FROM THE MANAGER   by Lee J.  Martinez 

LETTERS From Our Listners

LOOKING  AHEAD

MEMORIAL GIFTS

SHARATHON  2003

DURING THIS TIME OF CONFLICT

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The numbers tell us that our 24th year should be a very good year.  There was some concern with the economy like it is if we could see a victory but we have.   When we went back to regular programming on Wednesday our audience had committed to $235,000 toward our annual budget.  This included pre-sharathon and live sharathon contacts.   At this point, because listeners are still checking in, we have $242,000 or 99% in pledges.  Thank you for your prayers and generous support.

I'd like to say special thanks to our Share team.  These three gentlemen helped keep our audience up and positive during some very challenging hours.  We actually  slipped behind last years giving trend for a while and the last day was the best day in terms of total contributions we have ever had.  Even though they were challenged by the distance from the goal they kept us enthusiastically looking to make each plateau on the way up.  Todd, Neil and John you're an important part of our radio family.

The missionary project we choose again this year was HCJB's "Turn Your Radio On" campaign which provides pre-tuned radios to villagers in Africa so they can hear their local Christian radio outlet.  Because of your gifts to WCIF we in turn have shared with people who could never afford to have a radio of their own.  Each radio is solar-powered and can receive only the one station.  Very often families and entire villages gather to hear the Gospel in their local dialect.  As the result of Sharathon we are able to send 235 radios to a qualified area where there is great need.  Pray for their impact and the fruitfulness of  "our" radios.

Closer to home pray as people listen to WCIF and are confronted with their need and God's provision.   We never know how the Word is impacting the community or how God is dealing with lives through each song and message but we know if you had  not taken time to help us we would not be here to help thousands who could enter the kingdom this year as a result of the broadcasts.  As for you May God Bless you in a special way as you listen to what you have made possible by standing with us.  May you learn something new about your Lord and may He encourage you and bring you joy in what you hear.

Lee J. Martinez
WCIF General Manger
 

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The soft whisper of a morning breeze often goes undetected, but a thunderstorm's gale is harder to miss. Just as changing winds vary, so can our fear. We may have unsettled butterflies in our stomachs, or we may dread turning on the evening news. Fear would paralyze our lives, but we turn to the One who sees the invisible.

Dear Heavenly Father,

In days of uncertainty, I'm tempted to give way to fear. Help me to remember that You are the One in control of my days. I trust that You will protect me and provide for those I love, like the Shepherd who cares for each of His sheep.   I  take comfort in knowing that You hold my life in the palm of Your hand, and therefore I will not fear as I trust in You.

You can visit the Department of Defense web page and sign a brief message thanking the men and women of the U.S. military services for defending freedom. The compiled list of names will be sent out to our soldiers at the end of the month.  www.defendamerica.mil/nmam.html

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MELBOURNE - I listen when I am in the car - different times of the day, and God always teaches me something that blesses me.  Thank you and God bless W.C.I.F

ROCKLEDGE - I enjoy each program I'm able to hear during each available hour - especially enjoy Sunday's p.m. musical programs.  Will send additional moneys when available - Thank you for your ministry!

SATELLITE BEACH - WCIF is a blessing!!

MERRITT ISLAND - I really enjoy listening to WCIF in the morning and Saturday afternoon.  I especially like Scott's Bible Trivia.  Your station is very edifying.

INDIALANTIC - Thank you so much for your faithfulness to air Godly programs - ones that are uplifting & help draw us closer to the Lord.  It's a privilege to help support WCIF.

PALM BAY - It's a blessing, listen to Music Through The Night when I am unable to sleep.  God bless you all.

WEST MELBOURNE- Thank you so very much for your great input for Jesus Christ in our community.

MIMS - We're hardly ever inclined to change stations whenever turning in, whether music or someone teaching or preaching.  The only problem is that, because of the distance we cannot always get WCIF.  Nevertheless, we thank the Lord for you and the programming you have chosen.

MELBOURNE - I go to sleep with the station on and first thing I do in the morning after Thanking God for keeping me throughout the night, and asking for His guidance throughout the day, I switch on the Radio Station and it's on all day in the house and car when out driving it's so good to be always in touch with God. 

MERRITT ISLAND - Please pray for my husband's salvation.  Keep playing the beautiful Worship music!

MELBOURNE - There's not enough room to mention all of what we like.  We've been listening to WCIF for quite some time and we totally enjoy all.  It's great to wake up in the morning to hearing the Word of God.  May God Bless you all, now and always.  Amen.
 

MELBOURNE - Thank you for being there.  You have helped me walk through the shadows of confidence & trust in God's love & over the years, I have found His grace sustaining me,  His love enfolding me, His power protecting me & His wisdom guiding me!  Thank you Jesus

PALM BAY - Thank you for years of enrichment and enjoyment!

MELBOURNE - We moved here about 18 months ago and I found your station by accident.  It has been such a blessing to me, especially at a time when I moved from family and didn't know anyone in the area, it helped me through my day.
 

MELBOURNE - Your station keeps me focused (on the way to work & back home daily) on the importance of talking to Christ anytime & all the time!
 

MERRITT ISLAND - Your broadcast blesses me and many others of all the hours of the day, during Christian music, most of all the good Bible lessons & scripture.  Thank You!
 

PALM BAY - Thank God for WCIF's faithfulness.  Came to know Jesus thru WCIF & Swindoll.

SATELLITE BEACH - WCIF is one of a kind!  Excellent programs, staff, music - love everything about WCIF - miss it so very much when we are out of town - Announcers & all involved absolutely super!  May God continue to bless.  Love & prayers for each of you
 

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INSIGHT FOR LIVING (weekdays, 8:30 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.) Chuck Swindoll
Series: Can One Person Make A Difference
April 2 - 3 - The Truth That Sets Us Free
April 4 & 7 - A Monk, A Door, A War, A Hymn
April 8 -10 - Being a Church That Makes a Difference
April 11 & 14 - Ministry:  Movement or Monument?
Easter Messages
April 15-16 - Reflecting on His Death
April 17-18 - Rejoicing in His Life
Series: Can One Person Make a Difference (continued)
April 21-23 - Thinking Right About the Church
April 24-25 - Flexing With a Future in Flux
April 28-29 - How to Help Our Nation Survive April 30 - A Passion That 
Stays Balanced

BACK TO THE BIBLE (weekdays 8:00 p.m.) Woodrow Kroll
April 7- 11 - It Hurts So Much
April 14  - 18 - Follow the Crowd To Calvary
April 21- 25 - Isn't It Time We All Grew Up?
April 28 - 30 - Getting Prepped For Prayer

IN TOUCH (Weekdays 2:00 & 9:30 p.m.) Charles Stanley
April  7 & 8 - The Truth About Sin
April 9 - God's Answer To the Problem of Sin April 10 & 11 - Our Sin- The 
Ultimate Question April 14 & 15 - The Call of God
April 16 - Faith vs. Reason
April 17 & 18 - The Resurrection: An Event For Celebration
April 21 & 22 - Favorites vs. Intimates
April 23 & 24 - When We Seek God
April 25 - Changing People Through Prayer April 28 & 29 - Short- cutting 
The Will of God
April 30 - Rekindling the Flame of Our Ministry

RADIO THEATER (Saturday 6:30 p.m.)
Jan Karon's book At Home in Mitford continues as the current production.
 
 

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March 4 - Jim and Helen Crockett in honor of their granddaughter Lauren Ashleigh McNeal who celebrated her third birthday on February 26
March 18 - Russ and Mary Ann Latch in honor of Pansy Zukor, we love and honor you on your 80th birthday
March 20 - Roger and Susan Bentley in honor of their twelfth wedding anniversary
March 23 - Anonymous, Thanking God for His Faithfulness and for 38 years of 
faithful service to the Lord by Pastor James Hinkle and his family at the Shiloh Youth Ranch
March 24 - Dudley and Sue Garner in honor of their grandson Tyler on his sixth birthday
March 27 - Paul and Valerie Strickland in remembrance of their parents' love - Leslie and Jessie Strickland and Stanley and Vida Evans
March 31 - Jim and Cathy Grossmann in honor of their second wedding anniversary

April 1 - James and Sue Russell in honor of their grandson William James Russell on his first birthday
April 2 - Gordon and Jessie Johnson thanking God on this special day for all his bountiful blessings throughout forty-two years of marriage, especially thankful for our Christian Heritage and God's faithfulness through all our generations.
April 5 - Larry and Judy Robson in loving memory of her brother Chuck Cadieu
April 6 - Arden Belt on their forty-first wedding anniversary thanking the good Lord for the two men in her life, her husband Jerry and their son Sean
April 8 - Jim and Sherry Valdes in honor of their thirty-seventh wedding anniversary
April 10 - Anonymous in thanks for God's Blessings
April 11 - Curt and Linda Smith in honor of God's Greatest Gift - The 
promise of Eternal Life through His Son Jesus Christ
April 12 - Larry and Judy Robson in loving memory of her brother Mike Cadieu
April 13 - Doris Riddell in loving memory of her husband John on their anniversary
April 14 - Don and Myra Buffkin in honor of their forty-first wedding anniversary
April 15 - Andrea and Monique Haynes in loving memory of a dear husband and 
loving father Keith Haynes who died April 13, 2001
April 18 - Anonymous - to the Glory of God
April 19 - Indian River Builders
April 20 - Charles Gutscher in honor of Easter Sunday  Happy Birthday Jesus!
April 26 - In honor of Pastor Dan Wilkerson and his wife Nancy at First 
Baptist Church of Malabar who are loved by all including Christ
April 27 - Jerry and Dinah Schwartz in honor of their wedding anniversary
April 28 - Mitch, Austin and Tyler Garner in honor of wife and mother Tonya on her birthday
 
 

Thanks to our Day Sponsors who have underwritten the cost of a broadcast day on WCIF.  If you, your church or business would like information about being a day sponsor call 725-9243 or 1 - 877 - 725-9243.
 

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