The “Lingerie Football League” has plans to start a Nashville team in the near future, as reported by WSMV Channel 4 news (http://www.wsmv.com/news/26299761/detail.html).  The “league” is stating that there is an 85% chance, they will start a Nashville team, in the 2012 season. We are asking mothers, daughters, fathers, concerned citizens of Tennessee, to put a stop to this “league” from entering Tennessee, which contributes to the objectification of women, which leads to rape, porn usage, and the trafficking of girls and women. Please tell Governor Haslam and your state senators that you are appalled that this league could be coming to Nashville, and having women play football in their underwear!  As citizens of Tennessee, we must put a stop to this! We need respectable role models for our girls, that teach them that it is the value of their mind that is important, not that they should be gawked at as objects, and we need to send a strong message that the more skin they show, is not what should be desired. If this angers you, as much as it does us, PLEASE, PLEASE help us stop this, and forward to all of your friends and family today!! We need 5,000 signatures in the next two months!

Thank you!

Girls & Guys Against Porn

Interested in joining a men’s formation group?  Sometimes they are referred to as a “small group”.  (If you are interested, I can connect you with a group in your area or teach you how to start one on your own.)

If you are in the Colorado Springs area, a new group will be meeting weekly.  Any man is welcome to join, at anytime.  The format of the meetings follows the highly tested and proven model created by The King’s Men.  No matter what stage of life a man is in, no matter his education or experience, no matter his marital status or career, a formation group is good for every man.  A small formation group is intended to be multifaceted.  Men may experience some or all of the following from being in a small group: friendship, accountability, challenge, spiritual fortitude, fraternity, strength, encouragement, purpose, virtue!

The meetings typically go something like this:

• Group prayer – the Rosary is suggested. 15-20 minutes.
• Discussion based on a masculine resource.  30-45 minutes.  (Masculine resources might be “Boys to Men: The Transforming Power of Virtue”, “Be a Man!”, an encyclical/papal letter, “Signposts” or something similar.)  The discussion time is facilitated by a leader and kept on-time by the time keeper.  The discussion is not a “teaching moment”, but a formation moment where each man has time to share if he so desires.
• The 4-Cs.  Commit, Confess, Challenge, Confirm.  Each week, each man makes a commitment to something he is going to do over the next week.  The next week, he comes back and “confesses” how he did with his commitment.  This process continues each week.  If a man needs to be challenged, another man may do so.  If a man deserves to be confirmed, another man may do so. 30 minutes.
• Closing prayer, including each man’s intentions. 5 minutes.
• Total meeting should be 1.5 hrs or less.

Groups should be kept to no more than 10-12 men.  Once a group grows too large, it should be split into two separate groups.  This is done so that each man has the ability to share, seek guidance, be formed and grow personally.  If a group is too large, it stifles men’s ability to grow.

For more information on formation groups, especially the Colorado Springs group, contact me at Dave@TheKingsMen.org.