Foodstock is back at the Memorial Theater to benefit the 2017 Knox County Food For The Hungry Drive.
Elixir Presents sponsors a Beatles Tribute to Sgt. Pepper.
The event will be Thursday, December 7 at 7pm.
WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart talked with Chris Petee about this event. Click HERE to hear their conversation.
The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County is supporting the Knox County Food For The Hungry drive in a unique way. Their “Food for Fines” campaign is underway for 2017! The libraries around the county are collecting food and monetary donations to pay off library fines. It’s a great way to make a donation to Food For The Hungry!
WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart talked with John Chidester, Library Director, about this wonderful collection. Click HERE to hear their conversation.
Here is more information about “Food for Fines”.
The Mount Vernon News is a faithful partner to the Knox County Food For The Hungry Drive.
WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart had a chance to talk with Managing Editor, Samantha Scoles about their involvement to the campaign. They also discussed the annual Classified for Cans collection. Click HERE to hear their conversation.
Here’s more information about Classified for Cans with the Mount Vernon News.
The Mount Vernon News Classified for Cans Challenge runs through Thursday, December 7th!
The Mount Vernon News “Classified for Cans” challenge is back this year. Anyone that will donate 10 cans will receive a coupon for $5 off a classified ad in the Mount Vernon News. The coupon is redeemable through 1/31/2018. Drop off your food donation to the Classified Ad Department during business hours (Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm).
Food donations will be accepted through Thursday, 12/7.
Outdated or damaged food items will not be accepted.
Coupons exclude classified display ads.
Mount Vernon Nazarene University is proud to be a legacy partner in the Knox County Food For The Hungry Drive. The campus is busy with events to raise donations for this campaign. The students are also given many educational opportunities where they can learn about the issue of food insecurity and the needs of our local community.
WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart talked with Joe Rinehart and Catie Hayes about what is happening at MVNU to help Knox County’s Food for the Hungry Drive. Click HERE to hear their conversation.
Click HERE to see a calendar of events at MVNU.
MVNU is also proud to host the live stream of the annual Food For The Hungry broadcast. You can see it from 9am – 5pm on Saturday, December 9 at www.mvnu.tv
The annual Knox County Food For The Hungry drive is underway. Two local sororities are coordinating collections with elementary schools around the county.
Delta Kappa Gamma is coordinating collections in elementary schools throughout Greater Knox County and with the Knox Learning Center. Psi Iota Xi is coordinating collections with the Mount Vernon elementary and middle schools.
WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart talked with Linda Owens about Delta Kappa Gamma’s commitment and involvement in the campaign. Click HERE to hear their conversation.
Marcy also talked with Cindi Dolittle of Psi Iota Xi about their long-time commitment to Food For The Hungry. Click HERE to hear their conversation.
Want to know more about the 2017 Food For The Hungry Drive? Go to www.foodforthehungrycares.org
The Elementary collection wraps us this Friday 11/17/17.
Food For The Hungry – Working Together to CARE for our Neighbors!
Marcy Rinehart of The Morning Thing had a chance to talk with the 4 media shopping cart derby teams about the 2016 Food for the Hungry drive.
These teams will cover 4 corners of Mount Vernon this Saturday, 12/10, picking up donations for Food for the Hungry.
Listen in as they share strategy, their specific routes and encourage you to give to this wonderful project.
Click HERE to hear their conversations.
The 14th annual Media Shopping Cart Derby is Saturday, December 10th and the Food For The Hungry GAMES return! Our 4 media teams will return with cart pushers from the Mount Vernon News, Time Warner Cable, WNZR and 100.9 FM and 13WMVO/93.7 the Super Q.
Our 4 teams will start from the 4 corners of Mount Vernon:
– WMVO/WQIO will have the SOUTH ROUTE, starting at the Knox County Career Center.
– The Mount Vernon News will have the WEST ROUTE, starting on Harcourt Road across from Ross Motors.
– Time Warner Cable will have the NORTH ROUTE, starting at Dr. Price’s Vet Clinic on Mansfield Road.
– WNZR will have the EAST ROUTE, starting at Edgewood Road and working down East High Street.
All teams will meet at the Public Square in front of City Hall.
Last year, the GAMES were a huge success, so we are bringing them back.
The teams will start at 1:06 p.m. and work to hit every house and business on their routes, picking up donations of food and dollars.
At around 2:15 p.m., our 4 shopping cart teams will compete in the Food For The Hungry GAMES in front of City Hall. The teams will compete in 3 events – details coming soon. You will definitely WANT to SEE the Food For The Hungry Games. It will be challenging. It will be fun. It will be a memory for everyone.
The WNZR team is Andy Krolik and Josh Pope! Their route is the East end of Mount Vernon. The team will be start on Edgewood Road and travel down East High Street to Main Street and then to the Public Square. Meet them on their route and give a donation to help Food for the Hungry. Or drop off your donation at the station. Then, make sure that you are routing on Andy and Josh in the Food For The Hungry Games at 2:15 p.m.
Don’t miss the Food For The Hungry Games on Saturday, December 10th.
Check out the WNZR Team and their training for Saturday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QiLGAa-FTo
11/15/16 is a special day! Today is a day to celebrate Entrepreneurs and Philanthropists.
Big words….yeah…but all of us can have the spirit of these special people.
Let’s start with National Entrepreneurs Day. What is it?
(From www.daysoftheyear.com) From the postage stamp to the jet engine, and the cheeseburger to the microchip, radical inventions by brilliant minds have changed the way we live our lives and shaped our futures. In recognition of these people you can now celebrate Entrepreneurship Day which, since its inauguration in 2010, is an annual event that honors those men and women who have very often created an empire from absolutely nothing, most of them making themselves rather wealthy in the process as well. America is a country made of entrepreneurs. Men and women who built something from nothing. Created jobs. Made America what it is today. Click HERE to read more about Entrepreneurs Day.
We shared a list of history’s most famous entrepreneurs, from past to present. Click HERE to learn how they rose to the top.
It is also National Philanthropy Day.
(from www.afpnet.org) Philanthropy is “the love of humankind,” and National Philanthropy Day® (NPD)—November 15—is the day that thousands of people around the world come together to both (1) put that word into action and (2) recognize the change that word has brought to our communities.
NPD is a celebration of philanthropy—giving, volunteering and charitable engagement—that highlights the accomplishments, large and small, that philanthropy—and all those involved in the philanthropic process—makes to our society and our world.
Click HERE to read more about why we celebrate this day.
What does the bible say about giving? www.biblestudytools.com gives us 10 essential truths about Christian giving. Click HERE for the full article.
1. The Lord Jesus expects and requires us to give. Jesus said to His disciples, “when you give” not “if you give” (Matthew 6:2)! Hence, Christian giving is not optional, but rather essential. Are you giving?
2. The Lord Jesus wants us to give for the right reasons. Jesus warned His disciples not to give for the sake of being admired by men. “Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them,” He said (Matthew 6:1). When we give, we must be careful to examine our motives. Are you giving for God’s praise or man’s?
3. The Lord Jesus wants us to practice benevolent or charitable giving. Jesus said “When you give to the poor . . . .” (Matthew 6:2-3). Jesus is specifically teaching about “alms” in this passage: aid, charity, or benevolent offerings for the needy. Do you give amply enough to the Church that she can be generous in benevolent giving?
4. The Lord Jesus reminds us that our giving is ultimately to the all-seeing heavenly Father.Jesus said “When you give . . . ; your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you” (Matthew 6:3-4). When we give, we are not simply adding to the Church budget, we are giving up a thank offering to the Father Himself. Are you conscious of the fact that your giving is to the Lord and seen by the Lord?
5. The Bible teaches that Christian giving is an act of worship. In connection with the previous point, we see this truth stressed in another way in Paul’s word’s “On the first day of every week each one of you is to put aside and save” (1 Corinthians 16:2). Paul here teaches the Corinthians that their taking up of the collection is an act of worship which is to be a part of their regular Lord’s Day worship. When we put our money in the plate, we are worshiping Almighty God in accordance with His Word. Note well, Paul is speaking here of a “collection for the saints” – this is giving by the Church to the Church for the Church. Did you realize that giving is a part of worship? Is your worship in this area abundant or inhibited? Is giving to the Church a priority with you?
6. The Bible teaches that Christian giving should be done in light of the incarnation. Many Christians argue about whether the tithe (10% of our income) is still the standard for our giving to the Church (disputants usually want to show that less than 10% is fine). Do you try to get by with giving as little as possible to the Lord, or do you give in view of the Lord’s costly sacrifice?
7. The Bible teaches that Christian giving should be done in accordance with our means. Paul is quite clear on this: “For if the readiness is present, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have” (2 Corinthians 8:12). Are you really giving in proportion to the material blessings that the Lord has given you?
8. The Bible teaches that the liberality of God’s blessings to us is connected to the liberality of our Christian giving. Though it may seem strange, both Jesus and Paul emphasize that there is a relation between our giving to the Lord and the Lord’s giving to us. As Paul says in 2 Corinthians 9:6 “Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.” Do you realize that the Lord has given you much, so that you can give much?
9. The Bible teaches that Christian giving must be willing giving, free giving. We learn this in 2 Corinthians 9:7 “Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion.” Is your giving to the Church something you do wholeheartedly, or indifferently, or grudgingly?
10. The Bible teaches that Christian giving ought to be cheerful giving. As Paul says “God loves a cheerful giver.” This is a truly amazing assertion. Paul assures us here that the Lord takes a special delight in those who are joyful, energetic, merry givers. Is there joy in your heart as you give? Can you truly be characterized as a “cheerful giver”?
We have not come close to reaching our potential for giving. Won’t you pray that we will give as we ought? That we will give for the right motives? That we will give joyously? And that we will give extravagantly.
Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III is the Senior Minister of First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, Mississippi.
So how can YOU give today?
#1 – Give to Operation Christmas Child. Click HERE for a list of locations accepting shoeboxes THIS week. The national collection continues through Monday, 11/21/16.
#2 – Get involved with Food For The Hungry. Click HERE to see a list of upcoming events. Find something on the calendar that your family would enjoy and get connected to this wonderful outreach for our community.
Rise and Shine 