March 7^th Edition

News & Views

STR's innovative new Resurrection season schedule announced

Resurrection Programs beginning

Strong Tower Radio's (STR) resurrection programs begin weekdays at 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. starting March 11th. The first program is Pastor Jay Gallimore's "The Resurrection Then and Now" followed by "The Eight Days that Changed the World." Stay tuned as we ramp up to full-time resurrection programming Thursday March 29th through Resurrection Sunday, March 31st. only on Strong Tower Radio (STR) stations, STR apps, or STR.fm.

Dr. Wes Youngberg on STR this week and at the U.P. March 15 & 16

Photo credit: Marquette Seventh-day Adventist Church

Youngberg's Brain Optimizing

You will not want to miss Dr. Wes Youngberg's exclusive interview, outlining "Ten Steps to Optimize Brain Health" on Strong Tower Radio (STR) interview at 3:30 a.m. Sunday, 4 p.m. Monday, 9 p.m. Wednesday, and 1 p.m. Thursday only on STR stations, STR apps, or STR.fm.

We recorded this interview in advance of Dr. Youngberg' coming to our listening area! There is an opportunity to see and hear him in-person for free in Marquette, Michigan at the Ramada by Wyndham Friday, March 15^th at 6 p.m. & Saturday, March 16^th at 3 p.m.

This amazing lecture is worth the drive. If you are coming from a distance and would like overnight accommodations, the Ramada has set aside a block of rooms at a discounted rate for the seminar guests for a limited time. You may book your room by calling: 1 906 629-6887. The code for discounted reservations is: 031524MAR. Or you may tell the hotel you are with the group from the Marquette Seventh-day Adventist Church.

It is also important to RSVP for this event so they may accommodate everyone that wants to attend. You may do that by calling. 906 475-4488 or emailing: mqtsdachurch@gmail.com. Register for the free seminar by calling 906.475.4488 or emailing mqtSDAchurch@gmail.com.

Michigan Summer Camp preview this week on STR.

Photo credit: Camp Au Sable

Summer Camp 2024 Preview

Hear the 2024 Michigan Summer Camp directors interview this Sunday at 5 p.m., Monday at 10 a.m., and Wednesday at midnight only on Strong Tower Radio (STR) stations, STR apps, or STR.fm.

Pastor Jay Gallimore

Photo credit: Adventist Review

Gallimore on Galatians

Hear Pastor Jay Gallimore's Galatians on Strong Tower Radio today at 5 p.m. only on Strong Tower Radio (STR) stations, STR apps, or STR.fm.

Strong Tower Radio will honor Your Story Hour with an interview.

Graphic credit- Your Story Hour

Happy Birthday Your Story Hour

This month the beloved radio program Your Story Hour is turning 75 years old! What started as a half-hour story time aired on a single radio station (WHFB in Benton Harbor, Michigan) is now a program broadcast on thousands of radio stations around the world. All that the team at Your Story Hour can say is, “The Lord has done great things for us, and we are glad.” (Psalm 126:3)

Every year of the ministry’s existence has been full of miracles. Back in 1949 it seemed impossible that a group of lay people with no radio experience could produce a weekly program. However, at just the right moment, God provided the right people with the right skills to carry the mission forward. This scenario has repeated itself over and over throughout the past 75 years! Every time the ministry needs new equipment or other resources, God impresses someone to make a donation. Every time someone is about to retire, God leads another skilled person to fill his/her shoes. Your Story Hour truly is God’s ministry!

While this birthday is a time to celebrate where the ministry started, it’s also a time to look to the future. Children of today need character-building stories more than ever! They are inundated on all sides by meaningless and addictive entertainment. Half of children under the age of 8 spend more than 2 hours on screen time every day; this can have a profound negative impact on their development, language, and reasoning skills.

Your Story Hour offers an alternative source of entertainment, inviting children to use their vast imaginations to paint pictures in their minds as they listen to stories of heroes and heroines who exhibit values like faith, courage, responsibility, diligence, and more! The radio program is dedicated to continuing producing of new stories to keep reaching new generations of children. Here’s to another 75 years of God’s blessings!

Thank you to the many faithful listeners of Strong Tower Radio, who have loved and supported Your Story Hour for the past 15 years!

Strong Tower Radio will air an interview with Your Story Hour's current hosts on Sunday March 17 at 3:30 a.m., Monday March 18 at 4 p.m., Wednesday March 20 at 9 p.m., and finally Thursday March 21 at 1 p.m.  

2nd report from Brian and Marji Shade on their "snowbird witnessing."

Top photo is a selfie at Ochlockonee Florida State Park.

Next photo is the large geocache in the park.

Next photo is their entry in the geocache's log.

Bottom photo is their van in the lot.

Photo credit: Marji Shade



Snowbird Car Magnet Witness

Text from Marji Shade of Kalamazoo, who bought a Strong Tower Radio car magnet, explains how she shared her latest witnessing as she and her husband were driving to Florida recently:

Hi, Tom. We decided to do some geocaching around town here in Florida (we're beginners). So, every time we find a cache and sign our names on the log, I include STR.fm. For some of the larger cache containers, I like to include an STR business "sharing" card. I have a few with me... Gonna bring extra next time! 

Readers, "Snowbird Witnessing" is a real thing! You can do Strong Tower Radio witnessing with or without a car magnet, sharing card, or bookmark, but it is a little easier with them. Tell people about this radio station and your love for Jesus wherever you are!

PS: Strong Tower Radio will gladly supply sharing cards and bookmarks to hand to people in-person who are interested in Strong Tower Radio "wherever."

Photo Credit- Michigan Conference of Seventh-day Adventist Giving QR code.



Ways for STR Giving

You can give to Strong Tower Radio in several ways with different effects.

The first is the fastest, most effective donation by giving directly via a mailed check, calling in a donation, or donating on our website at StrongTowerRadio.org. This allows you to designate a station or support the whole radio network through a one-time or recurring donation.

Another way is by giving to the Michigan Radio Ministry fund with a tithe envelope or via your church's Adventist Giving online.

Photo Credit: Strong Tower Radio giving QR code- Jennifer Brooks  

STR Giving Graphic

You can give to Strong Tower Radio by accessing the giving page with your smartphone. Point, click, and give!

Photo Credit: Strong Tower Radio- Jennifer Brooks

President David Bolduc with his favorite radio pioneer, HMS Richard.

Photo Credit: Strong Tower Radio

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STR Events Calendar

Be a part of Strong Tower Radio by joining us personally at one or more of the following scheduled events:

3/9 11:00 a.m. David at Marion SDA Church

3/9 9:30 a.m. Kam at Mio SDA Church

3/30 11:00 a.m. Kam at Grand Rapids Bethel SDA Church

3/30 9:00 a.m. David at Mesick SDA Church

4/13 11:00 a.m. David at Marion SDA Church

4/13 10:45 a.m. Kam at First Flint SDA Church

4/20 9:30 a.m. Kam at Bristol SDA Church

4/27 11:30 a.m. Kam at Munising SDA Church

5/11 11:00 a.m. David at Marion SDA Church

"David" is David Bolduc- Founder and President

"Jilane" is Jilane Fenner- Public Relations and Board Member

"Kam" is Kam Ferguson- Development Director

"Tom" is Tom Mejeur- Production &

Marketing Director

"CAS" is the abbreviation for Camp Au Sable

"SDA" is the abbreviation for Seventh-day Adventist

"STR" is the abbreviation for Strong Tower Radio

Pastor Garhett Morgan's sermons will be aired on STR's Fresh Manna this week.

Photo credit: Michigan Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

Sermons on STR

Here are the upcoming Fresh Manna sermons and speakers that will be streamed on StrongTowerRadio.org, STR.fm, and on Strong Tower Radio's local stations Monday-Friday at 2 a.m. and 11 a.m.



Resurrection sermons now airing.

This Week-

3/7 Garhett Morgan- "The Trial, the Cross"

3/8 Garhett Morgan- "Follow the Lamb"

Next Week(s)-

3/11 Ariel Roldan- "The Cross of Choice"

3/12 Ron Kelly- "From Drop to Drop, The Price of Blood"

3/13 Phil Mills- "Insert Culture"

3/14 Raymond Holmes- "Victory Through Jesus"

3/15 Sean Brizendine- "Love Written in Red"

STR Sabbath Sermons- Saturdays at 11 a.m.

Sab- 3/2 Steven Conway- "Two Flags"

Sab- 3/9 Terry Nelson- "The Road to Calvary"

Elephant

Photo credit- Unkown artist

The Elephant's Chain

I once learned that an elephant in captivity grows up with the chain around its leg. As a baby, it tugs at a chain, but to no avail. The chain is too strong, and the stake is set firm. Overtime, the elephant gives up trying to escape. But that’s not the surprising part. For now, as a grown beast, it has the power to just step away and be free. 

According to Revelation 1:5, you and I have been “freed” (NIV; “released” NASB) from the power of our sins through faith in the greater power of Christ’s sacrificial blood. And it is by the power of this same “blood” that we are enabled to overcome Satan’s temptations today, and tomorrow (12:11). 

Depending on how, or by whom, you were led to the Lord, you may or may not understand the power that you now have “in Christ.” Like that elephant, you may be convinced that life is pretty good just eating some fresh grass. But the “good news” of the gospel is that you have been set free—completely released from that chain! Ironically, you are so free in Christ that you find it impossible not to turn around and offer yourself as a forever “servant” to the One who has set you free from the power and bondage of death (1:1). 

So, the next time you see an elephant, you might want to give your leg a quick shake just to remind yourself of your freedom in Christ (just be sure that no one is watching).

Dear friend, as you experience freedom in Jesus Christ do you want to be a partner of His. He gave all, He only asks that we return our tithe and give an offering, but what will it profit a person if they give a little when they could give more, maybe all. The returns are completely out of this world. Strong Tower Radio is poised to take this gospel to the world through radio, streaming and uniting with our churches, “this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world then shall the end come.”

George Dronen, retired development director

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