August 2007 Songtime Newsletter Highlights

Conference Info ~~~ Tours ~~~ Giving ~~~ Listen to Today's Broadcast Now!

Celebrating over 40 years of Radio in New England!

“Preventing Church Boredom”
by Dr. DeBrine
Previous articles by Dr. DeBrine

Matters of Faith - Are the Pharisees Still Among Us?
by Pastor Steve Cornell, Millersville Bible Church
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Q & A: Is the "electronic" church a worthy substitute for assembling with the body on the Lord's Day for worship
by Dr. Bob Burrelli, Pastor Grace Bible Church
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Hymnstory - America the Beautiful
by Bill Dagle ..
Previous Hymnstories by Bill .. / Listing of Hymn Story Audio / Download Hymn Story Audio in MP3 format / Be sure to check out the Hymnstory web site, www.hymn-stories.com

Schedule Info

2007 Songtime Conference Info

A Call to Rediscover America!
September 7-8-9 at the Songtime USA Annual Bible Conference at the Cape Codder Resort. There will be a choice of tours but my favorite is the tour of Plimouth Plantation. Join me and discover:

Specially trained staff with period costumes and dialect so we can go back to 1627! No political bashing or terrorism fears back then - enjoy!

We will start with a special movie about the crossing and how the pilgrims began their village.

A special lunch with a pilgrim - Leave your forks behind and learn the 17th-century table manners that came to Plymouth with the Pilgrims!

Authentically reproduced buildings will make you feel like you have stepped back to a day in 1627. You will be able to watch and speak with the period actors.

The Grand Finale will come when we board the Mayflower II, the historically correct reproduction of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to New England. As we return to the beautiful resort I’m sure the reaction will be “Let’s Sing God Bless America!” There will be other wonderful tours and many other attractions to visit in the Cape Cod area.

To help us celebrate will be our ...
2007 Songtime Conference Ministry Team:
- Bible expositor Dr. Donald R. Hubbard
- Concert Pianist Michael Faircloth, Damaris Carbaugh and our special guest musician - Larry Ford (see Bio page 2)
- Special feature will be Jennifer Sands whose husband died in the World Trade Center on 9/11. Jennifer came to faith in Christ as a result. Don’t miss her thrilling story!

For our Pennsylvania & Maryland listeners, the charter bus from Lancaster, PA to Cape Cod is being underwritten by friends of Songtime. So there is NO CHARGE! Call the office right away as the number of bus seats is limited.

Meet Lary Ford
Meet Larry Ford .... Gospel Music’s Ambassador ... to the World

Larry Ford is a Grammy award winning tenor who has committed his life to singing the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Larry’s music career began when he climbed up on a chair at five years old at his home church in Levelland, Texas. Accompanied by his mother on the piano, he sang his first solo, How Great Thou Art.

Fifty three years later, Larry is still singing. Larry’s music ministry has taken him to fifty one states in the United States and to twenty eight foreign countries. He has sung in English, Spanish, Swedish, Russian, Italian, Hebrew and Norwegian.

Larry’s training is in classical music, having studied privately and at Eastern New Mexico University on a music scholarship. After working for two years as a pilot, Larry sang briefly with The Downings as a featured soloist. He sang tenor with the Dixie Echoes and The James Blackwood Quartet.

In recent years many invitations have been extended to Larry as a result of his participation in Bill and Gloria Gaither’s Homecoming videos. Larry is often a featured soloist on the videos and has become closely associated with the songs, Little is Much When God is In It, Sing of My Redeemer, Follow Me and O, What a Savior.

Larry and his wife, Sherryl, have been married for 36 years. They served as pastors at churches in Texas and Florida for ten years before Larry returned to full time music ministry. Larry and Sherryl have five sons, Matthew, Mark, Luke, Jon and Seth. They have a daughter and son in law, Amanda and Darius; and four grandchildren, Nathan, Dylan, Genevieve and Zoe.

Larry’s parents, W.C. and Melba Ford, recently moved from Lubbock to Fort Myers, FL. Larry’s brother, Bruce, is an internationally renowned operatic tenor. Bruce has been described as “the leading Rossini tenor of this generation”. Bruce, his wife, Hetty, and son, Patrick, live in Naples, Florida.

Larry’s traveling schedule includes over 125 concerts a year. In spite of his rigorous schedule, Larry’s priorities are as a proud husband, father, and grandfather. First Assembly of God - Central is the Fords’ church home. Dan and Darlene Betzer are their pastors and friends.

Larry has been a professional pilot, a pastor – and all of his life, a worshipper. Often when people hear Larry sing for the first time, they are overwhelmed by the power of his voice. Those who know him best know it is not only powerful, but an anointed gift for which he gives God all the glory.

Feature Presentation
Jennifer Sands who lost her husband in the World Trade Center on 9/11 tells how this moved her from religion to a personal faith in Christ. Don’t wait -- Sign Up Now! (508) 362-7070

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Still Available ... The 2005 Songtime Conference is available in a 4 CD set. Did you miss the Conference? Or were you there and would like to enjoy it all over again? Then contact Songtime as we have recorded all of Dr. Dick Hubbard’s messages themed, “What Does God Want You To Do”. The CD’s also contain the fabulous musicianship of concert pianist Michael Faircloth, as well as the beautiful hymns sung by Damaris Carbaugh. This 4 CD set (also available on cassette), is available for a gift of $25 or more to Songtime. The 2004 CD's are also available at a special clearance rate!.

2006 Conference CD's
Four great messages by Dr. "Dick" Hubbard from 2 Timothy "Living Significantly in a Crisis Time". The CD's include messages titled: 2 Timothy 1 - “Be Loyal”
2 Timothy 2 - “Take Your Faith Seriously”
2 Timothy 3 - “Trust & Live our Bibles”
2 Timothy 4 - “Desire to Finish Well”
Now available for $10 for the two CD set! Click to Order

Now Available on CD!!! This month the Bible Book-a-Month is Leviticus taught by Dr. Arnold Schultz and Chester McCalley. Sign Up Today!

Now that we have completed all 66 Bible Books in the Bible Book-A-Month Series ...
Songtime Launces a New Series
-- Songtime Classics - A Galaxy of Giants -- released in April 2007! This month two great messages, "To Know Christ" by J. Sidlow Baxter and "Miracles Begin at Home" by Warren Wiersbe. Ask for CS-05 when you write or call.

A Unique Opportunity to Bring Notable Teachers and Preachers to Your Home -An Unusual Opportunity to discover the HOW of II Corinthians 10:4 -- “Bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ” We are basically giving you a key to our audio library, filled with some of the greatest teachers and preachers of all time. Read more about this series in the Classics Series brochure or click here.

Still available ...
“Gifts from God”, the series you heard by Dr. John DeBrine on Songtime in December 2005 through March 2006 is available on two a multiple CD sets. These CD sets, "Gifts From God, Volume 1" and "Gifts From God, Volume 2" is available for a gift of $20 or more per set to Songtime. Learn about your Spiritual Gifts and how they can help your local church!

Songtime USA has 6 basic ministries and this month, we are adding a 7th – “Sounds of the Past and Present”. This is a 15 minute program which utilizes the Great Expository Bible teachers of the past. Many in the current generation have never heard of them and therefore they have missed out on some of the great expositors! The result is almost a total disregard for 2 Timothy 3:16:

“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness..” Help Songtime USA offer this program to hundreds of radio stations to demonstrate that the Word of God is all sufficient.

Now Available on CD!!!

“Revelation” - Bible Book-a-Month

This book written by the Apostle John help us understand ".. the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this (Revelation 1:19). Study with Dr. Charles Woodbridge. Available on CD or Cassette for a gift of $12 or more!

This month two great messages, "To Know Christ" by J. Sidlow Baxter and "Miracles Begin at Home" by Warren Wiersbe. Ask for CS-05 when you write or call.Last month two great messages, on classic set CS-04 -- "Pay Day, Some Day, by R.G. Lee" and "Reformation or Transformation" by George Gardner. Did you forget to request last June’s “Songtime Classics Series” set, CS-03, which features a message by Donald Grey Barnhouse on “Knowing God’s Will" as well as Dick Hubbard's, "The Mystery of God's Will"

Call Now to get your copy on CD or Cassette!!! These studies, which contain two cassettes or CD's and study notes are a must! Sign up now to begin your journey into the Word of God as never before. Sign up online and begin increasing your understanding of God's Word with these sound, solid teachings available only from Songtime. Call Songtime today to request any of these great studies!

New Broadcast Announcements:

10pm Eastern (7pm Pacific) on XM FamilyTalk 170
6 am, Monday - Friday, WNEB 1230 AM, Worchester, MA "Sounds of the Past"
7 am, 7pm Monday - Friday, WRYP 90.1 FM Wellfleet, MA
7 am, 7pm Monday - Friday, WRYP 93.9 FM Hyannis, MA
7 am, 7pm Monday - Friday, WRYP 100.7 FM Harwich, MA (
12 Noon,Monday - Friday, WBYN 1160 AM Boyertown, PA
11:30 Fridays, WIHS 104.9 FM, Middletown, CT “Sounds of the Past & Present”

Your Giving ... Reaches Many ... Now It Can Reach More !!!
Thank you for your support of Songtime over the years. We look forward to your continued support of our ministry this year as we continue to reach the lost and disciple the saved through our radio broadcasts, the Internet, and our CD and tape ministry. The following list will give you an idea of what your financial support and prayers enables Songtime to do:

Minister on radio daily with the Gospel on over 30 radio stations to many thousands of listeners. Additionally our broadcast is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week over the Internet, heard by over 1,000 people per month.
Provide many resources (both audio and documents) on our website that reach all over the world. Songtime.com is accessed by over 12,000 people per month.
Minister to approximately 600 subscribers to our Audio Magazine.
Minister to approximately 500 members of our Bible Book-a-Month.
Send evangelism materials to military chaplains to reach our armed forces with the Gospel (over 5000 sent thus far).
Provide evangelism and discipleship tools to our listening audience (in 2005, over 4500 Red Sox DVD’s were distributed)
Provide Newsletters that contain biblical teaching to approximately 15,000 subscribers.

Provide many teaching cassettes, discipleship booklets, studies and articles at no charge to those in need of biblical teaching.
Helping others get exposure of God’s work in and through them by “sharing the microphone” with our “Many Voices, One Message” so that the body of Christ is strengthened and encouraged.
These are some of the projects that would be impossible without the financial support of people like you. In 2006, we plan to continue the development and distribution of evangelism and discipleship tools, as well as ministering daily on radio and via the Internet.
Please prayerfully consider these opportunities and return the Songtime 2006 pledge card with your gift so that we can go forward with all the outreach opportunities in 2006. We cannot do it alone! Thanks again for your continued support of Songtime USA.

Mail Call - A Letter from a Songtime Listener

Dear John,

I just wanted to let you know that I received Christ through your ministry back in the late 70's. I never properly thanked you. I was in my Datsun pickup truck and had what I like to call, "a dashboard call". Thanks so much.

God Bless!

- A Longtime Listener

Your Gifts at Work

Songtime needs nearly one million dollars per year to operate, using over 80% of your gifts directly on ministering the Good News via Radio, Printed or other Media, earning a 5-Star rating from Wallwatchers.org’s Ministry Watch Report*.

*MinistryWatch is an online database with profiles on more than 400 of the largest church and parachurch ministries in the United States. It is also a place where you can learn about how to be a “responsible giver”.

CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITY -- A GIFT THAT PAYS!
Songtime is sponsoring a vehicle for contributing to the ministry, for those folks who have funds to invest but still wish to earn an income for their savings. The vehicle is called the CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITY. The Charitable Gift Annuity is a combination of a gift to charity (Songtime) and an annuity. For senior persons, annuity rates may be 6%, 7% or even higher! Since part of the annuity payment is a tax free return of the principal, the gift annuity may provide the donor with a very substantial income. The combination of partially tax free income and the initial charitable deduction makes this agreement quite attractive. Additionally, after all payments have been made for the life of the annuitant, a favorite charity (Songtime) will benefit from the charitable gift. If you have an interest in contributing in this manner, please contact the Songtime office or click here and a representative of the ministry will contact you with further information. Read "Why Charitable Trusts?" by Dan Celia of the Regency Foundation.
Call Songtime USA at (508)362-7070

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