Operation Christmas Child

Nicole Sheldon, Upper Midwest Regional Director for Operation Christmas Child, shares about the exciting new program called Follow Your Box with 95.3 Praise FM. Through Follow Your Box, families, organizations, businesses, and churches can now know where their shoe boxes have been sent. Use the EZ Give feature on www.samaritanspurse.org to pay for shipping and a special label with a barcode will be available to print. Affix the label to your box and drop-off at a site near you during National Collection Week, Nov. 16-23. When your box ships, you will be notified via email which country your box is being sent to and important information about what Operation Christmas Child and Samaritan's Purse activities are happening in that country.

Parenting With Purpose

You have the chance to instill hope, vision and purpose in the lives of incarcerated parents and their children in need of healing and restoration. Lori Strong, Executive Director or Parenting With Purpose, stopped by our studios to tell us about their amazing vision and how you can be a part!

Until the Whole World Hears Preview

How Good and Pleasant...

When I attended Bethel University in the early 1980’s, I attended a service in this old building located near the seminary. This Church was built in 1857 and moved on campus in 1973. With five rows on each side it would seat about 50 people. One winter evening the girls from the building next door invited all of the guys in J Building to a campfire and time of ministry in the sanctuary. There were candles and singing, and then the student leading the service passed around styrofoam cups. We were told to punch holes in the cups as we acknowledged areas of sin and weakness. One of my roommates virtually destroyed his cup. It was funny, but to those of us who knew him it was also revealing. The cups were placed on the altar and we were reminded that we have all sinned and fallen short of God’s glory. We were encouraged to not go through life looking for the holes in the cups around us. As we closed the speaker took all the cups and stacked them together. She then took a pitcher of water and filled the top cup. Not a drop of water escaped, and in the silence of that moment she recited Psalm 133, “How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!” A small gathering of believers but it changed my life. I stood at the altar of the old Scandia Baptist Church today and remembered.

-David McIver

MN Teen Challenge Christmas Concert

Minnesota Teen Challenge invites you to their 2nd Annual Christmas Concert to celebrate the FREEDOM found in Christ!

Reggie Dabbs

Reggie Dabbs, the #1 most-requested public school speaker, stopped by 95.3 Praise FM and had a chat with North Central University's Nate Ruch. Listen in to learn about Reggie and his heart for America's youth.

Jimmy Meets His Compassion Sponsor

Jimmy Wambua met Mark, his Compassion sponsor for 19 years, for the 1st time at Catalyst 2009. Jimmy starts sharing his story at the 3:45 mark.

Catalyst 2009 Compassion Moment from Catalyst on Vimeo.

Joel Hanson - "New Way to Live"

Joel Hanson stopped by our Twin Cities studio to peform "New Way to Live" from his new album What If It Is. Joel's CD release show for What If It Is happens this Friday at Church of the Open Door in Maple Grove. The clip starts with Joel explaining the idea behind the new record and the song. Enjoy!

Don't Waste Your Life

Enjoy this free E-Book version of Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper. We promise, it will challenge you!

Give This Christmas Away

Learn more about how you can impact a child's life this Christmas through Operation Christmas Child and don't forget about the FREE screening of VeggieTales - Saint Nicholas tonight at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church in Anoka!



If you missed our chat with Matthew West & VeggieTales Co-Creator Mike Nawrocki. we've got you covered!