CCTA PRESENTS: NEW STUDY GROUP--"The Original Argument, The Federalists' Case for the Constitution"

May 17, 2012
New Bern, NC

Dear CCTA members and friends,


Our next Study Group Project, in keeping with the theme of being informed, we chose "The Original Argument, The Federalists' Case for the Constitution" as our next project. The format will be slightly different, more like a book study. No tests, but lots of discussion and an opportunity to firm up our principles even more. Hal and Raynor have offered their home again, but we will meet only one day a week on Thurdays from 7-9 pm beginning, May 24th.

If you, like me, have tried to read The Federalists papers you know it's hard work. The book "Original Argument, The Federalist's Case for the Constitution, Adapted for the 21st Century" by Glenn Beck and Joshua Charles, Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts, New York, NY, 2011, is adapted for the way we write and speak today, and is much easier to understand. I truly believe it will help us all to get a better understanding of what the Founders were thinking, and the arguments they used to convince the states that they should ratify the Constitution. It obviously worked.

The Constitution is under a strong attack by the left, and the more we understand the Constitution, the better we will be able to defend the principles in it.

My idea is to enlist as many people as possible to be a facilitator for one night, if you so desire. As a conservative I will let each facilitator decide their own format, but the whole idea is to discuss each chapter as much as possible in a two hour period.

Once again, Hal and Raynor James (off 70E in New Bern) have opened up their home for us to meet in. We will take turns providing goodies.

I don't think anything CCTA does is more important than educating our members, and I believe we will all learn so much from this study. I urge you to plan on attending. Please reply to this e-mail if you would like to attend. If you already own the book, please bring it with you. We sold several at our monthly meeting on May 15th, but we do have a few left. The cost is $7.00. There's no charge for the course, other than the book, some paper for notes and your participation.

PLEASE SIGN UP and RSVP for Thursday's class, TO LYNN CHILDS AT: lynn.ccta@gmail.com
or call Lynn at 252-402-0333.

Nancy Murdoch,
CCTA Chairman