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The March 2004 Newsletter

From the Manager
You Can Volunteer !
Radio Campaign for HCJB
Wheels for the World
Sharathon 2004
Thanks for your Letters!
Programming with You in Mind !
WCIF Day Sponsors
Pastor of the Week
Memorial Gifts
Special Announcements
Show Your Colors - WCIF Colors

From the Manager

As we prepare for Sharathon we once again look back at the last twelve months noting how God has used WCIF and how He has continued to make it possible for us to operate. We have come through a financially challenging year with all the expenses paid! If you have ever had a tight month with your finances remember the feeling when it was over. The importance of the message we broadcast is so great that any threat to remaining intact seems to be magnified. You want it to work at any cost! What we always need to remember is that this is God's work and He is the source of our message and the resource for our needs. I say "our" but we all know we are laboring in His field, on His harvest. He is graciously giving us a part in His eternal plan. Everything we do and everything you help us do has eternal significance. This is one of the realities we might hurry by in our busy world.
We want you to slow down with us for a few days early in March. It is time for what we could call remembrance and repair. On Monday, March 8 we need to bring our audience with us to a stop. A rest in the action so that we can look up and give God the credit He deserves. We have the phone lines and the airtime open for your praises to the Lord and for your prayer requests. That is the repair side helping you deal with your concerns. The following two days we want to bring to your attention so we can get the attention of our community for the entire year. In those two short days with your help we will be asking you our listener to make your faith evident by pledging your help to WCIF for the next twelve months of operation.
You will probably be amazed at how rewarding your listening time is during these days! These are exciting faith stretching days as everyone who calls adds something of significance to our 25th year of broadcasting and I'm speaking of more than finances. Gifts to us are like gifts to the community as you make God's Word available at the touch of a button to a world that seems to get darker and more confusing to your neighbors. This is the real neighborhood watch.
So spend some time with us listening March 8-10 and take a few minutes to talk to some very friendly volunteers who will be here to record your
pledge for the coming year. God Bless your efforts! Let your light
shine!
Lee J. Martinez

A single beam of light can change the face of a landscape - much like the entrance of Christ into the heart changes pursuits, purposes and desires.
Dayspring

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Sharathon 2004
March 8, 9 and 10
Join us in prayer for unity, generosity and victory!
For a great and effectual door is open unto us and there are many adversaries! I Corinthians 16:9

Sharathon Hosts John Brock and Todd Isberner join Manager Lee Martinez and Martha Root at the recent National Religious Broadcasters convention.

Please join us in prayer for this important event for the ministry of WCIF. If you have a testimony about how WCIF has helped you - consider sharing it - Testimonies can be recorded by telephone.

Sharathon Host Neil Staven

Radio Campaign for HCJB

Through Sharathon 2003 you helped the "Turn Your Radio On Campaign" for HCJB! Pictured Ron Cline of HCJB receiving your offering from Manager Lee Martinez and Martha Root. Because of you others will hear the Gospel through Christian Radio!

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Thanks for Your Letters !

Merritt Island - God bless you and thank you for your all night inspirational program. It's a real blessing for me thru the night.

Melbourne - I listen to your station twenty four hours. I enjoy the Word of God and praising God. I am sending you a donation this month. I received your newsletter. I enjoy reading them.

Longwood - Thank you for all you do for us, the listeners. It is so very enjoyable.

Melbourne - Still getting inspiration from your daily ministry. Blessings to all.

Melbourne Beach - Please find check enclosed. A few years ago I had made an honest commitment to donate at least this much to you in a year! Then I found myself unable to keep my word. Now God has provided us a way to stay here and thank you for all you do in His Service. We really appreciate you all. . .

Barefoot Bay - May God continue to bless you all, for all you do to minister to others.

Melbourne - Your radio ministry blesses me through out the day. I pray for you daily (and with you!)

Palm Bay - I am asking continued prayer for me for diabetes and my health, I know that my Father is always there for me and I trust Him. But I know I still need help in prayer. A program featuring pastors of local churches heard weekdays at 5:30 p.m. on WCIF.

PROGRAMMING WITH YOU IN MIND!

Insight For Living
(weekdays, 8:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.)
March 2 - 11 - Series: Home Improvement
March 12 - 17 - Series: The Underside of Greatness
March 18 begins a series on Old Testament Characters and will focus on Samson, Abigail, Absalom and Rehaboam.

In Touch
(weekdays 2:00 & 9:30 p.m.)
March 1 & 2 - Restored by Grace
March 3 - God's Way Is The Best Way
March 4 & 5 - Telling It Like It Is
March 11- How to Get God's Attention
March 12 - Identifying the Voice of God
March 15 & 16 - What Determines What I Hear
March 17 - How to Listen
March 18 & 19 - Vision Without Boundaries
March 22 & 23 - Overcoming Worry
March 24 & 25 - Our Rewards In Heaven
March 26 - Feeling Condemned
March 29 begins a seven part series How to Choose Your Destiny

Back to the Bible
(weekdays 8:00 p.m.) Dr. Woodrow Kroll

The series Abraham: Making Your Faith Work for You will air March 1 - 26.

The series Isaac: Living in the Shadow of Others begins March 29.

MEMORIAL GIFTS

Gifts have been given to the ministry of WCIF

In Memory of

Alice Day
From
Anonymous Friends

In Memory of
Louise W. Wiggins
From
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Brewton

In Memory in
Ralph Young
From
Nola Frink
Austin and Martha Ann Schuman

Pastor of the Week

March 1 - 5
Pastor Donald Smith
Rockledge Church of the Nazarene

March 15 - 19
Pastor Dan Hendley
Covenant Presbyterian Church,
Palm Bay

March 22 - 26
Pastor Larry Booth
Our Father's House
Satellite Beach

March 29 - April 2
Pastor Bruce Turner
The River Melbourne

WCIF DAY SPONSORS

THANKS TO EACH OF THESE DAY SPONSORS

February 25 - Thelma Smith in thanksgiving to God for her great granchildren Austin, Brittany, Dakota, Dillan, Noah and Sadie
March 1 - Charles and Karen Stewart in honor of their son Nathaniel on his twenty-second birthday
March 2 - Karen Roggenkamp in honor of her father Gilbert Barnhart on his birthday
March 3 - Jim and Susie Wickell on their forty-first wedding anniversary
March 4 - In honor or Brandon Lawrence on his fourth birthday
March 10 - Stephen Orth in honor of WCIF on their twenty-fourth anniversary of broadcasting the Gospel
March 12 - Harold and Jane Morgan in honor of their grandson Matthew Todd Morgan on his second birthday
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 29 - George Roberts to the Glory of God

Thanks to our Day Sponsors who have underwritten the cost of a broadcast day. If you, your church or business would like information about being a Day Sponsor you can call WCIF at 725-9243 or 1-877-725-9243 (toll-free). You can also reach us by e-mail at info@wcif.com.

Special Announcements

Is your church having a special event and you'd like to let others know?

You can mail the information to:

WCIF at P.O. Box 366,
Melbourne, FL 32902

or e-mail to info@wcif.com.

If you have questions feel free to call us at 725-9243 or 1-877-725-9243.

Be sure and include a contact number for those that might have questions about your event.

Thanks for Sharing

Thanks to you over 100 people will hear the gospel and be given mobility through the Ministry of Joni and Friends' Wheels for the World. Wheel Chairs, Walkers, Crutches and Canes were delivered to collection sites Thanks to our collection sites:
Atlantic Glass
Brevard Memorial Funeral Home
Browning's Pharmacy and Health Care
First Baptist Church of Cocoa Beach
First Baptist Church of Kissimmee
Jimmie Vickers, Inc.
Mole's Shoe Repair
Orchid Island Orchids
Our Father's House
R & D Produce
Thanks also to Suddath/United Relocation Systems for storage of the donations.

	Radio council member, John, helps transport chairs to storage
	WCIF Announcer, Scott, helps transport wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, and canes to storage

You Can Volunteer!

"WCIF Sharaton, This is ______, How may I help you? " Just fill in your name and you've got the start of becoming a phone volunteer for Sharathon 2004. Training will be provided.

Just call 725-9243 or toll free at 1-877-725-9243 or you can sign up on-line at www.wcif.com.

Two or three hour shifts are available Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday March 8- 10.

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SHOW YOUR COLORS - WCIF COLORS

WCIF CANVAS TOTE BAG $5.00	WCIF Magnet or Bumper Sticker - Free
WCIF Logo Golf Shirts ( Royal blue 50/50 pique $22.50, or 100% Cotton $25.00)	Front License Plate $2.50