidates who favored taxpayer funded abortions and opposed a partial-birth abortion ban.
November 24, 2008 - Obama puts former Emily's List board member Melody Barnes in place as his director of the Domestic Policy Council.
November 30, 2008 - Obama named pro-abortion Sen. Hillary Clinton as the Secretary of State. Clinton has an unblemished pro-abortion voting record and has supported making unlimited abortions an international right.
December 10, 2008 - Obama selects pro-abortion former Clinton administration official Jeanne Lambrew to become the deputy director of the White House Office of Health Reform. Planned Parenthood is "excited" about the selection.
December
10, 2008 - Obama transition team publishes
memo
from dozens of pro-abortion groups listing their laundry list of pro-abortions
actions they want him to take.
Pro-Abortion Presidential Record - 2009
January 5, 2009 - Picks pro-abortion Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine as the chairman of the Democratic Party.
January 6, 2009 - Obama chooses Thomas Perrelli, the lawyer who represented Terri Schiavo’s husband Michael in his efforts to kill his disabled wife, as the third highest attorney in the Justice Department.
January 22, 2009 - Releases statement restating support for Roe v. Wade decision that allowed virtually unlimited abortions and has resulted in at least 50 million abortions since 1973.
January 23, 2009 - Forces taxpayers to fund pro-abortion groups that either promote or perform abortions in other nations. Decison to overturn Mexico City Policy sends part of $457 million to pro-abortion organizations.
January 26, 2009 - Obama nominee for Deputy Secretary of State, James B. Steinberg, tells members of the Senate that taxpayers should be forced to fund abortions. Nominee erroneously says limits on abortion funding are unconstitutional.
January 29, 2009 - President Obama nominates pro-abortion David Ogden as Deputy Attorney General.
February
12, 2009 - Obama nominates pro-abortion Elena
Kagan to
serve as Solicitor General.
February 27, 2009 - Starts the process of overturning
pro-life conscience protections
President Bush put in place to make sure medical staff and centers are not
forced to do abortions.
February 28, 2009 - Barack Obama
nominates pro-abortion Kathleen
Sebelius to
become Secretary of Health and Human Services.
March 5, 2009 - The Obama administration shut out pro-life groups from attending a White House-sponsored health care summit. Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion business, made the invitation list as did other pro-abortion groups.
March
9, 2009 - President Barack Obama
signed an executive order forcing
taxpayer funding of
embryonic stem cell research.
March 10, 2009 - Obama announces the creation of a
new foreign policy position to focus on women's issues. He names Melanne Verveer,
an abortion advocate, to occupy the post.
March 10, 2009 - Reverses an executive order to press for more research into ways of obtaining embryonic stem cells without harming human life. The order Obama scrapped would have promoted new forms of stem cell research.
March
11, 2009 - Obama signed an executive order
establishing a new agency within his administration known as the White House
Council on Women and Girls. Obama's director of
public liaison at the White House, Tina
Tchen,
an abortion advocate, becme
director of it.
March 11, 2009 - Obama administration promotes an
unlimited right to abortion at a United Nations meeting.
March 11, 2009 - Obama administration officials
deny
negative effects of abortion at United Nation's meeting.
March 17, 2009 - President Barack Obama
makes his first judicial appointment and names pro-abortion federal Judge
David Hamilton to
serve on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
March 26 - Announces $50
million for the UNFPA,
the UN population agency that has been criticized for promoting abortion and
working closely with Chinese population control officials who use forced
abortions and involuntary sterilizations.
[Editor’s note: God, have mercy!]
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