I was hanging out, talking with a table of phone volunteers and just getting to know some people here. One of these ladies I was talking with was telling me about her family and somehow the conversation strayed to why Coop = girlfriendness. This woman, with helping in her heart, looks to the girl sitting right next to her and says “Hey, you and Coop would look so cute together!” Now that is help! I wasn’t aware I needed the help, but apparently I do.
Thank you, you volunteers! Y’all are awesome and its been a pleasure meeting y’all!
And a big shoutout to my cowboy hat-wearing volunteer crew! Yee-haw.
]]>At 9:01 a.m. PRAISE GOD we reached our Monthly Operations goal of $310,000!!
Now we’re focused on this Special Projects goal of $1.7 million. And what’s got to happen to reach our goal by 10 p.m. tonight is to raise $1 million. While that seems like a lot of money, we understand through everything else that we serve a mighty God who is faithful and that together with you, this goal can be accomplished.
What are your thoughts?
]]>* Israel Houghton and his son Sunny stopped by telephone central and Sunny sang the KSBJ jingle for Susie O!
* Brent Clingerman, our Cousin It (Information Technologies) connected Jon Hull and Tim McDermott onair with Premier Radio in London as they too are raising money for their Christian Radio Station.
* Jon, Joey and Liz together with your help pulled in over $50,000 in 30 minutes in the 10 am hour
And more to come!!
]]>El Kabong:: In telephone central, there are 48 phones. When all 48 phones are manned (typically during The Morning and Afternoon Show) by our faithful volunteers, at any given moment, the DJ’s onair could call for a Texas Phone Blitz and have listeners call at at once to ring each phone. If all 48 phone light up with calls, once #48 rings, El Kabong sounds. It’s a huge deal.
Centurion Giver:: This is an opportunity to give a gift of $100 a month.
HTV’s - Highly Trained Volunteers:: This is who you talk to once calling 1-800-893-5725 to give your gift of support!
EFT - Effort Free Transaction:: Electronic Funds Transfer makes it easy for you to give monthly, weekly, whatever. When you call to give, ask how you can set this up!
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“Sharathon is where the rubber meets the road when it comes to being a Christian. Before becoming a Christian, and quite honestly even after I was first a Christian, I still didn’t get why to give. Think about it, you have worked hard to earn that money. Why give it away? That’s dumb.
Well, it was not until I realized some principals about giving, that I started to give, and then follow a lifestyle of giving. When you find out that the more freely you can give, then the more freely it comes back to you. When you start to walk by faith, and trust me, giving is walking by faith, that is when God’s true system of providence kicks in. If it is true that God really owns it all, then aren’t you just giving away what “He” has given you? And if “He” is in charge of giving it to you, then isn’t He the one that says, ” here is a servant that is faithful in little, I am going to make him faithful with much.”
Ever since my wife and I have been givers, we have also been receivers of checks we didn’t write, and houses lived in that we didn’t have to pay for. We actually lived in a house for free once!!!.
So I challenge you to try it out. Listen to God. What would He have you give? Then follow through and watch what God does with your gift to bless others, and then see how He blesses you!”
]]>In the 4 p.m. hour, we asked you to be 1 of 10 people to call and say “Yes, I can give $1 a day for KSBJ.” And we didn’t hear from 10 of you on this specific request, instead we heard from 20! Thank you thank you thank you, our hearts are exploding with joy!
Here’s what else happened this late afternoon:
* Jon Hull did The Twist for Jen D and Liz J.
* We experienced two El Kabongs!
* Received a call from Ida who gave up two lunches a week for KSBJ and gave her gift of $10 a week!
And more to come!
]]>Have you been listening to KSBJ and hearing all the exciting things going on so far?
We’d LOVE to hear from you!
So here’s what’s going on this first day of Sharathon 2008 just after lunch time:
* Mike and Joey challenged Susie O to an hour of Guys Against the Gals… and the Gals won!
* Susie O talked with Coop the Intern about growing up listening to KSBJ and how that has impacted his life.
* Barbeque lunch was served to our faithful volunteers and for dessert, cupcakes!
* Al Ross strikes a pose for the webcams!
And for current totals this hour:
Monthly Operations Goal: $310,000
Current MO Total: $217,000
Special Projects Goal: $1,700,000
Current SP Total: $230, 813
“It’s Sharathon time. My first Sharathon ever…it’s been quite a week. KSBJ staff is in the middle of ‘Spirit Week,’ which means we have a week where we are all wearing the same clothes. Yesterday was the K-day and so we rocked some Kamo clothing as a staff. The rest of the staff actually have KSBJ Kamo shirts from a camp they went to before I was hired, so I had to improvise a bit. I found me some Kamo. But it wouldn’t be the way anyone else would. I didn’t wear Kamo pants or find a Kamo shirt. No, I got a Kamo blanket and wore it as a cape. This cape was stellar. It flowed as I walked down hall ways. It flew as I did my last minute Sharathon tasks. I inherited a new nickname from this cape : Frodo. All I need is to be short, have incredibly hairy feet, and wear a ring that needs to be destroyed in order to save the world.
I only fill one of those requirements
I’ll let ya’ll guess which one it is.”
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Volunteer Elizabeth and KSBJ’s Sterling Tarrant
Phone volunteers busy taking calls!
Mike Kankelfritz
Susan Odonnell
KSBJ’s Don and Mark working diligently to figure out phone troubles…
Scott, Barbara, Whitney, Margaret, and Sharon
LaRanda, James, Tamara, Stephanie, Erik, Liz, and Joey
Kim and Charlotte
This is a first time story for KSBJ, telemarketer calls wanting to sell something and ends up giving. Thank you Rachel!
And then Kharli at Table 2 received a call from Danielle who works at 24Hr Fitness. Always sharing her faith, Danielle passes out tracks of faith at work and this week has written messages on the back of each, telling about KSBJ Sharathon, the 30-Day Challenge and the music.
Thanks Danielle for your gift and for helping spread the message of hope in your workplace!