July 2009

Greetings in Jesus! "My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding, and if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God." Proverbs 2: 1-5

Special Message from the GM...
We are expecting to launch our new 91.9 signal in the Old Bridge - Sayreville, NJ area sometime this month. The wheels of government entities turn slowly, but we seem to be in the last weeks of this very long process. Please keep this matter in fervent prayer. We have a final approval meeting with the county scheduled for July 14th. We expect to install our new antenna the week of the 20th.

PS: Those wanting to, can follow me on Twitter under BrianRechten or BridgeFM

Things to Pray About...
Would you join the board & staff of The Bridge as we seek God for:

• Wisdom in discussions with potential new teachers & programs.
• Ongoing financial needs - specific need to upgrade our transmitter for our 89.7 facility.
• Great weather and a great turn-out for our Bridgefest '09 event on July 24th - 25th .
• Prayer for the teachers and bands participating in Bridgefest '09.

Praise Report...

• For the hundreds that have signed up to serve at Bridgefest!
• For many new financial supporters and business sponsors of The Bridge!
• We praise God for the great testimonies that listeners post to our web site. Click on testimonials to read a few... or even post one of your own.

Summer Banner Ads - Great Businesses and Great Offers!
Back by popular demand, we are once again featuring a variety of Business, Ministry and Service Providers... all sponsors of The Bridge ministry. Please visit these banner ads often, as new advertisers come on daily. These ads will run through Labor Day, so be sure to mention these to friends throughout the summer. Each banner ad becomes a printable coupon... click on the colorful logo and check them out!

July Featured Teacher - Tony Clark

The Word Made Plain - Weekdays at 1:00pm Greetings in the Name of the Lord! My name is Tony Clark and I'm the Pastor of Calvary Chapel in Newport News, Virginia. Excitement fills my heart to be involved in my very first Bridgefest, and I'm even more thrilled to be a part of the awesome work that God is doing through the teaching of His Word in the metro NY/NJ area. The Lord has abundantly blessed our ministry, as this is our second year broadcasting our radio program, "The Word Made Plain" on The Bridge. Our mission is to teach the Good News of Jesus Christ to the lost and the found. 1 Tim. 4:13 encourages us to "give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine," and we do this through reading, explaining, and applying the scriptures. I'm blown away by the calls and emails we receive weekly from Bridge listeners about how the teaching of the Word literally transforms lives of not only long time believers, but those interested in beginning a new relationship with Christ as well. You can read Pastor Tony's complete bio - click here! Listen to Featured Teacher Interview

Bridgefest 2009 - What Can You Expect?
Not too late to tell a friend. Why not take 5 minutes right now to call a friend, neighbor, co-worker or relative and tell them about www.bridgefest.org

Sponsor of the Month - KFR Communications
KFR Communications, LLC is a Christian based custom graphic and website design company. We have been blessed to redesign the website for The Bridge and have worked with many other churches, ministries and outreaches including Cornerstone Calvary Chapel, North Gate Ministry, North Star Church, Christian Surfers, Ruah House of Prayer, Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association and many others. Serving God and keeping Him in the center of all that we do is at the heart of our business.

Would You Prayerfully Consider a Donation to this Ministry?
The Bridge relies on our listeners to support this not-for-profit ministry. If you are blessed by the programming on The Bridge, consider a financial gift to support our ongoing work. Did you know that The Bridge is the only teaching ministry that can be heard in 11 correctional institutions scattered throughout the Hudson Valley area of NY? Because prisoners aren't in a position to support us... your financial gift supports radio AND prison ministry in one contribution! We've made it easy, safe and secure to contribute a one-time or ongoing gift. Just click on the donate button... and thanks for praying about a gift to The Bridge.

Attention iPhone Users - Now You Can Listen to The Bridge!
This is very exciting news! We've found a FAST... FREE... & EASY to download application that will allow you to listen to The Bridge virtually anytime and anywhere. Just click on one of the links below that best describes your phone... and follow the simple instructions.
Set-up instructions for iPhone EDGE - Set-up instructions for iPhone 3G & 3GS

Important Reminder - Streaming Audio 24/7 at www.bridgefm.org
Did you know that The Bridge can be heard anywhere in the world... at any time? Right now... you can go to our home page and click on the LISTEN LIVE button. We recently made improvements to our streaming by adding bandwidth for uninterrupted listening. Please tell friends and family that don't live within our 5 frequencies... so they can benefit from the great programming on The Bridge!

Tell Your Friends to Sign-Up for our Newsletter!
We have added our monthly newsletter to our home page! We also added an archive link so listeners can go back and review news, events, changes and updates. Want a friend or family member to receive our newsletter? Then tell them to sign-up today! Or better yet, sign them up yourself! It's easy... just click here.

Help keep our E-Newsletter from getting blocked!
We've created a new e-mail address for this newsletter. Please add this as a safe address: enews@bridgefmnewsletter.com

Bridge staff from left to right:
John Gates: Music Director/On-Air - Patti Gates: The Voice of The Bridge - Kim McCarrick: Station Manager - Brian Rechten: General Manager

Thanks for taking time to read our newsletter and browse our website at www.bridgefm.org.