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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:19 Removing pain 00:24 Lord, let my words 00:30 Heal a heart that hurts 00:35 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:46 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:10 Hi, and welcome to 3ABN Today. 01:12 I'm Tim Parton, the general manager 01:14 of the Praise Him Music Network. 01:15 And I'm grateful that you are tuned in. 01:18 We have a great program on Christian education. 01:21 And this is my friend and co-worker, cohort. 01:25 His name is Ryan Day. 01:26 I'm gonna let you tell... 01:28 You tell them what you are. 01:29 I'm Ryan Day, the assistant to the general manager 01:30 of the 3ABN Praise Him Music Network. 01:33 And the general manager is Tim Parton. 01:35 But today we have a very special program for you. 01:39 We first and foremost wanna say thank you for your love, 01:41 your prayers, and support of 3ABN 01:44 and all that we do here. 01:45 We know we couldn't do any of this, 01:47 nor would this be possible without you, 01:48 and so we're so thankful that you're joining us today. 01:51 This special program ought to be all about 01:53 Christian education. 01:55 And, you know what, 01:56 here at 3ABN we are very much 01:58 a supporter of Adventist Christian education. 02:01 And it brings such a blessing for me 02:03 to introduce our guests, 02:05 which seems weird because it's Danny and Yvonne Shelton, 02:08 which you're usually here where we're seated, 02:10 and we're usually there, 02:12 but it's a blessing to have both of you here today. 02:13 Actually, I feel 02:16 maybe more comfortable on that side 02:17 than I do this side. 02:19 I've done both. 02:20 It's not too late to change. 02:22 Brother, I've done a few thousand 02:23 of those, you know, getting interviewed, but now, 02:26 thank you so much for what you guys do 02:28 for the cause of God. 02:29 And today we are talking about Christian education, 02:32 Adventist education. 02:34 Now my dad always told me 02:36 that you don't get anything for nothing. 02:39 But today I'm gonna see he's resting in Jesus, 02:42 we'll talk about it in eternity, 02:44 but see if I can prove that wrong today 02:47 'cause there are some things you can get for nothing 02:49 and we're gonna show you what that is today. 02:51 Amen. 02:52 And so we're talking about Christian education, 02:55 Adventist education... 02:56 Christian education in general is expensive. 02:59 It's tremendously expensive. 03:01 I know. 03:02 I've sent some daughters through, you know, 03:03 the academies and now 03:06 the youngest one Trinity through college, 03:08 and it's very expensive. 03:09 So what is one of the things that schools normally do? 03:13 Your wife's a school teacher, right? 03:14 That's right. 03:16 So we're just gonna talk about fund raising, but, Yvonne, 03:18 you know a little bit about Christian education, 03:20 in fact, through your dad. 03:22 I do. I do. 03:23 My dad was a principal of an Adventist school 03:26 for many years, 03:27 Bethel Seventh-day Adventist School, 03:29 and also Amityville School in New York, 03:33 in Brooklyn, New York. 03:34 And Pastor John Lomacang knows about that. 03:38 He does because... Because. 03:39 Because our subject 03:41 that's when they could give whippings 03:43 and her dad gave John a whipping with a wire... 03:46 He only got one. 03:47 He only got one, but... 03:49 Once what? Or one whipping? 03:50 One whipping. Oh, good. 03:51 As far as I know. Must have been a dandy again. 03:54 I don't think he got another one, 03:55 but I know that, you know, they would need funds. 04:00 There was always this need for funds 04:03 and they would do things like selling oranges 04:05 or grapefruit. 04:07 My dad always had grapefruits in his office. 04:08 Grapefruit and... 04:10 That's some of the best things they could do. 04:11 Yeah. 04:13 Well, candy, 04:14 and all kinds of like junky stuff too. 04:19 But, you know, people were buying that 04:21 because they wanted to support 04:23 Christian education. 04:25 One of the things I want to say about the importance 04:27 of Christian education 04:28 is that on Dare to Dream I interview notice, 04:32 I put a little plug in for Dare to Dream. 04:34 I interviewed an author and his name was Paul Tough, 04:38 and he wrote a book entitled "How Children Succeed." 04:42 And he said that reading 04:48 and writing and arithmetic 04:50 are all very important. 04:52 But there are other things that are important too, 04:54 character development, integrity, perseverance, 04:57 and these kinds of things are taught in our schools. 05:02 And so even though the schools aren't fancy, many times, 05:06 they are really putting out great leaders, 05:09 people who are successful, people who love Jesus... 05:11 And they're not perfect. 05:13 And they're not perfect, 05:14 but it's so interesting to me that these small schools, 05:18 though they might not have cutting-edge equipment 05:20 and that kind of thing. 05:22 Right. 05:23 They are putting out top-notch people 05:25 because they are learning other things in addition 05:29 to the academics. 05:30 And so these things are important. 05:32 That's why Christian education 05:34 is so important because it is helping to train 05:37 future leaders, 05:39 future Christian leaders of tomorrow, 05:42 people who love Jesus and who will share 05:45 Jesus with the community. 05:46 So I think that, you know, we tend to underestimate 05:50 the importance of Christian education, 05:52 and I know I'm rambling, 05:54 but I just mean to say this too. 05:57 The other part of it is 05:58 what are our children getting 06:01 in the public schools now. 06:03 Now when we were growing up... 06:06 Well, these are babies over here. 06:08 But when we were growing up... 06:10 Watch it. 06:13 You know, we were learning certain things 06:15 and it wasn't as socially focused as it is now. 06:20 Now there are some other things that children are being taught 06:24 that are just so inappropriate. 06:27 And it's, you know, whether it's the sex education, 06:30 which is inappropriate 06:32 to introducing certain religious teachings 06:36 which are contrary to our teachings, 06:39 I mean, all kinds of things 06:40 and our kids are being indoctrinated 06:42 in the public schools. 06:44 So really, we really need to look at as much as possible 06:48 whenever possible, 06:49 putting our children into Christian institutions 06:52 and supporting them. 06:53 Absolutely, 'cause back in the day, 06:55 you know, even in the secular schools, 06:57 you were taught to respect for God, 06:59 the flag, and family, 07:02 you know, and today, you don't see that at all. 07:04 I mean, it's such a disrespect and it's just amazing. 07:08 So Christian education, 07:10 without a doubt anytime you're basing, 07:13 you know, your teachings on the Bible, 07:15 you can't go wrong. 07:16 Train up the child when he's young, 07:18 when he's older may not depart from it. 07:20 Now your wife's a school teacher, 07:22 tell us about that, Ryan? 07:23 I can relate all of this what we're talking about, 07:25 my wife, both me and my wife 07:27 were education majors in college 07:29 and we were both intending on going 07:31 into the public school sector and teaching. 07:33 And praise the Lord, 07:35 my wife is now a principal and head teacher 07:37 of the Thompsonville Junior Christian Academy. 07:40 Here across in 3ABN, of course, she's taught, you know, 07:43 few years now in Adventist Christian education. 07:46 And so, you know, just listen to you, 07:48 Yvonne, talk about, you know, 07:49 what the kids are getting in public school versus, 07:52 you know, this Christian education experience. 07:54 I can relate to that because both me and my wife grew up 07:57 going all of our life to public school. 07:59 The things that kids are exposed to today, 08:02 there's more of an academic pressure upon them 08:05 rather than building character and learning life lessons, 08:07 which is what you get 08:09 in an Christian education atmosphere, 08:11 we want our kids to... 08:13 Yes, be smart, be able to do the academics, 08:15 be able to learn, you know, writing, and arithmetic, 08:17 mathematics, science, all those things are important, 08:19 but we also want them 08:21 to have a good head on their shoulders 08:22 and be able to go out into the real world, 08:24 and be able to live and function 08:26 not just as an adult, 08:27 but as a Christian adult 08:28 who is being led by the Spirit of God. 08:30 And so, my wife as a teacher, 08:33 as you kind of opened the program with, 08:36 you know, they're always looking for ways to raise money 08:39 to try to continue that educational experience 08:42 so that because it cost 08:44 that public schools may be free, 08:46 and we know it's technically not free. 08:47 It's paid by tax dollars, but, you know, 08:49 parents don't have to pay out of pocket 08:51 like they do Christian education. 08:53 And so it's kind of unfortunate that that's the reality, 08:55 but it's worth the cost. 08:56 Yes. 08:58 And so this is what we're talking about today. 08:59 You know, how we, how you 09:01 can become involved in, you know, 09:05 providing and helping support Adventist Christian education 09:10 today and so yeah, absolutely. 09:13 I'm always interested as like when, 09:15 at the end of summer when school starts, 09:18 there's usually some kind of a news report 09:20 on the teachers 09:21 that are preparing their classroom for the year 09:25 and how much money they're having 09:27 to put out of pocket themselves. 09:29 And I don't have statistics you can find them online, 09:33 I'm sure, 09:34 but we all know 09:36 and here that are the teacher salaries 09:38 are so low and for them to have to then give money 09:41 out of their pocket to provide even if it's not, 09:44 you know, a cutting-edge as you were saying 09:46 just simple paper and the just the little things 09:49 that get students by in the classroom. 09:51 Absolutely. 09:53 So I think this is a hugely important opportunity 09:56 for our viewers to get involved in Christian education. 10:00 Absolutely, I was thinking 10:02 also just you mentioned earlier, you know, 10:04 the teachers are always trying to come up with ways 10:06 of raising money. 10:08 And there's, you know, whether it's selling candy, 10:10 you know, I remember in school we sold Krispy Kreme Doughnuts. 10:14 I'm not the best things to be selling, but nonetheless, 10:18 you know, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts. 10:20 I think we did like, you know, Little Caesars Pizzas, 10:23 and get some things, and, you know, the candy, 10:26 and of course, 10:27 my wife's previous school they did hot lunches 10:29 where the school would provide the lunch, 10:30 but the parents and the kids 10:32 would bring the money to try to, 10:33 you know, build those funds so that you can continue 10:36 that Christian education. 10:37 So they're always trying to find ways, 10:40 creative ways to raise money for education like this. 10:43 Yes. Yes. 10:44 Just maybe three years or so ago, 10:46 I don't remember three or four 10:48 'cause each year it happens. 10:49 I had students come to me and say, 10:52 "Hey, we're selling candy for our school 10:55 and this is to some class trip or some, you know, 10:58 extra activity that they love doing 11:01 and should get to do. 11:03 And so we're raising money. 11:05 And one of you will buy some of the list 11:08 I think there were Snicker bars and Reese's 11:10 and all kinds of things like that. 11:13 And it occurred to me, you know, 11:14 isn't it a shame 11:16 that we feel like we have to sell, 11:19 you know, candy or sell something 11:21 in order to have a school 11:23 to be able to afford to go there 11:25 and to be able to do things, 11:26 like take trips to whether it's Pathfinders or whether 11:29 it's when they all get together with like, 11:32 Wisconsin once had Camporee up there, Oshkosh, 11:35 those type of things. 11:37 So there's always a need for money. 11:39 So it occurred to me, 11:40 what would be a good way of getting people to support 11:44 Christian education? 11:45 Now you may say, "Well, 11:46 what's 3ABN worried about Christian education?" 11:50 They must have too much money. No, we don't. 11:51 We live month to month and as the Lord provides, 11:55 and thankfully, 11:57 at the end of this year, we ended up not in debt, 12:00 but not having hardly any money in the bank. 12:02 But what's new, it's been that way for 35 years. 12:05 So we praise the Lord, He supplies every need. 12:07 But my thought was is, you know what, 12:09 God blesses us when we bless others, 12:11 when we help. 12:12 So it occurred to me, 12:14 what could we put in the hands of our students 12:17 in the Christian schools 12:19 not even necessarily just Adventists 12:21 if you're watching and you have a church school, 12:23 and a Christian school, 12:25 what could you put in your hands 12:27 that would help and not just be something 12:29 that's gonna disappear or somebody eats it, right? 12:32 Or, you know, whatever. 12:34 So it occurred to me music products, 12:36 what do people, what can make a difference? 12:39 A lot of young kids starting grade school 12:41 and all they're not gonna be able to preach a sermon. 12:43 Maybe they can take some music, 12:45 and offer it for sale in the community 12:49 now does several things. 12:50 It gets the kids minds 12:53 on spiritual things 'cause now you're there... 12:56 First of all, it's a big, 12:57 I talked to Evelyn Haney when she was here. 12:59 She told me what a headache 13:00 in order to buy the candy 13:02 then keep track of every candy bars sold 13:05 and those they're missing 13:07 and how much you have to give to the company, 13:09 and then get so much, it's a lot of... 13:11 Your wife will tell you, 13:12 it's a lot of headache and a lot of bookwork 13:14 and I'm not somebody to waste a lot of time 13:17 in that much organization so I thought okay, 13:20 how can we just skip all that. 13:22 So I said, "Okay, 13:24 what about this if folk make a donation 13:27 to 3ABN for instance." 13:28 We'll put a graphic up on the screen. 13:31 I'm just gonna use the figure because it's easy to use. 13:34 We're gonna ask you to make a donation 13:36 for Adventist education or a Christian education, 13:39 however you wanna put on your check. 13:41 This is a... 13:43 You're gonna get a tax receipt 13:44 just like you would with a regular donation 13:47 to 3ABN, 13:48 but what's gonna happen 13:49 is 3ABN has numbers of music projects. 13:53 Some of those we put as much as $100,000. 13:56 As you know, Tim, 13:57 and you produce some of these projects. 14:00 I'm talking about orchestras and choirs 14:02 and projects that we put a lot into, 14:05 what if we could put that in the hands 14:07 of every school in America, 14:09 every church school in America at no cost to the school. 14:13 Right. 14:14 I'm gonna say that again. No cost to the school. 14:17 Now being raised an Adventist, 14:19 my mother became one in the year 14:20 I was born 1951. 14:22 Time does go back that far, 14:25 I did notice lately though, 14:26 when you're online or something, 14:28 and it gives your birth date that your... 14:30 Had to keep scrolling I know. 14:33 It goes so much farther than my age, my date 14:35 what bothers me somewhat is like, 14:37 "Wait, what's going on here?" 14:39 But anyway, so now 14:41 back to the Christian education. 14:42 So here we are, 14:44 what do we put in the hands 14:46 of these kids that would now put them into ministry, 14:49 being ministry minded? 14:50 What do we give the people in the neighborhood 14:53 in the communities and the hands 14:56 that may at some point be their salvation? 14:58 That's right. 14:59 Because these productions that we do, 15:02 incredible productions with incredible musicians 15:05 and singers and so then we've written 15:08 some CDs with kids songs on them, 15:11 that they can learn the Ten Commandments, 15:13 learn the Bible, things that they can. 15:15 Tim arranged them and played on them 15:17 and help me in every way possible 15:20 to make them like decent songs 15:22 now which I appreciate so much. 15:24 And so here's the thing. 15:26 So how can, I said... 15:27 How can we help 15:29 get this into the hands for nothing? 15:31 So here's the idea that came to me 15:33 and think it was of the Lord 15:34 was maybe we could put a graphic up 15:37 and would show that if someone gave 15:40 and you don't have to give, you can give $5, $10 15:42 but let's just say that you gave $150. 15:45 So I know Adventists, we love to be good stewards, 15:49 and we love to give to missions, 15:51 but we also love matching funds, 15:54 but I've never heard of a triple fund. 15:56 So what came to me was okay, 15:59 let's say that you donate $150. 16:02 Now what's gonna happen is that $350 or $150, 16:08 3ABN will donate 20 of CDs or DVDs of these projects. 16:14 We're gonna show you, 16:16 we're gonna do some of the songs 16:17 and let you decide those of you at home. 16:19 So we're gonna donate 20, which is $300 worth, 16:23 but when we sell those, 16:25 or we're gonna give those to the kids, 16:27 when they sell them, they get $450. 16:31 Okay, for 15 CDs, the school doesn't pay a penny. 16:34 So what happens the donor gives $150, right? 16:38 Then what happens 3ABN has put the money into the CDs 16:42 and we have to do the printing, 16:43 we have to do the shipping, 16:44 and all of that. 16:46 So that 300 give several dollars for 3ABN. 16:49 So we actually after it's all said and done, 16:52 we might be able to keep $2 or $3 out of that too, 16:57 but then we give them to the schools. 16:59 So the schools don't put out one penny. 17:02 So your $100 and $150 you give 17:05 actually brings the Adventist School 17:07 or the Christian school $450 17:11 and the money in between is the wholesale cost 17:13 of 3ABN's manufacturing or shipping or handling, 17:16 you know, and of course, 17:18 the $100,000 we put into the production 17:20 to begin with. 17:21 So what do you think? Does that make sense? 17:24 It's amazing. I mean, really, it's amazing. 17:26 It's an amazing idea because the schools 17:30 don't have to put out anything. 17:31 They don't have to pre-buy candy, 17:33 and then resell it, they don't have to, 17:35 now they get these witnessing tools 17:38 which is what they are. 17:40 They get these witnessing tools, 17:41 they can go out in the community, 17:43 or go to their just your next door neighbor 17:46 or whatever and sell them. 17:48 And the value is tripled of the original donation. 17:52 Right. I just could, I'm bump in here and mention, 17:55 you know, this is significant. 17:56 The fact that some of these other fundraisers 18:00 that they do in schools, 18:02 I mean, what they don't sell, they have to pay for. 18:04 And so sometimes, you know, 18:05 the schools have a good intentions to say, 18:07 you know what, let's try a fundraiser, 18:08 and then they end up with a lot of excess extra, 18:11 whatever it is that they're selling, 18:13 and then they have to be out money 18:14 and sometimes they barely even break even 18:16 and sometimes even go in the hole. 18:18 And so to hear this concept is just, 18:20 it's got to be a blessing for sure. 18:21 Yes, yes, yes. 18:22 And there are so many schools. 18:24 When this program was first announced, 18:27 they've been so many schools that said, you know, 18:31 we really need help. 18:32 What can we do? 18:33 We really need help, how can we get involved? 18:36 If you have your principal at school, 18:40 or your pastor, 18:42 or if, you know, some conference representative, 18:46 let or the teacher maybe your teacher 18:49 from the school goes to your church, 18:50 let them know that this program is available 18:54 so that they can know how to get these materials 18:57 into their schools and raise money. 18:59 It's amazing. 19:01 Is it too soon to... 19:02 No, I started to say we can talk some more about it 19:05 we'll go back over it again, 19:06 but maybe we should show some of the music 19:09 we must start out with the... 19:11 Let's do the kid, children's... 19:13 Yeah, from children's CD, 19:14 I think the first one is Love Rules. 19:16 Yeah, Love Rules. 19:18 It's, there's a CD and a DVD. 19:21 Yeah, so you take your pick, CD, DVD. 19:23 Yeah. And 11 songs on there. 19:25 Yeah. 19:27 Danny Shelton and kids songs are written by you, 19:31 Bible based... 19:32 Yeah, they're all Bible based. 19:34 And the first one is just a fun song. 19:37 And it just kind of came to me about 30 minutes. 19:40 And we talked about on air, a kid say, 19:42 girls rule or boys rule or whatever. 19:45 And then I said, "You know, love rules." 19:47 So we made a little song out of that 19:49 so we can go to that if you want to. 19:51 Amen. With Love Rules. 20:01 There are rules at home And rules at school 20:05 Rules on the playground And rules in the pool 20:09 But there's one rule That is the best 20:13 And if you keep this rule You will be blessed 20:18 Isn't it cool that love rules? 20:22 Isn't it great there's no hate 20:26 Where love rules? 20:29 It's no accident you see 20:33 That's the way it's meant to be since God is love, 20:40 Love rules Love rules 20:47 There are rules for this And rules for that 20:51 There are even rules For dogs and cats 20:55 There are some we like And some we don't 20:59 Some we'll keep And some we won't 21:03 But there's one rule That is the best 21:07 And if you keep this rule You will be blessed 21:12 Isn't it cool that love rules? 21:16 Isn't it great there's no hate 21:20 Where love rules? 21:23 It's no accident you see 21:27 That's the way It's meant to be 21:31 Since God is love, 21:34 Love rules Love rules 21:42 Now the Bible tells 21:45 Of God's great love 21:49 How Jesus came From heaven above 21:57 He gave His life on Calvary 22:01 He died that day So got whole world could see 22:07 Isn't it cool that love rules? 22:11 Isn't it great there's no hate 22:15 Where love rules? 22:18 It's no accident you see 22:22 That's the way It's meant to be 22:26 Since God is love 22:29 Isn't it cool that love rules? 22:33 Isn't it great there's no hate 22:37 Where love rules? 22:40 It's no accident you see 22:44 That's the way It's meant to be 22:48 Since God is love 22:51 Love rules Love rules 23:04 Love rules! 23:11 Isn't that great? Oh, praise the Lord. 23:12 That's amazing. 23:14 I love to hear children sing the word. 23:15 The Word of God. 23:16 Amen. That's so powerful. 23:18 I can imagine going to sleep with that at night. 23:19 Right. 23:20 And memorizing the Ten Commandments. 23:22 Absolutely. Yeah. 23:23 The long version, that's powerful. 23:25 And in US it's like a Snickers bar 23:27 or Reese's bar, I mean, 23:28 this is the Word of God in music. 23:31 And so as I'm listening to these songs, 23:32 I'm thinking, "Wow, this is amazing." 23:34 If somebody came to my door and was selling, 23:36 you know, this, 23:38 I would jump on in a heartbeat 23:39 because I love the Word of God and I love music, 23:41 and so provides a way 23:42 to get the gospel message out there, 23:44 which is a blessing. 23:45 I can, the children would be so proud 23:47 to sell something like this to their neighbor. 23:48 That's right. Absolutely. 23:50 And, Yvonne, 23:51 we're talking about for those just joining us, 23:53 Adventist education 23:55 and how to help and support 23:56 that we'd like to raise a million dollars 23:58 for Adventist education. 24:00 This is not for 3ABN, but Adventist education, 24:03 but we are the conduit. 24:05 And the idea came just three, four years ago, 24:07 two or three years ago, whatever it was, 24:09 we did this few years ago and people said, 24:11 "Can you do it again?" 24:13 So what happens if you make a donation... 24:15 Well, let me see if you've got it now. 24:17 Is this a test? Yes. 24:18 I'm feeling like I'm like this, 24:19 is this like a quiz or something? 24:21 Yeah, you've a quiz, 24:22 and see if we've explained it, 24:24 but let's put the graphic up. 24:25 And then you explain what that means. 24:26 And of course, that $150 24:28 could be any figure could be $10. 24:29 Yes. 24:30 But it'll be tripled so... 24:32 Yeah, so we'll just use $150 as the figure. 24:34 Okay. 24:35 So you the donor makes $150 donation to 3ABN. 24:42 3ABN will then in turn, 24:45 take 20 CDs or DVDs and send them to the school 24:51 which will be a value of $300. 24:55 So right there... At $15 they'll... 24:58 What they sell for us $15 apiece. 24:59 Fifteen dollars apiece. 25:00 So that's gonna turn into $300 25:03 which that means your donation has already doubled. 25:07 Then those 20 CDs or DVDs when the children 25:12 take them and sell them, 25:14 they're going to sell them and the value 25:17 of that sale is gonna be $450. 25:20 So now you've tripled your donation. 25:23 Okay. 25:24 So this is really a great way for you 25:27 the donor to see how your money is being used 25:30 and growing and use for the cause of God. 25:32 So what really happens, $150 donation, 25:36 $300 of it then 3ABN gives $300 25:41 at what we call a wholesale cost. Right. 25:44 So that wholesale cost 'cause 3ABN has the production, 25:48 we have the shipping, we have the printing, 25:50 all of that we take out a portion out of that, 25:53 but the majority of it 25:56 then goes to the school and they keep 100% 25:59 yet they didn't put a penny in it. 26:00 So early on, I said, my dad always said, 26:03 you don't get anything for nothing. 26:05 But in this case the schools will. 26:07 But they're doing it because 26:08 you at home care enough to make a donation. 26:11 So you make the 3ABN just put Adventist education 26:13 or Christian education, whatever you want. 26:16 And in a bit here, we should put up maybe an address role 26:21 or something for those folk, 26:23 and because we want everybody to be able to do it. 26:25 So now for the teachers, from the schools, 26:29 the principals what have you, 26:30 we'll put up an address, you can contact 3ABN 26:33 and say how many, if you have, for instance, 50 students, 26:37 maybe you could get as many as 250. 26:39 And if you sold 250, those at $15, you do the math, 26:43 you've raised a lot of money. 26:45 What you don't sell, 26:46 then we appreciate you sending them back 26:48 so we could send to some other school. 26:50 So we're gonna trust you as 26:52 the teacher if we didn't trust you, 26:53 we wouldn't be doing Adventist education 26:56 and doing this project for you because we believe 26:59 in Christian education here at 3ABN. 27:02 Praise the Lord. 27:03 You know, I just wanna give just a quick, 27:05 just quick shout out appeal to those who are watching, 27:07 you know, this could mean the difference 27:08 in someone attending or not attending 27:10 Christian school, 27:12 I mean because these things, of course, 27:13 these funds will be used for supplies 27:15 or whatever it is that the school needs. 27:17 But I know that previous schools 27:18 that my wife has attended, 27:20 you know, there are kids that want 27:22 parents that want to send their kids 27:23 to Christian school, 27:24 but, of course, it costs and they can't afford it, 27:27 but someone like you making a donation, 27:29 and of course, this going on 27:30 to the school and providing funds. 27:32 This could mean the difference of a kid 27:34 being able to attend Christian school 27:36 which would change their life 27:37 and so I just, I had to make an appeal, 27:40 please make a donation, 27:42 please send in your funds because 27:43 you are going to potentially transform someone's life 27:47 through Christian education, absolutely. 27:49 And we have two of the children's projects, 27:53 Love Rules, and then It's A Beautiful World. 27:55 There's a DVD and a CD for both of these. 27:58 So there's a lot of great... 28:00 You'll have some options of which one's 28:03 each school can choose from that or two others. 28:05 Let's see other two you have. 28:07 Okay, so the one we have here, of course, 28:08 is the newest 3ABN project 28:11 which is the Give Him Glory project, 28:13 which is based on the three angels' messages 28:14 found in Revelation Chapter 14. 28:17 And I had a wonderful opportunity 28:18 of being a part of this project. 28:20 My first real studio experience was working 28:24 on this particular project with 3ABN 28:25 and it's been such a blessing, 28:27 the three angels' messages put to song 28:30 and so could you imagine a child or whoever it is 28:32 going out and selling this to someone 28:35 who may have never heard the three angels' messages. 28:37 So it can be an ultimate blessing. 28:39 So you'll have this for sure as an option to choose 28:43 to sell to those people to raise funds. 28:46 And then the fourth piece of product is It Was Love, 28:49 which is a kind of a Combination. 28:51 Combination. Yeah. 28:52 Best of all of the projects that 3ABN has put out. 28:56 Yeah. 28:57 So we have four very high quality pieces. 29:01 This is not just scraps. Right. 29:04 This is something again that 29:05 the youth can be very proud of to sell. 29:07 Yeah. So... 29:09 You get a lot of money. Yeah. 29:11 And to these projects for sure, but again, 29:14 we wanna get the Christian education. 29:17 So we want those of you we can only give us away 29:20 as many as the money that comes in. 29:22 So two things we're asking some of you to donate, 29:25 whether it's $10, $100, or 1000, 29:28 then others for the schools, the principals of the schools, 29:31 to contact 3ABN. 29:33 Tell us how many of these CDs you want, 29:35 and you'll be able to, you'll try to sell 29:37 and those you don't, you'll send back 29:39 so it's actually the schools are going to end up 29:42 those of you who donate, your money's gonna be tripled. 29:46 You give $100 it's gonna end up being $300 29:49 in the school system. 29:51 And the donation is still tax deductible. 29:53 It is. Absolutely. 29:54 So it's a win-win-win. 29:55 It's a win-win. It is. 29:57 It's a triple win. Praise the Lord. 29:58 Yeah, that's true. 30:00 Well, let's hear another song. 30:01 In fact, from the Give Him Glory project. 30:03 Absolutely. 30:04 This is more than wonderful, 30:05 which I think it's a little familiar. 30:07 I think so. 30:08 Me and Miss Yvonne, we're the one singing this, 30:10 but it's a blessing more than wonderful right now. 36:36 Amen. Praise the Lord. It is so powerful. 36:39 It's a beautiful song. 36:40 I never get tired of Hearing that medley. 36:42 What a wonderful worship Experience 36:43 really it's been. 36:45 Amen. 36:46 And that's song the Give Him Glory CD, DVD. 36:49 That is one of the four projects that we are featuring 36:52 in this Adventist Fundraiser Education. 36:56 Absolutely. 36:57 I'm just excited about I saw the results last time, 37:00 and I don't, I forget exactly, 37:02 I'd have to look but it seemed like 37:04 a few hundred thousand dollars. 37:05 So I'm hoping at least that we're hoping we can raise 37:08 a million dollars for Adventist education. 37:10 So please pray and ask the Holy Spirit 37:12 what he would have you to do in support 37:15 of Adventist education. 37:17 When you look at it, I mean, I look at schools, 37:20 and I'm like, boy, they're just not the way they used to be. 37:23 We can be one of those to criticize them 37:25 to do whatever. 37:27 But on the other hand, 37:28 when you look to public schools, 37:30 and see what has been taught, 37:31 and how ungodly, they are our schools still, 37:34 you know, not all the students are perfect, 37:36 but we're still giving the biblical message, 37:39 still putting the Word of God in to our young people, 37:42 you know, as we mentioned, already, 37:44 put it in when they're young 37:45 and when they're old they'll not depart from it. 37:47 So maybe they leave for a while, 37:49 but when the going gets tough, 37:50 they get back to the Word of God 37:52 because they've been grounded. 37:53 Yeah. So it's so important. 37:55 I only got to go one year to academy in Wisconsin Academy 38:00 went with my cousin Dennis there for a year. 38:03 And it's, you know, it was an incredible adventure. 38:06 My folks was poor, my father was disabled. 38:08 And so we couldn't really afford it at the time. 38:11 I didn't think we could. 38:13 But the Lord still blessed and I made it through. 38:15 But when I have a chance 38:17 that my kids have put them through the academy, 38:20 and through Trinity through college, 38:22 and so I believe in it, and I know you do too. 38:25 And so we're asking you to support. 38:29 So remember, whatever you give, 38:31 your money's gonna be tripled for the school. 38:34 So you give $10 then it's $20, 38:37 what happens is 3ABN would give, 38:39 let say this do a little more $30 38:41 you gave $30. 38:43 And so that'd be triple $30, 38:45 then $60 we would give to the school 38:47 which then they would sell worth $90. 38:50 So I know that's confusing. Fifty dollars' worth of product. 38:52 Yes. So it ends up with the school. 38:54 So anyway, whatever you give, 38:56 we're trying to make this simple as we can. 38:58 Your money will be tripled 38:59 and the school will get 100% of that amount. 39:03 So as we showed on the graph a while ago, 39:05 $150, you give $150. 39:08 There it is, again, it's $300 worth of product 39:11 because we're gonna give 20 CDs to the schools, 39:17 they will sell these 20 for 15 apiece, 39:19 I think that's $450. 39:22 So that 100% stays with the school 39:26 for whatever they need that money for. 39:28 Again, that's a much better than selling candy, 39:31 selling meals, 39:33 doing whatever you can do 39:34 because it's ministry for the young people. 39:37 And who knows somebody 39:39 that listens to more than wonderful 39:42 later on maybe not even a Christian and say, 39:44 "Well, I'll buy it." 39:45 These kids are here 39:47 and their neighbors will buy this, 39:48 they turns that on sometime and listens and says, 39:51 "You know what, I want that Jesus, 39:53 who's more than wonderful in my life." 39:55 You know, it's amazing because 39:57 I don't think many people realize 39:58 just how big of an impact that a project like this 40:02 can really make, 40:03 not only do we have an opportunity 40:05 to put such incredible material into people's hands, I mean, 40:08 someone's gonna receive these CDs, 40:09 whether it's the children's projects, 40:11 whether it's the Give Him Glory, 40:13 the other projects, 40:14 and they're going to be able to hear the gospel and music. 40:16 And so what better opportunity than 40:18 and giving support to this particular program, 40:21 you're sharing the gospel with people in music. 40:24 And not only that, I mean, 40:25 think of the lives you're gonna impact. 40:27 There's probably a kid right now somewhere, 40:29 a parent that wants to see 40:30 their kid go to Christian school 40:32 because they want them 40:34 out of this public school system. 40:35 They want that negative influence out of their life, 40:37 they want them to be raised in a Christian environment, 40:39 learning Christian values, gaining a Christian character, 40:42 and by your donation 40:44 by you giving and supporting to this program. 40:47 That kid is not only gonna receive but think of the impact 40:50 that that kid is potentially gonna have on their family, 40:53 the parents, I've heard stories all the time, Danny, 40:55 of children who go to these schools 40:57 and their parents are converted to the faith 41:00 because of the change they're seeing in their kids 41:03 and the message that they hear 41:05 through this amazing Adventist Christian school system. 41:07 And so I just want to encourage you that as we're, 41:10 as we're talking about this, 41:11 I pray that the Holy Spirit is impressing you to donate 41:15 and give to this program 41:17 because the lives that you're gonna impact 41:19 you can never possibly know, one of these days 41:21 you'll be in the kingdom of God. 41:23 And perhaps Jesus Himself will say, 41:24 "Because you donated 41:26 look at all of these multitudes of people 41:28 that are in the kingdom because of the seed 41:29 that you sow because of the wonderful gift 41:33 that you gave to provide 41:34 a wonderful Christian education for a kid. 41:37 And it's just. It's amazing. 41:39 I praise the Lord for this. 41:40 That's the beauty of it because 41:42 they actually the school can use the money 41:43 for whatever they want. 41:45 Right. Absolutely. 41:46 Whether it's a trip or whether it's a student fund. 41:47 Right. 41:49 Maybe there's schools that says, you know, 41:50 let's have what everything we sell 41:52 we're putting the money worthy student. 41:53 Now we see community student someone that wants to come here 41:56 can't afford it. 41:58 This money goes to the worthy student. 41:59 So you're not limited 42:00 as to what you want to do with it. 42:02 If you wanna go on a class trip, you can do it. 42:04 That's right. 42:05 You wanna do worthy student whatever you want, 42:07 it's yours 100% 42:09 that donation that you give is tripled 42:11 however much that is. 42:12 Amen. Praise the Lord. 42:14 Absolutely. That was great. 42:15 So why don't we just go ahead and put up a way 42:17 that you can contact 3ABN right now. 42:20 We want you to be able to contact us, 42:22 be able to donate and there's multiple ways 42:24 that you can do so. 42:25 You can call directly into 3ABN 42:28 or you can go directly to the website 42:29 and, of course, there will be a button 42:31 you can click on the main website 42:32 there that will take you directly to a website 42:35 in which you can make a donation 42:37 and be able to select the options 42:39 that you want to send to these schools. 42:42 And what is that number, Danny? 42:48 Okay, I'm checking. 42:50 That's all right. 42:53 So we're looking for two things, 42:55 some folk are willing to donate 42:57 and others if you're the teacher 42:59 or they're principal or the pastor of the church, 43:01 and you want to get involved and you contact 3ABN, 43:04 let us know how many of these that you need, 43:06 we'll be happy to ship them to you. 43:08 Amen. 43:09 Praise the Lord, that's such a blessing. 43:11 Yeah, I just wanna make sure 43:13 I reiterate what you said while ago 43:15 if you are tired of the way things are going, 43:19 you can be a part of the solution, 43:21 you know, as a donator. 43:23 You can give to see wonderful things happen. 43:27 And it's sometimes we just like to point fingers 43:32 and not do something about it. 43:34 So this is a wonderful opportunity 43:36 to get involved. 43:37 But you don't have to necessarily get involved 43:39 other than providing the funds you donate, 43:42 and then we'll take care of all of the work, 43:45 and then get to the school and the school 43:47 I think is a wonderful opportunity for the kids 43:49 as you also mentioned about giving them some practice 43:53 in mission work. 43:55 It's a beautiful, this is a wonderful, 43:57 this is like got so many facets to it, 44:00 I really do love this program. 44:02 It was a Lord idea, He sent it. 44:05 Amen. Praise the Lord. 44:06 I've had the wonderful opportunity 44:08 of working firsthand as a volunteer, 44:10 in Adventist education at the schools 44:12 that my wife has worked at, 44:13 and to see firsthand the impact 44:16 that it has on these children's lives. 44:18 I mean, they're hearing the Gospel of Jesus, 44:20 that they have a Bible curriculum. 44:22 They're learning about Jesus and salvation 44:25 and the work that Christ is doing for them. 44:27 And it's such a powerful thing. 44:29 I look at that. 44:31 And I think to myself, 44:32 "Man, I wish I had that as a kid." 44:33 Because the things that I saw in school growing up 44:36 and was exposed to, 44:37 it's like, as I got older, I'm like, 44:38 "Man, I wish I had that." 44:40 And I struggled, 44:41 but you have an opportunity to help, 44:43 you have an opportunity to give, 44:46 to share what the Lord has blessed you with 44:49 and hopes of blessing someone else. 44:51 And so it's such a blessing, 44:52 such an opportunity to see that we have 44:55 and for free that's schools don't have anything, 44:57 they don't have to put a dime into it. 45:00 You just receive it 45:01 and you put it out there. 45:03 Let's put up the website. Yeah. 45:04 Absolutely. 45:06 So you can find out how to get it. 45:07 All right, let's put up the website right now. 45:10 It's 3ABN.tv 45:12 And, of course, you can go on there, 45:14 there will be a button that you can click. 45:15 And of course, it'll take you to another page 45:17 in which you can donate and make the selections there 45:20 that you would like to go to the schools. 45:22 We're actually gonna go right now to a news break 45:25 and what you will also receive the information further 45:28 to help support this particular cause. 45:34 If you would like to support Adventist Christian education, 45:36 or if you'd like to find out more about 45:38 how your school can participate 45:39 in this Adventist education project, 45:41 please visit 3ABN.tv 45:44 and click on the Triple Your Donation Value 45:46 Adventist Education button on our homepage. 45:49 Our website again is 3ABN.tv 45:53 You may also call (618) 627-4651 45:58 during regular business hours Monday through Thursday. 46:00 Or send your financial support to Adventist Education Project, 46:04 PO Box 220, West Frankfort, Illinois 62896. |
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