FROM THE MANAGER   by Lee J.  Martinez 

SHARATHON

MEET THE SHARATHON TEAM

LETTERS From Our Listners

LOOKING  AHEAD

MEMORIAL GIFTS

WE BID FAREWELL

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As we focus our attention on the important business of beginning our 24th year it's essential that we  make sure we are still on track and doing what the Lord has called us to do.  We chose our lighthouse logo because it identifies what we feel God wants to accomplish with this broadcast opportunity.   We know God's Word is a guiding light,  intense and unwavering.  His light penetrates the stormy dark and seeks out the soul that is searching in dangerous circumstances.  The light is not there to remind the seeker they should not have been out in the storm, it's there to bring them hope and to lead them back to solid ground and away from the dangers in between.

Are we on track?  Is there a need? 

This past year has been difficult on us because it has been the same on our audience.  There is confusion and stress.  There are tough questions each of us is asking about our futures.  I can only imagine what people without a connection with the Lord must be feeling.  I wish I could draw them all into the church or tune all their radios to WCIF so they could hear, so they could begin to place their confidence on a sure thing.  It reminds me so much of God's comment in Hosea 4:6, "My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge".  I know not everyone will listen even to the truth but it's good to know they can because we are available.

As we begin  Sharathon we will be asking you to participate and help us share with many who at this moment may be searching for answers.  They may be ready to jump ship and try some other way to find safety.  We want to be there for them and for you.  We want to provide a place that is warm and comfortable where it is safe and a person finds all they need for life.

May our theme verse from Psalm 43 find a place with you and with those the Lord will be dealing with this year 3.  Oh, send out Your light and Your truth!    Let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy hill And to Your tabernacle.

Lee J.  Martinez
 

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Todd Isberner, Neil Stavem, and John Brock join us this year for Sharathon. Todd Isberner  is the director of ShareMedia Services and has been a member of  the WCIF Sharathon Team for 20 years.  He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from the University of Minnesota and a Master of Divinity degree from Bethel Seminary. A devoted husband, father and grandfather Todd has dedicated his life to helping spread the Gospel through Christian radio for over 24 years. 

Sharathon Host  Todd Isberner

Neil Stavem has been a part of KTIS AM/FM and the Northwestern College Radio Network headquarters in St. Paul. Currently, he serves as executive director for programming and promotion for Northwestern College Radio and hosts evenings on the Skylight satellite network. He spends some of his time training and working with station in the Northwestern Network.  Neil and  his wife Shari have three children. His landmark event this past year was the wedding of their daughter. Favorite activities include, walking, hiking in the mountains (difficult to do in Minnesota!), vacationing in Colorado, and reading.

WCIF Sharathon Leader Neil Stavem

John Brock  is on the road alot helping  stations through the ministry of  Sharathons.  He has one daughter , Ashlee, who is 11.     For nearly 25 years, John Brock has been living out a boyhood broadcasting dream! Since trading in the football field for a microphone at the age of 14, John has enjoyed working in a variety of different broadcasting venues.
 

Sharathon Leader John Brock

While in Port Huron as station manager John began to work with Share-Media, as a Sharathon host and is now a Broadcast Consultant for ShareMedia. His duties include hosting and producing Sharathon's across the country.

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PALM BAY -I continue to enjoy the program, the gospel & music.  I am not well, 81 years this month.  Please pray for me & my memory.  God Bless you all.

MELBOURNE - Thank you for the beautiful calendar.  Thank you for continuing to air Night- Sounds at 10:25 P.M.

MELBOURNE -It was fun working on the mailing.   Good fellowship.  We enjoy the Christian station.  God Bless you and all the WCIF staff.

PALM BAY - Thank you for the 2003 calendar!  It is beautiful and the best one yet, and so is WCIF the best!  The Lord is so good to give us so many dedicated people to make the station such a big blessing!  God is so Good.

MELBOURNE - Please accept this small gift as a token of our appreciation for the fine radio station you run and the ministries it presents.  We ask you to keep us in your prayers at this time, because Ed fell and fractured his back, and we pray for his healing....  Happy Belated birthdays to Cliff Lethebridge, and Jim Grossmann!

MELBOURNE - Here is the money I pledged last year.  I still owed you $ of my year's pledge of $ a month for one year.  God has really placed it on my heart to send you this now.  Keep on keeping on.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR DAILY BLESSING IN MY LIFE.

PALM BAY - Here is just a small gift - the music I get each day keeps me going all day long.  I just praise God for WCIF and all the people that keep it going.  Thank you all.

PALM BAY - First I must say thanks for the calendar.  I must say I enjoy all the programs from WCIF.  May God Bless you all and give strength to do the good work that you are doing.  Here is my pledge $.  I have a big problem now my wife had a stroke and I have her to look after.

ROCKLEDGE - Programs I especially enjoy:  The Working Woman, Focus on the Family, Tony Evans, Charles Stanley, Chuck Swindoll, Larry Burkett, Ravi Zacharias, Praise and worship music.  Thank you for all you do every day to bring Christian radio to our area!  It is a blessing to me!  I don't get to listen as much as I would like to, but almost always turn WCIF on when I get into my car, even if it is just a quick trip, and I always hear something encouraging, instructive, or helpful to me in praising God.  May God bless you and WCIF!

ORLANDO -We lived in Lakeland 19 yrs & listened to WYFO - BBN in every room & the car.  Since we moved to Orlando in 1999, the only station we can find is WCIF in only one room, my office, on one radio.  All other stations are so called "Christian Rock".  .  We really appreciate the music & Bible teaching, which is very similar to BBN from Charlotte, N.C.  In June 2002, my husband died, so your station has been a source of healing and strength.  I am a hospice nurse.  Appreciate the calendar.

MELBOURNE -I want to thank you for the calendar.  Also want to say how much I appreciate being able to listen to a Christian radio station that uplifts and glorifies our mighty Awesome God and Savior.  I also need to inform you my husband passed away last January so just my name should be on your mailing list.

PALM BAY- I thank the Good Lord for you. WCIF is my company day and night. Please keep the good works going and may the good Lord bless you all. Please accept this small gift.

TITUSVILLE - Thanks for being there 24x7 with such Christ centered Spirit filled programs.  I work nights and I am able to listen throughout my shift, also at home 24 hrs. Enclosed please find check, my appreciation and love for Sharathon 2003.
 

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KEY LIFE (Weekdays 6:15 a.m.) Steve Brown
Old Testament survey continues featuring Haggai (March 13 -25) and Zechariah (starting March 26).

INSIGHT FOR LIVING (Weekdays 8:30 am. and 7:30 p.m.) Chuck Swindoll
The Series Adventures With God continues through March 13. The Series Traveling on Heroes Highway begins on the 14th of March:
March 14 & 17 - True Heroism
Mach 18 & 19 - A True Hero Submits Willingly
March 20 & 21 - A True Hero Values Others
March 24 & 25 - A True Hero Stays Positive
March 26 - 28 - A True Hero Has a Courageous Heart March 31 - A True Hero is Faithful to the End

GRACE TO YOU
(Weekdays 11:00 a.m.)
John MacArthur
The Series:  God, Satan and Angels features the following messages:
March 13 - 18 - God:  What Is He Like?
March 19 & 20 - Satan:  Is He?  Who Is He?
March 21 & 24 - Satan: What Is He Like?
March 25 & 26 - Satan:  How Does He Operate
March 27 - 31 - God's Invisible Army

FOCUS ON THE FAMILY (Weekdays, 1:30 & 9:00 p.m) James Dobson
March 4 & 5 - Health News You Can Use - panel of health professionals join Dr. Dobson
March 6 & 7 - The Value of Full-Time Moms - Jill Savage speaks encouragement for all mothers.
March 17 & 18 - Help for Angry Moms - Julie Ann Barnhill share her heart on the difficulties of motherhood.
March 20 & 21 - Managing Your Home and Time - Emilie Barnes shows how Scripture can be applied to the organization and well-being of your home. 
March 24 & 25 - Loneliness in Marriage - discussion with Dennis and Barbara Rainey - on their book Lonely Husbands, Lonely Wives
March 27 & 28 - Integrity in the Workplace - Barry Minkow talks about his time in prison for fraud.
March 31 - Finding True Forgiveness - Dr. and author R. T. Kendall joins Dr. Dobson.

IN TOUCH  (Weekdays 2:00 & 9:30 p.m.) Dr. Charles Stanley   The 
series:  Meditation:  The Power of Silence begins March 3.
The Series The War Within begins March 17.   Topics include: March 17 & 18 - Who Is To Blame?
March 19 - The Appeal
March 20 & 21 - At The Peak of  Pressure March 24 & 25 - Playing With Fire 
March 26 & 27 - The Key Question
March 28 - The Tool of the Tempter
March 31 - Intimacy with God

BACK TO THE BIBLE (Weekdays 8:00 p.m.) Woodrow Kroll
March 5 - 21 - Brothers of  the Bible
March 24 - 28 - Is There Dust on Your Bible
March 31 - The Impact of Bible Illiteracy
 

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

March 3 - Jim and Susie Wickell in honor of their fortieth wedding anniversary

March 7 - Robin Novelli in honor of his wife Teri on her birthday

March 11 - Bill and Sarah Schultz in honor of their granddaughter Sophia Elizabeth Neupauer on her second birthday

March 12 - Harold and Jane Morgan in honor of  their grandson Matthew Todd Morgan on his first birthday

March 14 - Peggy Nelson in memory of her dear cousin Lois Boyd and her dear friend Gloria Jacot

March 26 - Nancy Platt in honor  of  her mother Inez Platt and in memory of her Dad Judge Platt on the date of their wedding and his birthday

March 28 - Anonymous

March 29 - George Roberts To the Glory of God
 

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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For as long as there has been a WCIF Maxine Hurt was our friend and helper.  She helped both the church and the radio station.  Her husband Ed was the engineer who first installed and tested our broadcast equipment.  Ed passed away 15 months ago and as their daughter stated,  "Ed now has his navigator back".

It was evident during Maxine's memorial service that she was consistent in her Christian life.  We all had the same impressions of her energy, independence, and sense of right and wrong.  Maxine would seldom allow recognition of her work or even her birthdays, but as Dr. Bazer said, it would have a huge impact if we had to pay her for her volunteer work.  She did what she did for her Lord.

Maxine was detail oriented and took special care of our precious contribution records for years.  Her work was always characterized by no mistakes, extra effort and positive Christian attitude.

She may have been a petite little lady but she left big shoes to fill.  Although she had to slow down and cut back this last year or so, her heart was always in the work.

Ed and Maxine have meant a lot to WCIF and the establishment of a healthy ministry.  Both are now together again in the presence of the Lord.
 
 

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