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EVENTS
Sleep out. .
. so others can sleep in
Posted:
October 23, 2007 | 1:14 PM | Emily Ralph
Last night the Morning Show crew headed out to the
Souderton Shopping Center parking lot to "sleep out"
to raise awareness for homelessness. The night
started out with a party-like atmosphere, with the
guys building a fire pit (what’s with boys and
fire?), scavenging for food (thank goodness for Wawa,
right?), and a live broadcast with Timmy D on the
evening show. Dave’s buddies were Don Brunk from
our prayer team, Billy Dunn, former morning show
color commentary, and Mark Malizzi from Thunder
Outreach, an organization that throws block parties
and food drives in Jesus’ name. Hearing my
desperate plea for female companionship, my friend
Holly who works at Indian Valley Housing Corporation
and volunteers at the station, came out to give me
support.
Here’s our cardboard village (a few people slept in
their cars as well); Dave and Don checking in with
Timmy D;
Don’s son Isaac trying out the coziest of
accommodations; Don showing us how comfortable he
would be;
All guys need for a sleep out—newspaper, tape (for
taping me in my box), and Oreos;
Keeping warm and entertained by the fire.
In the morning, everyone was a little more subdued
as they dealt with stiff backs, hungry stomachs, and
very little sleep (Rte 113 is NOISY!).
Dave helped Don get the fire going again;
Billy Dunn snuggling up in his blanky for comfort; Don
and our new friend Ryan enjoying the fire as the sun
rises;
Beautiful
sunrise over the conference center;
My home for the night—warm and cozy!
Thanks so much to Cheryl Swartley from Bridge of Hope and
Jennifer Ashley from Indian Valley Housing Corporation for
coming out to answer our questions about
homelessness. If you’d like to sleep out so that
others can sleep in, check out their websites --
Indian
Valley Housing Corporation and
Bridge
of Hope BuxMont.
Speedy
Delivery
Posted:
July 10, 2007 | 7:00 AM | Emily Ralph
Some pictures from our
afternoon of service with
Meals on Wheels.
CONTESTS
The Too Cool
for School Carpool
Posted:
October 24, 2007 | 12:24 PM | Emily Ralph
Congrats to
Kelley & Tia -- winners of this year's "Too Cool for
School Carpool"!
"Overdressed"
Posted:
September 28, 2007 | 12:29 PM | Emily Ralph
Picture #1--submitted by
Bethany
This is Virginia (Ginny) Mei
all dressed up for her aunt-to-be's bridal shower.
She hates being overdressed, she's much more of a
casual-diaper-only kind of girl.
Picture #2--submitted by
Lori Ann
A friend of mine got me into
the whole X-Men movie thing by drawing a character
for me (MimeGirl). I created a back-story for her
and wrote it all out so that she (Jenny Grey - mute,
mime and mutant) fit into the world of the first two
movies. Also, when I was going to school out in
Southern California, it was my goal before I left to
attend a midnight premiere of one of the popular
fan-based movies where all the crazy fans dress up
in character.
It happened that X-Men 3 was
coming out just 2 weeks before I was to graduate and
move back home. Though I could get no friends to
join me, I was resolute to go and ordered tickets
for the opening premiere at Mann's Chinese Theatre
in downtown Hollywood. Because it starts at
midnight, the dating and time on the ticket was
confusing to me.
I could not tell if it meant
midnight Wednesday night/Thursday morn or Thursday
night/Friday morn. So I called the theatre and
talked to someone and hung up with the understanding
that I was to go down Wednesday night to see the
movie.
So, all excited to try
something new like this, I dressed up in my Jenny
Grey outfit and drove down to Hollywood. I headed to
the ticket booth to pick up the tickets I'd ordered
and began to get a strange feeling. It's not like
the streets were empty, but there were definitely
not enough people out and about for an opening
premiere. I HAD THE WRONG NIGHT! So there I was,
dressed up in my X- Men character with my "X" belt
on looking like a freak in downtown Hollywood.
*sigh* Totally overdressed.
Picture #3--submitted by
George
My son Jacob was overdressed
for battle!
Picture #4--submitted by
Cathy
On August 4, 2007, we did an
"AmazinGRace" for our youth group. Part of the trek
they had to go to Cabela's and find me (one of their
leaders) to get their next clue. I wanted to dress
the part of a "typical hunter hick" so that I'd
"blend in" with the crowd. Well, I overdressed the
part a bit. The "typical hunters" looked at me like
I was ... uh, well uh ... different.
The "normal" people that
were at Cabela's did double takes, ran away with
scared looks (usually kids), just plain ol' stared,
etc. OK, so I overdressed the part a bit. The wild
part was that I almost went up to someone and said,
"Hey, you're in a costume too!" ... but the person
(a woman, no less) was NOT disguised ... she really
looked ... uh, different.
Mother-Load
contest
Posted:
May 30, 2007 | 2:59 PM | Emily Ralph
Recently, The Word FM
sent a team of workers (Dave Baker, Emily Ralph,
Kristine McClain & Claire Landes -- our
administrative assistant) up to Wind Gap, PA to help
out Annie, the winner of the Mother-Load contest.
Nominated by her daughter Corinna, Annie works
looooooong hours and is very dedicated to the people
she serves at her job, so we felt she was very
deserving of a "break" from some of the chores
around her house. We spent an afternoon
getting her deck ready for the summer, as well as
doing windows!
Before ...
... during ...
... and after!
CONCERTS
Newsboys!
Posted:
February 23, 2007 | 6:47 AM | Emily Ralph
The Newsboys came to
town last night with Stellar Kart and Kutless--what
a show!
The winners of our
Wherever We Go Tailgate Party--congrats to 1 Way
Concert Ministries for winning the grand prize
(including backstage passes and passes to Creation
2007) and to the Living Hope Breakfast Club for
being the runners up. Great job, everyone!
Point of
Grace
Posted:
March 19, 2007 | 1:01 AM | Emily Ralph
It's about time to get
these posted, don't you think?! Point of Grace
came to town for their Winter Wonderland tour with
Scott Krippayne (and a few other guests!) in
December.
Thanks to everyone who
participated in our Word FM food drive--look at all
this!
JUST FOR FUN
Birthday
Bash!
Posted:
February 28, 2008 | 10:52 AM
Dave's amazing birthday breakfast for Emily
Then 6 days later, she
returns the favor!
Davercise!
Posted:
November 8, 2007 | 10:52 AM | Emily Ralph
The Morning Show
welcomed Mary
Beth Bette, who came in to put Dave through a
Praisercise routine! Dave wow'd us all with
his amazing flexibility, endurance & coordination.
Or not ...
Mary Beth teaches classes at Faith Bible Fellowship
Church in Harleysville -- to find out more info,
call her at 610-287-6647 or
e-mail.
Yes, we have no bananas!
Posted:
July 9, 2007 | 4:01 PM | Emily Ralph
Who says Emily has a
stomach the size of a thumb (apparently, Dave did!).
Boy, did she prove him wrong (even when he was
allowed to substitute a jar of banana baby food for
an actual banana! Final score? Emily: 9,
Dave: 5
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