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New Mexico Congressional District 1 Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, Michelle Garcia Holmes describes her hope for New Mexico and her ideas to help families and children in our state. Michelle is passionate about protecting children before they are born and after they are born!

“I say we need better health care for women because women who are seeking an abortion should have access to every possible type of counseling before making that decision in their life. I want to make health care better for women because there is absolutely no aftercare given to women after aborting their babies. These women who have come to me and told me their testimonies, all of them have attempted suicide. To me, if you look at the statistical data, this is a killer of not one life, but two lives!”

 

Dennis Poper and Richard Mansfield discuss the Route 66 Prayer Parade. Richard is the Senior Pastor of New Beginnings Church and President of New Mexico Prays. Dennis Poper is the Co-Chair of New Mexico Men of Honor. The theme of the Route 66 Prayer Parade is “One Nation Our Time.” As people follow the prayer parade, you will see “prayer points” placed along the route so everyone participating can pray in agreement over our city and our nation.

The 12th Annual Place of Worship: Effective Security Response to Protests and Demonstrations Conference will be held Saturday, October 17, 2020, at Calvary Church Westside, 6051 Winterhaven NW, Albuquerque, NM 87120. Vince Harrison and Pastor Todd Patton explain the importance of security and safety planning for churches. Vince is the Director of Safety, Calvary Church, and he is a retired Albuquerque Police Department Detective. Pastor Todd Patton also serves on the Safety Team with Calvary Church. He retired from the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department as a SWAT Deputy Operator.

Register at  https://www.globalonedefense.com/event-details/places-of-worship-conference.  Call Gill Baca at 505-385-7089 for more information.

Tax reform proposals from Presidential Candidate Joe Biden is the topic of our 10-minute Investment Market Update today with John Moore Associates, Certified Financial Planner Brian Cochran. Brian summarizes the data available from several sources showing how the Biden proposed tax reforms could affect investors if he wins the election. Next Friday, October 16, 2020, Brian will go into more detail on this same topic.

Spiritual Orphans Network (SON, formerly East European Missions Network – EEMN) has placed career missionaries in Poland, Latvia, Ukraine, Russia, Hungary, Albania, and Turkey. They have just added Mongolia to this list of countries served.   The ministry focuses on equipping the indigenous Church and lay leadership to serve as missionaries within their own culture. Each summer, short-term mission teams serve with these long-term missionaries and ministry partners. Take a look at the short term mission trips being planned now for next summer at https://sonetwork.org/.

David and Angela Breidenbach work together with the SON Network to help Christians make connections with people living in an area of the world oppressed by communism and socialism. Angela said, ” Just coming alongside them, letting them know they are not alone in this world,  has had remarkable results. When you bring the light of Christ into that darkness, it is profound.”

God is real!  I am not waiting on archeology, even though I am an archeologist, to tell me it is ok to believe the Bible. I already follow and walk with the living Lord, said Dr. Steven Collins.  The resources of the Trinity Southwest University Museum of Archeology are available to children, men, women, pastors, teachers, and anyone who wants to see and hold what the Bible describes.

Dr. Byers is the Dean of the College of Archaeology and Biblical History for Trinity Southwest University, Assistant Director Tall el-Hammam Excavation and Shiloh Excavation, Israel. Dr. Collins is the Director of the Archeology and Biblical History Ph.D. program, Veritas International University School of Archeology, and he is the Chief Archaeologist, Tall el-Hammam Excavation Project, Jordan  – The site of the historic Sodom in the Jordan Valley. Click on the links for more information or call 505-332-4253

Sharing your faith in Jesus can be uncomfortable for you and the person you are talking with. Calvary Church Westside Pastor, Jesse Lusko, encourages us to invest ourselves in relationships with people and get to know who they are before sharing anything about our faith.   Jesse says, “You know that God loves you, but do you know it to the point that you are loving?”

Legacy Church, Calvary Church, Awaken Church, and Convoy of Hope are working together to feed people during October. This weekend October 10-11, Legacy Church Central Campus at 7201 Central Avenue, Albuquerque, NM  87121, will be distributing food boxes containing fresh meat, produce, and dairy. See the Legacy Church website at https://www.legacychurchnm.com/ for details.  Dustin King is the Ministry Coordinator for Feed NM Kids and the Homeless Outreach for Legacy Church. Pastor Matt Moffett is the Community Liaison for Calvary Church.

Please keep these date in mind if you can pick up food for a family in need or you would like to pick up food for your own family:

October 17-18: Food Distribution at the Rehoboth Christian School parking lot, 7 Tse Yaniichii Lane, Rehoboth, NM  87322.

October 24-25: Food Distribution at Awaken Church, 541 Quantum Rd. NE, Suite B, Rio Rancho, NM 87124.

October 31-32: Food Distribution at Calvary Church Westside, 6051 Winter Haven Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM  87120.

Click on the links for details.

The Bair Foundation provides Christ-centered quality care and services dedicated to the treatment, restoration, and empowerment of children, youth, and families. Foster Parent Recruiting Manager, Chase Wixon, describes the great need we have in this country for foster parents. More information is available at https://www.bair.org/. If you are interested in becoming a Foster Parent, please contact Chase Wixon at cwixon@bair.org or give him a call at 505-888-1362.