April 2010
Volume 4 – Number 11
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CALENDAR
Washington DC
June 11, 2013 thru June 19, 2013
Alan J. Reinach, Esq., Executive Director and Dennis Seaton, Director of Government Relations will lead a group of 12 students on a trip to the Washington, D.C. area. These students have been chosen through an essay contest. Students are selected for
their leadership potential to
receive intensive training in the history, theology, and advocacy of religious
freedom.
1409 W 253 Street, Harbor City, Ca 90710
June 15, 2013
Daniel Rodela will be preaching at the 11 AM Service. He will be preaching on religious liberty.
Sermon Title: "Poverty and Religious Liberty"
29836 Terry Mill Road, Round Mountain, CA 96084
June 29, 2013
Dennis Seaton, Director of Government Relations will be preaching.
Sermon Title: "What Now?" Daniel 3:1-6
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FREEDOM'S RING BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Challenges to Faith-Based Organizations
Stanley Carlson Thies, president of the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance, discussing the role of faith-based charities, the need to protect them through religious exemptions, and the unique challenges they face, especially from wooden “non-discrimination” laws that threaten their right to exist.
Health Care Rights of Conscience
Steve Aden, senior legal counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, discussing the case of a nurse who was forced to participate in an abortion, against her religious beliefs, on threat of losing her job and her license.
Perry v. Schwarzenneger: Marriage on Trial
Jordan Lorence, senior legal counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, reporting on the trial proceedings.
City Says No to Religious Meetings at Home
Daniel Blomberg, Staff Attorney, Alliance Defense Fund, discussing Gilbert, Arizona’s provision that religious assemblies are not allowed in single family homes!
Ethnic Violence Erupts in Nigeria
David Dettoni, Director of Operations and Outreach, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, discussing a recent slaughter of some 500 Christian villagers, allegedly in retaliation for an earlier killing of Muslims, near Jos, Nigeria.
Oregon Passes Workplace Religious Freedom Bills
Greg Hamilton, president of the Northwest Religious Liberty Association, discussing two bills protecting religious freedom for workers of various religions.
Faith-Based Initiative Tune Up By Obama Administration, Part 1
Melissa Rogers, Director of the Center for Religion and Public Affairs, Wake Forest University Divinity School, discussing the Obama Administration’s assembling a stellar interfaith panel to analyze the “faith-based” initiative, and make recommendations.
Faith-Based Initiative Tune Up By Obama Administration, Part 2
Melissa Rogers, Director of the Center for Religion and Public Affairs, Wake Forest University Divinity School, discussing the Obama Administration’s assembling a stellar interfaith panel to analyze the “faith-based” initiative, and make recommendations.
Missionaries and Diplomats
James Standish, Emeritus President of the North American Religious Liberty Association, discussing the role of missionaries as ambassadors for the United States, and the positive role they play internationally in light of postmodern criticism of missionary activities.
Accreditation Threats to Canadian Universities
Grace Mackintosh, Director of Public Affairs for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada, regarding threats to accreditation of religious colleges and universities in Canada.
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Join Us on Lobby Day - May 3, 2010
We are happy to invite you to participate in this year’s Church State Council Lobby Day on May 3rd. We hope you can plan to be with us for that day.
Registration ends on April 28. No on site registration is available. You can register now by going to http://www.plusline.org/eventdetail.php?id=1066734 or by calling 800-732-7587.
If you have any questions, please email info@churchstate.org or call us at: 916-446-2552.
Below is a tentative schedule for this event:
Church State Council Lobby Day Schedule
Registration - 8:00 am- 8:30
Training Program — 8:30 a.m.
Welcome from the Executive Director — Alan Reinach, Esq.
Devotional and Prayer — Dr. Marc Woodson
Legislative Perspective — Dr. Alan Nakanishi
Staff Perspective and Tips — Jeanice Warden-Washington
Background to Bills — Alan Reinach, Esq. and Ed Fargusson
Lobbying Practice — Jim Redfield
Team Assignments and Materials — Ed Fargusson
Lunch — 11:30 a.m.
Lobby Visits — 1:00-5:00 p.m.
Reception — 5:30 p.m.
Message — Dr. John Graz
Acknowledgements — Alan Reinach, Esq.
Debriefing — Jim Redfield
Prayer — Ed Fargusson
Learn to Lobby for God
by Ed Fargusson
Church State Council will be holding its second annual Lobby Day on Monday, May 3, 2010 at the Citizen Hotel, 926 J Street in Sacramento. This event is for Seventh-day Adventist members who wish to learn how to have an impact on government from the state level down all the way down to their neighborhood.
Beginning at 9 a.m., participants will receive training on how to approach a Senator, Assembly Member, or a member of their staff. While the focus will be on the state level for this day, the principles you will learn can be applied to city or county level government as well. Presenters will include Dr. Marc Woodson, Executive Secretary of the Northern California Conference and popular speaker and Dr. Alan Nakanishi, former Assemblymen and current candidate for the Board of Equalization. Also presenting will be Jeanice Warden-Washington, Legislative Director for Assembly Member Wilmer Carter, who will give us insight into how visits like ours are seen by staff and legislators. In the afternoon, participants will go in teams to do actual lobby visits at the California State Capitol.
The day will be capped off by a reception where Dr. John Graz, Secretary General of the International Religious Liberty Association will address attendees. Dr. John Graz is a citizen of both Switzerland and France. In July 1995, Dr Graz was elected director of the Department of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty for the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He serves as Secretary General of the Conference of Secretaries of the World Christian Communions—a conference of Christian leaders representing two billion Christians. He is also a member of the Board of the International Academy of Religious Freedom. He has been Director for External Relations for the International Center on Government and Religion at Andrews University.
"It was very satisfying to put the name of the Seventh-day Adventist Church out to the legislators in a positive way," said Lawrence Defehr, NARLA-West board member and participant in last year's lobby day. "It was very worthwhile to inform law makers how we view the issues."
Registration ends on April 28. No on site registration is available. You can register now by going to http://www.plusline.org/eventdetail.php?id=1066734 or by calling 800-732-7587.
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