Ministry Highlights Newsletter

January 2012 Highlights

Thank You!! to Those Who Gave!! Your Kindness and Generosity are a Blessing!
We thank God for everyone who came through and sent in a gift at the end of the year to help get WPRZ-FM in the black.  A total of $17,068.54 came in and, at this point in time, we are out of a critical situation. We will continue to build our family of Ministry Partners that will joyfully give to help keep WPRZ-FM on the air.  It takes a lot of people working together to make WPRZ-FM possible! This is God’s station and we know He is in control!  He will get the glory for whatever happens. 
 
It is so easy to think that “someone else” will give and everything will be OK.  We don’t like doing “critical” appeals but sometimes it is necessary. We promise to let you know when things get rough as they were at the end of the year.  WPRZ-FM is still a “new” 1½ year old station and with that in mind, it is doing very well!  It’s just that we are out of reserve funds to meet the many challenges of getting a new station going. WPRZ-FM needs many more Ministry Partners and we believe they will come as God prompts hearts and they obey. Please continue to pray ...
 

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December 2011 Highlights

3,141 Gift-Filled Shoe Boxes Collected at WPRZ for Operation Christmas Child!  What a joy it has been for us to participate in this amazing project for 16 years. At first, WPRZ AM was the only collection point in our entire region. Now, there are 13 and we have been so blessed to watch this project grow nationwide to provide an astounding 8.5 million needy children with gift-filled shoe boxes and the gospel message in their own language! Thank you to everyone who so lovingly packed a shoe box and thank you to the volunteers who came here to help! Special thank yous...

 

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November 2011 Highlights

It's Time for Operation Christmas Child!  Collection Week is November 14 - 21... Volunteers Are Needed!!  In a little more than a week now, WPRZ will be buzzing with activity as thousands of gift-filled shoe boxes arrive here to be logged in, counted, packed into shipping cartons and moved into the big truck!  Our collection hours are...

  

 
 

October 2011 Highlights      

 October 20-21, 2011 "A Time to Share"... A Gathering in of profisions for the coming year... Thanking God for what He has done!   What a very special time this is going to be as God’s people come forth and pledge from their hearts and treasures to support God’s work at WPRZ!!  We have a couple of major opportunities before us that at this time we see no way to achieve. But we know that God can make a way where there seems to be no way, and we are trusting in Him to show us the way.  We hope you... 
 
 

September 2011 Highlights

WAKE UP, BE READY, WALK UNITED!  September 9-11, 2011 - Regional Christian Conference & Expo featuring Dr. Tom Blackaby.  This is definitely a special time for the people of God in this region! God is once again graciously on the initiative to stir His people back to Himself to be One in Christ, ready and willing for His purposes NOW and TOMORROW. This conference is the result of the prayers of many over the past several years.  Prayers from hearts impassioned for unity and integrity, coining such phrases and names as “Pray Culpeper,” “One Culpeper,” “Culpeper Revival,” the Billy Graham Crusade and more.  These were the prayers and heart cries of the churches for God’s will to be done here now. WRPZ is so pleased to be a part of this upcoming Conference to be held at Eastern View High School in Culpeper.  The focus will be preparedness for the times, unity in Christ, integrity in Christ...
 
 

August 2011 Highlights

September 9 - 11, 2011 Make Plans to Attend the Regional Christian Conference and Expo featuring Dr. Tom Blackaby.  WPRZ is pleased to be a part of this upcoming three-day Regional Christian Conference to be held at Eastern View High School in Culpeper. The focus will be preparedness for the times, unity in Christ, integrity in Christ, healthy relationships in Christ, and relationships with others outside the body of Christ. Speakers include Dr. Tom Blackaby from Vancouver, British Columbia, Rev. Stephen P. Burke of The Lord Will Provide Ministries, Bishop Harry Jackson of Hope Christian Church in Washington, D.C., and Bishop Eugene V. Reeves of New Life Anointed Ministries International in Woodbridge. There will also be...

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July 2011 Highlights

 

Thank You !!  Novum Baptist Church!  Thank you to Pastor Jeff and Theresa Light and the congregation of Novum Baptist Church for partnering with WPRZ and “Truth for Life” with Alistair Begg in our Educational Partnership Program. Like WPRZ, Novum Baptist Church believes it’s important to study the Bible every day so they have stepped up to help support “Truth For Life” on WPRZ! We are so very grateful for their partnership and encouragement! If you would like to find out more about Novum Baptist Church, located at 1629 Novum Church Road in Reva, call them at 540-547-3414. We hope other churches in the WPRZ listening area will help us provide our listeners with great Bible teaching programs as well. If you would like...

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June 2011 Highlights 

WPRZ 88.1 FM Is One Year Old!!  On May 28th, 2010 WPRZ-FM went on the air after an 11 year wait. It’s been a most exciting… but challenging first year for our new station. We are happy to report that by the cards, letters, emails and website responses we have received, you are being blessed and encouraged by WPRZ-FM’s unique blend of music, news, information and Bible teaching programs. We are in our infancy…
 

 

May 2011 Highlights

Discover More About God As You Listen to Great Bible Teachers on WPRZ!   Solid biblically-based teaching and Bible study are so important in the life of believers.  It's how we learn and grow to become mature Christians who see to it that others will hear the Good News and also become believers.  Some of the great Bible teachers you'll hear weekdays on WPRZ include...
 
 
 

March 2011 Highlights

The 1st Annual KTL Praise-a-Thon is now underway!  Charlie has been very busy putting this all together and it looks like it's going to be a lot of fun for everyone!  The KTL Praise-a-Thon is intended to give kids, teens and kidults (adults who are kids at heart) an opportunity to help WPRZ.  Participants have the opportunity to show their support of WPRZ by helping to raise funds in support of WPRZ's programs for kids including Kid's Time Live!  And by doing that, "Praise-a-Thoners" can earn an amazing abudance of great prizes!  Some of the prizes to be won include 4 tickets to Sight and Sound in Pennsylvania, 4 tickets to Luray Caverns...

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January-February 2011 Highlights

Broadcasting over WKDL 1250 AM will cease January 31st.  With listener response growing on WPRZ 88.1 FM, the time has come to discontinue operations over 1250 AM. It’s hard giving up the AM station we began with in 1982, but times have changed, our vision has enlarged, and our current budget deficits make it clear that this is what we must do. God is definitely pointing us southwest where WPRZ FM’s signal is best. So, that’s where we will focus. This is a hard time for us… and hard decisions had to be made. But at the same time, it’s an exciting time as we... 

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December 2010 Highlights

WPRZ Christmas Celebration Silent Auction is underway!  Bid now through December 9th!  Do some Christmas shopping that will benefit WPRZ!! Check out all the new items in our Christmas Celebration Silent Auction! Go to wprz.org, click on the flashing Silent Auction banner and see what Shelley and her team have gathered in! Then to bid, you must call Kandy at 540-349-1250. She’ll keep all the bids updated on the website. Proceeds from this Silent Auction will go toward the new studio computers and software we just had to install, so please participate and...
 

 

November 2010 Highlights

WPRZ is having another Silent Auction… it’s a Christmas Celebration Silent Auction! Bidding is November 29 - December 9. That’s right… we’re having another Silent Auction… just in time for Christmas! As before, if you have something new or like new you would like to donate, please bring it to the station or call and we’ll come pick it up! Shelley and her team are calling on the business community again to gather in items to bless our listeners! So be listening and go to wprz.org and click on the flashing “Silent Auction” banner to see the items, then call 540-349-1250 to place your bids! Thank you...
 

 

October 2010 Highlights 

A Time to Share... and a Silent Auction October 14, 15 & 16.   We're really excited about this special time we're setting aside to share with you about WPRZ and also give you an opportunity to get some great buys in our upcoming "live" Silent Auction!  In turn, we'll be asking you to share what WPRZ means to you!  And, we'll be asking you to make a monthly pledge or a generous one time gift to help WPRZ keep shining the light of God's Word into our local community 24/7/365.  The days we are living in are becoming darker and darker making it more important than ever before to keep proclaiming the Good News and provide good solid music and programs that Glorify God and help...

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September 2010 Highlights

Country Light is the new name for Praise in the Country.  The best in positive country and Christian country music heard weekday afternoons from 1 to 4 pm with Steve is now named Country Light!  We feel Country Light better describes this new segment of WPRZ music!  You'll hear songs about faith in God, songs about relationships with family and friends, and songs about our great country that was founded on Christian...

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August 2010 Highlights

Charlie B. Goode Joins WPRZ's Full-Time Staff!  You probably know Charlie as the producer and host of Kid’s Time Live, but now, you will also get to know Charlie’s heart for Praise Radio Music! Charlie is hosting the music and programs weekday mornings from 6:00 am to 10:00 am. He starts your day with Praise in the Morning at 6 am, followed by Insight for Living at 7 am, Living on the Edge at 7:30 am, then at 8:00 am, two hours of...

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July 2010 Highlights

WPRZ Dedication and Praise Gathering was a very special day!  It was a hot day on June 26th, but the two huge shade trees by the building provided lots of cool shade for our special guests as they enjoyed a day of fellowship, entertainment, and a great barbeque dinner at our station. The heat kept some away, but over 100 of our friends came out to be with us for this special occasion. Peter McCory (Fakoury) entertained the kids with his one-man band and was graciously assisted by Charlie Goode. Young and old danced and sang under the shade trees to Peter’s fun songs. Steve and Sally were joined...

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June 2010 Highlights

WPRZ 88.1 FM is on the air!!  After 11 years of waiting, on Friday, May 28, 2010 at 12:30 pm, WPRZ 88.1 FM signed on the air!   It’s been an incredible journey as we watched God bring this station into existence. We have no doubt that the 10,000 watt signal will reach exactly where God wants it to… primarily Culpeper, Fauquier, Rappahannock, Madison, Greene, and Orange Counties, with secondary coverage in Prince William, Stafford, Spotsylvania, Warren, Page, Albemarle, and Louisa Counties.  We’ll be at 50% power for testing until our license is granted...

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April-May 2010 Highlights

WPRZ 88.1 FM is Near Completion!!!  The antenna has arrived from France and is ready to go on the tower in Culpeper.  This week the transmitter will be shipped from Peggy’s Cove in Nova Scotia, Canada.  Then after the heavy duty building arrives from Smith Midland and is put in place beneath the tower, the engineering crew will get started installing the antenna on the tower and hooking up the transmitter.  Then, when everything is completed, WPRZ 88.1 FM...

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January-February 2010 Highlights

Praise Radio is Back on the Air Over WKDL 1250AM!  What a joy it is to be back on the air…… Building WPRZ 88.1 FM is Underway!!!  We are so pleased to tell you that after an 11 year wait… Win Tickets to a FamilyLife “Weekend to Remember” Marriage Conference!!  Conferences are coming to our area soon… Could This Be the Land for Our Future Kid’s Camp? During Operation Christmas Child week, Bruce…

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