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There is nothing more
exciting to us than to once again give testimony of our amazing God,
that sees the end before the beginning and that makes the impossible
possible. Truly there is nothing impossible with God.
This year's barbeque with
the Prime Minister was an even bigger success than last year's. God
opened the amazing door for myself, Jim Blake, Bogdan and my wife to
be able to represent His Kingdom among the political and business
leaders of this country.
There were over 30 cabinet
ministers, countless MLAs, MPs, Senators, influential members of the
business community, media personalities and us, the representatives
of God's Kingdom. This year, we saw an increase of divine
appointments, by God's grace. We were able to talk with different
cabinet members about Linda Gibbons (for those that don't know the
story, we encourage you to Google her name. She is an elderly
grandmother that fights for the rights of the unborn, holding a sign
outside abortion clinics which has a picture of a baby and reads "Why
mommy when I have so much love to give." For that she has spent
in total over seven years in jail. Particularly one member of
parliament was really touched by the story and asked us to forward
him more information).
The Prime Minister gave a
very good speech, in which he stated, "There is much more to
Canada's role in the world than our capacity to support our allies
or to deliver aid to the needy," ... "We also have a clear
purpose, and that is to stand for what is right." ... "No
longer does this country just go along with everyone else's agenda.
... We know where our interests lie and who our friends are."
Wow, with a Prime Minister like this we, in this country, can
accomplish a lot, not just maintaining the status quo, going with
whatever is popular, but actually taking new ground in the area of
righteousness.
We had opportunity to
discuss not only the ongoing issue of abortion, but also freedom of
speech, so called political correctness and charter related issues.
Overall, we were greatly blessed by the response we were receiving.
Again, we were able to talk to our Prime Minister, Stephen Harper,
and his wife Lorraine, telling them that we on a regular basis pray
for them, we were able to bless them at the meeting and we also once
again invited them for the March for Jesus 2012. My wife, shared with
Lorraine Harper that she was praying that God would strengthen her,
in this political and public life that they are leading. The
interesting part is that with God, there are no coincidences. God
orchestrated our meetings within the barbeque, to the minute detail.
We were seated at the table
with the minister of transportation, Dennis Leblanc, and his wife.
Whilst sitting at table, with Dennis and all the others, I was
sharing about the upcoming generation and the need for them to be
challenged. I also spoke of how they are sick and tired of hypocrisy.
I told them that they need leaders that they can follow and trust. It
was a good day all around, with great opportunities to share of the
righteousness of our King.
God is continuing to elevate
us to a position of influence and it looks like every year, as we are
doing our best to walk faithfully with what he has given us for that
year, that the next year, he gives us more to climb and conquer.
Think about it, what better place is there to go to meet with some of
Canada's most influential people than at a laid back, celebratory
event, where everybody is on a high from a, majority government,
election win. God placed His cabinet ministers, to speak of His
government, righteousness and amazing love; that He has for both the
poor and the rich, for the powerful and the not so powerful.
Street Church Defended
Itself Against Calgary Stampede at Court of Queens Bench
For the second year in a
row, Calgary Exhibition took us to court to preventing us, not only
from marching in the Calgary Stampede Parade, but also seeking to
have all volunteers of Street Church and all associated with Street
Church banned from all Calgary Stampede venues and grounds. For the
second year in a row, they brought false accusations, lying
statements and affidavits, that were manipulated and phrased in such
a way as to create a false emergency, and force the hand of the
courts to place a permanent injunction on the ministry, preventing us
from being anywhere near Stampede activities.
In the affidavit, of Steve
Foster, Senior Manager of the Calgary Exhibition, from page 3,
section 14, he deliberately lies and states that we broke the
previous injunction from 2010, to create a false fear that we would
do it again, when we did not break last year's injunction at all, but
rather honoured all of the terms laid out. The impression that was to
be left in the mind of the judge is that this man is a dangerous law
breaker, defiant to the courts, and all authorities of the land. What
was fleshed out in the proceedings is the exact opposite, our lawyer
Michael Bates, valiantly defended the truth and demonstrated that we
are not law breakers, and used as one of the proofs that I passed
federal screening and was allowed to attend last year's Prime
Minister's barbeque.
It was interesting to see
that David Swanson, in his malice against the name of Jesus, was
blinded to the extent that he lost all perspective, swearing under
oath that I Artur Pawlowski, in fact, now get this, am indeed, over
seventy years old. The odd thing is that I met with him personally on
a number of occasions face to face. You see how their hatred overtook
their reasoning?
On page 5, section 20, of
the affidavit, they then go so far as to falsely swear that I was
served with papers I had not received by the time he had signed the
sworn affidavit. David Steele, the lawyer, from Bennett Jones LLP,
went out of his way to manipulate documentation with false
information and spectres, to get what he wanted, but the judge saw
right through it.
There were many more
manipulations that were involved in this case, on the part of the
Calgary Stampede, and if you ever would like to see the full
documentation relating to this issue, please feel free to contact us
directly.
Victories
The judge gave us an
overwhelming victory, to the point that Calgary Exhibition and
Stampede Ltd, must now pay all over legal costs in defending our
rights and reputation. He also plainly stated in the courtroom, when
he announced his verdict, that the claim was completely
unsubstantiated and invalid. Praise God!
Now look at God's favour.
This ruling did not yet give us the permission to march in the
parade, but also did not ban us from participating. So we started
further negotiations. We were fully prepared to demonstrate along the
parade route. We had made banners, and had already staked out our
spot along the route. At eight o'clock at night, the day before the
parade, I had a special meeting with a negotiation team from the
Calgary Police, trying to organize a co-operative way of how we could
proceed with the protest. During the two hours of conversation, the
police officers did their best to negotiate for us an entry in the
parade. As part of the Stampede's suggestion for a compromise, which
was truly a slap in the face, they proposed that we start marching
from Sixth Street, since they did not want the Prime Minister, and
the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, William and Kate, to see the name
of Jesus. To this insult, we gave our answer; a resounding NO! That
would be intolerable.
At this point, the other
side was unwavering in their steadfast denials of our requests and
pleas. The meeting ended after 10 pm with an understanding that we
will proceed with a full protest along the parade route.
At 6:30 in the morning, we
received a phone call from the negotiating police officer, telling us
that we had been given approval to participate in the Calgary
Stampede Parade. Dressed in our Knights costumes and medieval
accessories, brandishing our swords and shields, we were able, once
again, to lift the name above all names, Jesus the King of kings. The
response from the crowd was absolutely beautiful. Tens of thousands,
when they saw us started to clap. Many were shouting back, we are
believers too, bless you! One man even told us that our float was the
most beautiful float in the parade.
One interesting development
was that although the Calgary Stampede actively opposed the name of
Jesus walking in the parade, because as they have repeatedly stated
"the name of Jesus offends", they allowed a large float
with bold letters on the front "ISMAILI MUSLIMS". Even
though they tried to silence us, God made a way for us to have the
best position in the parade. We had the very last entry in the
parade. So the very last thing that people saw when they came was J E
S U S in bold letters all the way across the road. Praise the Lord.
He elevated His name above every name for all to see.
Once again, we saw that God
makes a way where there seems to be no way. We saw that our God, The
Creator of the Heavens and the Earth, made the impossible possible,
and He deserves all the glory and honour and praise. But what we also
saw was that God rewards the persistent. God doesn't just say, pray
to me and I will do it all. NO, God wants us to partner with Him,
defiantly tearing down the strongholds of the devil with our weapons
of warfare and with our deliberate and consistent marching while
taking ground from the father of darkness. We truly see that no
weapon formed against us prospered, but not by sitting in our living
rooms. Jesus said, "Go OUT!" and we did. He said "Conquer"
so we swung our sword and by the power of God we cut off the head of
Goliath, once again. God taught us that the spoils go to His victors.
 
You see, with all the
excitement, I call it craziness, about the duke and duchess coming to
our city, you have to understand, they are just men, like you and me,
and that they will return to dust, just like you and me. They were
highly respected, honoured, welcomed, but just men. The Lord holds
the lives of all men, including earthly "royalties", in His
hands. They live, they laugh and they can visit different countries
because He allows them to. So while the Stampede accepted, with
excitement, earthly royalty, they with passion, hate and exclude the
King of kings and Lord of lords, but God had His way.
God granted us some major
victories, but don't kid yourself, the war still goes on, their is
still ground to be taken, the battle never ends. So our question to
you is this... What ground will you take from the enemy? How will you
stand up and be counted? Which territory around you is occupied by
unrighteousness and what can you do to change that? Can you truly say
in your heart and before God, that you are doing all that you can to
take that ground out of the hands of the enemy? To change a nation,
God needs His people active everywhere, whether in politics, in the
education system, social welfare, media, or whatever other venue you
can think of. God has YOU there, so GO without shame and forward the
Kingdom of God.
Let us leave you with the
words of Paul, and let us all echo those words:
"For I am not
ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to
everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek."
Romans 1:16
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Pawlowski, a well-known figure in the downtown core, has been
arrested multiple times for handing out pamphlets in city hall,
preaching in public using loudspeakers and feeding homeless people in
parks. He has successfully fought various infractions over the years on
the grounds that they violated his constitutional rights to freedom of
expression and freedom of religion.
