Song and Service Book for Ship and field.

In a situation like this I feel that to be forewarned is to be forearmed

“It has come to the attention of KCEA staff that tax-exempt organizations who have not filed any return with the federal IRS within the past three years face a very strong possibility of losing their tax-exempt status. Filings obviously do not apply to churches or their direct subsidiaries (a school, camp, food bank, etc.), but the rules do apply to other independent non-profits. This could be anything from an independent school to a separately-run Christian camp, a local homeless shelter, a mission board/agency, or a local youth sports association. Anything.

Attached is the article from the Harrisburg Patriot-News where you can read a layman-level version of the issue. Here is an internet link is provided to the online version of the article –http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/127354205034750.xml&coll=1 .

After initiating communications to ministries in PA, we have already heard word from more than one ministry that this information “saved their bacon.” As you can think of others in your circle of fellowship, is there anyone else to whom you should share this information – perhaps a Christian group whose leaders tend to be very ministry-focused and may not be aware of this requirement? Or a charitable group one of your ministries frequently works with or helps with manpower for different events? I encourage you to think both inside and outside “the box” – regaining tax-exempt status is a costly and time-consuming process.

The Council of Nonprofits (http://www.councilofnonprofits.org) has some very helpful resources on their website. They have linked to a separate searchable database that anyone can use to find if their organization is listed and in tentative compliance. It is NOT an IRS database, so any filings within the last month will likely not be shown. To search, select the state, then proceed to search using either part or all of the organization’s title. To have accurate results, the proper Organization Type MUST be selected, but you can search under all organization types. You may select a location (county, city, zip code) to help narrow the search, but that is not required.  The database link is:  http://nccsdataweb.urban.org/PubApps/statePicker.php?prog=epostcard&display=state

The IRS has a separate fact sheet available with abbreviated filing details, requirements, and other key information. To download the sheet, go to: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/filingrequirementsfactsheet_012010.pdf

If you have any questions on this information, please feel free to contact me. I will be glad to be of further assistance.”

In His service,

Michael Clater

Executive Assistant

KCEA

(717) 564-1164

mclater@kcea.com

Please read the article and watch the video.

The young lady being questioned is Jackie Seal, she’s a Sr. at Faith Baptist Schools of Davison and also our own 2009-10 MACS intern for the Michigan Association of Christian Schools.

Congratulations Jackie, you made us all proud!

I want to share with you part of a letter that I got in response to one of the DVD’s

“I bought one of your dvds “Stories in Stone” and I recently lent it to one of the kids in the youth group and he took it to school. He has been engaging in some debates at school and one of his teachers asked him where he gets his information about our Founding Fathers. So he brought him the dvd “Stories in Stone”. The teacher loved the dvd so much that he passed it out to some of his friends. Now the teacher is thinking of showing it in class! So I just wanted to send you a thank you. Thanks for putting together that dvd and presenting a truth about our country that so many people are forgetting.”

I thank the Lord for opportunities to present our story and to have it received like this.

First, The Mafia is heavily in to Medicare fraud.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33196132/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

Next, they have already lost 98 Thousand Million dollars of the “stimulus package” of the last couple of years.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d0861182-d3de-11de-8caf-00144feabdc0.html

Would you please show me a better argument for this government not trying to solve anymore of our problems? Their solutions are worse than the problem.

“The difference between a thief and the government is the thief doesn’t expect you to thank them after they have stolen from you.” Economist Walter Williams

Thanks,
Tim

As you think of our soldiers on this day, I want to remind you of a few lines from Zell Miller’s speech delivered at the 2004 Republican national Convention.

“Never in the history of the world has any soldier sacrificed more for the freedom and liberty of total strangers than the American soldier. And, our soldiers don’t just give freedom abroad, they preserve it for us here at home.

For it has been said so truthfully that it is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the soldier, not the agitator, who has given us the freedom to protest.

It is the soldier who salutes the flag, serves beneath the flag, whose coffin is draped by the flag, who gives that protester the freedom to abuse and burn that flag.”

“Good people sleep peaceably in their beds tonight only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” George Orwell

Thank you to every man and woman who proudly wore the uniform of our Country.

Photo Hat Tip

Elections Have Consequences. Three sobering words for anyone contemplating their sacred responsibility of citizenship. Last night Nancy Pelosi delivered 220 House of Representative votes for Socialized Medicine. 218 votes were needed to pass this bill and send it on to the US Senate. Consider just three of the Congressional voters from this list. Michigan Congressmen Mark Shauer and Gary Peters. Both candidates defeated Representatives, Wallberg and Knollenberg who most likely would have voted with their caucus and not supported the bill. That brings the number down to 218 for the bill.

Add  Bill Owens of NY-23 winner of the recent congressional election, and without him the bill doesn’t have enough votes to pass.

There is still hope, it now moves on to the US Senate. We are looking to our Senators to stand with the memory of their fellow Patriots resisting tyranny and saying “you’ll pass no farther.”

Remember Our Lord said we are to “Occupy until He comes.” Let’s stay strong and not discouraged as  Christian Soldiers.

Your Servant for the Cause of Christ,

Tim

Hat Tip- Skip DeMaso

link photo hat tip: Meridian Magazine