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S.W.O.T.

S.W.O.T. ACPEDS VP Report Sept. 2013 Michelle A. Cretella, MD. S.W.O.T. STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES OPPORTUNITIES THREATS. #1 STRENGTH: TRUTH IS UNCHANGING. STRENGTH The Glue That Holds Us 2gether. STRENGTHS BOD. FAITH, HOPE, CHARITY EXPERTISE DEDICATION. STRENGTHS.

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S.W.O.T.

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  1. S.W.O.T. ACPEDS VP Report Sept. 2013 Michelle A. Cretella, MD

  2. S.W.O.T. • STRENGTHS • WEAKNESSES • OPPORTUNITIES • THREATS

  3. #1 STRENGTH: TRUTH IS UNCHANGING

  4. STRENGTHThe Glue That Holds Us 2gether

  5. STRENGTHSBOD • FAITH, HOPE, CHARITY • EXPERTISE • DEDICATION

  6. STRENGTHS • “PC” AAP alienating members • We keep growing !!!

  7. WEAKNESSES • TOO FEW HANDS • TOO LITTLE TIME • LOSE ~ 20% OF RENEWING MEMBERS ANNUALLY

  8. WEAKNESSES • SINGLE ISSUE APPEARANCE: GLBQT • NOT MEDIA SAAVY • MEDIA & LAW AGAINST US

  9. ACPEDS Amicae & Affidavits • BSA • DOMA • CA SB1172, NJ Gov. Christie successfully banned SOCE for minors • JONAH lawsuit • MA “Bathroom Bill” • MA Bill to ban SOCE pending

  10. OPPORTUNITIES • Lisa Noland & MC to revise SSA • Leverage media like FWI SSA video Cracker Jack volunteer out of blue • “No one has ever disproven …” • “Necessary but not sufficient …” • “Therapy & harm – standard to all”

  11. OPPORTUNITIES • LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA • IMPORTANCE OF MATERNAL ATTACHMENT • IMPORTANCE OF FATHERS • THE FAMILY TABLE

  12. OPPORTUNITIES • SEXUALIZATION OF GIRLS • positive antidote: Pure Fashion • DATING VIOLENCE • positive antidote: CPR • PORNOGRAPHY • positive that meets “needs” of porn

  13. THREATS • PAGAN & ATHEIST CULTURE • LAW & MEDIA • GLBQT ACTIVISTS

  14. HOMOSEXUALITY and the POLITICS OF TRUTHby: Jeffrey Satinover, MD, PhD [C]hange of opinion regarding [sexuality], though presented as a scientific advance, is contradicted … by science. It is [instead due to] a transformation in public morals consistent with widespread abandonment of the Judeo-Christian ethic upon which our civilization is based. Though hailed as “progress,” it is really a reversion to ancient pagan practices supported by a modern restatement of gnostic moral relativism.

  15. ATHEISTIC & PAGAN CULTURE breeds …MORAL & SCIENTIFIC RELATIVISM Atheists make themselves the measure of all things … Including … what “counts” as science

  16. Exhibit A

  17. Exhibit B: Dr. AL • “The only therapy that works is mine.” • “Divorce is good.” • “There is no greater morbidity among gays.” • “Kids don’t need a mom and dad.” • “Sociologists are BS artists not scientists.” • “That’s not a valid study. All research today is agenda driven.” • “All 12 Step Programs are Cults and don’t work.” • “Homosexuals never change.”

  18. Understand the Battle We Fight [I]s not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. ~ Ephesians 6:13

  19. BATTLE PLAN Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. ~ ~ Ephesians 6: 14

  20. Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the Gospel of peace; in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. ~ Ephesians 6:15-17

  21. INDISPENSIBLE ACTION We must pray without tiring, for the salvation of humankind does not depend on material success, nor on sciences that cloud the intellect. Neither does it depend on arms and human industries, but on Jesus alone. ~ St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

  22. ACTION STEPS SUMMARY • Prayer • Revise GLBQT statements w/ international PPDC & Dr. AL’s input • Issue statements on “PC” topics • Re-solicit non-renewing members after revision of statements and publication of new topics • Make annual National Meeting a priority as this is seen as a major member benefit • Invite non-renewing members to National Meetings

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