Join Heather and Heather as they welcome Action for Canada's National Chapter Leader, Kim McBride, to the Empower Hour! Kim has been a part of Action Canada for over 20 years, and is so excited to be stepping into the role of National Chapter Coordinator. She is a mother of two teenage girls, a teacher, and a woman of faith who believes in the power of prayer. We are so excited that she can join us this evening.
00:26:35.500I know there's certain people in our population that the, you know, tyrannical left wants to target.
00:26:43.380And almost, in fact, that there was a wheel of power and privilege is what was being shared.
00:26:50.700And in that, it looks very much like a bullseye, like a dartboard.
00:26:55.160And, you know, I'm really getting tired of being sliced and diced.
00:26:58.080You know, we are all human, part of the human family.
00:27:01.200And so I really appreciate your bold stand and for, you know, speaking up for people that seem to be getting the shots quite a bit and unfairly so.
00:27:12.120I'm just going to ask maybe, Laurie, if you could share a little bit about your journey as you've come to this new position of co-leader and just a little bit about your involvement with Action for Canada.
00:27:37.660And Donna and Peter, the former co-leader of Oxford County, has been the anchor as well for me to have someone local to go to with the same values and heart as Tanya and team.
00:27:56.240And for this honor to work with Donna now for only four weeks, maybe.
00:28:01.960And, but boy, young lady, Donna, I admire this lady so much.
00:28:17.180And for me, she's allowing me this opportunity.
00:28:22.260I've been so thankful for this opportunity to just stand up for my community.
00:28:27.280Born and raised here, I am equally upset, as Donna was saying.
00:28:33.640For our six sons, future, and now our fourth grandchild on the way, anything that I can do and to be empowered.
00:28:42.820These empower hours for the last year or so with Action for Canada, as it says, has been empowering.
00:28:50.780I just yesterday put in, for Oxford County, we have eight municipalities, and unfortunately, only one municipality has voted down the flags in the month of June community events.
00:29:08.040And unfortunately, we have Woodstock is the main city for Oxford County.
00:29:15.220And the mayor there is a real piece of work, if I may say so nicely.
00:29:20.880And also in Zora County, I'm getting to know he is not only the mayor of our county, but the warden for Oxford County, for our township, I was going to say.
00:29:35.320Anyway, so just yesterday, I went to the township closest to me and filled out a delegation request form to speak at the next township meeting.
00:29:46.720It's not something that I'm used to, but I am willing to lay myself down for this, because as of April 19th, they have already had a council meeting with the request to fly the flag form.
00:30:00.180And there was barely any discussion, the councillor's just yay and second, and it was carried.
00:30:08.960Unfortunately, I wasn't able to make that meeting, but I will be heard.
00:30:13.460And thank you, Tanya, for this letter.
00:30:16.040I have already submitted it as my reference of why I want to speak, and it has emboldened me.
00:30:22.600So I look forward to that, as well as I am the local crossing guard, and I have become very, very public, well-known for the last two school years here.
00:30:38.080I've been the, oh, what do they call that, in the parade marshal.
00:30:42.580They've had me there last year in the Victoria Day parade.
00:30:45.840And I, as a mandatory reporter, I want to hold that, that I went to our local library and found books that I will, I get overwhelmed with passion here.
00:31:03.100But I do want to bring that to the mayor of our township and the council members.
00:31:07.920If they are choosing, beyond their elected position, to uphold neutrality, as you say, that, as far as I'm concerned, they may step down.
00:32:28.020So thank you both ladies so much for all the work that you're doing.
00:32:31.620And we look forward to hearing back from the accountability that you're bringing to these council members to bring dignity back into the office and to be fairly representing all members of society.
00:33:14.920Ramirez and butchering it, but Sault Ste. Marie.
00:33:18.720Bill is retired from a career in the electrical supply and sales business.
00:33:23.720He's the father of four daughters and has four grandchildren.
00:33:27.900Bill and his family have a tradition of serving their communities as volunteers.
00:33:32.640Bill has been a provincial election candidate.
00:33:35.740He has been a local leader in the pro-life movement for years.
00:33:39.360He has served as a school board trustee, and currently he has leadership roles in local political organizations at the provincial and federal levels.
00:33:50.180Bill assumed the A for C chapter leadership only a few months ago and works with his co-leader, Arnold.
00:33:56.620Together, they have made a splash in their community, already making it into the local newspapers.
00:34:02.280Here to tell us more about the tremendous work happening in Sault Ste. Marie, please help us welcome Bill.
00:34:23.820Well, Bill, like I said in the intro there, you know, from almost day one, you were running out the gates.
00:34:32.060And as we bring on new leaders, there's a process to help people be mentored and to partner them up to understand kind of the ropes with Action for Canada as an organization and all our resources and materials.
00:34:43.820And suddenly within a week or two, we were getting an email from you saying, okay, I've made it to the local papers.
00:34:51.100And how am I going to respond to this, the flurry that has been created because we've been activating some of the resources and spreading it out into the community.
00:35:01.280So why don't you maybe start with what brought you in and then maybe give us an insight of what went on with that and then the resolution that came.
00:35:10.200Okay, my story was Action for Canada and Sault Ste.
00:35:16.520We began when the lockdowns happened and so much was going on then.
00:35:21.900But I became exposed to Action for Canada because people in the community were aware of this very positive strategy of notice of liabilities.
00:35:47.920But so it was Action for Canada material was always available.
00:35:55.740And we were very much aware in our community of that material.
00:36:00.520But we moved along to February 2023 and we had a drag queen story hour at our library and a group of citizens decided to oppose the event.
00:36:12.620And this progressed into investigating some of the pornographic materials in our libraries and schools.
00:36:18.560So this local group adopted a working name of kids first and we mobilized our objective was to make parents aware and inform them that they had options about withdrawing their children from classes that were objectionable.
00:36:32.900So this is where we connected, reconnected with Action for Canada because we created a flyer that we wanted to hand out to parents at schools as they picked up their children.
00:36:47.180And we only had, our objective was to get it done before spring break.
00:36:51.460And we only had a week window in order to do that.
00:36:54.340So we drafted a pamphlet and really borrowed heavily from Action for Canada material.
00:37:00.360And then I contacted Action for Canada to say, okay, what do you think of this stuff, right?
00:37:06.300And many people here may know that Action for Canada is very careful about what is published under their banner.
00:37:14.500And we had, and any public releases have to be run by the editor and vetted.
00:37:20.540So what happened was, because we were up against this hard timeline, we published under Kids First, not Action for Canada, and we handed out these flyers.
00:37:31.960And these flyers were accepted by parents with no problem.
00:37:35.620And it was sort of a nice thing to do.
00:37:39.160But then the public school board put out a press release that condemned what we were doing.
00:37:45.680And that caused what we call the local flyer fury in town.
00:37:51.940And there is a very good amount of local media coverage on this event, back and forth between conversations.
00:38:00.880And of course, all this time, I'm trying to keep Action for Canada informed of what's going on.
00:38:07.100Because it was very, their material, our material was really obvious on our pamphlet.
00:38:13.460But so what happened was, because this became such a public thing, Tanya decided to write an official Action for Canada release to our local media.
00:38:24.420And a lot more than one media published her release in its entirely.
00:38:30.360And we really considered this a big win.
00:38:33.760We had a lot of wins when we did this effort.
00:38:36.240This whole sex ed conversation was in the public eye for a good two weeks.
00:38:45.540And then the largest school board sent parents instructions on how they could have their children opt out of sex ed classes.
00:43:46.500And being of humble nature, it took some convincing for Colin to come on tonight to share his consistent good efforts to raise awareness of the issues in his border town.
00:43:58.240I know he agreed as a personal favor to me, and he knows, I think, the world of him.
00:44:16.060Like I said, Colin, I'm just so blessed to have you on the show.
00:44:20.380And to mention, just for people that don't know the geography of Canada, which I've come to learn a lot more now, Lloydminster is actually right on the border between Alberta and Saskatchewan.
00:44:31.660And so on the one hand, part of their municipality is governed by Alberta law, and then their education system is governed by Saskatchewan law.
00:44:43.860And yeah, Colin, you've been with us for quite some time.
00:44:47.620And like we talked about earlier, you've just been such a consistent presence in your community.
00:44:53.760You know, giving the information and just being open to the conversation and opening up the conversation within your community on issues that are important and impact Lloydminster.
00:45:05.160So, yeah, I think what I would like to do is just kind of turn it over to you a little bit and ask you, you know, what brought you to A4C?
00:45:17.400Well, what brought me to A4C, just like everybody else, COVID brought, came in.
00:45:26.140I was born in the 50s, nine years after the World War II, grew up in the 60s.
00:45:35.700And I had some good teachers that told us or made us realize the importance of our immune system and taking care of it all the way through.
00:45:45.760We were given a wonderful body by God.
00:45:48.540And if we just give it the nutrition it needs, it can take care of itself.
00:45:54.100So when COVID hit, it kind of brought back a little bit of a memory because when, of course, it happened in China.
00:46:03.740And they laid all the bodies out and everybody see the bodies that supposedly came from a lab.
00:48:02.600But then they were soon getting censored.
00:48:05.200And so I started looking for something to stand up for myself.
00:48:10.040Now, if I ever had to go to the hospital, and that's where they wouldn't let you in if you didn't have a shot or you had to have a shot before you get seen.
00:48:18.420So I started getting the documentation together so that I could stand up for my rights.
00:48:27.420Then I come across Action for Canada, and I noticed that they had already done all the work that I was trying to do.
00:48:34.180November of 2021, I joined as a volunteer, and I waited.
00:48:53.020That was, well, November, I guess, middle of December by the time I got vetted.
00:48:58.180And we started having rallies every Saturday.
00:49:02.480Since then, we've had 68 in a row, 69th coming up this Saturday.
00:49:08.300And when it was 30 below, I tell you, we had some girls out there who weren't dressed very good.
00:49:13.480And we had heaters in the tent just to keep them going.
00:49:16.600We're signing NOLs, and we're getting ready to serve.
00:49:19.960And in the summertime, well, we had to drop the tent down that one time, and we had everybody hanging on to the corners because the wind was coming up, and it was trying to blow us away.
00:49:32.520And, well, when we first started, we were getting more fingers and, how can I say, remarks go home.
00:50:29.980You know, we've been doing it for probably three months anyway.
00:50:34.000And I had made an application to get into a local farmer's market.
00:50:41.160The trouble with that is half the board was half, and half the board was four.
00:50:46.040So, it took a little while to come into effect.
00:50:49.700But, finally, they gave me the call, and I'd say, yeah, for the last year and year and a month, I guess, we've been putting in five hours every Thursday at the farmer's market.
00:51:14.540The biggest thing that I took away there, we always had the COVID medical directive that Tanya had gotten for us, and we handed out a lot of those.
00:51:38.260When you have them openly admitting they want to take the world population from seven to one and a half billion people, I don't see how people can not, how can I say, have some common sense and look to see what is actually happening worldwide and bring it into what is happening in Canada.
00:52:07.900Those are, I love that you're saying that, you know, people have been starting to wake up and, you know, hold people accountable that are making the decisions.
00:52:16.080And so, and I love the fact that you did that farmer's market just as that constant, consistent presence to be a place to open up discussion and just to have the community come by in a neutral place just to talk about the things that are going on.
00:52:30.600But that moved you on further to take more active actions with the town council.
00:52:35.980If you could just maybe in a couple minutes just summarize where you guys are at with what you're pursuing and holding your town council members accountable for in Boydminster.
00:52:46.420Well, as in all, as in all, most areas in Canada right now, they're bringing in these bylaws.
00:52:55.180They had a, they said they did a public forum, did some surveys and community preferences is what the community wants.
00:53:06.080And they base it on 1.1% of the population, believe it or not, just that.
00:53:11.000So, the, our city, our future connected is, well, when we approached them, we couldn't talk about WEF, we couldn't talk about the powers to be one world order, the UN, otherwise they'd shut us down.
00:53:27.040So, we're into, we had an open house, they had an open house.
00:53:34.260I talked to four, four different councillors and the mayor, and they all seemed to put everything away.
00:53:41.020They kind of, a little bit of, how can I say, oh, I don't think that's happening.
00:53:46.720But the day after we had that, they had a council meeting, and they opened it up to the public, and we had 20 speakers speak against it.
00:53:58.480And there was one for it, and just shortly after that, they come out with another plan where they've already got the, the area, they've got the plan in to bring in zero emissions by 2045, increase our population from 30,000 to 50,000 by 2045.
00:54:22.220They also have a green, net zero, and electric cars, and they have villages, neighborhood villages they're trying to bring in to bring people together and be able to walk to all your enemies.
00:54:37.080Like, you know, Craig, there's 30 below here at times.
00:54:39.240Can you imagine, well, I'm 69 years old, you know, walking down to get my groceries or whatever?
00:54:45.660And yet they say it's the community's preference that they base this on.
00:54:53.020So it has WF and UN written all over it, and we had told them that they have to make some changes.
00:55:05.280We do want them to abolish the neighborhood villages.
00:55:07.920We do want them to abolish the 2045 net zero, because that is what the federal government is trying to do all over Canada.
00:55:28.820Tanya and her group has done a great job in coming up with an NOL for the 15-minute cities.
00:55:35.740Now, that in itself is an information package to state where they're breaking the law and how they're breaking the law, what they're doing for treason.
00:55:48.260Now that you know that you're breaking the law, it works as a notice of liability that you have to cease and desist.
00:55:56.560And we are building evidence to lay charges if you don't cease and desist.
00:56:36.040And I think what your chapter is doing is highlighting the fact that you need to be aware of those policies that are happening at the local level.
00:56:43.440And so, if you can appreciate, a small town like Lloydminster going from a population of 30,000 to 50,000 is a phenomenal change.
00:57:28.060I had asked her to be on the show, but in fact, she right now is in a different meeting where she is just listening as a fly on the wall to some policies to bring in these agendas, Agenda 2030, into association that she's going to listen to.
00:57:47.360So, she's there doing that, so she's on business already.
00:57:51.440But I wanted to tell you a little bit about what's happening, and particularly, I want to stay here with Saskatchewan because there's a tremendous opportunity right now for those of you in Saskatchewan that are listening.
00:58:01.560And if you can share it out to people that you know in the province.
00:58:04.740So, right now, as you know, Action for Canada has been fighting against the indoctrination of our children, really the abuse of our children with this SOGI curriculum.
00:58:14.540Actually, it's the Comprehensive Sexual Education Plan of the United Nations.
00:58:19.720And so, it comes in in all these different names.
00:58:22.440And the name that it came in was SOGI in BC, and it snuck its way into Alberta.
00:58:29.120And right now, it's right on the border of coming into Saskatchewan.
00:58:33.960So, in fact, Katie and her team, she has a little SOGI team of people that want to raise awareness and challenge this before it becomes widespread.
00:58:45.460So, Katie recently, very recently, and she's a teacher by background too.
00:58:51.020So, this was near and dear to her heart to challenge this and to ask, you know, where was the public consultation in bringing this in?
00:59:05.380She spent so many hours, and she was working with us here at the national office to put together a compelling package that we could bring to, you know,
00:59:16.380the director of education and other decision makers to hopefully persuade them to reason and to say, you know, put the brakes on this,
00:59:26.420and let's have an open discussion about what might be the harms, the very real harms.
00:59:32.040So, Katie and her team had a meeting with the directors.
00:59:34.920That's the person she was put to to go and have the conversation about the resources that are being used in the Saskatchewan schools,
00:59:42.980in the Saskatoon schools in particular.
00:59:44.960So, she had a meeting on Friday, and so basically, she came in with a binder full of all this really compelling information,
00:59:54.260and she just wanted to have a discussion, put it before them so that they could be informed before deciding whether this was just going to roll through Saskatchewan.
01:00:04.220So, right away, there was a whole bunch of stonewalling.
01:00:08.820So, it was a little bit of a mixed success, and certainly very hard on her and the team after putting so many hours into preparing this material.
01:00:20.400So, anyways, they were like, oh, if we're going to talk about SOGI, we're not going to talk about it.
01:00:26.080So, the reason I'm bringing this up for Saskatchewan is because they have said that it will be rolled out in the fall to every school in Saskatchewan.
01:00:34.580And so, if you care about this, you need to raise your voice, and you need to be asking, how did this come about?
01:00:50.520So, as you heard earlier on, some of our chapter leaders have on their own, they have written their letters, and they have made their argument, and they put it forward.
01:00:59.100And so, that's exactly what Katie and her team are going to do, and they're not letting it go.
01:01:04.460So, now they've been moved up the chain to the Ministry of Education in Saskatchewan, and hopefully, they will be able to bring forward a delegation.
01:01:15.880Actually, they are on the list for a delegation to bring to the trustees this information, and they're so well prepared.
01:01:22.960That's the other thing about our materials.
01:01:25.520If you haven't done a deep dive into our website, you'll see we have so many materials to help equip ordinary Canadians to become educated themselves on the topic and on the issue.
01:01:37.720And if you need some extra evidence, we have a fantastic researcher.
01:01:42.200You guys, they're familiar with Empower Hour.
01:01:45.420And so, Sheila can always dig up some really great information and help to support.
01:01:50.100So, the best thing to do is, if you're concerned and you don't have a chapter in your areas, reach out to the nearest chapter and become educated yourself and then become equipped with some of the resources that we have so that you can go in as a concerned citizen.
01:02:04.540And you can make the stand that you want to make in your province and your territories and your town councils.
01:02:10.480So, that's the news I wanted to bring to you.
01:02:12.380I had a conversation with Katie afterwards on speaker phone.
01:02:17.680I said, you know, because there's a lot of motion that goes into building up for such a significant event.
01:02:23.340I'm going to go talk to the director of education.
01:02:26.280And many people do not have that in their background.
01:02:28.800And so, there is some tension with that.
01:02:44.380So, we have to pray that they will be convicted, even on the little bit that they allowed themselves to hear, that they would go through the information that is very compelling.
01:02:57.380Very thoroughly researched reports and documents on the harms that are happening to children.
01:03:04.860And then they have to make the right decision and step up in their position of authority.
01:03:09.520But after that phone call, she called me.
01:03:11.820And, you know, she was even tearful because she had invested so much in and her heart was so, you know, torn that it just, why can't it be easier for people to understand?
01:03:32.220And I'm going to present this information.
01:03:34.100And like I said, even tonight, she's at another meeting where she's watching to see what kinds of policies are being brought in.
01:03:41.020So, I wanted to highlight that and celebrate that.
01:03:43.420And, again, also to put a shout out to everyone in Saskatchewan that you still have the opportunity to make your voices heard on this issue.
01:03:53.020And that's not to say that Alberta and Saskatchewan, who just kind of had it sweep in, you still have the ability to push it back and to make your voices heard.
01:04:02.780And utterly and completely remove this vile resource and this vile campaign against her children.
01:04:14.120Our last live guests, we're going to go all the way over to Vancouver Island.
01:04:20.780So, next up are Michelle and Melody, who hail from Vancouver Island and are both co-leading in the Cowichan Valley area.
01:04:30.580So, Michelle has resided in the community of Cobble Hill, V.C., for 16 years and has lived on Vancouver Island for over half her life.
01:04:39.120She decided to get involved with Action for Canada with her dear friend Melody last November.
01:04:45.040After an unfortunate incident of being hired for a position at her previous church, only to be let go because of her stance on COVID, she found her schedule suddenly open to join the A4C team.
01:04:58.400Having been compelled by the Holy Spirit himself not to be vaccinated and choosing to safeguard her body, she was deemed unfit for the position.
01:05:07.580This was heartbreaking for Michelle, who felt ostracized and seemingly stripped of her ability to serve God in the capacity in which she was gifted.
01:05:17.880However, once she felt aligned with Action for Canada, Michelle knew she could commit to serving God in a new capacity.
01:05:26.720What made the blessing even better for Michelle is to be co-leading in the heart of the Cowichan Valley with Melody.
01:05:34.440Serving together through Action for Canada has deepened their friendship and their faith has only continued to grow.
01:05:42.440And so, Melody is a registered massage therapist and has worked in the Cowichan Valley for the last 20 years.
01:05:50.680She has definitely been affected by the COVID mandates, but has found ways to rise above and has been able to keep working to build a solid practice.
01:06:02.260Delighted also to be co-leading with her best friend, Melody didn't really know what they were getting into, but she knew that God would direct and guide them and be able to help and to help them educate and equip the people of Valley to fight for faith, family and freedom in this country.
01:06:21.620So, I'd like to welcome both of these ladies to the show and give them a hand.
01:06:33.620So, I love, again, bringing the both of you on to show, you know, the real camaraderie that happens as you build chapters together, as you strike out and you're in the foxhole together.
01:06:45.900There's really strong bonds that get created.
01:06:48.140So, I don't know if there's one of you that would like to go first and just share a little bit about that.
01:07:02.000Thank you very much, and it's such a privilege to be sharing tonight.
01:07:06.720And I have a couple notes, so I'm going to kind of look down as I'm talking to you all.
01:07:11.440Well, but yeah, as it was mentioned, my good friend Michelle and I, we came to Action for Canada through just general research and searching for the truth about COVID, about mandates, all of that kind of thing.
01:07:30.560And so we came, we wanted the truth about all of that.
01:07:37.500So we, I particularly went on and signed a petition, and that kind of brought me around to some, or gave me some emails from Action for Canada.
01:07:49.300So started following that way, and we definitely found more than the truth, and in Action for Canada, and found a Christ-centered organization, excuse me, with like-minded people, and we praise God for that.
01:08:08.420And as Tanya has mentioned before, it's the church without walls, and we really, we really appreciate that, and it's come to be really special for us.
01:08:22.060And as Michelle and I were led to, to become co-leaders, we, we actually, we live in Duncan on the island, and Victoria's about an hour away to the south, and Nanaimo's an hour away to the north.
01:08:40.820And we went, we don't have the time to go either direction in our busy lives.
01:08:44.960So we kind of decided that we needed a chapter here.
01:08:52.100And we discovered super supportive, loving people to guide and help us, and, and we need a lot of help.
01:09:01.820And we have our Vancouver Island chapter leader, Jerry, or not chapter leader, sorry, regional leader, Jerry Pearson.
01:09:10.680And so we're very new at this leadership thing, and we have had, been able to have two monthly meetings, and we have about 15 people that have been showing up, and a few new ones keep adding and coming in to our emails and stuff like that too.
01:09:28.020So we are growing, and we're really, we're really grateful for that.
01:09:31.420We have done one overpass event, but we learned really quickly that you don't do that on the coldest, wettest, most miserable day in March in British Columbia.
01:09:45.500So we didn't, we actually didn't stay out there for very long, we were too cold.
01:09:51.240But it was good to do that, and we had a couple people show up and support us as well.
01:09:56.060So we have a really great core of prayer warriors that have been heading out every week.
01:10:04.760Sorry, kind of get emotional a little bit.
01:10:10.160And they've really been praying for the children and the families of our community, for the schools and the staff, and the council members and mayors of our, of our area.
01:10:20.660Yeah. And it's just been so great to, to get to know the people of our chapter and start building, you know, really close relationships with them, and particularly talking and walking and praying and serving God in our community.
01:10:37.720So it's just really exciting and encouraging to, to have those people nearby and, and be part of, be part of that.
01:10:48.200As co-leaders with my best friend, Michelle, there is a lot to do, and we're able to share it, share the load and bounce ideas off of each other.
01:11:01.760And, you know, if somebody can't make a regional meeting, then the other one can, or, or chapter meetings on Mondays, you know, we've really been able to share that.
01:11:12.580And as, as it was said in Michelle's intro, you know, we really have, we were really good friends.
01:11:22.900So that makes it a lot easier, but we really have grown stronger together and stronger in our faith because of it.
01:11:28.440So that is so great. And, you know, we have a lot to balance in our lives.
01:11:34.440We both have full-time jobs and, um, uh, we have a motto, we do what we can do and give God the glory for what we can do.
01:11:44.260So, um, there's a lot sometimes with, um, you know, just trying to keep up with everything.
01:11:50.240So that's, that's what we want to do. We just want to do what we can and equip the people in our chapter to do, to do their best as well.
01:12:01.040And it's been a real blessing to be part of, um, Action for Canada and to do our part, whether it's big or small and fight for our freedoms, for the beautiful country that God has given us.
01:12:12.720Thank you, Melody. Thank you for that. Yeah. Heartfelt for sure. Yeah.
01:12:17.700And it helps to know you're not alone and the teams do build and you find, you know, new friends that you, uh, you know, maybe we've lost some old friends that we, you know, are heartbreaking to lose, but then, uh, you know, new people come into our lives too.
01:12:32.040And, and new bonds are, are deepening. So thank you so much for that, Melody. Uh, Michelle, uh, I, I heard a little bit of a mention of the, uh, walk for revival.
01:12:41.920So I hope you might mention something significant that happened as a result of your walk for revival and your prayer, but I, I don't want to steal your thunder.
01:12:50.840If you had something else that you wanted to share, but I'll just turn it over to you and you share what's on your heart to share.
01:12:56.640Great. Thank you, Kim. And thank you, Tanya and the whole team at Action for Canada.
01:13:00.960Uh, we love this organization and we're so proud to be a part of it. Um, I do just want to touch on a couple of the experiences that Melody and I have had in the last few weeks, particularly in our walk for revival prayer walks.
01:13:15.000Um, firstly to mention, it's been a wonderful opportunity just getting to know a couple of the members in the community chapter as we've been walking and talking and sharing and praying together.
01:13:25.900And we also have the privilege of worshiping together in church. They've, um, Melody and a few went to, um, do a prayer walk one night last week and I attend a Thursday night midweek service and the whole gang showed up and we, we worshiped together that night.
01:13:41.900And then one of the couples actually came to church on Sunday morning and, uh, there was a women's time and, uh, one of our members was privy to being a part of that and just being blessed by that.
01:13:53.240So these are unique opportunities to connect with our community members and people that we rub shoulders with in our communities.
01:14:00.340And that for both Melody and I is really at the heart of this, we just love getting to know these people and where they're coming from is so diverse and yet we're all here together and we're all in this together.
01:14:12.340So, um, one of the interesting, um, things that happened when Melody took a group out to the city hall in Duncan, apparently there were seven of them and they encircled the city hall seven times.
01:14:26.180And then upon completion, the city hall clock struck seven bells.
01:14:33.000So if anyone is aware seven in biblical numerology means completion.
01:14:39.920So it was like, I mean, the, the electric bolts just sort of go through me when I, when I even speak of it, cause I, I wasn't there myself, but when Melody told me, I can just only imagine, um, the intensity and the electricity that must've been going through them because they knew that God was with them.
01:14:56.380You know, um, Melody and I had also become aware that there was going to be a drag queen ball event in my community in Cobble Hill, five minutes away.
01:15:06.620And when we found out that the NDP was hosting this fundraising event, her and I just went right to the place and we did a prayer walk just on our own.
01:15:17.300We didn't have other people, but we just thought we need to do this now.
01:15:19.980And so in particular, I remember at the time that our prayers started going towards the fact that we wanted God to totally shut down that event.
01:15:30.580And I remember we were starting to ask him to put obstacles in place that would prevent that event from happening and that people would be disinterested and there would be technical difficulties and even getting a ticket and all of these sorts of things, just anything that would cause a block from this event from happening.
01:15:49.420So we had also planned to pray on the day of the event.
01:15:54.440Uh, it was supposed to be two weeks, three weeks ago now.
01:15:57.300And so we were following through with that, but midday, I got word from Klaus, who was with some community members at a local church.
01:16:06.920He said, I think the event's been closed.
01:16:09.180I think it's been, he thought, he thought it had been a canceled.
01:16:12.020And I said, look, I need official, you know, um, news about this.
01:16:17.080So I went on, uh, the NDP Facebook and there it was officially the event had been canceled.
01:16:29.600We were just like, like, we've got to, we still have to meet together.
01:16:33.260We still need to give God the glory in this.
01:16:35.320So we were so excited that we basically still got together and we did a victory walk in his glory and his name.
01:16:42.600And we were just lifting praises of thanksgiving to him because it was our obedience, but our focus was on him and what he was going to do.
01:16:51.220And to his faithfulness, he receives the glory in that.
01:16:55.100And I looked on site and it looked as though only 13 people had paid for the event and only 45 were interested.
01:17:03.740So I thought, you know, good on this community for standing up to something like that and saying, no, we don't want this.
01:17:10.000However, in saying all of that, um, our victory, um, oh, I just want to say one thing.
01:17:17.100Victory depends on recognizing that the battle belongs to the Lord.
01:17:22.740So in saying that we need to suit up again and put the whole armor of God on because, and pray that God will do a mighty work because Duncan also has a drag queen event coming up.
01:17:35.940So we might've won one, but we're still in the fight.
01:17:40.140And I just want to say in closing that, uh, God will do a mighty work in the hearts and minds of these people that they consider this to be family entertainment for all ages.
01:17:51.320May they recognize their sin in their own lives and may they realize their need for a savior.
01:17:55.660In the book of James, it tells us that the way to successfully resist the devil is to submit to God.
01:18:03.400Victory over the devil is ours when we concentrate on obeying Christ, not on fighting an elusive enemy.
01:18:10.500What the reason, what is the result when believers obey Christ, the devil will flee.
01:18:31.900Well, thank you so much for sharing those details with us and, and for giving God the glory because really, you know, uh, as his will is in heaven.
01:20:01.840I'm in Kelowna with Lori, our chapter leader.
01:20:04.800And, uh, Kim, I know that you've been doing a really great job there without me, and I'm excited to hear a little bit of a testimony from Lori.
01:20:13.740She's doing an amazing job in Kelowna, British Columbia.
01:20:17.980So, Lori, can you tell, uh, our viewers a little bit how you got started?
01:20:23.080Well, I actually joined as a co-leader and then the leader decided that it wasn't really what he wanted to do.
01:20:30.700And the Lord knew that I wouldn't give up, so I'm pursued on my own.
01:20:34.800You have, and you have been dogged at it.
01:20:38.300And I know when I first met you, I believe, was it a year ago or has it been two years ago now?
01:20:43.020It's basically, I think, been about a year that I've been a chapter leader, but we met before that.
01:30:04.240And I hope, audience, that you have been able to see, you know, people from all walks of life and different temperaments and personalities and styles and but all on the same purpose.
01:30:17.200So I want to encourage you now to, you know, to think about it.
01:30:22.580If you've been feeling that nudge or that calling or, you know, I wish I could do more, what more could be done?
01:30:28.860Or I wish there was a chapter leader or a chapter in my community.
01:30:33.280You know, maybe this is the nudge you need to see that, you know, it just takes that first step.
01:30:39.700And at Action for Canada, for sure, we've grown as an organization, we've matured.
01:30:44.420And in doing that, we've been able to become more organized.
01:30:47.680And we have a really strong mentorship program where we have people that have been doing the chapter leading for some time and have, you know,
01:30:55.180made their stumbles and the learning challenges.
01:30:59.160And it's a lot easier for new people to come on board.
01:31:02.020And some teams, they're there, but they could still round out their core team.
01:31:09.460And so there's always a need for campaign leaders.
01:31:12.560There's also a need for co-leaders as well, for treasurers and for administrators and social media people.
01:31:18.860So I just really want to impress upon you that it doesn't take anything more than that first step.
01:31:26.120And all these lovely, wonderful, ordinary people have done extraordinary things because they took that first step.
01:31:33.640And so what I'd like to do right now is I'd like to actually just share my screen fairly briefly just to help you figure out how to navigate it
01:31:42.360and to find that place to join in all the different ways that you can join the movement of Action for Canada.
01:31:48.300And lend your talent and, you know, to this really important time and this really important movement.
01:31:57.940So right now, what I'd like to do is I'd like to just land on our landing page, our home page.
01:32:08.040This is where we have, you know, hopefully enough just really quick items to click upon.
01:32:14.200All the most current information is right up there at top.
01:32:17.940We have all the current actions that we've been working on.
01:32:21.620If you're a member of Action for Canada on the mailing list, then you get this mailed out to you on a weekly basis.
01:32:28.220And of course, we have our most viewed videos.
01:38:38.780With that, I think I'm going to stop sharing.
01:38:41.100And the last little gift of the evening, I just want to, again, like I've implored you, I've encouraged you, please consider how you can support the actions for the actions of Canada, Action for Canada.
01:39:04.520As I was just closing off here, one of the things that I was reflecting on is the fact that during this whole time of crisis, this global crisis, there's this real anti-human spirit that's been unleashed on our earth.
01:39:19.820And, really, there's so many good people that can see it and are waking up to it and they are pushing back because we want to live in a humane world.
01:39:29.480A world where we're not enslaving one another, where we're living freely as God intended us to live.
01:39:35.900And so, as I round this out, I have a video I'd like to show that is called, it's actually a well-known song, right?
01:39:47.020And it's Amazing Grace that's sung in 50 different languages.
01:39:50.240So, lest anybody think that Action for Canada is some sort of racist, phobic, whatever, organization, not at all, not in any way.
01:40:00.860We absolutely love all the expressions of humanity that God has created.
01:40:05.540And that is the thing that makes us all equal as human beings, is that we're made in the image of God.
01:40:10.940And so, when I watch this video, I tear up, actually, because, in fact, the person, as some of you know the history of Amazing Grace, it was a slave ship owner and operator who had a transformative encounter with the living God.
01:40:26.480And he penned this hundreds of years ago, and this same anthem of freedom, of liberty, of recognize who we are and who God is, that is being now echoed around the entire planet in all the languages.
01:40:42.320And the Bible says, every tribe, every tongue, every nation will come to understand that God is who he says he is.
01:40:50.520And so, I would just like to thank you for joining us for the evening.
01:40:55.400I will have this video in just a moment, and then Heather's going to come on to give you some announcements for next week's Empower Hour, which you do not want to miss.