Mondays can be challenging. The Morning Thing wants to help you today! We are sharing some inspirational quotes from fictional mentors and teachers. Have fun reading through these quotes from www.ebookfriendly.com. Happy Monday!
October 1st is an important date for WNZR. 10/1/2016 will be the 30th anniversary of WNZR being on air at 90.9FM.
YOU and your family are invited to an anniversary party on 10/1 from 6pm – 8pm at Hunter Hall in downtown Mount Vernon. We hope that you stop by and join the fun. We’ll have music, a photo booth, a special recording corner (to share memories), cupcakes, snacks and Happy Bean coffee!
Don’t miss a chance to see a picture gallery from the last 3 decades at WNZR!
No RSVP or ticket required! Just stop by, say hello and join in the celebration.
Happy Bean is offering 20% off ALL Happy Bean drinks!
This week’s Fave 5 honors WNZR’s 30th Anniversary. The Morning Thing co-hosts (and several other friends) share their favorite memories at WNZR. We hope you enjoy the stories! Click HERE to reminisce and laugh with our crew.
Do you have a memory of WNZR? Please email us your story, wnzr@mvnu.edu
The Lifeline, WNZR – celebrating 30 years of ministry!
#NationalCoffeeDay
What a glorious day – National Coffee Day! This is a day to celebrate the drink that wakes us up in the morning, gives us a pick-up for our late afternoon meetings and is perfect as an after-dinner drink.
www.nationaldaycalendar.com gives us the inside scoop for a good cup of coffee.
According to an expert cupper (a professional coffee taster), there are four components of a perfect cup: aroma, body, acidity, and flavor.
When determining the body of a coffee, the bean, the roast, and the brew are all factors. The bean affects the texture of the coffee, whether its silky, creamy, thick or thin on the tongue and throat. However, the darker the roast and how it is brewed will alter the feel of a coffee’s body, too. The region a coffee is grown determines its acidity. The higher the elevation the coffee grows, the higher the quality and the acidity. These coffees are considered brighter, dryer, even sparkling by cuppers.
Click HERE to read more about “good coffee”.
It is “National” Coffee Day, but do you know the coffee etiquette in other countries? Check out this list from www.foodpackaginglabels.net.
Don’t throw out your coffee grounds. You can us them! Abigail Albino is a caffeine-driven writer and artist on hyperdrive. Her so-called obsession with coffee is an understatement.
She shared 5 ways to use your used coffee grounds with www.coffeerama.com
(2) Exfoliant/Body Scrub
(3) Deodorizer
(4) Grilling Meat
(5) Coffee Painting
Click HERE to find more information on each of these 5 ideas.
Please join The Morning Thing crew at WNZR’s 30th Anniversary Party on Saturday 10/1. We will be at Hunter Hall in downtown Mount Vernon from 6-8pm. And…GREAT NEWS, Happy Bean is giving 20% off ALL drinks during our party. YES! I would like a Venti Iced Skiny Hazelnut Macchiato with sugar-free syrup, extra shot, light ice, no whip.
This is the 26th anniversary for See You at the Pole, a student-initiated and student-led movement. This is the global day of student prayer!
This year’s theme is “WE CRY OUT” –A generation seeking Him!
The theme verses are Psalm 24:3-6:
3 Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord?
Who may stand in his holy place?
4 The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,
who does not trust in an idol
or swear by a false god.
5 They will receive blessing from the Lord
and vindication from God their Savior.
6 Such is the generation of those who seek him,
who seek your face, God of Jacob.
This day of prayer is part of a week-long emphasis on prayer for young people.
The GLOBAL WEEK OF STUDENT PRAYER (Sunday, September 25 through Saturday, October 1) encourages students to find new and unique ways, places, and times to pray throughout the week. Whether you attend PUBLIC SCHOOL, PRIVATE SCHOOL, or HOME SCHOOL, gather your friends wherever and whenever and pray! The GLOBAL WEEK OF STUDENT PRAYER is dedicated to prayer and launching your on-campus Bible clubs, prayer strategies, and student ministries.
Reports from See You at the Pole from Knox County:
East Knox had 31 kids and adults praying together today. 25 at the high school, 16 at the elementary school.
Fredericktown had 50 kids and adults praying at the pole. They spent time praying together and then broke up into smaller groups for prayer time.
Mount Vernon reports around 100 kids and adults today. (85 kids and 15 adults). They spent time in praise and worship, group prayer and smaller group prayers.
*Please let us know what happened at YOUR school. Call 740-392-9090 and share the story of YOUR See You at the Pole experience.*
For the last 25 years, See You at the Pole has been about one simple act—prayer. SYATP is still about students uniting themselves in prayer before God interceding for their generation.
Click HERE to read more about the amazing history of See You at the Pole. It started in 1990 with a small group of teens from Burleson, Texas. The movement now connects millions of students around the globe!
Click HERE for reports from around the world.
Make sure to use #syatp on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram when posting pictures and memories from the 2016 See You at the Pole.
Do you struggle to get going in the morning? Are you reaching for multiple cups of coffee? Well, you are not alone! The Morning Thing crew struggles too.
We found 10 natural energy-boosting combos that we can EAT or DRINK! These are much better than caffeine or sugary energy drinks.
key is to include lean protein with quality carbs.
Click HERE to see Maria’s list of natural energy-boosting foods.
http://www.carbswitch.com says that “Cleansing and detoxing needs to be an ongoing, daily effort in view of our constant exposure to environment toxins ”.
Click HERE to see a recipe for a body cleanse drink.
Here is some information on how to naturally cleanse your body.
Today on the show, The Morning Thing shared a full circle story from Operation Christmas Child.
Kojo Abakah was born and raised in a very poor town in Ghana. His family of nine lived in a one-room clay house. He remembers walking one and a half to two miles each day to school, having no money and no food. Kojo is grateful for the challenges and the financial difficulties he faced as a child, as that was what made him rely on God.
Kojo was in 4th grade, 12 years of age when he received his Operation Christmas Child shoebox gift. He remembers it being a Friday afternoon when majority of the students had already gone home and those who were still present began hearing a lot of noise outside the building. When they ran outside, they saw other schools join them. After all the students assembled, the visitors told them about Jesus and taught everyone the song “Jesus Loves Me.” After the song, the students received shoeboxes. Kojo remembers everyone jumping up and down with excitement. For him it was his first gift he has ever received. His favorite items in it were school supplies, a set of toy cars and a yo-yo. Every time he rolled the yo-yo out he remembered the song the missionaries taught him, “Jesus loves you this I know, for the Bible tells me so.”
The song that he learned that day always stayed with him. The seed was sowed in his life and he knew he needed a good farmer to take care of that seed. He started going to church and his faith started to grow from the simple truth of the song “Jesus Loves Me This I Know.” He started serving in the church and serving God with all he had in him.
Kojo came to the United States in 2012 to attend Tusculum College in Tennessee. He dreams of finishing pharmacy school and to use any opportunity available to share the truth that he now knows without a shadow of doubt – Jesus loves me THIS I know, for the Bible tells me so!
Please take a few minutes, click HERE and listen to Kojo’s amazing story!
Also, click HERE to find out how YOU can pack a shoebox and help change a life forever!
Click HERE to see a countdown to National Collection Week in November.
Sonfest is TOMORROW (9/24) at Mount Vernon Nazarene University!
The Morning Thing has been getting you ready by giving away tickets, talking with artists and sharing memories from past Sonfests.
Today, we shared a conversation with Jason Roy, lead singer of Building 429.
Click HERE to hear Jason talk about what the band has been up to this summer. Jason also gave us insight into their newest album “Unashamed.” He also talked about their Earth Shaker Tour and how we can be praying for the band.
For our Morning Thing Fave 5 this week, the co-hosts shared their favorite memories from past Sonfests. Click HERE to hear some crazy memories from Marcy Rinehart, Jenna Potts, Kelsey Bryte, Dan Monnin and Andy Krolik.
Make sure that you stop by Big Blue tomorrow when you come to Sonfest. You could win a Sonfest Survival Kit! Click HERE for more details.
Click HERE for a lineup of Sonfest 2016. We hope to see you at MVNU tomorrow!
It is HERE – the first day of FALL! How will you celebrate?
We found the Ultimate Guide for the BEST Fall EVER! Check out these 75 different ideas from www.naturalbeachliving.com
(picture from www.architectureartdesigns.com)
Click HERE for the full listing of this Ultimate Guide.
The Morning Thing shared some news about the NEW MTVarts production this morning. Alice in Wonderland Junior is coming to the Memorial Theater stage this weekend.
Click HERE to hear Marcy Rinehart’s conversation with Tweedle Dee – Megan Campbell and Tweedle Dum – Kennedy Aikey.
Click HERE to hear Marcy talk with the March Hare – Mark Fongheiser and the Queen of Hearts – Fredi Bockover.
Click HERE to hear Marcy talk with the Caterpillar – Luna Moreland.
Performances are Friday 9/23 at 7:30pm, Saturday 9/24 at 7:30pm and Sunday 9/25 at 2pm.
Click HERE to order tickets.
Do you feel creative? Need a spark?
The Morning Thing shared 17 easy ways to get your creative juices flowing from www.justcreative.com
Some of our favorite ideas include:
The more people read, the more their minds open up. This allows mind to think of new ideas which result in becoming more creative. All it takes is reading about a half hour before going to bed at night.
As soon as an idea forms, write it down. After it’s written down, the brain is free to form another idea.
There are sound frequencies that have a positive result in increasing the creativity and performance of the brain. When these sounds are listened to, a person can see the positive effect it has had on their creativity and thinking.
Eating blueberries will provide the richest of anti-oxidants, and a few of them should be eaten every day. They are great for raising the thinking ability of the brain.
Flexible thinkers have the capacity to control and direct their thoughts. This way of thinking allows them to adjust to a novel way of thinking. They can also apply this to what they perceive and can focus on the situation at hand.
Our brain has the ability to rewire itself and can physically adjust to our new ways of thinking. A flexible mindset shoves away all patterns of limiting thought, and goes to a serene place of possibilities and openness to creativity.
Click HERE to see the entire article from Graphic Designer, Jacob Cass.
We also shared 7 ways to foster creativity in your kids. Click HERE to see some wonderful ideas from Christine Carter, Ph.D, a sociologist and happiness expert at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center.
