Positive 89.3 - Sharathon Update

It's been a pretty busy week for me, having put in probably 20+ hours worth of volunteering at the radio station. As I mentioned earlier, it was our Fall Sharathon, an annual event which raises the funds needed to keep the radio station on the air. For three days of radio broadcast, the radio hosts explained the need and asked people to give money to help reach the goal.

The goal was $240,000.00 for six months. At the end of the day on Friday, we had received just over $212,000.00. While that may seem like we missed the goal by quite a bit, we know that quite a few donations will still come in over the next few weeks. It also was the first sharathon to end the day on Friday above $200,000.00. Everyone seemed pleased with the result, trusting God to supply the remaining need through listeners and businesses.

My specific job was to run a computer program that we call "tracker." Tracker keeps track of all of the pledges that come in. Every pledge gets entered into tracker, which keeps a running total of monthly and one-time gifts, and shows us how we're doing toward our goal. Both of the studios have a computer which displays the contents of tracker, so they can give up-to-the-minute updates as to our progress.

As a result, while I was there, every pledge that came in went through my hands. It's amazing to see all of the gifts work together to reach the goal. I saw gifts ranging in amount from $5 one-time to $1000 a month. But every gift was important to help us reach our goal. And every person who gave did so because they were responding to the need, recognizing the benefit of the uplifting and encouraging music which is played on the Positive Radio Network.

That's right, I said "Positive Radio Network." The Positive Radio Network is soon expanding to New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Positive 99.9 will be broadcasting from Lawrence, MA, and Positive 95.3 will cover North Conway, NH. The permits have been approved, the translators have been purchased, and money needs to be raised to build the towers. Very few areas in New England have any Christian Radio at all, let alone an FM broadcast station which offers contemporary Christian hits. It's exciting to be part of a ministry that is reaching countless lives with the Gospel message.

If you'd like information about either fall sharathon or the expansion efforts, you can check out the website at www.positive.fm.

Grace and Peace,

PastorJon

PS. One last thing...if you're a night owl (or you live on the other side of the world), you can check out my overnight show, weekday mornings from midnight to 5:00am (ET).