Prayer Walk Update: Today's prayer walk was great. We had about 15 people walking today despite the rain. We made a loop from Safe Harbor Church, to the Martial Arts Studio and back west down by the "Location" and back to Safe Harbor.
One of the most heart wrenching things we all witnessed were the numerous school buses passing us and dropping kids off right next to the proposed location. We also witnessed families going into the airport veternary clinic which is right next to the "location." We all increased our prayers to God as we witnessed this. One of the verses on our prayer sheet was Ephesians 6:12. We truly believe that no amount of money in the world to be made at a strip club (even tax revenue for a city) is worth having school buses filled with children stopping at bus drop offs right next to this for years on end.
I am reminded of Pastor James Calderazzo's article where he says, "Study after study has shown that there are negative effects on neighborhoods where strip clubs that serve alcohol are located. “All types of crimes, including sex related crimes, occur more often in neighborhoods where sexually oriented businesses are located. A summary of 34 secondary effects reports from communities across the United States shows dramatically increased rates of violent crimes and property crimes in neighborhoods with sexually oriented businesses” (http://www.scribd.com/doc/85050904/SB3348-Fact-Sheets).
If there is anyone reading this that is a part of the group that is putting this in. We want to ask the question, "Will it be worth it? If one person, one child, has a violent crime committed against them because of the influence of this club. Will the money be worth it?"
A reporter from http://www.al.com/mobile/ was there (no story yet) He said our story (The Citizens Group fighting this) was spreading to their area and he met with Pastor James Calderazzo to do an interview. We made sure to let him know, we were not there for press coverage but to seek God in prayer and for God's power to help us in fighting this. But we did want him to feel welcome to get information, because we do want to encourage other communities in this type of fight. We hope more people can join us next Friday at 3:33pm!
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DESTIN, FLORIDA
The proposed location of The Runway, Gentleman's Caberet, right in the Heart of Destin
Friday, February 22, 2013
WILL THE MONEY BE WORTH IT? PRAYER WALKERS PRESS ON DESPITE RAIN
Reagen Kirkland
Prayer Walk Update: Today's prayer walk was great. We had about 15 people walking today despite the rain. We made a loop from Safe Harbor Church, to the Martial Arts Studio and back west down by the "Location" and back to Safe Harbor.
One of the most heart wrenching things we all witnessed were the numerous school buses passing us and dropping kids off right next to the proposed location. We also witnessed families going into the airport veternary clinic which is right next to the "location." We all increased our prayers to God as we witnessed this. One of the verses on our prayer sheet was Ephesians 6:12. We truly believe that no amount of money in the world to be made at a strip club (even tax revenue for a city) is worth having school buses filled with children stopping at bus drop offs right next to this for years on end.
I am reminded of Pastor James Calderazzo's article where he says, "Study after study has shown that there are negative effects on neighborhoods where strip clubs that serve alcohol are located. “All types of crimes, including sex related crimes, occur more often in neighborhoods where sexually oriented businesses are located. A summary of 34 secondary effects reports from communities across the United States shows dramatically increased rates of violent crimes and property crimes in neighborhoods with sexually oriented businesses” (http://www.scribd.com/doc/85050904/SB3348-Fact-Sheets).
If there is anyone reading this that is a part of the group that is putting this in. We want to ask the question, "Will it be worth it? If one person, one child, has a violent crime committed against them because of the influence of this club. Will the money be worth it?"
A reporter from http://www.al.com/mobile/ was there (no story yet) He said our story (The Citizens Group fighting this) was spreading to their area and he met with Pastor James Calderazzo to do an interview. We made sure to let him know, we were not there for press coverage but to seek God in prayer and for God's power to help us in fighting this. But we did want him to feel welcome to get information, because we do want to encourage other communities in this type of fight. We hope more people can join us next Friday at 3:33pm!
Mobile, AL Local News, Breaking News, Sports & Weather - al.com
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Prayer Walk Update: Today's prayer walk was great. We had about 15 people walking today despite the rain. We made a loop from Safe Harbor Church, to the Martial Arts Studio and back west down by the "Location" and back to Safe Harbor.
One of the most heart wrenching things we all witnessed were the numerous school buses passing us and dropping kids off right next to the proposed location. We also witnessed families going into the airport veternary clinic which is right next to the "location." We all increased our prayers to God as we witnessed this. One of the verses on our prayer sheet was Ephesians 6:12. We truly believe that no amount of money in the world to be made at a strip club (even tax revenue for a city) is worth having school buses filled with children stopping at bus drop offs right next to this for years on end.
I am reminded of Pastor James Calderazzo's article where he says, "Study after study has shown that there are negative effects on neighborhoods where strip clubs that serve alcohol are located. “All types of crimes, including sex related crimes, occur more often in neighborhoods where sexually oriented businesses are located. A summary of 34 secondary effects reports from communities across the United States shows dramatically increased rates of violent crimes and property crimes in neighborhoods with sexually oriented businesses” (http://www.scribd.com/doc/85050904/SB3348-Fact-Sheets).
If there is anyone reading this that is a part of the group that is putting this in. We want to ask the question, "Will it be worth it? If one person, one child, has a violent crime committed against them because of the influence of this club. Will the money be worth it?"
A reporter from http://www.al.com/mobile/ was there (no story yet) He said our story (The Citizens Group fighting this) was spreading to their area and he met with Pastor James Calderazzo to do an interview. We made sure to let him know, we were not there for press coverage but to seek God in prayer and for God's power to help us in fighting this. But we did want him to feel welcome to get information, because we do want to encourage other communities in this type of fight. We hope more people can join us next Friday at 3:33pm!
Mobile, AL Local News, Breaking News, Sports & Weather - al.com
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