Gippsland Christian Broadcasters Inc. ABN: 81 696 303 972
Annual Report 2014
Annual General Meeting Mon 27th October 2014 7:30pm
Latrobe Regional Church of Christ 39 Well Street, Morwell
Contents
About Life FM 3
Minutes 2013 Annual General Meeting 4
Board: Meetings and Attendance 5
AGENDA – 15th Annual General Meeting 6
Nominations 6
Retiring Board Members 7
Continuing Board Members 8
GCB President’s Report 9
Life FM Sponsors 10
Life FM Listener’s Feedback 11-17
Station Manager’s Report 18-21
Morwell Renovation & Opening 22-23
Life FM Team Reports 24-26
GCB Treasurer’s Report 27
Auditors Report
Life FM Contact Details Physical address: 204 Raymond Street, Sale 3850 Postal address: PO Box 1378, Sale 3853 phone: 5143 0355 fax: 5143 0388 feedback: 5143 0357 email: [email protected] web: lifefm.com.au Morwell Studio & Office: 37a Well St
Sale Office Hours
Monday 9:30am - 5pm Tues & Wed 9:30am - 12:30pm Thurs & Fri from 2-5pm
These are the hours that Yvonne works in reception. OTHERWISE - if the door is open, someone is there and you're welcome to drop in.
You can always ring first - the calls are switched through to the mobile for urgent matters so if we are out and about we'll be able to help in one way or another.
Annual Report 2014.docx Page 2 of 19 About Gippsland Christian Broadcasters GCB is an incorporated association of people who have established a Christian Community Radio Station (Life FM) in Gippsland, Victoria. Life FM Gippsland is an independent local station and not part of a network.
Life FM Gippsland provides programs and music to equip, empower and encourage listeners across Gippsland to face the future with hope in these troubled and challenging times.
Life FM also provides a radio service for the Christian community of Gippsland, with powerful teaching programs and a clean positive sound that only Christian content can provide. We focus on family friendly broadcasting with no bad language and lots of great "clean" music.
Life FM aims to break down any stigma attached to the church, to open pathways back into fellowship with other Christians and to be a unique medium for Christian development in the region.
In addition....Life FM offers professional training courses for those interested in community radio and offers reasonably priced sponsorship rates for local businesses.
With studios in Sale and Morwell and broadcasting from Mt Tassie, Life FM can be heard from Pakenham to Orbost! “He who has ears, let him hear” Matthew 11:15 What We Believe We believe in the confession of faith as summarized in the Apostles Creed. We accept the expression of God's love for us as revealed in John 3:16 -
"For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life"
Our Vision For everyone to have a meaningful relationship with Jesus
Our Mission
To bring Christian Radio and associated media to the people of Gippsland
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Life FM 14th Annual General Meeting 28th October 2013 Chapel of St Anne, Gippsland Grammar, McGee St Sale
Minutes of Meeting
Members Present : 33 – Harry Baker, Emily Baker, Wyda Brisbane, John Brisbane, Alison Clarke, Michael Coffey, Yvonne Coffey, Phil Elms, Stephen Elms, Stephen Gray, Ps. Randell Green, Kathryn Herrald, Wesley Heywood, Yvonne Hope, Robert Lade, Gareth Little-Hales, Mary Lonsdale, Nicole Lonsdale, Murray Lynch, Carley McGrath, Paul McGrath, Sam Nicita, Shane Peck, Meg Pendrick, Roger Pendrick, Hilary Rash, Ron Stone, Faye Stone, Clinton Tepper, Karl Thomasen, Miriam Withers Board Present: 6 – Debbie Bye, Rev. Ivy Goodwin, Bev Lade, Amanda Lonsdale, Malcolm McKenzie, Rev. Heather Toms Guests: 2 – Brett Ryan, Debbie Sorenson Member Apologies: 14 – Lucy Elms, Hannah Elms, Bob Farnaby, Doreen Forsyth, Heidi Gifford, Beth Harris, Olive Lang, Verna McKenzie, Catherine Noy, Carissa Rash, Rev. Barbara Strickland, Ron White, Flo White Board Apologies: 1 – Cameron Rash
1. Welcome and Prayer Heather Toms (President) welcomed all those attending and opened the meeting in prayer at 7:45pm
2. GUEST SPEAKER: Deb Sorenson – Head of Media and Communications at Focus on the Family Australia.
3. Acceptance of Minutes of 13th AGM Malcolm McKenzie moved that the Minutes of the previous AGM be accepted. Hilary Rash seconded.
4. Financial Report Malcolm McKenzie (Treasurer) presented the financial report and thanked Deb again for managing the finances so well when funds have been very low. Malcolm moved that this report be accepted. Stephen Elms seconded.
5. Board Report Heather Toms (President) presented the Board Report, thanking Deb and her team for the great work and the Board for their support.
6. Station Manager’s Report Debbie Bye (Station Manager) presented the Station Manager’s Report and thanked her team for their hard work over the year. She also thanked the Board for their commitment and support during the year. Deb screened the station’s new Behind the Scenes DVD as part of her presentation.
Copies of the three reports were included in the Annual Report that was made available to all attendees. Moved Heather Toms and seconded Ivy Goodwin – that all reports be received.
7. Appointment of Auditor Malcolm McKenzie moved that J O’Connor Pty Ltd, Registered Company Auditor based in Brisbane, Qld be re- appointed as auditors for the 2014 financial year. Shane Peck seconded this.
8. New Board Member Heather Toms formerly thanked outgoing board member Cameron Rash for stepping in again to maintain a Board quorum over the past few months while some Board members were on holidays.
Amanda Lonsdale re-nominated. The number of nominations did not exceed the number of vacancies, therefore voting was not required and Amanda was re- appointed to the board.
9. Special Resolution: Following legislative changes to the Associations Incorporation Act 1981 it is recommended that the GCB Rules of Assoc. 2013 as made available be accepted. Changes were circulated by email to all attendees, made available to all members from July 2013 and printed in the 2013 Annual Report. Moved Deb Bye seconded Stephen Elms that the 2013 Rules as amended, be accepted. Carried 100%.
Heather Toms then led a time of prayer focusing on the ministry of LIFE FM for the upcoming year.
There being no further business, the meeting closed at 8:45pm, at which time the 10th birthday celebrations began.
Minutes recorded by Amanda Lonsdale.
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2014 Gippsland Christian Broadcasters Board
Heather Toms Ivy Goodwin Bev Lade Amanda Lonsdale
4 vacant positions Malcolm McKenzie David Maxwell Debbie Bye
Pos# Member Name Date Elected Date Appointed term due Resignations 1 Amanda Lonsdale 11 Apr 12 2016 2 vacant 2016 3 vacant 2016 4 Malcolm McKenzie (Treas) 26 Oct 11 2014 no renomination 5 David Maxwell 18 Aug 14 2014 6 Ivy Goodwin 26 Oct 11 2014 01 Feb 14 7 Bev Lade 21 Oct 10 2015 8 Heather Toms (Pres) 24 May 01 2015 9 vacant 2015 10 Deb Bye CEO N/A
Meeting Attendance
NAME 28-Oct-13 18-Nov-13 Dec & Jan 24-Feb-14 17-Mar-14 April 19-May-14 June 7-Jul-14 18-Aug-14 15-Sep-14 6-Oct-14 20-Oct-14 Attendance Amanda Lonsdale a a aS aP aP aS aS aP a aS 10 of 10 vacant vacant Malcolm McKenzie - Treasurer a a aP aP a a a a a a 10 of 10 Ivy Goodwin / vacant a a resigned 2 of 2 David Maxwell a a a a 4 of 4 Bev Lade a a a a a a a a a a 10 of 10 Heather Toms - President a a a a a a a aP a a 10 of 10 vacant Deb Bye - CEO / Sec. a a a a a a a a a x 9 of 10 no Special absent = X no mtg no mtg mtg Mtg
P= by phone Life FM Life 35 Hobson 35 Hobson Life Life Life Life Life Life S = by Skype office Sale Morwell St, Stratford St, Stratford Morwell Morwell Morwell Morwell Morwell Morwell
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th Mon 27 October 2014
Latrobe Regional Church of Christ 39 Well St, Morwell
WELCOME AND PRAYER APOLOGIES
MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 28 October 2013 FINANCIAL REPORT BOARD REPORT CEO REPORT APPOINTMENT OF AUDITOR APPOINTMENT OF TWO BOARD MEMBERS
CLOSE
NB: No matters other than those listed above can be dealt with (Rule 20.8)
2015 Nominations
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Retiring Board Member Thanks to Malcolm McKenzie who is standing down this year after joining in October 2011. Malcolm has served as Treasurer for three years. Congratulations also to Malcolm who is getting married to Cathy in December.
Thanks also to Rev Ivy Goodwin who resigned in February due to work commitments. Ivy also joined the Board in October 2011.
Voting Rule 10.2. A member is entitled to vote if— 10.2.1. the member is a member other than an associate member; and 10.2.2. more than 10 business days have passed since he or she became a member of the Association; and 10.2.3. the member's membership rights are not suspended for any reason.
Voting will not be required as the number of nominees d o e s n o t e x c e e d the number of vacancies. Rule 16.7. If only the required number of persons are nominated to fill existing vacancies the Secretary shall report accordingly to the Annual General Meeting and the President shall declare such persons duly elected as members of the Board of Governance.
Go Behind The Scenes with Randell and the Team
Have you seen the behind the scenes video? Check it out on lifefm.com.au or call the office and we can send you a DVD to show at your church or group.
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Debbie Bye (Uniting)
Deb currently holds the Station Manager/CEO position on GCB Board and was appointed as Life FM's first Station Manager on 23 June 2003. She is the visionary of Life FM and has been involved with Christian Radio in Australia since 1982. Deb‘s radio career includes 17 years with ABC Radio, nine of those as Manager, ABC Gippsland. She holds a Diploma in Management with RMIT and tutored Journalism (technical) at the University of Central Qld and conducted media training for Victoria University. Deb is an inaugural Fellow, Gippsland Community Leadership Program Alumni and serves on the Board of the Gippsland Centre Against Sexual Assault (GCASA), is President of the Stratford Victoria Sister Cities Committee and Secretary of the Gippsland Women’s Network. Deb does freelance media training and consultancy through her company, Manna Media.
Rev. Heather Toms (Anglican)
Heather has been involved with Life FM since 1999 when she joined the Steering Committee and has held various executive positions during that time. She is Hospital Chaplain and Criminal Justice / Regional Liaison Chaplain for the Anglican Diocese of Gippsland and is licensed to St Mark’s Anglican Church, Rosedale as Honorary Deacon Assistant. {Heather is answering God’s call to be ordained a Priest on 8 November 2014.) Heather holds a Diploma of Christian Counselling and Family Therapy, Certificate in Clinical Pastoral Education and is an Accredited Spiritual Director and Mentor for Education for Ministry. She has lead the Wednesday Prayer session for Life FM which has been meeting since 1999 until January 2014. She serves on the Board of the Gippsland Centre Against Sexual Assault (GCASA), the Committee of Governance of the Rosedale Neighbourhood House and sub-committee for Policy Review.
Heather is married to Max with five adult sons and daughter-in-laws and nine grand-children and another on the way. She loves to travel and spending quality time with the family.
Bev Lade (Church of Christ)
Bev has been involved with various committees over the years. She is presently Registrar of CWCI Gippsland Convention Committee and has served for 20 years in various other positions. Bev is married to Robert and they have 5 children and eleven grandchildren. She is a member of Latrobe Regional Church of Christ in Morwell and has been involved in various church ministries during her Christian walk
Amanda Lonsdale (Catholic)
Amanda is 5th generation Gippslander, raised in Sale in the Catholic Cathedral parish and despite employment taking her and her Japanese Chins (Annie and Pixie) interstate, she holds ties to Central Gippsland, particularly St Michael’s parish in Traralgon.
She has served as an active member of the parish serving in Music Ministry and Sacrament preparation. Amanda says I love what I do in the church. Especially educating primary aged children in the faith. Providing them guidance on living a Christian life in a secular world is my brand of evangelising. Through Amanda’s own witness of Matthew 28:19, she has attended two world youth days (Sydney and Madrid).
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GCB President's Annual Report 2014
6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7
I want to first acknowledge the faithfulness of our God. Through the ups and downs, the difficulties, and the struggles financially, God has remained steadfast walking the road with us and through us. God has shown us that in our prayer as we struggle with the pain and difficulties and trials that as our Lord and Saviour prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane, Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. Nevertheless, not my will but thine be done, do not be anxious about anything.
The Board has continued to support the Station Manager and staff as we focus on our Lord Jesus Christ and for the Station to make available the message of hope found only in Jesus to residents and visitors to Gippsland. However, to bring this ministry to Gippsland costs money and unfortunately there are not many grants available to help us with this ministry.
So, it is with a heavy heart that I present the President’s Report for this our 11th birthday on air and our fifteenth Annual General Meeting. I do want to acknowledge the Station Manager Ms Deb Bye and the stress this has placed on her as she worked to keep the Station on air, working with limited finances, equipment that needs replacing and limited staffing. Having said this, I also want to acknowledge the professionalism, the structures, policies and processes that Life FM has in place and how God honouring all this has been.
The Board has continued with the Governance of the Station and continued to search for funding ideas, strategies that may work and yet not comprising the vision and values of Christian Radio for Gippsland. Working on the Rules of Association modifying and bringing them into line with the Model Rules as required by Consumer Affairs Victoria. We saw the opening of the Morwell Office and what a blessing to have a presence in the Morwell area.
I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to the Station Manager, Ms Deb Bye for her dedication and hours given freely and passionately to bringing the good news of our Lord Jesus Christ to the people of Gippsland through the airwaves. This has been an extremely costly ministry for Deb personally and one that the Board is mindful and conscious off. Also, to her staff, Yvonne Hope, Randell Green, Phillip Elms, Nicole Lonsdale, Heidi Gifford thank you for your commitment, time and energy in supporting this ministry.
Thank you to all Board Members for their dedication and support of Life FM. To Malcolm McKenzie as Treasurer who is not re-nominating this year. Thank you for your commitment, support and generosity over the years. We wish you well Malcolm as you start a new life with your partner Cathy. We said farewell to Ivy Goodwin and give thanks for her time and energy. We also welcomed David Maxwell to the Board.
Lastly, it would not be possible without the support of our life members, members and listeners, so a huge thank you for your ongoing support of this ministry in Christian Radio. We encourage you to continue your support for this ministry within our community.
In conclusion, the Prayer Team continues to uphold the station in prayer and we would always welcome your prayer support. I would like to acknowledge Miss Alison Clarke who is a very committed prayer warrior and who believes in the power of prayer.
Let us continue to pray with thanksgiving, affirming our trust in God’s wise and faithful care.
Heather
President Heather Toms
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2014 Sponsors
5144 2044 www.gippsanglican.org.au 1300 731 821 9752 6855 www.aussiebroadband.com.au www.bhc.org.au
Gippsland Grammar Gippsland Auction House and 5143 6388 Bargain Centre NEILSON’S PHARMACY www.gippslandgs.vic.edu.au 5176 2099 Podiatrist – Beautician – Clinic Nurse Health foods made on site Sale Dental Group Chairo Christian School Weight Loss Clinic Digital & Passport Photos 380 York Street, Sale Vic 3850 5625 4600 5143 2822 www.chairo.vic.edu.au 247 Commercial Rd Yarram 3971
5182 5042 Morgan Media
www.christmasparty.com.au Mountain Top Experience www.mountaintopexperience.com Aspired Living Ph: 5144 5453 SV Media Mob: 0400 480 837 Video & DVD Production & Provides grants to Life FM aspiredliving.com.au Duplicating Services - Traralgon, Ph: 0400 605 514 Saint Luke’s Medical Centre Suite 2 33-35 Grey St, Traralgon Latrobe Chiropractic ph: 5173 6400 53-55 Buckley St, Morwell saintlukesmedical.com Ph: 5134 3363
www.oasisaudio.com Latrobe Regional Church of Christ 39-40 Well St, Morwell
We play no more than two ad-spots in a row - so your ad-spot will STAND OUT!
Invoices can be provided monthly.
All ads are professionally produced and the cost is included in our packages.
Sponsorship -advertising is tax deductible
email: [email protected]
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Feedback 2014
Life FM IS life changing radio – we love to hear from you – thanks for your support and feedback!
Morwell I have enclosed a cheque for …. Which is a donation to support the ongoing ministry of Life FM. This donation was made via a 'love offering, given by those church members and visitors who attended during our Thanksgiving Service held recently. Although many of our members are elderly and of ill health, as a church we wanted to focus on what we can be thankful for in this lucky country we live in and thought it appropriate to do something to impact our local community even more directly than the Salvation Army already endeavours to do throughout the year via our community services. I trust this small donation will help as it is added to the pool of donations you receive to continue your ministry. With our Annual Red Shield Doorknock Appeal being our main fundraiser to help our local community we understand how every little bit counts. Thank you for what you as 'Christian Voice' do for the people of Latrobe Valley.
Morwell thanks for my song - tonight (Songbird) Merry Christmas
Moe Hope our donation helps. I have taken the liberty of including a poem of mine ‘Heaven Bound' - We wish you well and hope you can continue on with the good Word. We enjoy your evangelisation unknown I just wanted to let you know how surprised I was to find this station. I would also like to share how much I enjoyed listening to uplifting music - which is modern as well! Bless you all at Life FM
Drouin Hi there, I just want to say how much I appreciate your edifying and encouraging content from day to day and year to year. I'm sad to hear that Behind the Music will soon stop production, but I'm very grateful for the good it's done and want to thank Randell and Debbie for their work on it. It's opened my eyes to a whole new industry and to how Christian musicians tick. Most importantly, it's often delighted me with God's work and messages as they've reached into the hearts and lives of all sorts of people across the globe! Whatever's next for you, may God be your reward.
Drouin Have a Healthy Holy and Happy Christmas time. May God bless you all.
Boolarra Thanks so much for your efforts and loving care that is put in to this wonderful radio station.
Warragul Thanks for a great job everyone
Morwell "thank you for the CD - really appreciate the Christmas Present - thank you for Put Your Hand in the Hand - you are awesome - good tiding to Sam & Life FM - prayers are answered
Bairnsdale The committee has passed a motion to make a donation to Life FM to assist with the costs associated with running the Christian radio station. We pray God's continuing blessing on your ministry and trust these funds will go some way towards covering your costs. Thank you for all that you do and for your support during the time we were operating. We wish you and all workers - both staff and volunteers - a very happy safe and blessed Christmas and New Year season.
Warragul Please find cheque for support to ongoing broadcasting Ministry - much appreciated.
Leongatha Keep up the good work. Life FM's message is much needed with its words of Hope to a broken and hurting world.
Sale Keep up the good work. Thanks
Robinsons Beach May God bless you all. Keep up the good fight. Happy 10th birthday too! Life FM helps me keep on track and inspires my wife and I.
Traralgon Many Thanks for your work on behalf of the Kingdom. I'd like this to go toward the current equipment appeal. Annual Report 2014.docx Page 11 of 19
Feedback 2014….continued Lakes Entrance I am currently receiving correspondence via Aust Post. I recall doing something online where you did not allow me to input my postal address so I used the local Post Office Street address. Suggest you have an option for snail mail correspondence. Moving on.....please remove me from your Aust Post correspondence and replace with email. Thank You.
Warragul Many thanks to all the staff at Life FM. We are privileged to have a Christian Radio Station in Gippsland. Wish we could give more. May you all have a peaceful and safe Christmas & New Year. unknown Hi, my family is donating after travelling through on holiday and listening to Life fm. Thankyou for your fabulous music and programmes. Also thank you for the hospitality and kindness we received in Gippsland- including a very kind lady in McDonalds in Traralgon who helped me out when my card declined on the trip home! A random act of kindness much appreciated. Happy New Year! unknown wants progressive total for how much has been given for the computers - on air - he said Geelong was doing a $100k appeal and they are up to $80k!!! Deb explained that this can be positive and negative unknown From a happy Life FM listener. Thank you
Moe Warmest New Year Greetings, Bless you all
Koo Wee Rup hi I am a member of your station and lately the strength in the morning's has been bad in and out static / is this cause from bad equipment that you are trying to get money to replace with / will this continue / I like to listen to Chuck in the morning / thank you - Peter
RESPONSE TO PETER Thanks for the feedback . I’ll try and get it checked out. You are the only one who has contacted us so far
Casey City Hi Team, I listen to life fm 103.9 everyday while going to work. Thankyou for playing beautiful songs and audio books. I work in Gippsland but live in Casey city. I missed yesterday's Little Women due to public holiday ,and also I cannot access 103.9 life fm from my home ...neither online nor on radio - is there any way to hear a repeat telecast of yesterday's show? - Nisha
RESPONSE TO NISHA Sorry the series ends today but you may be able to purchase the audio either through WORD or KOORONG or iTunes…I've included a link https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/little- women-audio-drama/id560516759
Norway You guys are already working hard for the kingdom of God and have communication channels I can only dream of having. Do you guys have a program where you could play my single/music video or songs from my album, or can you help me in any other way?
Warragul thanks to Liam for his segment on Sam's Golden Greats -
Morwell I’ve been off the air for a while but I’ve got you back on tonight. - Thanks for playing John Star (Stone) – unclear- I’ve got it on right now = I really appreciate it - It’s lifted me up really high
Leongatha Please find enclosed a cheque for … for the ongoing work of the Radio Station unknown very disappointed - trying to put Not for profit details on website and it is telling me it is spam or invalid content. All I am after is an address for notification of event. I don't believe anything I have put in here is invalid or spam.
RESPONSE to AJ - rang and left message on phone with email address. - let Deb know
Traralgon I am really enjoying this morning's breakfast. Keep up the good work Deb & Randell
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Feedback 2014….continued Raymond Island I am a new listener to LifeFM and I just wanted to ring you with a bit of feedback. I love it! …I was listening to metro lunchtime music mix….I was ecstatic! …this afternoon you had the very best song ever…which was sung at our wedding! It's official, I really, really love your lunchtime music mix! I wouldn't mind becoming a member...Chris
RESPONSE TO CHRIS rang Chris and thanked for great feedback - have her address to send out m'ship application form & CC.
Yarram Community Church Thank you for a great radio station, be encouraged and I'm amazed at the people who never go to church but are happy to listen to, and are very positive about, what they receive from your radio station Life FM. You're doing a great job!
Drouin I just want to thank you for the DVD I received as a prize from the coffee club. It will be perfect for passing on to a family member who's a non-Believer. I pray that through this God will enrich his spiritual journey and ultimately draw him to know Christ someday!
Leongatha I would just like to say thankyou for the great job you do. I find the teaching programs on Life FM (particularly 66/40) very encouraging. The Book Readings and Adventures in Odyssey are always bright spots in my day too. It is really important to me to know that you have a focus on only having Christian bands and singers on the station. Please keep that focus and don't compromise your standards. Keep up the good work. unknown 4.58pm Lydia - re streaming. Last couple of weeks no streaming.
Newborough Life FM do a wonderful job. I find it to be essential listening and the best radio station in Gippsland.
Traralgon I was listening to LifeFM in the car on a short trip when I heard the question, "What does 'do not judge' actually mean? I had been pondering over that question for many years and I was about to find out at long last! 'Don't write people off' came the answer...Jesus didn't write people off....Thank you Lord for LifeFM radio - may we be able to learn about the teachings of Jesus no matter where we are or what we are doing. Amen.
Toora Nth Heidi, Thanks a mil for all your support God bless unknown Last Friday on the Brekky Show there was an advert for an exhibition (I think in Leongatha?) looking for 60's clothes. I have something to donate. Could I have their number please? Love your show.
Koornalla Keep up the good work
Traralgon To my friends Deb & Randell. How are you, how is LifeFM going. I listen to your Breakfast show 6-9am and I like to listen to the Hour of Decision at 7am and 7pm and, Heart & Soul, 8am and 8pm and the Community notices to know what's coming up. And all the other programs, songs I can sing to. Love, prayers, God's blessing from your friend. PS Happy Easter to everyone at Life FM
Traralgon I Love Life FM - Keep up the good work!
Boolarra Thanks Life FM for your great work. Keep it up. I thank God for you all
Leongatha Enclosed please find a cheque for … which we earned by catering for a Gideon's Dinner. We choose a different mission to bless each time (9per year). This time it was your turn unknown I was very moved by your focus on the family program this wed 30/4 at 5pm. It was very heart warming and spirit lead. It was truly wonderful. How can I receive a copy of the program?
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Feedback 2014….continued Reply from Deb Thanks for your feedback and inquiry. The name of the program you heard was Glorifying God Through The Obstacles In Marriage. Focus on the Family Aust are able to help you in getting a copy of the program. You can call them on 1300 300 361 or you can download via this link. Thanks again for the feedback
Traralgon for Sam - many thanks for your program tonight
Traralgon How is Life FM going? I hope they are good. I listen to Life FM each day. Myself and Mother listen to Peace with God, Heart and Soul which my mother likes too on Sunday. I listen to Hymns and Worship Wednesday nights and I like the Community Notices that you put on. I sing to the songs I know. I like to listen to your Breakfast Show in the morning and like the songs. Love, prayers and God's blessing. Romans 8V28-30. PS I love to listen to Sam's Golden Greats. They have good songs on it.
Robertson's Beach Heard an unsaved or Pre-Christian neighbour playing Life FM loud & clear for 2 days last week, God's word will not return to Him void….
Lillico Blessings to you all - keep up the great job - we love local Christian radio!
Drouin Here is a gift to assist with the work of Life FM
Metung I have been a supporter of Life FM for many years and do appreciate the work you and your volunteers have contributed to the success of your ministry through radio. I now have Life FM tuned to my car radio thanks to Debbie and love to listen to it whilst driving. I sometimes have it going in the house but as I am not in the same spot long enough to hear the talks I do appreciate the music and sometimes I hear important messages that were meant for me at that time. Keep up the good work
Traralgon Life FM is my radio station of choice as it gives a balanced production, including great selection of songs, educational programs, notices of upcoming community events and news items. Keep up the great work!
Belgrave Heights Thank you for your support. Blessings.
Traralgon Hi Deb and the Life FM team, we just wanted to thank you all for the terrific job you are doing in blessing the Gippsland community through Life FM. Our whole family enjoy the uplifting music and especially Adventures in Odyssey. What a great way to spread the message of hope we have through Jesus! Thanks. Also, we have made a donation to the Big Dreams appeal.
Warragul It's a pleasure to donate. It's a great program. You all do such a wonderful job. I love listening and I hope it goes on for a long, long, long time. Thank you very much.
Leongatha We are pleased to be able to assist your radio station in continuing to promote Christ Gippsland and beyond. Once again, very many thanks for your Great Christian Outreach into the Gippsland and wider community, most particularly with Dr Missler's incredible teaching of the Bible in his program 66/40, together with the Hour of Decision teaching programs, Sam's Golden Greats, and Heart & Soul for music content and the Left Behind series and Adventures in Odyssey by way for family entertainment. May God continue to bless your work, your radio station and your individual lives.
Hallston Keep up the good work! God Bless
Traralgon Thank you for sending me my prize for winning the Coffee Club. They are much appreciated. I'm enclosing some stamps as I can't afford any more money just now. I hope they help
Warragul We just donated $500 to your appeal. Really enjoying the programs. Please tell Randall that the music over the past 12 months has been great. The mix is great. Thanks
Moe Always listen in the car. Love the teachings and Billy Graham - would love to hear more about singles from an Australian perspective as I feel the American situation is not the same. The variation of music through the week is lovely.
Annual Report 2014.docx Page 14 of 19 Feedback 2014….continued Newborough I mostly listen on Sunday going to church. I loved the Nehemiah series as it was good to hear about local pastors. I heard a friend’s son on the Nehemiah and told his parents. They were absolutely thrilled especially when they were able to obtain a copy.
Traralgon I was thrilled to be at the Morwell opening this morning. It was great to have live Saturday morning radio (even with the technical glitches) and have Latrobe City Mayor Cr. Sharon Gibson speak so supportively of Life FM's work in Gippsland. Praying for a terrific finish-up to the End of Financial Year Appeal.
Traralgon I was unable to attend the opening however, as the President I thank God for this next step in the life of Christian Radio in Gippsland. My prayers for a successful opening go out to all and may our presence in Morwell be a welcoming presence.
Drouin I Love to listen - you have great programs
Toorah North You're doing a good job for us
Sale I have not been able to do all I want for some time. May God continue to bless and provide for you abundantly
Morwell At our Ladies Fellowship meeting on 23rd June we agreed to send you a donation of … to help with fund-raising. Our cheque for this amount is therefore enclosed. Congratulations once again on the wonderful work you do - and of course to your amazing team who contribute so willingly. We wish you every success in your new Morwell venture and in your future endeavours.
Mornington All the best in all your work
Lillico We listen to Sam's Golden Greats a lot - in fact, on a Saturday night Daren insists on tea before 7pm or he won't have tea until after the program finishes at 8pm!
Maffra Thank you for shining out for Jesus
Leongatha Keep up the good work as you do. Life FM is very special.
Maffra Could I request on the lunch time mix from the 70s & 80s that you play some songs from Acts 2. Enjoy your radio station.
Traralgon Please find enclosed our donation from our recent Missions Offering towards the work of Life FM. We have also decided to support Life FM as a Ministry Mate.
Berwick Sadly from Berwick we cannot get 103.9FM as we could in Emerald. Will Morwell have a separate channel? Donation enclosed where most needed
Traralgon Could you please advertise our next OSL Healing Service – we had one man come last time because he heard it on LIFE FM.
Leongatha Sorry not to be able to attend the High Tea. I will have a cuppa at home and be there in spirit
Newborough I do enjoy & appreciate Chuck Swindoll's daily 6am teaching in particular and History Makers & Bernie Dymet's Sunday program in general. Thank you for your faithfulness. God will reward you all.
Llowalong We are not members of Life FM. We would love to support you as we enjoy your broadcasts nearly every day. Thank you for your excellent work on air for the community. We 'missed your fundraiser earlier this year, so please find a cheque to make up for that. If we can be of any help to you please let us know. A big thank you to all at Life FM
Trafalgar Reception is very poor here. I am listening on the internet. My son in Fort Worth Texas can also hear it.
Annual Report 2014.docx Page 15 of 19 Feedback 2014….continued Paynesville The reception in Paynesville is not very good. It gets worse as it nears 9.00am. Sometimes we have to turn it off
Pakenham I have just moved down from Warrnambool where I listened to vision but I get Life FM and think it’s a good station. I heard an SOS for funds - could you please send out some information on your station with details for donating.
Moe Thankyou for returning my call so promptly....If this flyer isn’t enough please let me know and I will type all details to you. Thanks and bless you all for the work that you do
Yarram Just keep broadcasting the good news of Jesus Christ (especially the sermons!) Your ministry is more important than ever - I hope that God allows the "season" for open broadcasting of the truth to be prolonged so that we are all ready and prepared!! We pray for the ministry of you and all your staff! unknown - really enjoy the programs loving Left Behind and Focus on the Family unknown Do we have an app he can download to receive our programs when not in Gippsland. He likes our programs more than light as we have a lot more Christian content and they are a lot more secular
St Mary's Tasmania I live in St Mary’s in Tasmania. I can’t get your station here but I was travelling around the North East of Tasmania near Scottsdale and picked up your station. I was wondering whether you had a relay station or was that normal. It was a very clear FM signal. I went up near a Telstra tower and I could see Bass Straight. I will be travelling again later in the year and will see if I can pick it up then.
Traralgon Thank you for your leadership in our service this morning. More importantly thank your for the valuable ministry carried out by Life FM in our region. We are pleased to present you with this cheque as our donation to support your work. We pray that your ministry will continue to have an effect on those who hear God's message through your broadcasts.
Mt Taylor I am a relatively new chum in the area and secondly 'discovered your Radio Station & I am most impressed. In what way can I be of assistance - financially or otherwise? Keep up the good work.
Frankston I am having great difficulty trying to listen on line too, I tried last night, this morning and again this afternoon. It was a good station. Maybe there is a problem somewhere.
Reply from Phil Yes there is. Our streaming service has been upgraded and I'm still rolling out the updated IP address. I should have the updated player on the website later today but not sure how long it will take to get tune in to update their link for the mobile app.
Overseas I wanted to thank Life FM for all the hard work you do. I'm currently on my extended trip overseas and listening to 103.9. It's great to be able to tune in to your station anywhere around the world. Your programs have help me a lot especially as I continue to study the bible. I really appreciate all that your organisation does for Christians and their spiritual growth each day. Many blessings.
Yallourn North Deb, I caught up with Heidi and she assures me she has done an announcement for our community service event and I thank you and Heidi for doing that our behalf.
Mildura I listen to LifeFM in Mildura nearly all the time. I have it on my phone and listen to it when I'm travelling. People ask me what station it is and I tell them how good it is. I listen to LifeFM on live stream too around the house.
Frankston I rang on Sat because I was having trouble receiving you. It is now Tuesday afternoon and the reception is fine. I am now happily listening
Sale May God Bless Life FM
Robertson's Beach My Heart was saddened to read the latest mail, but our God is bigger than the universe! We'll be praying.
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Sale I hope you have a good response Deb. You have worked so hard to keep Life FM Gippsland 103.9 on the air. I will include you in my prayers.
Trafalgar enclosed cheque was my pay for preaching and I have had the cheque made in your favour as a donation to the work you do
Traralgon You can count on my support at this critical time. I will be standing with you in prayer that our Lord will make a way for Life FM to continue bringing life changing radio to our community.
Berwick Sorry to receive your letter…..we pray you will be able to stay on air. Matthew 18:19
Sale We need a Christian witness. Thank you for your wonderful work.
Morwell Prayer (praying) for continuation of station's existence.
Cape Paterson Hoping that the station stays on the air.
Tinamba …if you have to close, have you considered gov't help -even if some content is not Christian content. What would that compromise involve?
Newborough Everybody is praying with you and you are not standing alone Deb - we are standing with you.
Life FM Gippsland 103.9
and on the web - lifefm.com.au
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Station Manager’s Report th MEMBERSHIP @ 30 Sept: Total: 357 Current: 317 Overdue: 39 Donors: 325 Coffee Club: 71
We have turned from Your Law to try to find a better way Each man does today what is right in his own eyes We will pay the price for our sinning We can never know true living, we've exchanged His truth for lies
CHORUS: We've been living in Laodicea, and the fire that once burned bright we've let it grow dim and the very One we swore that we would die for, oh has been forgotten, as the world's become my friend
From Steve Camp’s song Living In Laodicea
Revelation 3:13-15 New Living Translation (NLT)
13 “Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand
what he is saying to the churches. 14 “Write this letter to the angel of the church in Laodicea. This is the message from the one who is the
Amen—the faithful and true witness, the beginning[a] of God’s new
creation: 15 “I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish that you were one or the other!
Looking back over the past year is always cathartic, as I reflect on the many blessings and this year in particular, the challenges.
After a hectic few months of preparing our licence renewal last year and submitting in October, just 25 days later we received notice that the licence had been renewed until 2019! This is unprecedented as far as we know. This process usually takes 12 months. Praise God!!
So, we boldly stepped into 2014, but by February the money was not coming in as fast as we needed it to keep running. The Board started to make plans for worst case scenarios and a lot of prayers were being generated. We were literally going month to month and belts were tightened everywhere. The funds trickled in, but as with everything, times and priorities change and we have lost quite a few donors. This is critical as we are a listener supported station.
I want to thank my team, who has worked tirelessly under great pressure with failing equipment and very few resources! What a faithful and committed group of people.
I could not do my job without these faithful few so a HUGE thank you once again to:
Yvonne Hope (Team Leader) and Heidi Gifford in Admin, Randell (Team Leader) who still travels from Traralgon while the Morwell office is being equipped, and Nicole Lonsdale (production). We would not be on air were it not for the HUGE efforts of Philip Elms (Team Leader) Charles Nolder and more recently Vinnie Farrugia – our IT guys. What a blessing it is to work with such great people and enjoy what we do. Thank you Jesus!
In His Service Deb Bye
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Bunnings BBQ in Sale in November 2013 was capably managed by Bev and Robert Lade, Nellie & Eibert Van Weeghel and Ivy Goodwin.
Deb fostered Archie in November before adopting in December. He was a tiny addition to the team for a few weeks.
We love it when friends drop in – always ready for a cuppa. Miriam Withers dropped in so we had a Christmas cuppa with her – L to R : Miriam, Nicole (production), Heidi & Yvonne (admin)
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