Father's Day Issue

Strong Tower Radio's theme this month is Fatherhood. Our Today program interviewed the June Ministry News cover article author, Marty Miller, regarding his piece introducing the intentional Father. This interview reviews the article but addresses much more. Then in the final segment we cover Strong Tower Radio's presence at the Michigan camp meeting this Sunday at 5 p.m., Monday at 10 a.m., and Wed. at 12:01 a.m. on STR stations, STR apps, or STR.fm.

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Mackinac Lilac Festival

Strong Tower Radio takes you on a virtual preview of the Mackinac Island Lilac Festival. This year marks the 75th Annual Mackinac Island Lilac Festival! It is the largest and most historic festival on Mackinac Island. It’s 10 days celebrating the lilacs and their uniqueness and history to Mackinac Island.

Our Tom Mejeur went to the island and took a walk with the designated lilac tour docent, visited the fort, and more for this interview. Experience the Mackinac Island Lilac Festival for yourself this Sun at 3:30 a.m., Mon. at 4 p.m., Wed. at 9 p.m., and Thur. at 1 p.m. on STR stations, STR apps, or STR.fm.

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Broadcast Interruption

Attention Strong Tower Radio listeners: Our fiber internet connection that feeds programs to all our stations, phone apps, and web stream will be down for maintenance on Tuesday, June 6th for up to 45 minutes sometime between 12:00 am thru 6:00 am. As things are setup right now, there is not much that we can do to get us past this “bump in the road” since it is our program distribution path. We are sorry about this event, which is beyond our control.

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Father's Day

Is Almost Here!

   If we ever needed to support families, it is now! We need to applaud fathers AND mothers in their roles as parents. 

What we praise and value we get more of!  Let’s praise and acknowledge fathers!!

Here in the Michigan Conference, Father's Day gets eclipsed by camp meeting. We are helping your church remember Father's Day before camp meeting!

To do it right we need to start right now by ordering supplies and showing the two father videos, the one-minute tribute after camp meeting on June 24^th.

    Strong Tower Radio and Blueprint for Men have produced tools to help churches celebrate Father’s Day with the following (found at StrongTowerRadio.org):

     Show, the one-minute church-friendly (that skips the ads) fathers tribute "Glad Your My Dad" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v_TOLPyEig and the four-minute "Father Resources" on June 24^th https://youtu.be/Dsa189hh_RA?t=2

     Post Father’s Day thoughts on your church’s web and social media sites inviting the public to a Father’s Day ceremony at your church

     Print and distribute (from the template) a fill-in-the-blank Father's Day card as a bulletin insert https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.constantcontact.com%2F2c6adb5f601%2F6aa9f458-1d55-4e4c-90a0-dad99f0a047c.docx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK

     Print and distribute the Strong Tower Radio Father's Day sticker that’s downloadable from our website. You can order blank stickers from an office supply store or online at SheetLabels.com for about $25. Download the "My kids love me" sticker and the "I love my dad" sticker.

     Order a gift for your church fathers. Benchmark your church's Father's Day gift to the expenditure for your church as it does for Mother's Day and order some delightful Father's Day gift. Hint: There are awesome value priced

imprintable gifts like keychain LED flashlights, luggage tags, or jackknives from Pen.com or negotiate a special price for car washes from a local car wash place and give the gift certificate template.

    The world is quite hard on dads, making some of the best dads feel like they aren't doing a great job. Let's all do our part to encourage dads at our churches.😊

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Help Wanted:

Strong Tower Radio is looking for a part-time volunteer receptionist. Qualified candidates need good computer skills and familiarity with Microsoft Office platform. Candidates must also have a valid driver's license (picking up mail at the PO Box is one duty).

Duties include but are not limited to answering the phone, assisting with processing and shipping the monthly newsletter, writing donor thank you letters, assisting the accounting department with logging bills and donations, assisting the engineering department with station logs. Candidates will be working with many different disciplines and personalities and need to be flexible.

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Ways for STR Giving

You can give to Strong Tower Radio in several ways with different effects.

The first is the fastest, most effective donation by giving directly via a mailed check, calling in a donation, or donating on our website at StrongTowerRadio.org. This allows you to designate a station or support the whole radio network through a one-time or recurring donation.

Another way is by giving to the Michigan Radio Ministry fund with a tithe envelope or via your church's Adventist Giving online.

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You can give to Strong Tower Radio by accessing the giving page with your smartphone. Point, click, and give!

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Sermons on STR

Here are the upcoming Fresh Manna sermons and speakers that will be streamed on StrongTowerRadio.org, STR.fm, and on Strong Tower Radio's local stations Monday-Friday at 2 a.m. and 11 a.m.

This Week-

6/1 Sean Reed- "Share Jesus"

6/2 Jermaine Gayle- "Jesus, the Second Adam"

Next Week-

6/5 Bryce Bowman- "The Mission of the Holy Spirit"

6/6 Mike Lambert- "Give Me All in the Ship"

6/7 Raymond Holmes- "He Writes His Name on Us"

6/8 Mabio Coelho- "The User Guide"

6/9 Jermaine Gayle- "Jesus, The Greatest Prophet"

STR Sabbath Sermons- Saturdays at 11 a.m. 

6/3 Ron Kelly- "The Prophet and the Progressives Remaking the Sandwich"

6/10 Ron Kelly- "The Prophet and the (New) Pioneers, Is There Not a Cause?"

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STR Events Calendar



Be a part of Strong Tower Radio by joining us personally at one or more of the following scheduled events:

5/27 10:00 a.m.- Kam at Village SDA Church for the Mission Emphasis

6/03 7:00 p.m.- STR Inspirational Variety Hour at Village SDA Church in Berrien Springs

6/24 5-7 p.m.- STRQ Hymns in the Park, Island Park, Mt. Pleasant

7/15 11:00 a.m.- Kam at Central Lake SDA Church

7/29 11:00 a.m.- Kam at G.R. Elwell SDA Church

8/5 11:00 a.m.- Kam at Mio SDA Church

"David" is David Bolduc- Founder and President

"Jilane" is Jilane Fenner- Public Relations and Board Member

"Kam" is Kam Ferguson- Development Director

"Tom" is Tom Mejeur- Production &

Marketing Director

"SDA" is the abbreviation for Seventh-day Adventist

"STR" is the abbreviation for Strong Tower Radio

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Father’s Day

Life presents many examples of fathers.  Let’s look to the wonderful, since we soon resemble what we behold.  One Biblical example recounts Jairus, a Capernaum church leader, whose sick daughter was near death.  Anxiety stirring within him, he rushed to town hoping to find Jesus, who had been away for several days.

Entering Capernaum, he saw Jesus, ran, and fell at His feet, urging Him to come and heal his daughter who would die without intervention.  Perhaps you can imagine the angst Jairus felt facing such loss.  Hope flooded his emotions as Jesus readily agreed to his plea. His hope was strengthened as a woman was healed from a long-term illness along the way, just from touching Jesus’ robe!

But his heart sank when friends coming from his home told Jairus that his daughter was dead and not to “trouble the Master anymore.”  Too late, Jairus thought, I’ve lost my little girl, yet Jesus' words interrupted his grief-stricken thoughts - “be not afraid, only believe.” [1] What an invitation!

Taking Jairus and three disciples with Him, Jesus continued to Jairus’ house where they found his daughter had indeed died.  Jesus then discreetly resurrected this young girl as her parents watched amazed.  “Be not afraid, only believe.”  Wow, words backed with power!

Fathers, are you seeking Jesus for your families, for yourselves?  As you seek, you find His power working in both you and your family’s lives.  STR programs strengthen families by pointing all to the most wonderful Father of all–our Heavenly Father.   Lives are being changed daily as listeners learn the real character of God.    Pray with us that God’s Spirit will work with greater power to change listeners' lives. Then as God impresses you, add your monthly financial support to your prayers.

Kam Ferguson

Development Director

[1] Mark 5:36

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