WASHINGTON, DC – More than 30 members of Congress have signed a letter supporting two Florida educators who face criminal charges for praying with other adults at a school-related luncheon.

Social conservative activists from across the country will be meeting in the nation’s capital Friday and Saturday to listen to their favorite politicians, commentators, and celebrities outline their vision for America.

Casa Shalom’s motto is: “Casa Shalom—the home where I met Jesus.” Every day, we strive to show Jesus’ love to the 56 amazing kids who live at the orphanage, and that love is evidenced in so many ways.

In July, we teamed up with special guests and missionaries from Church of God World Missions for a special seminary class on Foundations for World Missions.

Lee University’s Voices of Lee will celebrate its 15th Anniversary with a concert on September 19 at 7 p.m. in the Conn Center on the Cleveland, Tennessee campus.

Since its debut in September 1994, Voices of Lee has captivated audiences worldwide. Directed by Danny Murray, this sixteen-member group is characterized by its unique variety of lush vocal harmonies, high-energy patriotic numbers, a cappella jazz, as well as heartfelt favorite hymns.

Voices of Lee has appeared on “Good Morning America,” Bill Gaither’s video series, and the international “Sing Conference” for a cappella at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. They have also performed in some of America’s most noted churches and toured Europe with concerts at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris and England’s Ely Cathedral as well as Christmas at the White House.

Voices of Lee has released a variety of CDs, songbooks, and DVDs. Most recently, the group has released a Live Concert DVD with guest appearance by Lee Alum Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts.

The 15th Anniversary concert will feature Voices of Lee members from the past and the present and will include a collaboration of some one hundred “Voices” on stage. Tickets are $20 for reserved seating, $15 for general admission, and $10 for students.

For more information or ticket reservations please call (423)614-8320 or write to info@voicesoflee.com.

The old saying goes, “Those who do not know the past will be doomed to repeat it.”

On the anniversary of 9/11, I learned that we need extraordinary prayer in this time of national crisis.

Hiruy Tsige, Ethiopian national overseer, relates how they are starting to reach out to the Ghurage tribe, another largely unreached ethnic group of 1.8 million people, living about 100 miles southwest of Addis Ababa, the capital city.

The Rutherford Institute is asking the Supreme Court to hear a case in which a Bible reading was banned from school.

The Institute is representing Donna Busch who was invited to read the Bible to her son’s class in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. John Whitehead, founder of The Rutherford Institute, summarizes the case, which began in October 2004.

“They had a week where the child in the kindergarten class could read their favorite book — and his favorite book was the Bible, and she wanted to read a few passages from the Psalms,” Whitehead explains. “It wasn’t anything about Jesus or whatever. It was one of those Psalms that talks about God, but it’s not overtly religious.”

Busch went to the school on the scheduled day, but ran into a problem upon arriving. “The principal actually met her at the school door, knew she was coming, and said she couldn’t bring the Bible in the school,” he says. “But [the principal] said they could go ahead and read from another book, a Halloween book — which many people consider Halloween a religious holiday because it deals with spirits and ghosts — but you couldn’t read from the Bible.”

Whitehead adds that kind of hostility toward religion should never be found in an American public school. The case was lost in lower courts, so The Rutherford Institute is asking the Supreme Court to take the case.

The case is the focus during one episode of the DVD series Speechless: Silencing the Christians.

(Source: OneNewsNow)