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Ray Greene remembers 9/11

Ray Greene was an RF Engineer and an Interference Mitigation Specialist. Ray is a 9/11 survivor with an amazing story. Listen in as Ray shares how God worked miraculously for him and his team to do a “microwave shot” to provide communication capabilities to the rescue workers at Ground Zero.
Ray’s story of faith, perseverance and miracles will inspire you on this 19th Anniversary of the single deadliest terrorist attack in human history.

Click HERE to hear the audio of Ray’s story and testimony.

Click on the YouTube link to see Ray’s full story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpi_-Q2TwnE&feature=youtu.be

Please continue to pray for Ray and his family as he battles cancer.

WNZR was honored to share Ray’s story. Thanks to Todd McKinley for hosting this interview and handling the video work.
Thanks to his wife, Carolyn Greene for reaching out to us!

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Don’t miss an ENCORE presentation of the Promise Keepers 2020 Virtual Event

WNZR’s Wesley Boston talked with Ken Harrison, CEO of Promise Keepers. Promise Keepers is providing an encore presentation of the 2020 Virtual Event. Listen in as Ken shares how the success of the original event lead his team to create this encore presentation.
Click HERE to hear their conversation.

On July 31st and August 1st, one million men from across 84 countries and all 50 U.S. states attended the Free Virtual Promise Keepers event— more the 12 times the number of men that would have been able to attend the live event had it been held at the AT&T stadium.

As a result, Promise Keepers will be hosting an Encore showing on Friday, September 11th. The Encore will include the best of the two-day event into 5 power-packed hours, as well as adding translation into 20 languages, allowing even more men to hear this critical message. 

​Don’t miss your chance to experience the Promise Keepers 2020 Global Digital Experience! Register at www.promisekeepersevent.com
This is a FREE Event! 

​Speakers include: Tony Evans, Mark Batterson, Miles McPherson, John Gray, Bob Goff, Steve Arterburn, Jonathan Evans, Jimmy Evans, Greg Stier, David and Jason Benham, James Robison, David Barton, Bishop Joseph Garlington, Luis and Andrew Palau, Chad Hennings and Steve Berger!
Worship provided by: Michael W. Smith, Danny Gokey and Phil Wickham

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September MVNU Presidential Update with Dr. Henry Spaulding

The Morning Thing brings you an update from Mount Vernon Nazarene University with Dr. Henry Spaulding. He shares an update on COVID-19 from campus, talks about enrollment numbers for this school year and tells us how COVID-19 is impacting Cougar Sports.

Click HERE to hear Dr. Spaulding’s conversation with WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart

Click HERE to stay updated on COVID-19 at MVNU.

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Mount Vernon Spotlight – a conversation with Mount Vernon Mayor Matt Starr

WNZR brings you our Mount Vernon Spotlight for August.

WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart talked with Mount Vernon Mayor Matt Starr.
Click HERE to hear their conversation.

The Mayor shares an update on several issues:
– construction projects
– news on how the city has worked on school traffic challenges
– the idea of adding social workers to ride along with our city police officers
– plans for all webinars on the topic of overcoming racism
– new businesses coming to town
– thoughts on COVID-19

You can follow what is happening in Mount Vernon on the city’s website, http://mountvernonohio.org/

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The TAC Color for a Cause 5K 1-Mile Run/Walk is VIRTUAL this year

Join the Teen Advisory Council of Knox County (TAC)  for the 2020 Virtual Color for a Cause 5k/1m Run or Walk to have the time of your life with your family, friends and/or co-workers. 

WNZR’s Wesley Boston talked with Lindsey Lamp, Delta Coordinator at New Directions of Knox County about this great event.
Click HERE to hear their conversation.

The Virtual Color for a Cause 5k, hosted by TAC, will take place from the morning of Saturday, August 29th, to the end of the day on Monday, September 6th to complete your event.  Do it any way you want – on a treadmill, walking the dog, your usual jogging route, whatever works. This event is all about fun, family, friends, and healthy lifestyles! Join the TAC for a little exercise and lots of colorful FUN!

First 500 pre-registrations will receive a white t-shirt, a finisher medal, color packet, and Color Run Swag! You will have the option to have your packet mail to you or contactless pick up.  If you choose to have your packet mailed, our goal is to have it to you before Saturday, August 29th  so that you can do a great post-race selfie wearing them.  We will be hosting a Facebook live virtual color toss on Saturday, September 5th at 6:00pm.  We encourage you to post a video or picture to the Color for a Cause Facebook Event Page for a chance to win a door prize!

PRICING
$20 Race Registration & In Person Pick Up $30 Race Registration & Packet Mailing During registration you’ll have the option to pickup your packet at New Directions Monday, August 24 – Friday, August 28 or we can mail the packet right to your door.

To register, click HERE.

To follow TAC or to join, click HERE.

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The Mount Vernon Farmer’s Market invites you downtown this Saturday

WNZR’s Wesley Boston talked with Marty Trese about our Mount Vernon Farmer’s Market. This is a wonderful shopping option for local families.

Marty shares details on when and where you can shop, changes that have been made because of COVID-19 and the types of food assistance available at the market.

Click HERE to hear their conversation.

Click HERE to follow the Mount Vernon Farmer’s Market on Facebook.

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Summer in the City continues this week in Mount Vernon!

Summer in the City is still going strong with more music activities this week.
WNZR’s Alyssa Sidle had a chance to chat with Joe Bell, Co-Director for the Mount Vernon Music & Arts Festival. He shared an update on the upcoming calendar of events.
Mark your calendars and come out to enjoy these talented local musicians.

Click HERE to hear their conversation.

To stay connected to the Summer in the City Calendar, click HERE.

To follow Summer in the City on Facebook, click HERE.

summer in the city performers this week

knox rocks schedule

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The Morning Thing celebrates the BEST in Christian Music!

Today (8/17) on the show, we celebrated the nominees for the 51st Annual GMA Dove Awards.

Since 1969, the Gospel Music Association has honored outstanding achievements and excellence in Christian and Gospel Music.

Click HERE to see the full list of nominees for 2020.

Click HERE to watch the 2020 Nominee Announcements and find out more about the theme #Carry The Change.

The GMA Dove Awards will be show on TBN Network on Friday, October 30 at 8pm (our time).

Stay connected with the Gospel Music Association and the Dove Awards at https://doveawards.com/

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MVNU’s Vice President for Student Life talks about Move In Day

8/15/2020 is a special day at 800 Martinsburg Road in Mount Vernon, OH. It is Move In Day for Mount Vernon Nazarene University!

WNZR talked with Tracy Waal, MVNU’s Vice President for Student Life. Tracy has been leading the campus team that prepared MVNU’s “Return to the Vern” reopening plan. He shared some insight into this difficult and ever-changing process. Tracy also talked about specific steps MVNU is taking to keep students, faculty and staff safe during the pandemic. He also shares some powerful messages about how important it is to have students back on campus for the true MVNU experience.

Click HERE to hear our conversation with Tracy Waal.

You can stay up to date on MVNU’s response to Covid at https://www.mvnu.edu/stayinformed

You can also see the full Return to the Vern reopening plan at https://www.mvnu.edu/returntothevern/

 

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MVNU’s Coordinator of Communications/PR talks about Move In Day

8/15/2020 is a special day at 800 Martinsburg Road in Mount Vernon, OH. It is Move In Day for Mount Vernon Nazarene University!

WNZR talked with Samantha Scoles, MVNU’s Coordinator of Communications/PR.
She shared some insight on how MVNU has created the “Return to the Vern” reopening plan. She talked about specific steps that are being taken to protect the campus community and the Knox County Community. She also talked about the valuable partnership MVNU has with Knox Public Health and how their input has allowed the reopening to happen.

Click HERE to hear our conversation with Samantha Scoles.

You can stay up to date on MVNU’s response to Covid at https://www.mvnu.edu/stayinformed

You can also see the full Return to the Vern reopening plan at https://www.mvnu.edu/returntothevern/

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