Title: The Volunteer Voice - 5th Edition Original CoS Document (slug): [[https://conventionofstates.com/christmas-in-tennessee|christmas-in-tennessee]] Login Required to view? No Created: 2019-12-11 17:20:56 Updated: 2020-06-28 03:00:00 Published: 2019-12-18 12:02:45 Converted: 2025-04-14T21:05:16.536980580 ---- **Freedom Was Born In A Manger**\\ by Toni Clay TN-SCC,CD Nearly two thousand years ago, something happened that was foretold throughout the history of man. An event that would forever change the course of mankind’s view of freedom. That event was the birth of the promised Messiah. This Messiah would come to level the ground of equality between race, gender, age, and in fact, all people. That birth would lay the foundation for true freedom. Freedom not simply allowed by man but granted by God himself...[[https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTvp4p5tRfgV0quM7vIawMnkqGPAAkTZgOEhhgU9qF-zKEXC9L3IG9JKZWqEwA79g/pub|continue reading]] [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTvp4p5tRfgV0quM7vIawMnkqGPAAkTZgOEhhgU9qF-zKEXC9L3IG9JKZWqEwA79g/pub|%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%]]%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%% **January 14, 2020 - Save The Date! ** **Tennessee Legislative "Thank You" Day ** You are invited to join Convention of States Tennessee leaders and fellow patriots at the Cordell Hull Building where our COS grassroots army will gather to sign thank you cards for each legislator and then personally deliver packets that contain our inaugural legislative newsletter, a list of every petition signer in each district, a personalized signed thank-you card, and candy to legislators.   We will also deliver a personalized thank-you card and candy to each legislative assistant. This is an annual event for us that goes a long way toward maintaining our reputation as a widely-supported, legitimate, and respectful grassroots organization. More importantly, your representatives will have the honor of meeting their constituents! If you've never visited your state representatives, now is a perfect time to remind them that although we passed the COS resolution in our state, our grassroots army continues to grow and we will be looking to support the self-governance mission of the Convention of States and Article V. {{https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/public/content/images/21861/21861_original.jpg?167x167}} If you cannot be there, please write a short letter to your representative thanking them and encouraging them to either continue to support, or consider supporting our efforts.   Send your letters c/o Toni Clay at P.O.Box 171094, Nashville, TN, 37217.   Details available [[https://www.facebook.com/events/460435684613612/|here. ]]Don't miss this opportunity. And remember to save the date! %%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%\\                                            {{https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/public/content/images/21862/21862_original.png?585x329}} **"What I Love About Christmas..."** Cathy Bickerstaff -District Captain, Dist-88 > "Christmas - when love came down when joy came down when peace came down. Christmas when Jesus Christ became a man. My Lord, my Savior, left His home in glory to demonstrate His love for me. Thank you Jesus" Toni Clay-State Communication Coordinator & Coalition Director > "Christmas reminds us that no matter what happens around us, mankind has been promised hope. It is the retelling of the event that brought hope in the form of a person. The hope promise took on flesh and dwelt among us, and for those who believe, now dwells within us. That is good news indeed, and a hope worth sharing"  Rev. Lyle Hill-State Grassroots Coordinator > "What Christmas means to me? First, the most precious gift ever given, The birth of the Christ child. Given as a sacrificial lamb to be crucified. I think of the song For what earthly reason. "For what earthly reason would the heavenly Father send down his Son To suffer rejection and pay for crimes He had not done? For what earthly reason would the Father let Him hang on a tree? I wept with the answer, the one earthly reason was me." Christmas is about Family, Love, and giving, to honor the most perfect gift of our Savior. God Bless us all and Merry Christmas." Greg Clements-State Director > "Christmas is a time that reminds us of the biggest gift from GOD that we all need to be thankful for. It also is a time that changes our focus from ourselves to others, and that is Always a good thing!" %%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%_\\ {{https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/public/content/images/21986/21986_original.jpg?162x81}}     {{https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/public/content/images/21985/21985_original.jpg?112x91}}     {{https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/public/content/images/21987/21987_original.png?130x84}} Convention of States Tennessee will join forces with Citizen Action Summit for an exciting event in Knoxville on January 18, 2020. Turning Point's Charlie Kirk, along with others will join forces for this event. Citizen Action Summit is a one day event that will gather American citizens together to hear some of today's top civic influencers speak on how citizens can engage to diminish the escalating centralized federal control over every area of our lives through engagement in preserving your civic freedoms. Date and Time: Saturday, January 18, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. ET\\ Location: Hotel Knoxville, 501 E. Hill Ave., Knoxville TN 37915 For more info and special COS Supporter discounts, visit the [[https://www.facebook.com/events/490197508514115/|COS Tennessee Facebook Page.]] %%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%% **Upcoming Events** [[https://gunshowtrader.com/gun-shows/lebanon-tn-gun-show/|Wilson County Gun Show - Dec. 21-22  Wilson County Fairgrounds]] [[https://www.facebook.com/events/604291723444566/|Meet the Legaslators - Jan. 11, 2020 Concordia Luthern Church Kingsport TN]] [[https://www.facebook.com/events/460435684613612/|"Thank You" Day on the Plaza - Jan. 14, 2020 Legislative Plaza, Nashville TN]] [[https://www.facebook.com/events/490197508514115/|COS and Citizen Action Summit - Jan. 18, 2020 Citizen Action Summit, Knoxville TN]]