Category: Mount Vernon OH

Rock City Worship comes to Sonfest 2025 at MVNU

Rock City Worship is coming to Sonfest 2025 at Mount Vernon Nazarene University on Saturday, September 20.

Rock City Worship is the expression of worship at Rock City Church in Columbus, Ohio. With a focus on writing songs that paint a vivid picture of who God reveals Himself to be in His Word, this group of pastors, worship leaders, and songwriters believes that the more clearly we can see God, the more completely we can worship Him.
Their sound blends passionate, modern worship with anthemic melodies and Christ-centered lyrics, aiming to lead people into authentic encounters with Jesus. Rock City Worship’s music has been shared in churches and streaming platforms across the country, encouraging believers everywhere to worship with all their hearts.

Nathan Montgomery of Rock City Worship talks with WNZR about the origin of the church and their worship team. He also talks about their approach to songwriting and creating a worship experience for anyone attending a service or a concert. Rapid Fire reveals his favorite worship songs and that he is a Star Wars fan.

Click HERE to hear the full conversation with WNZR’s Ethan Hershberger.

You can see Rock City Worship at Sonfest at 3:45pm on Saturday.

Click HERE for all the details about Sonfest 2025.

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John Mark McMillan comes to Sonfest 2025 at MVNU

John Mark McMillan is coming to Sonfest 2025 at Mount Vernon Nazarene University on Saturday, September 20.
John Mark McMillan is something of an anomaly: an artist and Platinum-selling songwriter bending genres and defying categorization by carving out his own unique and independent path. With an ear for melody and a poet’s eye for metaphor, no topic has been off-limits. While each of his albums over the past decade have continued to explore new territory, it’s McMillan’s ability to give lyric and language to the human experience that many consider his greatest gift.

John talks with WNZR about his approach to songwriting, his history in music and how God has always part of his journey in life and music. Rapid Fire reveals the first concert he went to and his favorite movie and snack.

Click HERE to hear the full conversation with WNZR’s Ethan Hershberger.

You can see John Mark McMillan at Sonfest at 6:30pm on Saturday.

Click HERE for all the details about Sonfest 2025.

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2025 Festival Latino to be held at MVNU!

WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart spoke with Joseph Joe who is the Assistant Director of Intercultural Life about the Festival Latino, which will celebrate Latino students and Latino culture.

Click HERE to hear the full conversation!

Lola’s is catering for the event, bringing tacos, tortillas, and chips and salsa; it’s a free event and all are welcome to attend.

During the event, there will be a salsa class with alumni coming back to teach attendees which starts at 6:45pm

The annual event will be held Thursday, September 18th starting at 5pm at the Print Student Union.

Click HERE to see the MVNU Community Calendar!

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Brook Abella is Opening at MVNU’s Sonfest 2025

Brook Abella is playing at Sonfest 2025 on September 20th and she talks about how she grew up in Bellefontaine.

She’s a double major in Communication and Media and Visual Art. She also has a minor in Music.

She talks about how she grew up around music, what she is looking forward to at Sonfest, and some of the opportunities she has had in the music industry so far.

Click HERE for more information about Sonfest.

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Tyler Maddux Ready to Open for MVNU’s Sonfest 2025!

Tyler Maddux is playing at Sonfest 2025 on September 20th and he talks about how he grew up in New Philadelphia.

Click HERE to hear the full conversation!

He’s a worship arts major and has a minor in youth and family ministry; he’s hoping to become a worship pastor when he graduates. He talks about how he got into music in 7th grade and around high school he decided to go all in on music.

Some of Tyler’s biggest influences in music are bands like ‘Colony house’ and ‘Sons of Steven Curtis Chapman’ and it inspires him for when he writes his music. For a long time, his style was acoustic guitar, it wasn’t until he started making his second album that he started to find his style of Rock music. He draws inspiration from his own personal life experiences to come up with his song lyrics, he also likes to write songs about the bible.

Tyler talks about what he’s excited to see at Sonfest, he’s excited to see people who are impacted by the music outside of his regular friends and family, it helps inspire him. Tyler Maddux is opening at 1:35pm at Sonfest on September 20th.

Tyler talks about his new album he released in late January, he’s really proud of it because of how it defined the sound that he like to use. You can stay connected to Tyler Maddux on Instagram, Facebook, and on TikTok. Tyler talks about the purpose behind writing his music, he likes to write about how he feels at the time of his writing; he’s getting married soon and so a lot of his music he’s writing is about how he feels about that. He’s got a few songs he’s been writing recently and a few songs at Sonfest and hopes to record and release them soon.

Tyler goes over some rapid-fire questions, his favorite worship song is ‘tear my house down’ by Chris Renzema. The first concert he ever went to was a ‘Colony house’ concert in college in his freshman year. He’s a night owl, he likes cats, he likes coffee and he normally gets a caramel ice late, his favorite snack is cheez-its and his favorite movie is called ‘about time’.

Click HERE to find out about Sonfest 2025!

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WNZR presents the September 2025 MVNU Presidential Update

MVNU President Dr. Carson Castleman stops by to give his September update to WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart.

Click HERE to hear the full conversation!

He is excited to start the 2025-26 school year and is happy to see the students back on campus and out in the community.

He says enrollment is growing in both traditional and non-traditional students and they have added 13 new faculty members.

Dr. Castleman talks about the restructure of the university into two schools. CAPS stands for College of Arts and Professional Studies for non-traditional students. CAST which is the College of Arts and Sciences is the traditional 18–22-year-old students. They also restructured the deans and administrative roles of the staff.

Dr. Castleman talks about the 4 C’s which was a focus on the recent Faculty and Staff Awards earlier this month: conviction, conversation, care, and connection.

He explains how the 4 C’s are a centerpiece for the MVNU community.

Dr. Castleman shares a special bible verse as a focus for the university this year from Isaiah 43:19 (NIV), “See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”

He says that the cabinet helped determined the verse because MVNU is stepping outside the normal doom and gloom at other campuses and that God is doing something new here at MVNU and we are changing the world.

Dr. Castleman gives an update on the construction at the Chapel. He said there was an issue with carpeting over the summer and that put the project behind. He said God provided both in time and financially to help get the campaign finalized.

Dr. Castleman gives an explanation on the opening of the entrance at front of campus that had a security hut. He said that he received some feedback and believed that the entrance needed to be re-opened for several reasons.

He also gives an update with the Hunter Wright hub in downtown Mount Vernon.

Dr. Castleman gives an update on his plans are for the fall and he is planning on staying on campus this fall as some transitions take place and is getting back in the classroom.

Dr. Castleman gives some words of encouragement to the students, faculty and staff.

Dr. Castleman also explains how we can pray for the students, faculty, staff and university this fall.

Click HERE to find out more about Mount Vernon Nazarene University.

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Sandy Cheeks gives us the details on SpongeBob The Musical!

MTV Arts presents SpongeBob the Musical tonight!

On the Morning Thing Friday, Marcy Rinehart spoke with Kiarah Smith who is playing Sandy Cheeks!

Kiarah details the big production coming up! She talks about her love of theatre and her preparation for her role. Kiarah’s favorite part of the production and some of her best memories so far are also a highlight!

For more information on the show click HERE!

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Ryals Relishes Role of Keeping the Costumes Straight for SpongeBob the Musical

WNZR spoke to Sadie Ryals about what she does in her position as costume assistant in SpongeBob the Musical.

Click HERE to hear the full conversation.

She talks about her preparations and what she does for costume changes.

Sadie likes to be around everyone involved.

Sadie goes into detail about how they keep the costumes organized by using spreadsheets.

Sadie says that acting and performing helps build confidence and you’re able to meet amazing people.

Sadie says that you should see the show because the actors have put a lot of effort into the performance and it’s going to be a lot of fun.

Click HERE for information on SpongeBob the Musical!

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Knox County Ministries Give Important Updates

This past week has been filled with its fair share of challenges and unexpected turns, but even amid turbulence, God continues to move in powerful and awe-inspiring ways.

We’ve had the incredible opportunity to highlight the work being done right here in our own backyard, shining a light on the various ministries making an impact across Knox County.

It’s a beautiful reminder that no matter what’s happening in the world around us, God’s presence remains steady—and His work continues through the faithful efforts of those serving on the ground.

We have updates from

Click HERE for more information on the Knox Network of Christian Ministries.

Click HERE to hear all the conversations that were done during Praisestock 2025.

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Marcy gets to meet with the entire cast of SpongeBob The Musical!

MTV Arts Presents SpongeBob the Musical this weekend!

At September First Friday, Marcy got to meet the whole cast for MTV Arts production of The SpongeBob Musical! She spoke with cast members, as well as Bruce Jacklin who is directing this wonderful production.

We learn about the production as a whole and some of the basic information behind the musical. We even get to hear the cast preview a song for us!

The SpongeBob Musical open up at the Knox Memorial Theatre this Friday on September 12th!

For more information on the production click HERE!

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