We all want to be polite, but did you know that your gestures are communicating for you? Today, we talked about how to show kindness to others.

Non-verbal communication is very powerful.
Click HERE for 21 Polite Gestures That Never Fail to Impress from www.DetroitMommies.com

It has been “Winners Week” on The Morning Thing. We have given away concert tickets, play tickets and tickets to see “This is WinterJam” – the movie!
So, we decided to share our 5 favorite winning experiences.

Here’s a list of our 5 favorite prizes:
1. Aubrey Bailey says that this is a hard question! She decided to take the direction of winning by luck, which was difficult, because Aubrey says that she is not the “luckiest” person. She usually doesn’t win drawings or contests. BUT once she was at a school fun fair at her brother’s elementary school, and shewas participating in a cake walk (which was a game where they would draw numbers, and if your number was called, you got to pick a dessert from the dessert table.) and THEY CALLED HER NUMBER! She WON A BOSTON CREAM PIE! This was probably four or five years ago, but it was great to win a pie. 

2. Wesley Boston went to the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in 2015 and won first place in the audio short form  feature category. He received a trophy, a travel stipend, and a cash reward, not to mention a sense of personal pride. Wesley wrote and produced an audio drama that featured 2 young characters using a time machine that allowed them to travel to experience their favorite bible stories.

3. Jenna Potts won a bright red record player at the Momentum conference in 2014! This was the first and only thing Jenna has ever won. Unfortunately, a week after she won, she received an email that said the record player was meant to be a prize giveaway on the station. So, Marcy took the record player and locked it away in a closet. It was a very traumatic experience and Jenna consistently questions Marcy about receiving the record player after graduation!

4. Marcy Rinehart won an all expense paid trip to the movie set of Courageous! This was such an amazing experience because Joe and Rachel were able to come too. The Rineharts spent 3 days on the set in Albany, Georgia. Here is a link to the blogs that Marcy wrote about this once in a lifetime experience. https://themorningthing.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/page/8/

5. We have given out hundreds of prizes on our show, but our favorite contest was the “Feel It, Film It” contest to win tickets to see TobyMac in concert. Our listeners created videos in October 2015 featuring Toby’s song “Feel It”. All The Morning Thing hosts had a chance to judge these entries. It was SO much fun to see our listeners creating memories as they enjoyed the music we play on WNZR.

You will not want to miss The Morning Thing this week! We have prize giveaways every hour of every day this week! Tune in for your chance to win tickets to You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, This is Winter Jam, The Importance of being Earnest and Josh Wilson, Jason Gray and JJ Heller in concert!

We kicked off WINNERS WEEK by talking to several of the cast members from MVNU’s production of You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown. You will have two more chances to win tickets to the show during The Morning Thing on Tuesday and Wednesday. You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown will take place in Thorne Performance Hall inside the R.R. Hodges Chapel Auditorium on the campus of MVNU. For more information go to theatre.mvnu.edu.

We also gave away tickets This is Winter Jam, This movie will take you behind the scenes of the largest annual tour in the world with never-before seen interviews and footage from your favorite Christian artists! Plus, for King and Country will premier their new music video, Priceless. You will have two more chances to win tickets to this one night cinema event during The Morning Thing on Tuesday and Wednesday. For more information check out their website HERE!

Orange Barrel Production Company’s adaptation of The Importance of Being Earnest is happening this weekend! This is a story of mistaken identities as two men attempt to woo the women they love by pretending to be somebody else! We gave away two tickets this morning but you have 4 more opportunities to win each day this week on The Morning Thing! For more information visit their website HERE!

Plus, three of your favorite Christian artists are coming to Bucyrus this Sunday, April 17 at 6:00pm. The concert will take place at First Church of the Nazarene on St. Route 4. Tune in the rest of the week for your chance to win tickets to this amazing event! Check out their website for more information HERE!

We all have to clean our house – the job is an unavoidable part of life. BUT, do you know how OFTEN you should clean? Do you know what you should clean EVERY day?
EVERY week? EVERY Year? 🙂

The Morning Thing had fun working through a checklist from Good Housekeeping today.
Check this out. (FYI, you can print out this checklist for your house. Jenna’s Mom is using it to create a Summer to-list for the Potts family!)

We also shared some quick fixes for everyday issues. Click HERE to see a list from Good Housekeeping. Find out what to do if gum gets stuck on your shoe, how to get deodorant streaks off your shirt and how to deal with wrinkles in your clothes.

Do you love coffee? Do you love having the option of using a K-Cup for a quick and hot cup of coffee from your Keurig machine?

Well, we have some bad news and some good news.
Let’s start with the BAD news – K-Cups are NOT recyclable! Recent studies show that trash from the K-Cups sold last year alone would circle the Earth almost 11 times! That’s a lot of waste!
Don’t worry, we found 20 different and fun uses for those used K-Cups.
Click HERE to see these unique ideas from www.womanfreebies.com
This is a great website with links to coupons, free samples and great articles for women!

K-Cups are perfect to use as seed starters for anyone looking to plant a garden. Click HERE for step-by-step instructions on how to get started. NOW is a perfect time to get your seeds started.

How are you re-using your K-Cups? Let us know! Email us at wnzr@mvnu.edu
Let’s all get creative and stop throwing these little cups into the trash can.

This is not me. This is bodybuilding legend Joe Weider. This guy not only trained to become the buff mass of muscle that you see in the picture, he also was a successful entrepreneur who co-founded the International Federation of Bodybuilders and published several magazines. There are more accomplishments that could be listed, but they would just reiterate the fact that Joe Weider knew something about discipline, leadership, and applying one’s self. Fortunately, Joe also had a heart for encouraging others to live up to their potential and giving them advice. He published a series of pamphlets and articles about multiple topics and today on the Morning Thing we shared one about qualities of leadership.

Why is this important? Because each one of us will have to be a leader at some point. Yes, there are times to be lead and to be taught, but we are not meant to be one of the herd all the time. Part of being a mature adult is to take charge and be responsible sometimes. Not to mention that working on self-confidence and self-reliance are important for doing well at multiple areas in life. Joe Weider had some awesome thoughts that are worth checking out. You can find them here.

Branching off from  Weider’s leadership qualities we took a look at how to increase confidence. It’s important to believe in yourself and take risks. Entrepreneur.com broke things down with some very simple steps for how to work on building that confidence. You can find that here.

So more power to you! Remember what Casting Crowns says- we were made to do more than just survive, we were made to thrive! Building confidence and leadership qualities are a way to do that!

It is Caramel Day! Today, you can celebrate this rich, gooey, delicious substance that makes everything taste better.

The process of caramelization is deceptively simple, you need merely increase the heat of sugar to a mere 170 °C (340 °F), at which point the sugar breaks down and turns into this much delectable substance with its rich golden color and iconic flavor. This is just the start of this process, the beginning of a trek to that which we think of as ‘Caramel’, that coater of Apples and binder of popcorn.

Whatever your favorite form of caramel is, this day is the day you can celebrate it by sharing it with friends, family, and co-workers alike. Click HERE for more facts about this sweet treat and ideas on how to celebrate Caramel Day.

Caramel can be used in SO many yummy recipes. Click HERE to see some interesting facts about caramel. You can also find recipes for a few sweet treats using this yummy ingredient.

And…click HERE for 26 unique recipes using CARAMEL!

Now, let’s EAT!

The day after Easter is a great day to eat and celebrate candy. 
Today, The Morning Thing shared 15 Amazing Facts about candy. Click HERE to see the list to see what you really know about some of your favorite sweet treats.

We also shared 10 things you may not know about Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory!
Click HERE to see what really happened on the famous movie set.

Eat some candy and have a HAPPY MONDAY!

Easter is a time for celebrating. The holiday brings jelly beans, chocolate bunnies, egg hunts, and new Easter outfits. Those things are ok, but sometimes it becomes easy to forget the real meaning of Easter.

WNZR is joining The Dating Divas to encourage you to keep JESUS in Easter.
These amazing ladies have compiled a list of over 100 Ways to Keep Easter about Jesus!
Click HERE to see the list.

And…by the way…The Dating Divas have a mission to strengthen marriages, one date at a time. Check out their incredible website for ideas on dates, special occasions, romantic gifts and marriage. http://www.thedatingdivas.com/

Happy Easter from WNZR – the more you listen, the more you hear.