----- Original Message ----- From: "AFA Action Alert" <[email protected]> To: "AFA Action Alert" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 5:20 PM Subject: [afalert] Fly The Flag And Wear The Colors!!! | AFA Action Alert | American Family Association | Dr. Donald E. Wildmon, President | Tim Wildmon, Vice President | Buddy Smith, Editor | P.O. Drawer 2440 | Tupelo, MS 38803 | Phone (662) 844-5036 | Fax (662) 842-7798 | URL: http://www.afa.net | | ************************* | Please forward this Alert to a friend and encourage them to subscribe. To Subscribe go to http://alerts.afa.net or send e-mail to: [email protected] NOTE: No further information is required of you; simply send the email to the above address and you will automatically be subscribed. | ************************* | | September 12, 2001 | | FLY THE FLAG AND WEAR THE COLORS!!! | | [ Online Format: http://www.afa.net/activism/aa0912a01.asp ] | AOL: <a href="http://www.afa.net/activism/aa0912a01.asp">CLICK HERE</a> | | As we seek God's strength and wisdom during this time of national tragedy, | AFA is also suggesting that every home, business, place of worship, and | public building fly the flag in a show of unity and support of our | President and the leaders of this great country. Click here to view an | incredibly inspiring photo of firemen raising the flag in the wreckage of | the World Trade Center - | http://www.clarionledger.com/news/0109/12/scene07.html | | AFA has just learned that a student at the University of Illinois has | suggested that tomorrow, September 13, be US PRIDE DAY FOR ALL THE PEOPLE | WHO WERE LOST IN THE TRAGEDY OF THE TERROIST ATTACKS. Everyone wear US | colors and try to be wearing as much red, white, and blue as you can. | Send this message to as many other people you know. Let's get the whole | country into it. | | Yesterday, in the wake of what has been called bloodiest day in the | history of our nation, America was brought to its knees. No, not in | submission to the cowardly barbarism of a vicious, foreign enemy. America | was brought to her knees in prayer. | | We solicited responses via the web and e-mail asking for information on | special prayer gatherings going on around our nation in response to this | tragedy. We were inundated with such responses. You notified us of | meetings sponsored by churches, ministerial associations, universities and | colleges, even entire cities. Responses came from virtually every state in | the nation as well as Canada. | | Here is just a sampling of the kinds of meetings that went on last evening | and, in many cases, are continuing today. | | "Dear AFA, | The Catholic TV station, EWTN, is having constant prayers and holy hours | and masses said for the victims, for America, and for our elected | officials. You can look them up at www.ewtn.com. Many masses are being | offered in every Catholic diocese across the Nation. | Michael Walsh | National Cops For Life | Florida, New York" | | "Many of the churches in the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, | area had prayer vigils last night (Tues.) and will have them again tonight | (Wed.). Our church, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Pittsboro, NC, will have | one tonight, and we attended one at another Pittsboro church last night." | | "Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota: | The Metrodome has been set aside for a time of prayer from 6-8pm this | upcoming Sunday evening, September 16. Parking will be free." | | "Here in New Martinsville, WV, the doors were opened at First United | Methodist Church for prayer this morning and remained open all day. A | prayer service was held this evening as well for the entire community." | | "The Beardstown, Illinois Ministerial Association is holding a prayer | vigil tonight (Sept 11) at the First Christian Church in Beardstown IL to | pray for the victims of this tragedy as well as for this nation." | | "Dear AFA: | Many churches in our central Wisconsin area are holding services of prayer | at their churches tonight. I don't have a list of them, but some of the | cities that are holding services are: Abbotsford, Colby, Medford, | Stratford, Marshfield, Wausau, and Antigo. Our church, Abbotsofrd | Evangelical Free Church, is having a prayer meeting at 7:00 PM this | evening. It's wonderful to see America going before the Lord with this | very serious situation." | | "All of the Methodist Churches in the Lafayette, LA area held prayer | services today for the victims and families of the terrorist attack. Our | church, Asbury United Methodist of Lafayette, will keep a candle burning | on the altar and will keep the church open for prayer for the next several | days. There were over 100 people in our prayer service at 5:30 today...I | don't have information on the number of people at the other churches. The | Catholic churches are also all open for prayer and one that I know of was | holding a prayer service today...I'm sure there were others, too. God | bless America. AFR will play a big role in keeping our focus on God. I | will pray for you,too." | | "At Middlebury College in Middlebury Vermont: | Mead Chapel will be open throughout the evening for those who wish to | gather in silent reflection and prayer. There will be a Christian prayer | service in Gifford Annex Lounge at 7:30 tonight." | | "Since the January Inauguration of President Bush 10,000 Americans have | agreed to pray and fast once a month for the President, his cabinent and | family. This network is now fasting for one or more of the next 7 days and | asking for the Lord to bring Biblical wisdom to our leaders. For more | info see: heartlight.org/fast/" | | "In light of the recent catastrophic events we will be having a Community | Wide Prayer Vigil tomorrow, Wednesday September 12 from 11:30 am to 1:30 | pm at Church At The Crossroads on 203 East Main Street, Ahoskie NC | 252-209-8900. Please get the word out to any all your friends, co-workers, | and other churches in the area. People may feel free to bring their | lunches with them to Crossroads." | | "Springlake-Earth Communities --- COMMUNITY PRAYER MEETING...TONIGHT - | SEPT. 11 @ 6:30 PM | Location: Springlake-Earth School Cafeteria" | | "We are very close to Warner Robins, AFB , just south of Macon, GA., one | of the nation's largest military installations. We will be having a prayer | meeting tonight, Tuesday, at 7:00 PM. First Baptist Church, 209 S. Miller | St. Fort Valley, GA 31030" | | "East Central Community College in Decatur, Mississippi | Faculty & Staff came together at 10:45 a.m. to pray for our Country and | the tragedy. Faculty, Staff and Students will meet again at 2 p.m. today | for prayer." | | Again, this is merely a smattering of the hundreds of responses we | received. American Family Association encourages all Christians to | continue this prayer vigil on behalf of our great nation. | | The death toll will likely number in the thousands. The devastation this | carnage has brought to families across our nation and, indeed, the world | will be felt for generations. Yet, in the midst of this unimaginable chaos | and disorder, we have to believe that, just as in the creation account in | Genesis 1:2, the Presence of God abides with us and the Word of God stands | firm. God will speak into the dark void of this tragic situation with a | Word that will bring light, hope and healing. Pray that we will have ears | to hear and eyes to see, and that as the body of Christ, we can use this | present crisis as an opportunity to spread the Gospel. | | God bless America! | | ACTION NEEDED | | FLY THE FLAG!! | | The Flag of the United States - http://www.usflag.org/toc.html | | | WEAR THE COLORS | | Help us to promote tomorrow, September 13, as US PRIDE DAY FOR ALL THE | PEOPLE WHO WERE LOST IN THE TRAGEDY OF THE TERROIST ATTACKS. Everyone wear | US colors and try to be wearing as much red, white, and blue as you can. | Send this message to as many other people you know. Let's get the whole | country into it. | | PRAYER | | Continue to pray for rescue and recovery efforts, the families of those | who perished in this terrible tragedy, and for wisdom for President Bush | and our leaders who are responding. | | EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION | | FBI tip Web site - http://www1.ifccfbi.gov/index.asp | | Justice Department | • The Justice Department's Office of Victims of Crime has set up a phone | line that will provide information to families about victims, their | services for survivors and their rights: 1-800-331-0075 | | Airlines: | • Friends and family who wish to check on passengers and flights may call: | American Airlines, 1-800-245-0999 | United Airlines, 1-800-932-8555 | | Emergency response/relief efforts: | • All trained medical personnel willing to go into Manhattan to assist | victims and emergency workers may call 516-656-9254 or 516-656-9252. The | City of Glen Cove, New York is coordinated transportation of medical | personnel via ferry to Manhattan. | | • The American Red Cross needs blood to replenish the nation's supply. | Call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE to schedule an appointment near you. Even if you | don't live in New York, they need donations. | | • Blood Emergency delcared by the New York Blood Center for the greater | New York/New Jersey metropolitan area. Visit their website for more | information on how to help - http://www.nybloodcenter.org | | Listen to AFR News for Continuing Coverage of Terrorist Attack American | Family Radio News will carry continuing coverage of breaking news on the | terrorist attack on America. Click here to listen to Live Audio from AFR - | http://acw.activate.net/iamcom/afr.asx | (Windows Media Player required) | | The story is also being continually updated on AgapePress. 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