Yet Another Tragic School Shooting!

In the aftermath of the mass shooting at the Covenant Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee this week, we now can confirm three 9-year-olds and three school workers are dead and this has renewed the debate about why shooters target schools. Many are suffering emotionally, mentally and spiritually, and now physically as a result of this tragic shooting. This intense grief is sadly all too common in our broken world and causes great distress not only for the surviving families, the local community and the nation as a whole! We need to pray as never before, with a pure agenda, a loving caring agenda, as we intercede on a new level for 'such a time as this'. Scripture says:

Oh how it grieves our Father God “I called on the Lord in distress; The Lord answered me and set me in a broad place.

The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?”

Psalm 118:5-6  

We fight not against flesh and blood but against the powers of darkness. We are in a fierce battle, brothers and sisters. Let us battle with HIS Love, Mercy and Grace, as we pray faithfully!

LET’S PRAY!

Father, we receive and put on the full armor of God as we begin to pray. 

That we all might be protected as we stand in the gap and pray for our nation and our precious children! We pray for all those who put their lives on the line every day to protect and defend us.  We pray for those who are being sent out on their Strategic Assignment’s; across our CEN READYChristian, READYChurch, READYCity and READYSchool Network. Lord, cover them as they are sent out and lead fearlessly, on the front lines of this battle. Help them to accomplish what you Lord Jesus have instructed. We can’t be certain of what tomorrow will bring, but we can be certain of GOD’S LOVE.

Thank you Jesus! Amen.

Rev Lois Blei

CEN PRAYER DEPUTY

520-404-1014

lois.blei@christianemergencynetwork.net

"FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS"

ReadyChristian, ReadyChurch, ReadyCity, ReadySchool

ReadyMS Activates!

 CEN ReadyMS Activates!

As of press time, 26 have been killed as a result of 12 tornadoes that have hit Mississippi and Alabama in five days, the National Weather Service reported. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves declared a State of Emergency in affected areas, activated medical support and formally asked FEMA to expedite assistance. There have been 13 deaths reported in the small town of Rolling Fork, MS. In announcing the higher death toll Saturday afternoon, MS Emergency Management Agency said four people who were missing had been accounted for. Dozens more people were injured, as CEN activates ReadyMS, says CEN National Public Information Officer John Phelps. 

ReadyMS Administrator Misty Israel Marascalco reports: “Cornerstone Church in Pearl MS are gathering supplies to deliver to one of the hardest hit areas in Amory, MS today. One lay leader says: Devastation!. That is really the best way to sum it up. People have lost everything. Schools closed, pretty sure high school will not even open for rest of the year. Our church is full of elderly people who cannot even move stuff."

CEN National Logistics Officer Sherry Buresh is monitoring the situation and awaiting reports from the hardest hit areas, seeking a staging area for volunteers to assist those in the devastation. Sherry says: “We will stand up spontaneous volunteer crews who will help with chainsaw work and clean up for those in the affected area. We will be networking with local churches who are not directly affected like the Cornerstone Church and other organizations who are coming alongside the survivors in need. If you would like to help in any way please let us know at: CONTACT US.”

“Deploy with Confidence by preparing your team using CEN’s ReadyChurch training to help you pray, care and share Christ with those affected by natural disasters like the tornadoes in MS. A ReadyChristian and a ReadyChurch is committed to disaster relief through recovery. As the frequency and severity of catastrophic events such as earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, wildfires, and droughts continue to increase, it is essential to build a well-trained, flexible, and collaborative team that can swiftly respond to the needs of affected communities. This includes investing in ongoing professional development programs, engaging in strategic partnerships, and fostering a culture of empathy and preparedness as reflected by Scripture. By taking these proactive measures, your team will be better equipped to provide effective assistance and support to those who are most vulnerable in the face of life-altering natural disasters.” says Michael Boler CEN National Operations and City Consultant. To learn more contact: Michael.Boler@christianemergencynetwork.net

Or, call 317-961-7007

Join in Prayer According to: 2 Chronicles 6:14 NLT

FATHER GOD HEAR OUR PRAYERS, for those who have been severely hit with these life changing storms. We are Praying that they know, without a doubt, that no matter what they are facing YOU are with them! There is no God like You in all of heaven and earth.  You keep Your covenant and show unfailing love to all who walk before you in wholehearted devotion. Give wisdom, insight, clarity of mind for those who reach out, with the Love that only You can give in times such as this, with love, mercy and your deeper GRACE then never known before, through the power of our precious Holy Spirit.

In His precious Holy name. Amen!

URGENT: Are You a ReadySchool?

Lessons Learned from the Covenant School Active Shooting in Nashville, TN March 27, 2023

READY CHECKLIST:

• Is your school READY to respond to a school shooting incident? 

• Is your school READY to respond to ANY crisis? 

• Is your school AWARE of the many crises that could possibly occur? 

• Will your school staff (teachers, bus drivers, custodians, office personnel, as well as administrators) be THERE and able to respond to any crisis with the Hope of Christ as well as responding to the immediate emergency? 

• Do you have a copy of CEN’s  ReadySchool training specifically designed for Christian Schools?

Former Elementary Principal, High School Principal, Parent, Human Being, and CEN Institute Principal and ReadySchool Consultant Audrey Burgher agree: “As a Christian, stories like the Nashville School Shooting are ones we dread to see! We know that we are not alone in this dread. We believe CEN’s ReadySchool training will help Christian schools better prepare to respond in a situation like the Covenant School in Nashville.” 

CEN Founder and President Mary Marr, and CEN Institute Principal and Consultant Audrey Burgher, both educators, have co-authored the ReadySchool training to be compatible with CEN’s ReadyChristian, ReadyChurch, and ReadyCity, to address emergency preparedness specifically for Christian Schools. Many public schools will find the ReadySchool training helpful as well, because the self-study training provides a step-by-step process for preparing schools for ANY type of emergency. 

Training includes easy-to-use handouts and forms for creating the following:

• Emergency Operations Plan

• School Continuity Plan

• Emergency Operations Center Plan

• Emergency Response Plan 

All planning is compatible with the Incident Command Structure used by emergency management and law enforcement. Also, you will learn strategies for answering the most often asked question after a tragedy: “Where is God in this?” Learn the importance of utilizing the PRAY, CARE, SHARE approach to ensure you are sharing the Hope of Christ in any emergency situation.

Don’t Wait until another incident - ReadySchool is available now! 

As more information is revealed in the Nashville shooting, we find, in addition to the three children who were killed, three adults were also killed as well as the shooter. The interplay of evil versus good is a stark reminder that we do, indeed, live in a fallen world. Please join us in praying for the community in Nashville and the entire Covenant Presbyterian Church and School family as they deal with this tragedy.

For more information on ReadySchool training and consulting CONTACT:

 Audrey A. Burgher

CEN Institute, Principal

audrey.burgher@christianemergencynetwork.net

Christian Schools Under Attack!

Be AWARE! 

At press time Six people (three students) at a Christian school in Nashville TN are killed along with Shooter as CEN ReadyMS respond to tornadoes killing 25. Christian Colleges are under Fire for Woke Racial Justice and AZ University Sues for Christian Discrimination. Parents and Christian educators increasingly face retribution for protests against forcing Gender Classes on Students as Biden Reverses Religious Freedom Rule on Campuses. Are Christians in the Middle East Persecuted and Forgotten? Learn how one Pastor shares how to resist and Stay Strong!

Learn more about these and other threats facing CHRISTIANS, CHURCHES and Christian SCHOOLS around the globe in:

  

CHURCHES

Burglaries, Arson and Violent Attacks on Churches up 80% in three years

Prophetic Warning to American Underground Churches

Multi Tornadoes Killing 23 Descend on MS - Churches Respond

Utah School District Puts Bible Under Ban on ‘Sensitive Materials’ Review

Church School Objects to Grade School Transgender Classes

SCHOOLS

Three Students Killed with Shooter at Nashville Christian School

AZ University Sues School District for Christian Discrimination 

Christian Colleges Under Fire for Woke Wars and Racial Justice

HS Coach Reinstated after Winning Lawsuit on Prayer

Biden Reverses Religious Freedom Rule on Campuses

Vermont Christian School Barred from Tournaments

Parents Pull 4yr old from Christian School over Gender Lessons

Having a plan at the school your loved ones attend, or perhaps a school you work at is of paramount importance in today’s society. Responsive plans alone are not adequate. The CPPS Safe Schools Program is a tiered PROACTIVE approach in use at many learning facilities around the country. It arms the students, parents/guardians, teachers, and the administrators with knowledge of what to look for and when to report something that is suspicious. You just add the names of whom to report the incident to! This holistic approach will help to ease tensions, relax students and faculty, which will then facilitate more learning. 

Watch the CPPS SafeSchools Tiered Approach 

For more information contact: dan.graeber@christianemergencynetwork.net 

ACTIVISM/EXTREMISM

Biden Turns Christianity on its Head with Gender Ideology

North Dakota Lawmakers Turn on Pastoral Prayer

Bible Teacher Sacked over Human Sexuality Debate 

Fighting Christian Nationalism in ID Can be Dangerous

What should be Christian Response to Increased Terrorists at the Border?

Christians NHL refuse to wear Pride jerseys

Arkansas to Build Monument to Unborn Lost from Abortion

After Prayer WY Bans Abortion Pills

English Bible Scholar Fired for Bible Stance 

Canadian Pastor Arrested Second Time for Drag Queen Protest

INTERNATIONAL

Indonesian Christian Worship Broken Up

Witches Attack Accept Gospel event in Nicaragua

Rebels Butchering Christians in the Congo

Underground Church in Iran

Israeli Lawmakers Blocked to Criminalize Gospel Sharing

Congressmen Sound Alarm over Treatment of UK Christians

Indonesian Church Stands Up to STOP Christian Worship

Greek Cleric Attacked Daily at Holy Site

Biden Turns Back on Christian Bloodshed in Nigeria

Christians in the Middle East Persecuted and Forgotten

Join with other Christians facing the extremist persecution and threats to our Christian community today - we are stronger together as a ReadyCity

Let’s PRAY!

Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! Psalm 46:10

Father our God, I love this passage and it has become a life verse starting with the moment when I had to learn to release the drama and trauma to You because indeed You are God and not I. LORD help us all retain such a powerful passage in our minds to bring into the situations we will face in such times as this.  This comforts us with the reality of Your power and that no matter what happens, You will be exalted in our nation and the whole earth.  This gives us the hope we need to continue in battles around us because we know You only ask us to be still and know-trust Your victory is certain and secure.  Nothing can disrupt You. Jesus, Savior, Master in You above all Names, AMEN.

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 Get READY!

Start your own home church using ReadyChurch to be spiritually, emotionally, mentally and physically ready to stand with the Hope of Christ in the midst of the widespread chaos and uncertainty unfolding around us!

The CEN step-by-step self-directed training guides will help you: find like-minded Christians, assess your capabilities, make a plan, build your team, and respond together sharing the Hope of Christ in ANY crisis.

• Get started by mobilizing your ReadyChristian family first.

• Begin by setting up a ReadyChurch at church or at home. 

• Protect your brothers and sisters community-wide. Go to ReadyCity. 

What’s in your winter emergency Ready Go Bag?

CEN provides other helpful links to FREE Readiness Resources to prepare your family, church and citywide network. 

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Be THERE!

Be AWARE, READY and THERE Sharing the Hope of Christ! 

Prayer Allowed him to Survive Death - Testimony by Travis Greene

Stay Strong in Faith - Pastor Gives Resistance Guidance

CEN ALERTS, Advisories, ACTIVE Threat News, and FAQs provide timely actionable weekly information and threat analysis to help the Christian community to be AWARE - READY and THERE sharing Christ for such a time as this! 

CEN provides consulting, coaching, resources and guidance for Christians while monitoring and coordinating with law enforcement and emergency management 24/7. CEN ATN content contains open source news articles which may or may not be the views held by CEN or may contain errors which are not the responsibility of the CEN.

“Be READY to give an answer for the Hope of Christ within you.” 

I Peter 3:15

Christianity Grows Amidst Increasing Threats

Be AWARE! 

Thousands come to Jesus in Nicaragua as Violent attacks against Churches in the U.S. continue to rise by 80% in the past three years. School Board Members Target Christian Teachers for Biblical Worldview as Christians discover Moderna made thousands of vaccines before the COVID started. Christian voters in OK reject marijuana proposal as Activism and Extremism fosters widespread violence threatening Christians across the globe.

Learn more about these and other threats facing CHRISTIANS, CHURCHES and Christian SCHOOLS around the globe in:

  

CHURCHES

Burglaries, Arson and Violent Attacks on Churches up 80% in three years

Historic Black Church in TX Set on Fire

Historic Black Church Arson Attack in Austin 

Local Church Vandalized

Arrests at Episcopal Concert in Asbury Park

Police Nab Church Theft Suspects

Suspects Caught on Camera in Church Robbery

Man Charged with Auburn Church Fire

SCHOOLS

Demand for Christian group on Campus be Eliminated 

Woman Arrested for Threatening Violence Against Christian School

School Board Targets Christian Teachers

School Board Member Views Christians as Threat

Having a plan at the school your loved ones attend, or perhaps a school you work at is of paramount importance in today’s society. Responsive plans alone are not adequate. The CPPS Safe Schools Program is a tiered PROACTIVE approach in use at many learning facilities around the country. It arms the students, parents/guardians, teachers, and the administrators with knowledge of what to look for and when to report something that is suspicious. You just add the names of whom to report the incident to! This holistic approach will help to ease tensions, relax students and faculty, which will then facilitate more learning. 

Watch the CPPS SafeSchools Tiered Approach 

For more information contact: dan.graeber@christianemergencynetwork.net 

ACTIVISM/EXTREMISM

UK Christian Arrested for Praying Outside Abortion Clinic

NY to Face Fine for Trying to Shut Down Adoption Agency

Fuentes Delivers Anti Christian/Jewish White Supremacist Rant

Christian Voters Reject Marijuana in OK

Moderna Admits Making Vaccine BEFORE Covid Started

Widespread Civil Unrest is Global

Christian Victors not Victims

Expect More Political Weaponization of term Christian Nationalism

Radical Christian Zealots being Depicted in new Movie

Texas Tech Coach Steps Down over Bible Controversy 

Police Officer Charged After Comments on Christian Marriage

Christians Should not Complain when Muslims ButcherThem

Sick of White Women Adopting Indian Babies

INTERNATIONAL

Germany - Church Shooting

Court Denies Bail for Missionary/Volunteers in Mozambique

Fire Razes Church in Davao City

Join with other Christians facing the extremist persecution and threats to our Christian community today - we are stronger together as a ReadyCity

Let’s PRAY!

Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:13-14 

Holy and Righteous God of our lives, please help us leave behind what we need to move away from and forge ahead in the times and ways You are leading us toward. Our aim is to live for serving You in and through the risen life of Jesus the Christ. AMEN

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 Get READY!

Start your own home church using ReadyChurch to be spiritually, emotionally, mentally and physically ready to stand with the Hope of Christ in the midst of the widespread chaos and uncertainty unfolding around us!

The CEN step-by-step self-directed training guides will help you: find like-minded Christians, assess your capabilities, make a plan, build your team, and respond together sharing the Hope of Christ in ANY crisis.

• Get started by mobilizing your ReadyChristian family first.

• Begin by setting up a ReadyChurch at church or at home. 

• Protect your brothers and sisters community-wide. Go to ReadyCity. 

What’s in your winter emergency Ready Go Bag?

CEN provides other helpful links to FREE Readiness Resources to prepare your family, church and citywide network. 

____________________________________________________________________________

Be THERE!

Be AWARE, READY and THERE Sharing the Hope of Christ! 

Former Terrorism Hub being Transformed with the Gospel

Stunning Moments During the Asbury Revival

Thousands Accept Christ in Nicaragua

Actress Almost Aborted Shares Faith

CEN ALERTS, Advisories, ACTIVE Threat News, and FAQs provide timely actionable weekly information and threat analysis to help the Christian community to be AWARE - READY and THERE sharing Christ for such a time as this! 

CEN provides consulting, coaching, resources and guidance for Christians while monitoring and coordinating with law enforcement and emergency management 24/7. CEN ATN content contains open source news articles which may or may not be the views held by CEN or may contain errors which are not the responsibility of the CEN.

“Be READY to give an answer for the Hope of Christ within you.” 

I Peter 3:15