Today for our Friday Favorites, we celebrate Homecoming at Mount Vernon Nazarene University.
The Morning Thing hosts share some of their favorite memories from their time at MVNU. Enjoy!
Click HERE to hear from Marcy, Wesley and Allison.
WNZR welcomes all alumni home to campus this weekend!
MacKenzie Ernsberger, KCCC Senior studying Landscaping and Design and Keeleigh Johnston, KCCC alum share about the upcoming Cornhole Tournament on November 13 to benefit Food For The Hungry.
The ladies share about their involvement at the Knox County Career Center. MacKenzie tells us the story of how her Junior class ended the school year last Spring by playing cornhole, and she had the idea to make a fundraiser with this fun game!
You can register by email nursecampbell@gmail.com or by calling 740-501-1315.
The 1st place winners will receive a $500 prize, and the 2nd place winners will receive coupons for 1 hour of axe throwing.
All the money raised at this fundraiser will be donated to Food For The Hungry.
MacKenzie and Keeleigh share how their lab at KCCC is involved with raising money for FFTH.
They also share their thoughts about the Food For The Hungry slogan – “Working Together to Care for Our Neighbors.” They also share their passion in working to raise money for this campaign.
Click HERE to listen to the conversation.
James Smith, Vice President of University Relations at MVNU, tells us about MVNU Homecoming 11/11 and 11/12.
James talks about how he is connected to Homecoming this year. It is a time for alumni, current students and the community to connect.
He gives us schedule highlights for Friday. The day will start with the President’s Prayer Breakfast, departmental alumni presentations, alumni-led homecoming chapel, and recognizing the Golden Grads- the Class of 1972.
Friday also includes basketball games and an alumni celebration in Foster Hall. The celebration of the Singletary Legacy, to honor Jim Singletary’s service at MVNU, will happen at 6pm in the President’s Dining Room as well.
On Friday, the 1972 Athletics Alumni will be honored at halftime at the Women’s basketball game. Then, between the women’s and men’s game, the 2022 Homecoming Court will be announced with the crowning of the Queen and (for the first time ever at MVNU) King. At halftime of the Men’s game, three athletes will be inducted into the Cougar Wall of Fame.
On Saturday, there will be class reunions, a Science and Engineering Alumni Breakfast, Donuts with Dr Spaulding, a 3-on-3 Basketball tournament, affinity reunions and class gatherings, tours of MVNU’s downtown buildings at CH4 stadium, an art gallery exhibit with former Art Professor Jim Hendrickx, the Music Department’s Homecoming Concert, and the MVNU fall play “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.”
To see a complete list of events and to register, go to homecoming.mvnu.edu.
Click HERE to listen to the conversation.
WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart talked with Katelynn Mast and Olivia Stern, Marketing Directors for the 2002 Food For The Hungry Drive.
The Campaign is underway for this year and there are many exciting events coming up!
Click HERE to hear the full conversation.
Topics covered include:
You can help with Food For The Hungry this year. Stay up to date on all the events at www.foodforthehungrycares.org
You can email Lisa at LisaM.ffth@gmail.com or call 740-398-0569.
The 2022 Food For The Hungry Drive kicked off on Tuesday, 11/1!
WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart sat down with FFTH Executive Director, Lisa Mazzari to talk about this year’s campaign.
Click HERE to hear the full conversation.
They talked about the following:
You can help with Food For The Hungry this year. Stay up to date on all the events at www.foodforthehungrycares.org
You can email Lisa at LisaM.ffth@gmail.com or call 740-398-0569.
AAHHHH! Did you scream a little when you read the title of this blog? We did when writing it! 🙂
Time has been flying by so quickly this fall. You are probably just like us, wondering how we will get everything done before our family is ready to sit down to the Thanksgiving table.
Don’t worry. The Morning Thing, and the Food Network, are here to help!
Click HERE to find an amazing Thanksgiving Countdown, complete with tips on how to prepare for the meal like a pro.
This planner breaks your task list down by using the calendar to your advantage. See the tips for 3 weeks before (which is actually today), 2 weeks before, 1 week before, 4 days before, 2 days before, 1 day before and then tips for Thanksgiving Day. Be sure to see the info-graphic below too.
We would love to see some pictures of your Thanksgiving Day feast. Send them to wnzr@mvnu.edu
Christmas may be over a month away, but now is the time to start packing your shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child! National Collection Week is November 14-21, and many local churches are participating as drop-off collection points.
Click HERE for a list of participating churches and their drop-off times.
The Shoeboxes have had such a positive impact on children’s lives around the world. They don’t just get a fantastic gift of toys, personal care items, and school supplies, but they also get to hear the Good News of Jesus when they get their gifts!
Click HERE to read stories from people who got a Shoebox as a child. Many of them have gone on to form their own ministries!
Feeling inspired yet? Click HERE to learn how to pack your shoebox.
Need some gift ideas? Click HERE for ideas and to see what cannot go in a shoebox.
Click HERE for the Samaritan’s Purse homepage where you can learn all about Operation Christmas Child.
The Friends of the Knox County Animal Shelter have released their 2023 calendar! Phil Samuell, who produces the adorable calendars, talked with us about them.
Phil tells us how he and his wife got connected to the Dog Shelter, and how they got started taking pictures of the dogs for the fundraiser. He shares how the dogs are chosen for the calendar. The dog who gets the most votes and raises the most money at the Mount Vernon Music & Arts Festival gets featured! Phil also told us where and how to get this calendar. All of the money goes directly to the shelter dogs! It also gives these dogs a chance to find forever homes. Click HERE to hear the conversation.
We often think of stress as solely a bad thing, but the truth is, in its intended design stress serves a good purpose similar to pain. It tells us that something is wrong and warns our brain that we are in danger. However, in the modern world we find ourselves experiencing stress when there is no present danger. Our minds react with warnings to our day to day lives. This is not how God intended us to live. The problem goes even further, because many of us don’t even realize that we’re stressed. Our culture values productivity more than almost anything else, so we have been conditioned to believe that if we are not pushing ourselves to the limit and feeling exhausted at the end of the day that we haven’t done enough. Warning signs of stress are accepted as part of normal life.
That is why we are promoting National Stress Awareness Day. We not only want you to take care of your physical health, but also your emotional and spiritual health, so that you can live the life God intended and experience his love and peace. The first step is identifying how stress is revealing itself in your life. It can take many forms- tense muscles, sore jaws, little sleep, extra sleep, headaches… It varies from person to person. Today on the show we shared a list of various signs of stress. Check it out HERE and see if stress has snuck up on you without you realizing it.
Maybe you are already aware of your stress though. Those signs may be perfectly clear and you just don’t know how to reduce it, which in turn creates more stress. It’s a vicious cycle. There is hope though. God in His mercy and love equips us with ways to reduce stress and feel His peace. We shared advice from Pastor Chip Ingram on Biblical ways to reduce the stress in our lives. You can find his great advice HERE.
Remember what Casting Crowns sings: We are made to do more than just survive. We were made to thrive. We cannot do that when shackled to the burden of stress. I pray that you will experience God’s peace today and that we will provide you with relief from life’s stressors so that you can live life abundantly once again.
To learn more about National Stress Awareness Day, click HERE.
Today (10/31), The Morning Thing talked about Candy!
USA Today did an insightful article about the most popular candy choices in the USA.
Here are the top 10 candies in America, according to CandyStore.com:
The Top 3 candy choices in Ohio were:
1. M & Ms
2. Blow Pops
3. Starburst
Do you agree?
Check out the full article from USA Today HERE.
We shared thoughts from some of our Big Blue Crew members.
Click HERE to hear from the WNZR Staff about their favorite candy choices.
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