FIVE FUN FREE FAMILY THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND!!! February 3, 4 and 5, 2012

5) Soup For Soup on Sat. Feb. 4th from Noon-3PM WJTL is teaming with Chick-fil-A Lincoln Highway East in Lancaster to help restock the soup shelves at Water Street Ministries.  Bring 4 cans of soup to donate, WJTL broadcasting live! Look for the WJTL vehicle in the parking lot next to Chick-fil-A . We will be set up for you to to drive through and drop off your cans of soup. We will be passing out our new bumper stickers, Kid’s Cookie Break gear, & giving away prizes!

4) First Friday in Downtown Lancaster – tonite (Feb 3) 5-9pm. Music, Art, exhibitions, performances, and more at 60+ venues More info: www.lancasterarts.com.

3) First Friday for Families at the Lancaster Public Library – 125 North Duke Street – tonite (February 3, 2012) 5:30-8pm. The F&M African Drumming Club invites you to join them in making music. Drums provided. Their will also be the Exhibit: Beauty of Paradise Island by Benson Myrtil.  More info: www.lancaster.lib.pa.us

4) Free showing of the movie – Courageous tonite (Fri. Feb. 3rd) at 7PM at Church of God of Landisville. Free childcare also provided.  More info: www.coglandisville.org

1) Silent Movie Night – tomorrow (Sat, Feb 4, 2012) – 7p-9p at Garden Spot Village chapel in New Holland. Three short silent film comedies accompanied by renowned theater organist Wayne Zimmerman. Movies by Charlie Chaplin, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle; and Buster Keaton will be shown.  More info: www.gardenspotvillage.org

Radio Friend Phil – Greetings! It’s time for this week’s New Tunes at 9 Roundup: New Tunes at 9, one-hour of new and emerging music, weeknights at 9 p.m. on WJTL.  This week on New Tunes at 9, we featured new music from, among others, Christy Nockels, Jimmy Needham, Hawk Nelson and Jaci Velasquez, whose new project, “Diamond,” releases next Tuesday, February 7. Also this week, we continued to play “New Year’s Day,” the latest single from Abandon. Abandon is a 5-piece band from San Antonio, Texas. Abandon is comprised of brothers Josh and Justin Engler; and two cousins, Dave and Steven Vela. The group’s name was inspired by biblical scripture: Joshua 22:3, which says, “God has directed us not to abandon any brothers.” For more on Abandon, go to http://www.abandonrock.com/; the website contains facebook and twitter links, plus music downloads from their current project, “Control.”

Radio Friend Phil

phil@wjtl.com

JOHN SHIRK-From Colossians 3:15

“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace.  And be thankful.”

Here, peace in the heart is connected to Christ as the source of our peace. When we follow Jesus as Savior and Lord, His peace becomes a place of refreshment in a world of turmoil and conflict.

We have the assurance of His constant love that no one can take away.  We have a certain hope in His promises for a blessed future. We live in the freedom of His forgiveness. We are motivated to press on in the faith through His encouragement. Through His grace, we are made into a grateful people.

His peace, effective in our lives, will have an impact on our relationships, especially in the midst of tension. Backing up a few verses, Colossians 3:13 says, “Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them together in perfect unity.”

These are some effective ways to promote peace in our relationships.

The peace of Christ is a vital sign of a changed life in the Year of Transformation.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

STACEY GAGNE – Once again WJTL had the privilege of being part of the day at Ski Roundtop’s Cardboard Derby.  This year the theme was “50 Years in the Future” and the participants got very creative with constructing their cardboard vessels!  We saw everything from polar bears to space ships and it was obvious that a lot of time and teamwork went into preparing for the big event.

We receive calls from eager participants asking about the date, theme and details months in advance.  Youth groups, scout groups,  businesses or other teams have a blast getting involved.  WJTL enjoys getting to be a part of the event from pre-event promotion to on-site registration, emceeing, assisting with judging and of course providing music and giveaways to the spectators.  During the race, our own Chris Strayer and Rick Steimling gave the play by plays while John Staffieri got to interview the participants as they came off the course.

Congratulations to the winners in each class:  For Distance in the  Junior Division:  Checker Cab Girls, Delorean and Elephants came in top 3 and in the Senior Class it was Home Depot,  Elle Sisters and Jet Wrangler.  A special Spirit Award was given to teams: The Cure for Cancer and Area 51.  Creativity Awards were handed out to the Junior Teams: Snowbishi, Deloreans and The Last Polar Bear and for Seniors the top  3 were Tardis Time Machine, Luna Trans and Zombies.  Congratulations to all participants and volunteers  and thanks to everyone who came out to cheer and watch the fun!  Thanks again to Ski Roundtop for hosting such a great event!

Thanks to Ben Sauder for the pictures and video!

JOHN SHIRK – From Romans 12:1.

“Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God-this is your spiritual act of worship.”

Christians are called to holiness. This will NOT happen through legalism to a list of do’s and don’ts in the Bible.  And it won’t happen by ignoring God’s do’s and don’ts. Holiness occurs as we respond to the mercy of God by offering our bodies to Him as living sacrifices.

This involves loving God with our mind (what we think about), loving God with our heart (making Him our greatest treasure), loving God with our hands (acts of service), and loving God with our mouth (the words that we say). These are just some examples of how we can honor God with the various parts of our body.

Here is how the Message describes Romans 12:1: “Here’s what I want you to do, God helping you. Take your everyday, ordinary life-your sleeping, eating, going-to-work and walking-around life-and place it before God as an offering.  Embracing what God does for you is the best thing that you can do for Him.”

A surrendered life to God is a vital sign of a changed life in the Year of Transformation.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

Herb Suereth –

Here’s this week’s Real News of Inspiration from the Christian Post’s Anugrah Kumar

Do you know any Olympic Gold Medalists who have professed faith in Christ?  Recently, Scott Hamilton was featured in a video in which he professed his Christian faith and spoke on how he came to faith in Christ.  Hamilton met his wife during his diagnoses of cancer in 1997.  She was a Christian and took him to church.  There the pastor told him that Christianity is a faith of history and the events in the bible actually took place.  Hamiltom was intrigued and came to faith through that meeting.  He traced the events in his live and could see how God was there during the good times and bad.  At the end of the video, Hamilton sumarized, “I am Scott Hamilton and I am second.”

Radio Friend Phil – Greetings! The latest WJTL RadioTraks Music Survey is up at wjtl.com. Please click on the link http://wjtl.com/musics/radiotraks/ to rate the 17 songs and qualify to win, among other prizes,  a copy of  “A Beautiful Life,” the latest project by Mikeschair.

Happy Listening,

Radio Friend Phil

phil@wjtl.com

Praise & Worship Show Playlist

January 29, 2012

Twin Spins!

7:00 a.m. — Legal I.D.

“I Am Free” by Jared Anderson from  ”51 Must Have Modern Worship Hits”

“Great I Am” by New Life Worship, Jared Anderson from “You Hold It All”

“God You’re Beautiful” by Anthony Skinner from “Forever & A Day”

“Prayer Medley” by Anthony Skinner from “Forever & A Day”

“Love Song” by Lamont Hiebert from “Worship Project P40.3″

“Unashamed Love” by Ten Shekel Shirt from “Open The Eyes Of My Heart”

7:30 a.m.

“A Mighty Fortress” by Christy Nockels from “Passion: Awakening Deluxe Edition”

“Healing Is In Your Hands” by Christy Nockels from “Passion: Awakening”

“Awakening” by Hillsong United from “Aftermath”

“Take Heart” by Hillsong United from “Aftermath”

“Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)” by Chris Tomlin from “Amazing Grace”

8:00 a.m. — Legal I.D. with Translator Tag

“Our God” by Christ Tomlin from “Passion: Awakening”

“Give Us Your Courage” by Tim Hughest from “Happy Day”

“Everything” by Tim Hughes from “Happy Day”

“Furious” by Jeremy Riddle, Bethel Live from “Be Lifted High”

“One Thing Remains” by Jeremy Riddle from “Furious”

“Our Messiah Reigns” by New Life Worship, Glenn Packiam from “You Hold It All”

8:39 a.m.

“Dry Bones” by New Life Worship, Jon Egan, Mia Fields from “You Hold It All”

“Never Once” by Matt Redman from “10,000 Reasons”

“10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord)” by Matt Redman from “10,000 Reasons”

“The Stand” by Kristian Stanfill from “Passion: Awakening”

“Forever Reign” by Kristian Stanfill from “Passion: Here For You”

9:00 a.m. — Legal I.D.

“Be Lifted High” by Bethel Live from “Be Lifted High”

“What Does It Sound Like” by Bethel Live from “Here Is Love”

“No One Like You” by David Crowder Band from “Illuminate”

“Here Is Our King” by David Crowder Band from “A Collision”

“How He Loves” by John Mark McMillan from “The Medicine”

“Skeleton Bones” by John Mark McMillan from “The Medicine”

9:30 a.m.

“Alive In Us” by Hillsong from “God Is Able”

“God Is Able” by Hillsong from “God Is Able”

“The More I Seek You” by Kari Jobe from “Deeper”

“Revelation Song” by Kari Jobe, Gateway Worship from “Cover The Earth”

“Fling Wide” by Misty Edwards from “Fling Wide”

“See The Way” by Misty Edwards from “Always On His Mind”

STACEY GAGNE – Last Saturday night was another special night here at WJTL.  We had our inaugural concert here in the Millen Room at the Junction Center featuring Marty Shaughnessy of Rainchildren.   WJTL staff and some friends of the family were together to kind of kick off and preview what concerts in our new cafe setting will be like.  It was exciting for us to be able to enjoy the warm atmosphere together and also broadcast the concert live on WJTL.  (We will be doing a re-broadcast on WJTL soon)

It was an informal night with Marty playing familiar music, reminiscing, coffee, hot cocoa and other refreshments.  (I tried to keep the beverages hot and full while also taking in the relaxing vibe with my friends).  I couldn’t help but smile and thank God.

I’m looking forward to more events like this one here at The Junction Center.  Stay tuned as we have plans underway to bring more events here to The Millen Room in the near future.

Thank you to Sherri Gagne and Tim Landis for the great photos!

FIVE FUN FREE FAMILY THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND!!! January 27, 28 and 29, 2012

5) 10th Annual Chambersburg Ice Fest tonite, tomorrow and Sunday (Jan 27-29) Pennsylvania’s largest ice festival – sculptures, scavenger hunts, slides, fireworks and much more. More info at icefestpa.com

4) St. David’s Church in Dover will be hosting a free event to watch the film”Courageous”, Sunday, (January 29) at 6:00 pm.  The church is located behind the Pizza Hut on Oakland Rd. on Rte. 74N.  More info call 717-764-0033

3) A free coffee house and hymn sing will take place at Enola Church of God, Sherwood Drive, Enola tonight (January 27) from 7-8:30pm.  For more info: www.enolacog.com

2) Free Denison Witmer Concert with special guest Matt Wheeler tomorrow (Sat. Jan. 28) at 7PM in the Community Room on Prince in Lancaster. More info: www.iheartlancity.com

1)  Come watch the Cardboard Derby at Ski Roundtop!!!Sunday (Jan. 29) Check-in for participants is at 12:30 pm – Judging at 2:30 pm and the Cardboard Derby Race: 4pm. More info at skiroundtop.com