Evangelist Tommie Zito to hold series of meetings in Waterbury

Evangelist Tommie Zito returns to Connecticut for a series of meetings hosted by First Assembly of God in Waterbury. From a press release:

"My prayer is that as we take this gospel truth to Connecticut, individuals will realize that we as a church have been asleep for way too long," Brother Tommie says. "God desires for this state and the rest of the nation to be awakened to the fact that He must be their all."

Each year, Brother Tommie is called to carry out the "American Awakening" in specific regions in an attempt to bring the nation back to the principle it was founded on; One Nation, Under God. Through worship, prayer and evangelism, Tommie Zito Ministries is stirring up people's spirits and impacting entire regions. Pastor James Lilly of First Assembly of God has invited Brother Tommie to continue his mission of waking up the church and crying out to those who are hungry for God and address residents in Waterbury and surrounding cities in Connecticut next week.

Lives will be transformed and hearts renewed at the "Connecticut Awakening." This experience is open to the public and is free to attend. Residents will have the opportunity to witness Brother Tommie's fiery, radical-edge preaching on Sunday, July 29 at 8:30am, 11:00am & 7:00pm and Monday, July 30 - Saturday, August 4 at 7:00pm nightly. Outreach services take place Tuesday - Saturday at 10:30am. First Assembly of God is located at 1263 Thomaston Ave, Waterbury, CT 06704.

Christian Events in Connecticut This Week (July 16 -22)

The following events are taking place in Connecticut this week. For more information or to add an event to our Connecticut Christian Events Calendar, please visit our website here.

Monday, July 16:
Litchfield County Regional Prayer Meeting (Torrington)

Wednesday, July 18:
Intercessory Prayer (Colchester)

Thursday, July 19:
Mickey Robinson (West Haven)
Prayer in the Park (Hartford)

Friday, July 20:
Mickey Robinson (West Haven)

Saturday, July 21:
Christian Coffeehouse (Danbury)
Cityfest (Waterbury)
Mickey Robinson (West Haven)

Waterbury's kids in trouble

And in Waterbury, they're thinking of holding back some 2,000 schoolkids for truancy. That's not a typo... 2,000 schoolkids. I can't imagine the chaos this will create:

School officials are making no apologies saying that there were warnings and notifications of the new policy. Now schools will have to make room for those that are repeating grades.

"A lot of them are at the high school level and they will be repeating because they are getting incompletes so it will be difficult for us, but we have to do what we have to do," said Chairman of the Board of Education Patrick Hayes.

Channel 30 shows us an even tougher side of Mr. Hayes:

"These kids shouldn't be advancing -- end of discussion, unless I hear otherwise," Board of Education President Patrick J. Hayes Jr. said Monday. "It would make a mockery of the whole system."

Some 2,025 students have missed 18 or more school days -- 10 percent of the total school year. Most of those absences in the 18,200-student district were among high school students.

School officials adopted the tougher policy last year after noting the number of excuses at the end of the year. An average of 1,500 students missed school each day last year and officials were concerned too many absences were being waived by principals.

Those are indeed disturbing numbers and we want to continue to pray for Waterbury's kids and educators.

Christian Events in Connecticut This Week

The following events are coming up this week... for more details please visit the Connecticut Christian Events Calendar!

Wednesday, May 2:
Intercessory Prayer (Colchester)

Thursday, May 3:
The National Day of Prayer - visit the Events page here for a full listing!

Saturday, May 5:
Meme Stephens in concert (Windsor)

Sunday, May 6:
Arise Spring 2007 Regional Gathering (Waterbury)