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Bonding as a Family This Thanksgiving

Almost every holiday involves spending time with family in some capacity, but for Thanksgiving it is all the more in focus. The holiday revolves around everyone coming together to share a meal and, well, give thanks. However, despite Thanksgiving gatherings often being large affairs, it is surprisingly easy to unintentionally avoid spending any real time with most of the people in attendance. It is habitual for many of us to split along generational lines and hang out only with the people that are closest to us in age and interest. Even then the conversation may stay surface level and no real bonding occur.

This Thanksgiving, we want to encourage you to connect with as many family members and friends as you can. Enjoy the time with them, it is a blessing from God! To help you, we are sharing suggestions from Crosswalk to help you engage in bonding regularly with your family to make it easier to do so on the Big Day, as well as ideas for those out of the ordinary gatherings like Thanksgiving. You can check out the entire list HERE.

However you are celebrating Thanksgiving, the hosts of the Morning Thing hope it is a blessed time for you and your family!

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Food For The Hungry 2022: Elementary School Collections

Food For The Hungry is underway once more in Knox County, and WNZR is excited to share news of the incredible efforts to raise food and funds for the community. We had the opportunity to speak with Sandra Fithian of Psi Iota Xi about the sorority’s involvement with this year’s Elementary School Collection.

It is amazing to see the youth of Knox County get involved in helping their neighbors. WNZR is so excited to see the results of the collections this week. For the entire conversation with Sandra, click HERE. For details on the collections and what food items to donate, check out the image below! To learn more about Food For The Hungry or to get involved, click HERE.

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Photo Voice: 2022 Finding Healthy Food in Knox County

WNZR had the opportunity to speak with Tanner Cooper-Risser, SNAP-Ed Program Assistant with the OSU Extension Office of Knox County. Tanner told us all about Photo Voice 2022: Finding Healthy Food in Knox County. This new project is way for community members to use photography to document the food situation in Knox County, identifying both strengths and concerns in the community.

Residents age 15 and older can use their talents to participate in this Photovoice Research Project and help make a difference in Knox County.

You can listen to the entire conversation with Tanner HERE. To learn more about the project or to register, click HERE.

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Play Cornhole and Raise Money for Food For The Hungry!

MacKenzie Ernsberger, KCCC Senior studying Landscaping and Design and Keeleigh Johnston, KCCC alum share about the upcoming Cornhole Tournament on November 13 to benefit Food For The Hungry.

The ladies share about their involvement at the Knox County Career Center. MacKenzie tells us the story of how her Junior class ended the school year last Spring by playing cornhole, and she had the idea to make a fundraiser with this fun game!

You can register by email nursecampbell@gmail.com or by calling 740-501-1315.

The 1st place winners will receive a $500 prize, and the 2nd place winners will receive coupons for 1 hour of axe throwing.

All the money raised at this fundraiser will be donated to Food For The Hungry.

MacKenzie and Keeleigh share how their lab at KCCC is involved with raising money for FFTH.

They also share their thoughts about the Food For The Hungry slogan – “Working Together to Care for Our Neighbors.” They also share their passion in working to raise money for this campaign.

Click HERE to listen to the conversation.

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You can change a child’s life by just packing a shoebox!

Christmas may be over a month away, but now is the time to start packing your shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child! National Collection Week is November 14-21, and many local churches are participating as drop-off collection points.

Click HERE for a list of participating churches and their drop-off times.

The Shoeboxes have had such a positive impact on children’s lives around the world. They don’t just get a fantastic gift of toys, personal care items, and school supplies, but they also get to hear the Good News of Jesus when they get their gifts!

Click HERE to read stories from people who got a Shoebox as a child. Many of them have gone on to form their own ministries!

Feeling inspired yet? Click HERE to learn how to pack your shoebox.

Need some gift ideas? Click HERE for ideas and to see what cannot go in a shoebox.

Click HERE for the Samaritan’s Purse homepage where you can learn all about Operation Christmas Child.

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Today is National Stress Awareness Day

We often think of stress as solely a bad thing, but the truth is, in its intended design stress serves a good purpose similar to pain. It tells us that something is wrong and warns our brain that we are in danger. However, in the modern world we find ourselves experiencing stress when there is no present danger. Our minds react with warnings to our day to day lives. This is not how God intended us to live. The problem goes even further, because many of us don’t even realize that we’re stressed. Our culture values productivity more than almost anything else, so we have been conditioned to believe that if we are not pushing ourselves to the limit and feeling exhausted at the end of the day that we haven’t done enough. Warning signs of stress are accepted as part of normal life.

That is why we are promoting National Stress Awareness Day. We not only want you to take care of your physical health, but also your emotional and spiritual health, so that you can live the life God intended and experience his love and peace. The first step is identifying how stress is revealing itself in your life. It can take many forms- tense muscles, sore jaws, little sleep, extra sleep, headaches… It varies from person to person. Today on the show we shared a list of various signs of stress. Check it out HERE and see if stress has snuck up on you without you realizing it.

Maybe you are already aware of your stress though. Those signs may be perfectly clear and you just don’t know how to reduce it, which in turn creates more stress. It’s a vicious cycle. There is hope though. God in His mercy and love equips us with ways to reduce stress and feel His peace. We shared advice from Pastor Chip Ingram on Biblical ways to reduce the stress in our lives. You can find his great advice HERE.

Remember what Casting Crowns sings: We are made to do more than just survive. We were made to thrive. We cannot do that when shackled to the burden of stress. I pray that you will experience God’s peace today and that we will provide you with relief from life’s stressors so that you can live life abundantly once again.

To learn more about National Stress Awareness Day, click HERE.

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Place 4 Grace launches their new program Grow in Grace

Place 4 Grace’s Executive Director Kandee Popham and Renee Dubler, Lead Mentor gave us an overview of their services and the NEW Grow in Grace Program. We also focus on the non-residential services that the ministry is providing to Moms right now.

Kandee Popham tells us more about what Place 4 Grace is and the services that they provide to pregnant women in the community. The services are personalized for each Mom. The goal is to have Moms stable in 4 areas: housing, employment, childcare and transportation.

Renee Dubler shares about the non-residential services that the ministry is currently providing including transportation to medical appointments or community resource locations, mentoring, and friendship.

Renee also talks about the NEW program Grow In Grace. They teach Mothers life skills including how to deal with pregnancy and motherhood.
She talks about how Grow In Grace is different than other programs that might teach parenting skills. Place 4 Grace is coming from an area of trauma for the mothers.

Renee tells us why it is important for Moms to attend this new program.

Renee also talks about the types of skills that Moms can expect to walk away with from being in the Grow In Grace program.

Moms can sign up by emailing Renee at renee.dubler@place4grace.com
Grow In Grace sessions are on Thursdays at 6pm at the Mount Vernon Apostolic Church, 1635 West 229/OId Delaware Road. The meetings are in the white building next to the big brick church.
Childcare is provided. The program is set up for a 12 week run.
She also shares the goals of the program.

Click HERE to listen to the conversation.

Place 4 Grace’s website is place4grace.com

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United Way of Knox County’s 2022 Campaign is Going On Now!

The Morning Thing has the privilege of speak with representatives of United Way of Knox County about their ongoing 2022 fundraising campaign.

United Way serves Knox County by connecting residents with agencies and resources and providing local organizations with grant funds to aid and enhance their service to Knox County. Their goal for the 2022 Campaign is $1.1 million.

WNZR spoke with United Way’s Executive Director, Kelly Brenneman, Program Director, Halle Krajenski, and Resource Navigator Walt Lewis. These individuals shared about their roles in United Way, their excitement for the 2022 Campaign, how donations can be made, how funds will be used, the Campaign Calendar, programs that United Way offers, how community partners can get connected with United Way, and more.

You can listen to all three conversations HERE. To learn more about the mission and outreach of United Way, visit their website, uwayknox.org. To support their 2022 Campaign, click HERE.

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WNZR Presents the October MVNU Presidential Update

The Morning Thing brings you the MVNU Presidential Update on the first Friday of each month. We talk with MVNU President, Dr. Henry Spaulding about what is happening on campus.

Click HERE to hear the conversation.

This month, Dr. Spaulding shares about these topics:

  • How God is moving on campus
  • The importance of engaging with students
  • The University’s plan for its ongoing Strategic Investment Initiatives
  • The recent campus water line break
  • An update on MVNU Giving Day 2022
  • Upcoming events on campus
  • Messages for students, staff, and faculty
  • How we can pray for the university and for him.

To stay up to date on MVNU, go to https://www.mvnu.edu/

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Tonight is the Second Annual Johnny Appleseed Apple Fest in Downtown Mount Vernon!

WNZR is honored to partner with Experience Mount Vernon for some amazing community events.

Tonight is the Johnny Appleseed Apple Fest – an amazing night of fun for everyone!

Experience Mount Vernon Downtown Manager, Anthony McNeal talked with The Morning Thing about this wonderful event and how your visit to downtown greatly impacts our city!

Click HERE to hear the conversation.

Anthony shared:

  • Why Johnny Appleseed was chosen to be honored with the downtown fall event
  • Activities and performances happening at the Apple Fest for everyone to enjoy
  • What food is on the menu at tonight’s event
  • What comes next in the Downtown Event Calendar and more!

Stay connected with Experience Mount Vernon online at https://www.experiencemv.org/ or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ExperienceMountVernon

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