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2023
Psalm 113:3 “From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the Lord is to be praised.”
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Dear Friends,
We had a lot of good things happen over the past summer months. We enjoyed a great potluck with AUDIOBOOK Ministries' friends but, oh boy, was it hot.
As for AUDIOBOOK Ministries, we have a commitment agreement to stay at John Knox for another year. We are currently working very hard to launch a new look to our website. Thanks to Jag, we hope to have this up and running very soon. The new redesign focuses more on what we can do to make the patron user experience more friendly. As a side note, due to this redesign work, we are not going to be able to download books from the website for a while. We need to convert many of the books that were recorded in the early years. Despite this inconvenience, I am very excited about this project for an improved user experience going forward. We are also working with a company that will allow the user to change the viewing experience to fit their needs and abilities; again very exciting.
Other news: We have one grant arriving this month, as well as another in October. One grant this month added to the Computer fundraiser gifts, will allow us to upgrade more of our equipment. We have already purchased a new computer for me (Director). The other grant will help with a recent budget shortfall.
At the end of this month, I will be talking with the congregation of Southminster Presbyterian in Des Monies. If you attend a church and you would like me to share about our ministry with your faith community, let me know.
Thank you and God bless,
Laurie van der Roest
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It was great to see you all at the summer potluck. We missed some of you and hope to see everyone back for our holiday potluck sometime after Thanksgiving. | |
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VOLUNTEER JOBS
NARRATORS
BOARD MEMBERS
AUDIO EDITOR
DIGITAL CONVERTER
PROJECTS
OFFICE
Call the office if you are interested.
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We would appreciate your help. If you only have a few hours or tons of time, we need you at AUDIOBOOK Ministries to help us grow and serve. We need to fill a couple of Board member seats. Update: We have welcomed Lenea to our Board. She is one of our newer patrons. We still have room for more board members if you are interested.
Email me a: lvanderroest@audiobookministries.org
or call the office at 206-243-7377.
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Exciting news!
We are putting together an advisory board. What is an advisory board, you may ask? An advisory board is a group of experts who lend their skills, guidance, and knowledge to an organization (nonprofit). In short, an advisory board serves the purpose of its name—to offer advice that helps an organization grow and achieve its goals. We have a few patrons who will join this board as well. We plan to hold a phone meeting once a quarter as well as email group chats. If you are interested, call or email our Director.
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Staff Spotlight
George Pettingell
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 |  | "Gone with the Wind" and "The Wizard of Oz" were both "born" in 1939, and so was I. The two movies have endured through the years as classics. I have endured, too, but I'm hardly a "classic." The short version is that I was born in the pre-WWII years in Portland, Oregon. And born again when I was 10 thanks to a neighbor lady who conducted a children's Bible study in her home. Half way through 1st grade in Delray Beach, Florida, a hurricane chased us back to Vancouver, Washington, where I finished 1st grade in a 2-room country school house. On Memorial Day 1948 the rampaging Columbia River overflowed its banks and flooded Vanport, a Portland suburb, under 16 feet of water. We lost everything. I went to high school in Kennewick, Washington, where my Dad worked at the Hanford Atomic Works in Richland. Then it was on to Seattle where I attended the University of Washington, majoring in Communications. In 1963 I married my lovely life's companion, Karen. We both were working our way through school in Berkeley, California, during the hippie movement and Jesus Revolution of the early 60s. I felt that God was leading me into a career of Christian broadcasting, and over the next 40 + years I was station manager of Christian radio and TV stations in Seattle; Columbus, Georgia; and Monroe, Louisiana. Along the way I worked as on air announcer in San Francisco, and as Public Relations director of hospitals in West Monroe, Louisiana, and El Paso, Texas. In 2018 I retired as station manager of TBN-owned KTBW-TV in Seattle. At the same time my wife's friend, who was a volunteer at Audio Book Ministries, urged me to volunteer as a narrator at ABM. Since then I have recorded a number of books for ABM, and for ACX, a subsidiary of Amazon's Audible book division. This December Karen and I will celebrate our 60th anniversary. We have 3 children, 7 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren. God has been good to us. What a blessing it has been to have married a Christian girl and to have worked in Christian broadcasting all these years. And now to be sharing the talents God has given me with you at ABM!
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Everyone deserves a bible
Audiobook Ministries is a free lending library. Many patrons would like a bible on an NLS cartridge to keep, at the cost of $20. With your support of $20, we could gift them a cartridge, free of charge.
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Barbara and Daniel Lee
Carolyn Rothermel
Iva Sutherland
James Debruhl
Jinny and Dale Sewall
Sylvia Moore
George and Karen Pettingell
David Hamilton
Connie Hemmer
Roger and Joy Neubauer
Carolyn Myers
Jay Colby
Kenneth Rowin
John Knox Presbyterian Church
Highline Christian Church
El Shaddai Ministries
Kiwanis Club of Highline
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Carol Marshall
Julie Ausen
Dwayne Hinman
Steven Blow
Susan Jones
Bill Sciannella
Gwenyth Anderson
Christine Gray-Scott
Cynthia Anderson
Jo Etta Smith
Stephen and Martha Wendover
D.J.Watts
Arnald Mack
Southminster Presbyterian Church
Zion Lutheran Church
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Kroger Rewards Benefit AUDIOBOOK Ministries
If you shop at Fred Meyer stores and have a Rewards Card, you can now link your card to AUDIOBOOK Ministries so that we can benefit from the dollars that you spend shopping at Fred Meyer. Fred Meyer Community Rewards donates up to $625,000 per quarter to non-profits. Customers will continue to receive the Rewards Points, Rebates, and Fuel Points they're used to getting, but now their dollars will earn donations to ABM.
Signing up is simple: After logging in (or creating an online account), search for AUDIOBOOK MINISTRIES. Complete the signup process, and you will be good to go! Feel free to share this information with anyone you know who also shops at Fred Meyer.
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How Can You Help Us?
Matching Gifts: Your gift can be doubled or even tripled if you or your spouse work for a company with a matching gift program. All you need to do is ask your human resources office for information.
Tribute Gifts: What better way to honor someone special than to donate to AUDIOBOOK Ministries? This works for celebrating a special birthday or other milestones and a memorial. We list these donations in our newsletter every quarter.
Bequests: Have you considered where you would like to leave your legacy? A charitable bequest can be tailored to various circumstances and provides an unlimited tax deduction for estate tax purposes. In a last will and testament, you may stipulate a specific cash donation to AUDIOBOOK Ministries or state a percentage of your gross assets. We also accept stock donations; contact our office for the correct procedure and forms. As always, we thank you!
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Gifts In Memory and Honor
Giving monetary gifts is a beautiful way to remember or honor a loved one, friend, neighbor, or co-worker while supporting our ministry.
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Mission Statement
Statement
"To provide wholesome, inspirational recorded material for people who cannot read due to blindness, visual impairment, or other disabilities. We aim to share the pure joy of reading through books that inspire, entertain, and provide encouragement, comfort, and hope."
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About Us
AUDIOBOOK Ministries is a ministry dedicated to making Christian literature accessible for all. We are a Christian lending library with over 3,300 audio titles - inspirational, faith-based books, recorded by volunteers and mailed nationwide to share God's love and the joy of reading with people who have
reading-related disabilities.
Our services are free.
If you know of someone who can benefit from our services, please visit our
website or email us
for more information and an application.
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