We the People of Johnson County Missouri, Tuesday, July 18, 2023 Wrap Up of Last Night's Meeting!
Hi Folks!
Last night was an informative and absolutely inspiring meeting!!
First off, we had a bunch of new folks, so thank you for getting the word out! We got to hear a few quick words from Denny Hoskins who was able to come by before his conference call on Voting System Integrity. Denny, who has been our Senator, will be running for Secretary of State. YAY!!! It was great to have him and his wife, Michelle, at our meeting, and to hear from him. Loved it!!
Matt Sergent and his wife Mindy also were able to be with us last night. Matt currently serves as Chair of the Warrensburg Board of Education. He will be announcing his upcoming candidacy for Missouri Representative of our district. Matt let us know he is a “doer”, so he needs to hear from us what “doing” we want from him in Jeff City. We’ll be having our Missouri House Representative candidates speak for us in some of our fall meetings, so stay tuned on that. 2024 will be an exciting year!
If you would, use the Comments button to send questions you would like to hear our candidates for Representative, Senate, Secretary of State, Attorney General and Governor answer when they come. I’ll keep track of them for us. This is a great opportunity to get to know these folks, so take advantage of it!
Amanda Wiley, who has been building a Turning Point USA (TPUSA) chapter locally updated us on her recent trip to TPUSA Student Action Summit (SAS). Amanda and several other representatives from our area attended SAS in West Palm Beach, Florida July 15 and 16, literally JUST getting back in time for We the People!
I’ve asked Amanda to post an update on our We the People of Johnson County Missouri fb page, so check it out in the next few days.
One of our new attendees, Kirk Walker, brought up the fact that prime time usage rates for electricity will be vastly increasing in the Warrensburg area. He’s going to do some research bringing back more details, and how we might be able to get involved in possibly helping prevent it.
Take note if you live in Warrensburg, or know folks who do, and bring research and details to our next meeting on Monday, August 21. We’ll discuss the upcoming electric rate increase and see if there’s something we can do.
Ryan Johnson of Americans for Prosperity (AFP) spoke about his “why” for being in the group, and what they do. AFP is a Conservative activist group. Take about 5 minutes to look at their website to get a feel for how they can help us with our upcoming election or county issues we want to address. Here’s the link. The website also has a tab where you can see the Voting Score card for our officials, judged from a Conservative perspective.
AFP has offices and volunteers across the country who can help with campaigns via door knocking, phone calls, attending state capitol meetings, organizing coalitions, contacting representatives and senators, providing petitions and getting signatures. They also provide educational workshops on issues from how to set up a political campaign to helping patients save money and supporting employee rights.
I’ll be contacting Ryan to see how he may be able to help us in supporting candidates for 2024 and find out how far into local issues their group can help. Like maybe such things as drag queen shows for children? Electric rate increases…?
Abigail DeJarnatt was our closing speaker, and what a way to finish!!!! She is the founder and CEO of Counteract USA, a non-profit organization with the goal of equipping young Christians to apply Biblical truth to cultural and political conversations. She started Counteract USA while still in college, and she just graduated!
Abigail was born and raised in Northwest Arkansas, where she currently lives and does full-time ministry with Counteract USA.
Her “why” is to see the church engage culture for the sake of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Did you catch that?! Instead of culture bombarding the church and churches going woke - or culture bombarding Conservative values and our Constitution and churches saying NOTHING, or cowering and refusing to get involved…Abbie is moving the Church of God to ENGAGE CULTURE FOR THE SAKE OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST!!!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!
Thank you, Abbie!!!! And thank You, God, for letting me see this answer to my heart’s most longing prayer!!!!
All I can say to y’all is, if you weren’t there you REALLY MISSED OUT!!! Abbie is a FIREBALL, and God is using Counteract USA to change lives. Don’t feel too bad though, we will definitely have her back!
One of the things Counteract USA is working on is getting their educational courses accredited for school credit hours. They’re moving to get the materials accredited to be taught in schools!! YESSSSSS!!!! Replace CRT, ESG, SEL, DEI and all the other alphabet lies from satan, with learning to talk about God! In conversations. In today’s language.
The courses help young people learn how to talk with people their own age and give them HOPE. People today are literally dying for HOPE. Note the current astronomical suicide rate. Note the true epidemic of drug addiction, alcohol addiction, food addiction, sex addiction, gambling addiction, mental and emotional disorders, etc., etc., etc. in our country.
Folks aren’t hearing about the Hope of Jesus anymore, so the God-shaped vacuum in their hearts gets jammed with things satan supplies. It never satisfies, though, so they get addicted to trying it again. And again. And then craving it, because there’s no Peace or Joy from it. They stay empty and hopeless.
Abbie’s Counteract USA is teaching young people how to KNOW Jesus. How to talk about Jesus to others. How to share the Good News! When I was a kid, I learned this in church, Sunday School, Training Union, and other Bible Classes and camps. If God’s Church fails Him though, He won’t fail us. He finds new ways. Thank You, my Holy, Beautiful and Loving God.
Thank you, Abigail.
I’ll stop for now. It was a meeting filled with information, interaction and inspiration, for sure!
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