
Spring Sharathon 2008 is coming soon!
Be sure to join QFM and Shine the Light, Inc. on April
29-10 for our Spring Sharathon - with some exciting
twists! You can win $5000 worth of merchandise
from the Christian Bookshelf or help a ministry win up
to $4000 (or more!). Listen on April 29th to call
in your pledge or do it online now!
Hello from the board of Shine the Light.
We’re now at the end of winter and the beginnings of
spring are upon us. Conversations are beginning to be
sprinkled with the anticipated joys of spring and
summer. From the blossoms of spring flowers to farmer’s
spring planting, from building projects to update our
homes to vacations and travel to build up our families
and relationships, we set our sights on the changing of
the seasons.
God
didn’t design life and love to be stagnant and stale but
rather His design is one of unending change as tomorrow
is always different than yesterday. Oh what a blessing
to be able to have an unending source of hope and
joy-filled anticipation of the future!
Your
local and now regional Christian radio station QFM is
poised to move forward to the hope filled tomorrow. Our
mission and passion at STL and QFM is to glorify God and
proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is our
overwhelming desire to encourage you, our brothers and
sisters in Christ, to unashamedly live, stand, and speak
out the truths our God gave us in love. Our primary tool
to accomplish this is prayer but another important tool
we use is broadcasting over the airwaves to proclaim the
truth in a way that connects with the people in our
region.
We
prayerfully sought God’s guidance when we expanded the
translator network. All translators are up and running
proclaiming Christ, strengthening families, encouraging
listeners, speaking truth, and hopefully connecting with
and entertaining new listeners.
Our
next goal is to help each new translator community
become fully invested in the spiritual and emotional
ownership of their unique part of this ministry. Our
purpose is to become a radio ministry home each
community can call their own. We would like to help
raise up a core group in each community that STL could
interact with and that they would help define the local
ministry needs and help to sponsor the monthly operating
costs of the translator. The communities that have been
blessed for many years are now reaching out to welcome
and encourage the new translator communities. It is our
hope that as a region we will become one family of
communities loving, listening, learning, sharing, and
growing in unity to affect ministries across church and
city boundaries.
On
Wednesday April 29th we will be holding our
Spring Sharathon. The goal is $40,000 to complete the
ministry budget for QFM for 2009. This is a modest and
attainable goal considering the size of our listeners’
passion for God! We are also using this as an
opportunity to welcome all of our new listeners to the
family. Keep tuned to QFM over the next month as
announcements will be made for some special
opportunities during the Spring Sharathon to bless our
new translator communities! What an exciting time to
build relationships across our region! Until then,
please tune in or go online and participate in the
“Don’t be an Idle American” contest. You will be greatly
encouraged by the activities, ministry, and love
displayed by so many people in our region.
In
closing this newsletter, we give all glory, honor, and
praise to God!
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