Filling in for Pastor Frank Pomeroy is Pastor Mark Collins, who formerly served for 12 years as the pastor at the church that endured Sunday’s loss of 26 precious lives.
“It was the most emotional, the most meaningful, project I’ve ever
done,” she said. “If I never paint another project in my life I’ll be
fulfilled.”
“We’ve had a lot of people tell us it looks the way they imagine heaven looks like,” Pastor Collins said.
We still have Oath Keepers volunteers on the ground in
Sutherland Springs, TX, helping provide security for the First Baptist
Church of Sutherland Springs as they recover and rebuild after the horrendous mass shooting on November 5.
A secondary mission for our team is to offer free security assessments
to South Texas churches, and to offer free training for their security
teams (helping them form a team if they have none, or helping them train
the team they have).
Our men have been on the ground for the past week, at the
invitation of the church pastors, and have done a superb job in helping
to preserve the privacy and security of the church and its members as
they go through the heart wrenching grieving, memorial, and healing
process. And we will be part of the long term solution to help prevent
this from happening again, which will also help to defend our gun rights
by denying the enemies of the Second Amendment the victims they need to
push their agenda.
If you can’t volunteer, please help support those who can. You can DONATE to help us continue this vital mission.
Not everyone can attend these events, but we could use your
help with the ongoing expenses. Our unpaid volunteers need to be
reimbursed for gas money spent on travel and food, and we have also
spent money on airfare and a rental car to bring in one of our key team
leaders, retired Washington D.C. Metro police officer and Army Ranger
veteran, Brian Krogmann, who flew in from Arizona.
We appreciate all who have supported our recent disaster
relief efforts in Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico, and we will do our
best to not stretch our donors too thin. But the anti-gunners are doing
all they can to use this tragedy, as well as the recent Las Vegas mass
shooting, to further erode and destroy your right to bear arms. When the
pastors of the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs reached out
to us and asked us for help, we didn’t hesitate because it was the right
thing to do. And by stepping up when called, we will also be part of
the long term solution of increased security for churches, not just in
Texas, but all across the nation.
Because of this operation, we can now speak with direct
knowledge of what happened there in Sutherland Springs since we have
seen the aftermath with our own eyes, and we have spoken directly with
the church members and their pastors. We have also had the honor to meet
and speak at length with the man who put a stop to the killing, Stephen
Willeford. And all of that will make a real difference as we counsel
and advise churches across the nation on what they must do to prevent
the same thing from happening to them – they must have robust armed
security that is prepared for active shooter attacks like this.
We all know that until churches go from being soft targets to
being hard targets, terrorists and madmen will take advantage of that
softness to work their evil. Oath Keepers is playing a direct, key part
in making that necessary change, across this nation. Please donate to
support this effort.
If you prefer to send a check, the mailing address is:
Oath Keepers 5130 S. Fort Apache Road, Ste. 215 Las Vegas, NV 89148
A donation of any amount will be greatly
appreciated by our Oath Keepers on the ground in Sutherland Springs, TX
and will help us in our mission to defend the Constitution and the Bill
of Rights, including the Second Amendment, going forward.
Oath Keepers was requested by leaders of First Baptist Church to
help with the tragedy. A small group of volunteer Oath Keepers are
assessing the situation, assisting with security and beginning to
formulate training plans to help church congregations protect themselves
from this kind of attack in the future.
Some of our followers and members have asked what we are doing here
and what we are guarding against. As expected, the media is out in full
force. We are here to help ensure the victims’ families, congregation
and the town are left to grieve in peace. We are here to help prevent a
copy-cat incident. We are here to provide peace of mind that they are
protected from any more acts of evil. We have been a listening ear and a
shoulder to cry on for this small tightly knit community.
Oath Keepers on our security detail in Sutherland, Texas
The First Baptist Church was cleaned up and painted as a memorial to
twenty six members of the congregation. Each chair represents a church
member and where they were sitting on Sunday, November 5th. The memorial
was opened to families at 5 PM on Sunday, November 12th. The memorial
is scheduled to be open all week.
When Oath Keepers participate in a mission like this one, they do so as volunteers. If you can donate to help with travel expenses, etc, that would be greatly appreciated. We currently have Oath Keepers in Sutherland Springs, Texas from several states, including Arizona, Montana, and Florida.
Please DONATE HERE. Thank you very much If you would prefer to send a check, this is our mailing address: Oath Keepers5130 S. Fort Apache Rd. Ste 215Las Vegas, NV 89148
First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs sadly has a lot of
funerals occurring this week. Oath Keepers have been working with local
law enforcement to keep a 24 hour presence of security at the church.
There is no immediate threat we are guarding against, but we are here to
help give peace of mind to the community that they are protected.
During the night we keep guard at the church property, and assist in
different tasks during the day.
Yesterday
was the funeral of the pastor’s 14 year old daughter, Annabelle. Oath
Keepers stood with law enforcement and the Baptist emergency response
team for her procession.
First
Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs is now a memorial to 26 friends,
neighbors, and family family members in the small town of Sutherland
Springs.
When Oath Keepers participate in a mission like this one, they do so as volunteers. If you can donate to help with travel expenses, etc, that would be greatly appreciated. We currently have Oath Keepers in Sutherland Springs, Texas from several states, including Arizona, Montana, and Florida.
Please DONATE HERE. Thank you very much If you would prefer to send a check, this is our mailing address: Oath Keepers5130 S. Fort Apache Rd. Ste 215Las Vegas, NV 89148
Pastor Frank Pomeroy and his wife, Sherri, took the podium Monday
morning to respond to the mass shooting at their church in southeast
Texas during the service on Sunday, Nov. 6. They lost their 14-year-old
daughter that day.
On Wednesday, Nov. 8, Associate Pastor Kevin Cornelius from First
Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, TX and Pastor Mark Collins (who
used to be pastor at the church) reached out to Oath Keepers and asked
us to provide security for the church grounds, for the church service on
Sunday, 11/12/2017, and to also provide security for some of the
funerals for those killed in Sunday’s mass shooting. In response, Oath
Keepers has been on the ground at the church since Thursday, November 9
and we are already bringing in some of our most experienced police and
military veterans.
Help us provide security for the First Baptist Church of Sutherland
Springs, TX and their community while they heal and recover from the horrendous mass shooting that
took the lives of 26 people on Sunday, Nov. 5, and help us train church
security teams in the area so they are better prepared to prevent
and/or stop such acts of evil in the future.
Skilled Volunteers Needed:
We need skilled, trained, and experienced police and military veteran
volunteers to assist us in providing security for the church and for
the community as they grieve and recover. You can volunteer by emailing us at: tx@oathkeepers.org.
You can also call: Scott Dunn at 850-209-6348 or Ivan Chiplinsky at 702-810-4066
If you cannot make it yourself, please donate to support those who
can. We need to pay for the travel expenses of bringing in our best
men. Please help support this mission:
Team leaders on the ground are:
1. Brian Krogmann (Army Ranger veteran and retired Washington D.C.
Metro police officer who helped take down the Washington Navy Yard
shooter in 2013).
2. Scott Dunn (Ranger School grad, police veteran, and retired trauma nurse).
3. Army Ranger veteran Ivan Chiplinsky (who was deployed to Haiti for six months while in service).
They need help. We want only “quiet professionals” who are well
trained and experienced current serving or prior police and military
with appropriate backgrounds to help preserve the dignity and privacy of
the church, the survivors, and the families of those killed as they
grieve, recover, heal, and rebuild. We are now responsible for the
security of the church grounds (both inside and outside the fence), and
we will be assisting with the security of future church services and as
security escorts for survivors and the family of the deceased as they
attend services. We will also be available to provide security for
funerals upon request of the families.
We have pledged to help the church with future security planning as
they rebuild, and while on this mission, we will also be doing free
security assessments for other churches in the area and throughout South
Texas, and we will begin the process of training up church security
teams. We are doing all of this for free, as volunteers, under our oath
obligations and as part of our Community Preparedness Team (CPT)
program.
Volunteers should expect to be heavily vetted and be prepared to
undergo a background check. We prefer Oath Keepers members, but highly
qualified non-members may also volunteer. This will be an armed
detail, but it will be low profile and concealed carry. We do have long
guns (since the best response to a terrorist rifle threat is a rifle in
the hands of the good guys, as Steven Willeford showed last Sunday),
but they too will remain concealed. Clothing will be solid colors
only. Oath Keepers shirts and hats are encouraged to help assist with
identification of our volunteers.
Please note that Oath Keepers DID NOT reach out to the church or the pastors. They contacted us.
Pastor Mark Collins (who used to pastor at the church) is assisting
Pastors Pomeroy and Cornelius in dealing with this tragedy. Pastor
Collins has known me (Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes) for years and
has worked with us in the past. Both of us were in the documentary “Revelation: Dawn of Global Government”
and we have spoken at the same patriotic gatherings around the nation
for years. Pastor Collins knows us, knows our past work, and trusts us
to do this right, and that is why we were contacted to help. We are
honored to help in any way we can.
Pastor Collins, who is best known nationwide for playing George
Washington, is a great American patriot pastor and friend of Oath
Keepers. The other pastors are also fantastic men who deserve our
support and assistance. Pastor Collins on the news regarding the mass shooting:
While providing security for the church and the families, we are
working alongside the Texas Highway Patrol, Wilson County Sheriff’s
Office, Baptist Child and Family Services (BCFS) (who are in overall
command of the scene), BioTech and the Red Cross. This is a very
important mission. Yes, we do wish that the church had had an
effective armed security team in place, with an effective security plan
(as we have been calling for in all churches across America), but we
must now help them heal and rebuild. And we hope we can also be part
of helping prevent this from happening again to this church or to others
in South Texas (and nationwide). Our mobile training team will begin
in this area and will spread out from there.
Please donate to support the costs of travel and support for this critical mission. DONATE HERE.
Please say a prayer for the Sutherland Springs community as they
grieve, heal, and rebuild. And please say a prayer for our volunteers
as they do all they can to help in that process.
For the Republic,
Stewart Rhodes
Founder of Oath Keepers
Photo: Two of Our Oath Keepers Team Leaders on Ground in Sutherland Springs, TX – Scott Dunn and Ivan Chiplinsky.
PS – Here is an interview with good Samaritan, Stephen Willeford, on how he stopped the killing:
We only wish he, or someone like him, had been in the church parking lot
when the killer first arrived, rather than having to run there after
the attack had already started. And that is why we strongly advocate
that churches have an exterior security team, armed with rifles
(concealed in their vehicle as they stand next to it), as well as
concealed handguns on their person, so they can decisively stop such an
attack at the outset. We will train them to do just that (along with
having a team on the inside, as well as attendees carrying concealed).
See our recommendations for church security here and here.
TLDR summary: The communist inspired Refuse Fascism
Nov 4 kick off of a massive protest “color revolution” to remove
Trump/Pence will be a flop, just like their attempt to stop Trump from
taking office flopped, but there is a short-term risk of lone wolf or
small cell terrorism against police and/or high-profile conservatives,
and also a risk of assault for anyone on the right who blunders into an
Antifa gathering (act accordingly if near them). The long-term outcome
is more dangerous, as this leftist fail will likely lead to frustrated
hard-cores starting a modern version of the Weather Underground, and
that could spark a real-deal left/right civil war.
Florida Oath Keepers are joined by Founder Stewart Rhodes, Oath
Keepers from other states, and the organization One Nation Under God in
disaster relief efforts. At two Naples locations, Oath Keepers handed
out 20 lb. bags of beans and rice, and One Nation Under God had water,
diapers, first aid supplies, etc.
Oath Keepers are volunteering their time and effort to bring food,
water, and other necessities to families hit hard by Hurricane Irma. We
would also like to provide fuel cost reimbursement to our Oath Keepers
who are using their own vehicles.
Oath Keepers purchased over $2,000 worth of food, paper goods,
plastic bags, diapers, and other supplies for a church relief
distribution center in Frostproof, Florida.
Oath Keepers are on the ground in multiple
locations at some of the hardest hit areas that were devastated by
Hurricane Irma. We're already staged in South-Central Florida and in
the heart of the Keys. There are people without power, clean water,
food, transportation, roofs and in some cases without any homes at all.
They WILL rebuild, but life for these Americans is extremely
challenging right now.
Some volunteers in other states have
gathered truckloads of donated relief supplies, but don't have the money
for the fuel to get it to us here in South Florida. We also need money
immediately to purchase more fuel to keep our generators running,
mosquito repellent, medical supplies, tarps,motor oil, fuel filters,
etc.
Thank you for your generous support. It is appreciated in ways that words cannot describe.
Volunteers and donated items are greatly needed to help the tornado
victims in Georgia, which has been devastated by over thirty tornadoes
in less than three weeks in two separate major storm impacts, the first
on January 2, 2017 and the second on January 21 and 22d, 2017. See this
map for details on affected areas in Georgia: FEMA declaration JAN 2017 Storm IA PA MAP
President Trump, to his credit, has reacted swiftly
to fast-track federal disaster assistance and has now called Georgia’s
Governor twice to coordinate (in contrast, Obama didn’t even bother to
call the Governor, despite the first tornadoes hitting while Obama was
still President).
However, the people of Georgia are still in desperate need of our
assistance while the federal cavalry gets ramped up. We now have an
Oath Keepers CPT team on the ground there in Ashburn, GA, led by two of
our North Florida leaders, Dave Schiffman (communications expert) and Ivan Chiplinsky. They
are in direct communication with the Turner County Sheriff’s Office
incident commander, Lt. Reckley, and the Georgia State Defense Force,
led by Lt. Colonel Yates and 1SGT White, and the word is they
desperately need volunteer boots on the ground to help with disaster
relief.
For us to right what's wrong in America, as usual, we need to identify the who, what, how, when and why of what even happened to us. If we're to become more effective, we need to become more sophisticatedto these ends. WE need to bestudyinghow to makeAmerica great again.The reason one man can't do it alone is because he's not America... WE are.
"If you understand the situation, then you know you have a moral responsibility to do everything in your power to change the course we're on."
“Clearly as Oath Keepers, we cannot simply sit around and
watch while the enemies of liberty work to use violence to initiate a
communist revolution in our country. As a result of the intelligence
being provided by our Operation Sabot operatives, we have initiated
Operation HYPO. We have allowed our personnel to burrow deep inside
these protest organizations to collect information regarding tactics,
motivations, schedules and logistics.”
George Soros, the globalist billionaire who funds Black Lives Matter and dozens of socialist groups, is NOT happy that Donald Trump will be the
next President of the United States of America.
And after the "progressives" spent the last 6 years screaming about how the
Republican Congress is “obstructionist” for not giving Obama everything
he wants, now we know George Soros is planning to do everything he can
to obstruct President Trump.
For more information on Oath Keepers: www.oathkeepers.org
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