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 Can your church host a Super Bowl fellowship or special event? Some churches use the NFL's championship game as an opportunity to fellowship and watch the game and many sponsor evangelistic outreach events. For the last two years, the NFL has taken a hard stance against showing the game outside the traditional family living room environment. Lawyers for the NFL even sent legal demand letters to churches threatening to take legal action if the church events were not cancelled. While the NFL based it's demands on its copyright ownership of the game's broadcast, many were outraged by the apparent hypocrisy of allowing sports bars to broadcast the event and sponsor parties without any objection whatsoever. The good news is, the NFL has responded favorably and has adopted new guidelines that will allow church sponsored events to show the championship game.
Looking forward to the 2009 Super Bowl, this informative video by Attorney David Gibbs III outlines the new legal requirements for hosting a church-sponsored Super Bowl fellowship.
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 As individuals, American Christians can “keep Christ in Christmas” in a number of simple, yet influential ways.
- Support businesses which acknowledge the religious heritage of Christmas. Let the owner know you appreciate his willingness to recognize a Christian perspective. Also, be sure to respectfully voice your opinion to store owners who shun religious Christmas material.
- Display a nativity scene in front of your home or church. Instead of following popular social trends, return to the tradition of uplifting the Savior this season.
- Read the Christmas story to your children and sing carols with your family. Do not let the season pass without your children being fully aware of God's greatest gift to mankind.
- Daily wish people you meet a “Merry Christmas”. Show respect for those whose beliefs differ, but do not be afraid to share your own faith – especially during the season in which we so markedly remember the Savior.
- Send Christmas cards with a religious message and consider even including a salvation message.
- Use this Christmas as an opportunity to reach out and evangelize your community. Volunteer with your church or other group to help those in need by providing food, clothing, or other necessities. This season of giving and receiving is the perfect time to demonstrate to your children that it is truly “more blessed to give than to receive.”
For more information on what you can do to keep Christ in Christmas, visit our online videos.
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 The Real Majority
It is generally recognized that 96% of Americans celebrate Christmas. For one wondrous season, the overwhelming majority of people in the most powerful nation on earth pause to recognize God’s most precious gift to the world—His only Son, a baby sent to earth and born to die for our sins. Granted, not all Americans celebrate Christmas for the same reason. As families gather and gifts are opened, some are unaware that this holiday celebrates the First Gift of the One who would ultimately bring salvation to the world.
This 96% statistic is surprising to many. During the past decade, Americans have been led to believe that the public celebration of Christmas somehow undermines American values of diversity and pluralism. The politically correct crowd sees no particular merit in lifting up Christmas over other holidays that are celebrated by only a handful of Americans.
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CLA Assisting Soul Winners Nationwide
Continue to pray for several Florida Christians, whose cases are on appeal after they were arrested while witnessing at a gay rights event.
Pray for a Texas man who was arrested and falsely charged with intoxication while preaching on a public street.
Pray for soul winners in New Hampshire and in Tennessee who have been criminally cited for public preaching and handing out tracts.
Pray for a soul winner in Georgia who has been told he may not pass out tracts in a city public park without paying for and obtaining a permit.
Praise the Lord that attorneys for CLA were able to have charges dismissed against a soul winner who was distributing tracts at a university in Ohio.
Please pray as attorneys for CLA challenge restrictions on tract distribution at a civic center location in Georgia.
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This Christmas, the Christian Law Association's attorneys have prepared a special series of videos to address some of the most frequently asked questions fielded by our office. "Is it illegal for my community to include religious symbols in its Christmas holiday celebrations?" "Can Christian teachers in public schools legally teach students the true origin of Christmas?" "Can I say 'Merry Christmas' to co-workers at the office?" These and many other commonly asked questions are answered by Attorney David Gibbs III in this informative video series available exclusively on www.christianlaw.org!
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From an Illinois professor and pro life advocate:
Thank you for the Fighting for Dear Life book. You've really been on the frontline of the right-to-life movement. Keep up the good work. Your efforts are making an important difference.
From a Florida Christian school administrator:
Thank you SO MUCH for the material you have developed. I appreciate your ministry more than you can know. God bless you and the firm.
From a Florida day care provider:
Excellent service and turnaround time in response to our need. Very gracious and personable.
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