The May/June 2000 Newsletter

Congratulations to Scott Terry who starts his fourth year as WCIF announcer in June.

FROM THE MANAGER
Lee Martinez

It's just about moving day. It's exciting to see the progress on the new facilities. Each day our studios and offices take on a different look. It wasn't that long ago that the studios were nothing more than dark block walls.

It was difficult to visualize what had been planned. At that point you had to take measurements to see if everything was according to plan. Now the walls are painted, the carpet is in and the lighting makes the place look much like what we had expected. In fact it is more than we could imagine because everything is so fresh and new.

This is an unusual experience and we are trying to keep the pressures from taking away from the enjoyment and anticipation we all feel. Everyone who has volunteered to take responsibility for the move is starting to feel squeezed. So much to do, so little time. It's good to see that we are all working together and trying to accommodate each other. We, the church and station's staff, are expecting a long and prosperous ministry together and we will be friends and family all the way.

It's uncommon for a church to have a radio ministry. This is probably the first and will be the only time the workers have ever built a church with radio studios. We are very much aware of those who are doing the contract work and keep them in mind as we pray.

One of the striking things is the number of lay people who have volunteered their services throughout the church and those who are waiting to see that the actual move is not overpowering. WCIF had been blessed with the best engineer and some great technically minded volunteers. We are going to take advantage of all their talents as we wire the new studios and move equipment from one place to the other. We were surprised to learn that our council chairman is a carpenter on the side so he is constructing the furniture for our studios and cabinets for our offices.

One major hurdle which is a little behind schedule is the concrete pad which will hold a tower for the antenna that connects us to our transmitter and the support for our satellite program receiver dish. Both are required in order to be on the air.

Pray for these projects to be completed and also pray that as we move from offices and studios we have been in for twenty years, we will know what should go and what should be left out. We have books and paperwork, music and computers, old equipment stored for possible use, and essential equipment and office supplies that we know will have to make the move. We have a job ahead of us but we are excited. Most of all as you pray remember the staff and volunteers. Martha has a lot on her plate in seeing that the offices get set up and the air shifts are all filled. Billie our secretary still has to keep up with our records as she helps box up for the move. Our
announcers will have more than their air shifts to cover as the move date draws near. We are each helping one another as much as possible. I have even been bringing work clothes in case something comes up at the "property". Pray for me as I attempt to coordinate and anticipate the scheduling of what still needs to happen to make the move successful.

When the move actually occurs we will experience some down time. We will be
off the air for a minimum time while we move our microwave dish and its related equipment. We may experience some time without news service since we will have to move a 12-foot satellite dish from a roof to a 10-foot pole three miles away. We
hope you will be patient with us and pray for us persistently. In the near future we will have an open house so you can come and help us dedicate our new facilities. I say it often but it is so true we couldn't have come to this point without you and your generous concern. As we move into this new facility, we are debt-free, having paid for our new place before it was built. To God be the glory!

Lee J Martinez

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2000 in 2000

WCIF has joined with the NRB in its ministry outreach to help the poorest of the poor in Riverton, Jamaica through the ministry of Food for the Poor. By giving a poor family a simple one room home costing $2000.00, we provide them with a new start in life. They gain a sense of dignity and hope. A completed house often brings tears of joy and heartfelt prayers of thanksgiving to our Lord., explains Ferdinand Manfood, of Food for the Poor.

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Happy Birthday

Each month we list our broadcasters that have birthdays that month. We encourage you to remember these friends and their ministry with special prayer on that day.

June 1
Billie Norczyk, WCIF Secretary
P.O. Box 366
Melbourne, FL 32902

June 10
Wayne Pederson, New Dimensions
Sunday - Friday, 9:00 a.m.
3003 N Snelling Ave. Roseville, MN 55113

June 11
Dan Hendley, The Bible and Life
Saturday, 6:00 p.m.
Covenant Presbyterian Church,
720 Emerson Dr. NE, Palm Bay, FL 32907

June 19
John MacArthur, Grace to You
Weekdays, 11:00 a.m.
P. O. Box 4000, Panorama City, CA 91412

June 28
Les Lamborn, Our Daily Bread
Weekdays, 7:00 a.m.
Radio Bible Class
P. O. Box 22, Grand Rapids, MI 49555

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Letters

PALM BAY - I praise and thank God for you all. I do enjoy the programs and music. I had some illness last week but prayers from relatives and your programming helped me to settle back to normal. God bless you all with the will and ability to carry on.

VERO BEACH - Keep blessing us in Vero with your wonderful programs.

MELBOURNE - This is just a note to let you know how much of a blessing WCIF is to me. I appreciate all of the many ministries that you broadcast throughout the day such as Christian Financial Concepts, Urban Alternative, and Focus on the Family. I was not able to make a pledge during Sharathon this year, however I wanted to send financial support from my family.

COCOA - Please accept my gift to help you with your operation costs of WCIF.

INDIALANTIC - I was in Canada during your Sharathon this year. I trust it went well. The goals you mentioned in your Sharathon letter are most exciting! I pray God's blessing upon your ministry through WCIF. It's my favorite radio station, I miss it when I am away.

MICCO - As a WCIF listener I am so thankful for your programming. What a joy and privilege to be able to turn on Christ-centered radio any time of the day or night. My walk with the Lord is strengthened as I listen. Here is the support check for the year. Thanks again, we serve a risen Savior.

BOSCOBEL, WI - I want to thank you for the Max Lucado book. It's lovely. Would appreciate prayers as I travel back to Wiscon- sin. I hope you all have a wonderful summer.

MELBOURNE - Thank you so much for the lovely inspiring book. I will treasure this and use it daily at my Bible reading time. My only regret is that I can't spend more time listening to the lovely music and spiritual blessings on WCIF. We are blessed to have such a truly Christian radio station in our own town.

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Memorial Gift

A gift has been given to the ministry of WCIF
 

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WCIF Day Sponsors
May 1 - Suntree United Methodist Church in honor of their seventeenth anniversary
May 3 - Dudley and Sue Garner in honor of their granddaughter Catherine Harrison on her tenth birthday on May 4
May 4 - Weldon and Margaret Young in honor of their wedding anniversary
May 5 - Anonymous in honor of the teachers and staff at Community Christian School
May 6 - Willie and Nancy Gray in honor of their thirty-third wedding anniversary
May 7 - Aileen and Greg Bongers in memory of husband and father Bob Bongers on his birthday
May 9 - Dudley and Sue Garner in honor of their grandson Brian Harrison on his twelfth birthday
May 14 - Joseph and Virginia Dunn in memory of her mother Frances Dean
May 17 - Frederick and Wynn Herscher in honor of their son Dale on his birthday
May 18 - Dudley and Sue Garner in honor of their granddaughter Abigail Harrison on her second birthday
May 20 - Wade and Shirley Lovings in memory of her mother Jessie MacKenzie McKim on her birthday
May 23 - Pete and Janey Staudte in honor of Pregnancy Resources and their ministry reaching pregnant women with Christian counseling
May 24 - Roy and Tammy Powell in honor of their ninth wedding anniversary
May 25 - Larry and Judy Robson in memory of her mother Dorothy Robison
May 26 - Hank and Sherry Nelson in honor of their twenty-seventh wedding anniversary
May 31- David and Eloise Wetlesen in honor of their nineteenth wedding anniversary

June 1 - Jim Wargo in honor of his wife Terri on her birthday and their wedding anniversary
June 3 - Irvin and Betty Derrick in honor of their daughter-in-law Sally Derrick on her birthday and in thanksgiving to God for the birth of Steve and Sally's son, Grant Michael born May 3, 2000
June 4 - Walt and Magdalene Manning in celebration of their thirty-fourth wedding anniversary
June 9 - Ron and Gloria Burk in thankfulness to God for this their thirty-second wedding anniversary and for Brian and Emily, the two beautiful children God has blessed them with through their union
June 11 - Larry and Gayle Bazer in praise to the Lord and in thanks to all the people of First Baptist Church, Melbourne who have made this move to a new building possible
June 12 - Paul and Lorna Nunn in honor of their wedding anniversary
June 13 - John Newton in honor of his wife Marty on her birthday
June 14 - Anonymous in honor of Gordon and Bernice Strongitharm celebrating fifty-three years of ministry and marriage
June 16 - Anonymous To the Glory of God
June 18 - Corina Savela in honor of Father's Day
June 21 - Hank and Jeanette Gibbons in honor of their twentieth wedding anniversary
June 22 - Bob and Rachel Bowling in honor of their thirty-seventh wedding anniversary
June 27 - Austin and Martha Ann Schuman in honor of their wedding anniversary
June 28 - Linda Smith in honor of her husband Curt on his birthday
June 29 - Phil and Kaye Couey in honor of their thirty-first wedding anniversary
June 30 - Larry and Judy Robson, in celebration of their granddaughter Michelle Martin on her sixteenth birthday

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

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Pastor of the Week

A program featuring pastors of local churches heard weekdays at 5:30 p.m.

May 22-26 - Pastor J. Wayne Vaughan
Rockledge United Methodist Church

June 5-9
- Pastor Jim Johnson
First Baptist Church, Indialantic

June 12-16 - Pastor C. Ross Rowland
Oceanside Evangelical Free Church, Satellite Beach

June 19-23 - Pastor Noel A. Hendrix
First Baptist Church, Palm Bay

June 26-30 - Pastor Loyal Bowman
Islander Alliance Church, Merritt Island

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WCIF 106.3 FM
725-9243
1-877-725-9243 (Toll free)
E-mail: wcif1063@iu.net

WCIF says thanks to the many volunteers who help make the ministry possible. One group is those who help with the mailing of the newsletter. It takes about 30 volunteers to make the mail out managable . During the summer months this group is particu-larly in need of help. If you'd like to join them for a "newsletter party" call the station and we'll call you when we're mailing the next newsletter. Call 725-9243 or email us.

Please feel free to use the toll free number if you live outside the local calling area. If you live in the local calling area (including Cocoa, Cape Canaveral, Merritt Island and Beaches) please use the regular number to contact WCIF. We're glad to hear from each of you!

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