Getting Ready For The Birds

Had a big week on the Morning Show and it's not over yet.  First the recap.  Kelsey was in every morning this week helping and keeping me on track.  Our guests this past week included Roma Downey of "Touched By An Angel" fame; tobyMac, who is part of the J93.3 Fall Concert Series tonight and tomorrow night; and Michael Thomas of LaGrange College who told us all about the school and their upcoming visitation day.

Carmen Brown, Bill Martin & Dave Cruse of the Morning Cruise

But the biggest morning of the week was Thursday when J93.3 General Manager Rick Davison and Rob Langer joined us in the studio and the Morning Cruise: Dave Cruse, Carmen Brown, and Bill Martin from the JOY FM in Florida were on the phone to help us announce that J93.3 will become the JOY FM here in Georgia on December 1.  The Morning Cruise will be our new morning show and I'll be moving to afternoons (Monday through Friday, 3pm till 7pm) with new co-host Shannon Steele.  More details will be coming up.

Turkey Kick-Off
We kick off the second annual J93.3 T-Shirts For Turkeys tomorrow at 10 AM at the Newnan Chic-fil-A Dwarf House on Rt. 34.  I'll be broadcasting live, and I hope to see you there.  Last year listeners just like donated over 3,000 turkeys that helped feed over 14,000 people for Thanksgiving.  The need is just as big--probably bigger--this year, so we need your help to provide a little tangible love to struggling families right here in our own community.  More details on T-Shirts For Turkeys can be found on the J93.3 website.

After Saturday's kick off we'll be out every Tuesday and Thursday morning and afternoon, Wednesdays around lunchtime, and then again next Saturday.  We wrap up this year's T-Shirts For Turkeys on Thursday November 17.

Next Week's Tickets & Tunes
For the past three weeks we've given you an opportunity to pick your tickets on Tickets & Tunes; you could have chosen to go see any one of the four concerts we have in November, two with tobyMac and Jamie Grace and two with Brandon Heath and Brit Nicole.  Next week we start a new prize package:  a pair of tickets to "The Story Tour: A Musical Journey From Genesis To Revelation."  The show features Steven Curtis Chapman, Newsboys, Francesca Battistelli, Natalie Grant, Anthem Lights and Max Lucado.  It's at Phillips Arena on Thursday December 8.  On the J93.3 website you can also register to win Family 4-Pak of tickets along with a chauffeured ride and $100 for dinner.

This Week's Scripture References
Every day we begin the Morning Show with a short reading from the Bible and a time of prayer.  Here are the scripture references we used this week:

• Romans 13:9-13
• I Timothy 6:11-12
• Titus 2:11-14
• I Peter 5:6-10
• I John 5:3-5

Friday Flashback Video
We started the whole Friday Flashback Video on this blog and Flashback Friday on the air during this past summer after an interview with Amy Grant.  Amy and Michael W. Smith brought their tour to Atlanta and it was part of our Summer To Remember.  Since Amy was (at least in part) responsible for inspiring it I thought this week we'd flashback to one of her videos.

This one is from her best selling 1991 Heart In Motion project.  The song wasn't the biggest hit on that CD (back then they were still records), that would have "Baby Baby".  But I like this song better.  Here's "I Will Remember You".