SPRING Praise God. Meet our new CEO. 75th Anniversary Special Edition. Malaysia Evangelism Report

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1 SPRING 2012 Praise God From whom all blessings flow! 75th Anniversary Special Edition Inside: Malaysia Evangelism Report Meet our new CEO

2 Inspirational Resources that Win Souls for Christ! When you purchase from our wide variety of books, CDs and DVDs, you are directly supporting our outreach efforts around the world! On sale today: The Three Angels Messages DVD This one-of-a-kind resource from Quiet Hour Ministries guides you through an in-depth study of key biblical truths and also explores early Adventist history. A great witnessing tool! $7.99 for sharing editions, $8.99 for collector s editions, plus shipping. Discovering Your Identity in Christ by Charles Stanley This special study book leads you to a closer knowledge of your Savior and His plan for you through an in-depth, interactive look at God s many messages of love, assurance and guidance. $1.49, plus shipping. Sing Spiritual The King s Heralds, 1974 Enjoy the classic sound of a favorite ensemble of the famous King s Heralds quartet. You ll be blessed by the close harmonies and inspirational songs in this commemorative album. $7.99, plus shipping. For My King Jennifer LaMountain You ll be uplifted by this moving collection of Christian music sung in Jennifer LaMountain s beautiful style. These songs to our Lord will bring you close to His heart in worship. $7.99, plus shipping. God s Promises for Men God s Promises for Women The Bible is filled with precious promises for every phase of life. These two books are beautiful collections of God s sure promises, selected especially for men and women. $1.49 each, plus shipping. Prayers & Promises Toni Sortor & Pamela McQuade Prayer is an essential part of our relationship with God. This powerful little book is a compilation of 200 special prayers for every step of the way in your Christian walk. $1.49, plus shipping. Order Today! Offers limited to stock on hand. To order, just call (800) or visit store.qhministries.org

3 Devotional The God Who Does Wonders by Bill Tucker It s been an amazing journey. Over 75 years God has blessed Quiet Hour Ministries to reach people around the world for Him. We began simply as a radiobroadcast called The Quiet Hour. No doubt my grandfather, J.L. Tucker, had no idea of God s global vision for what was then just a small, emerging ministry. Yet God led us to a work that spanned the globe first through media but in more recent years through large numbers of volunteer evangelists. It s been my privilege to personally lead hundreds of our volunteers on many mission trips. Seeing firsthand how these evangelists young and old have been filled by the Holy Spirit is something I ll never forget. The hundreds of thousands of people they ve reached for Christ only underscores further how much God has blessed our unique evangelism model. During these 75 momentous years literally millions have been impacted through this ministry. It has been a voice, a worldwide mission outreach and an extension of the hands and feet of Jesus. Today through the lives of hundreds of volunteers, God is reaching out and touching people desperate for hope. And through the message we share they find hope, encouragement and a better way of life in Jesus Christ. It s been personally thrilling for me to be a part of this ministry since its early years. Seeing the Lord guide our growth, provide just what is needed and use us to bless others has been a wonderful experience. Now today as we share God s saving grace through worldwide evangelism, I ve been blessed to work alongside people like you in winning souls for Christ! What God is doing through you and this ministry is nothing short of remarkable. I ve seen it firsthand through our overseas evangelism that s changing people for eternity. Through orphans finding happiness and hope. And through seeing people being helped directly by our Quiet Hour Ministries medical teams. Thinking about the hundreds of thousands being reached for Christ through our work, causes me to say with the Psalmist David, You are the God who does wonders; You have declared Your strength among the peoples. Psalm 77:14 NKJV. Many have told me over the years that this ministry is truly remarkable in being sustained solely through the generosity of its faithful supporters. As we celebrate this momentous 75-year milestone, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for making this ministry what it is today. The God who does wonders is working through you to make an amazing difference! Bill Tucker is president and speaker of Quiet Hour Ministries. SPRING 2012 Vol. 75, No. 02 Founder J. L. Tucker, Executive Editor Editor Layout Bill Tucker Steve Hamstra Harding Design Quiet Hour Ministries President/Speaker CEO CFO Bill Tucker Randal H. Bates Randal H. Bates (interim) Echoes is the official publication of The Quiet Hour, Inc., doing business as Quiet Hour Ministries, PO Box 3000, Redlands, California , USA. Subscriptions are $5 per year to United States addresses. International rates vary. For subscription service please call us at , visit www. qhministries.org, or write to us at the above address. Quiet Hour Ministries is a not-for-profit supporting ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Donations to Quiet Hour Ministries are tax-deductible in the United States. Those in Canada may send their tax-deductible gifts to PO Box 22085, St. Thomas, ON, N5R 6A1, Canada. UNIFORM DISCLOSURE STATEMENT The Quiet Hour is a 501(c) (3) organization, gifts to which are deductible as charitable contributions for Federal income tax purposes. Florida: A COPY OF THE OFFICiaL REGISTraTioN AND FINANCiaL INForMATioN MAY BE OBTAINED FroM THE DIVisioN OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALL ING TOLL FREE WITHIN THE STATE, REGISTraTioN does NOT IMPLY ENdorseMENT, APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENdaTioN BY THE STATE. The Quiet Hour s registration number is CH Maryland: A copy of The Quiet Hour s current financial statement is available on request to The Quiet Hour, Box 3000, Redlands CA Telephone # For the cost of copies and postage, registration documents, and other information are available from the Maryland Secretary of State. Mississippi: The official registration and financial information of The Quiet Hour may be obtained from the Mississippi Secretary of State s office by calling Registration by the Secretary of State does not imply endorsement. Virginia: A financial statement is available from the State Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services upon request. West Virginia: West Virginia residents may obtain a summary of the registration and financial documents from the Secretary of State, State Capitol, Charleston, West Virginia Registration does not imply endorsement. The Quiet Hour Canada is a registered charity in Canada. Reg. # RR0002 Where legally possible offerings will go to these projects; otherwise special arrangements will be made with Quiet Hour Ministries for distribution of funds based on the laws of Canada where these funds are collected. (800) SPRING 2012 ECHOES

4 MAILBAG I try to send $100 per month. I didn t seem to get a card or mailing in September or maybe it was misplaced. Anyway, I am sending $200 this month to help build churches. I wish it could be more. --D. T., Inverness, FL An Orphanage in Ethiopia Bibles Last Sabbath I dreamed I was in a strange place with many people going to a meeting. Someone in the crowd asked to trade Bibles with me. I did so. She got my nice Bible; I got her Bible which was falling apart. When I awoke, a thought came to my mind that someone must be in need of a Bible, but whom? Today as I was cleaning I came across an envelope and inside it was a letter from a child in Africa who was asking for Bibles. Here is my contribution. I am praying for your ministry. --E. I., Newbury Park, CA We are sending $300 to add to the Bibles for children in Africa fund. The primary and junior divisions had a vegeburger and pie sale to raise this money. Younger and older children came to help, rolling out pie crust and mixing up cinnamon roll dough. They took turns serving and helping with dishes. All did a great job, worked hard, had fun and Letters may be edited for purposes of clarity and space considerations. enjoyed the food. We are trying to help our children learn about serving and sharing God s love with others. I hope you ll be able to send a letter and pictures of these children receiving these Bibles. --J. W. and H. A., Garibaldi, OR I am the girls dean at Georgia Cumberland Academy and the girls raised this money for Hope and her friends to have Bibles of their own. God bless! --J. N., Calhoun, GA Churches The enclosed check is for the church building in Romania. My parents were both from Romania so it is very special to me. I pray you will receive enough funds to be able to finish the church there. --A. D., Holly, MI You folks do such a good work. I love the stories and letters. Some of the stories in your recent catalog booklet brought tears to my eyes. May God bless you in your endeavors. I am trying to bring a missionary spirit to the children in my small primary class, hoping that the seeds planted each Sabbath will produce an abundant harvest. At this time, they are donating $30 to help construct the orphanage in Legedadi, Ethiopia. --J. C., Ogema, WI 2010 QHM Annual RepoRT We are pleased to have received your 2010 Annual Report for Quiet Hour Ministries. It is rewarding to see the way the Lord is blessing His work through you. Glory to Him for the many souls won to Christ in many places throughout the world. --M. P. M., Nairobi, Kenya Praying for the Ministry You and your team are doing a great work. Thanks for the reports. It was very encouraging while reading the Echoes magazine to see what is going on in various parts of God s vineyard. I am praying for the ministry and the souls for whom you labor. --C. B., Adelphi, MD ECHOES SPRING

5 Abundant Blessings by Marilyn Senier Through My Eyes Prayers go up and BLessiNGs come down, an old Yiddish Proverb goes. That so much describes what I ve witnessed at Quiet Hour Ministries over the last two decades. A successful ministry is based on prayer and Quiet Hour Ministries believes in prayer, let me tell you! We start every work day with worship and prayer, bringing to the Lord our supporters, volunteers and those who have requested prayer. Can you imagine the number of prayers that have gone heavenward from Quiet Hour Ministries over the last 75 years? In thinking about prayer, our ministry and my nearly 20 years at Quiet Hour Ministries, I m reminded of two wonderful supporters in Michigan. We ve prayed for them many times and they pray for us too. Recently one of them, along with her granddaughter, decided to support the building of one of our chapels. Her granddaughter is so excited about it and telling all her friends at public school. In fact, the other students are now asking her questions about her religion. The grandmother is just thrilled to see the change in her granddaughter, who hasn t been able to go to Sabbath school for quite a few years! Look at how God has showered His blessings in this situation Quiet Hour Ministries has been blessed, the grandmother and granddaughter have been blessed, public school classmates have been blessed and very soon a group of new believers will be worshipping in a new chapel! The other Michigan supporters are two parents who decided to send their son, who was headed in the wrong direction, on one of our youth evangelism trips. During his final evangelistic meeting the young man made an appeal to accept Christ and be baptized. The people gathered at the front, gleaming with joy. Looking into their faces, he suddenly stepped down from the pulpit, joined those in front and asked to be baptized as well! As he slipped into the baptismal waters among those he had shared God s saving grace with, our other team members sang praises to Jesus as tears flowed down their faces. And his parents were so thankful to God as well! The Lord really does have a way of multiplying blessings! Many of you reading this article have seen this ministry grow over the years. The areas being reached are increasing and we keep telling more and more people about Jesus. What a blessing it must be for you to know you have played an important part through your gifts and prayers. We are blessed too and are so encouraged by your support! As I think about our 75-year history all I can say is God is an awesome God! He has given us staff, volunteers, supporters and friends who care about this ministry and are eager to help reach others for Christ. God also blesses each of you in special ways and I ve loved seeing that happen as well. All of you wonderful people are answers to prayer and a major blessing! Thank You! And if you find yourself saying, I would love to help out, but there s nothing I can do. Oh yes, there is something you can do pray without ceasing! For when your prayers go up, blessings come down! Marilyn Senier retired in December 2011 after nearly 20 years of service to Quiet Hour Ministries. She held a number of positions at our ministry and most recently was our development officer. We ll be forever grateful for her hard work and faithful prayers. (800) SPRING 2012 ECHOES

6 It s About Jesus and People by Randy Bates Sharing our vision for worldwide evangelism In the shade of a tree outside a dusty village a group of children wait. Like children everywhere, they play together with whatever is at hand, in this case one small wheel nailed to a stick. They regularly peer down the road, looking for the lady with the kind eyes and the ready smile. She tells the most amazing stories using pieces of cloth with people and animals on them that stick to a board. The stories are about people who lived long ago and a God who knows and loves them now. Walking aimlessly through the streets of a city, high in the mountains of Peru, a young man wonders. Usually he is in class at this time of the evening. He is going to night school to try to improve his future. Tonight, though, he is seeking something that is missing. He can t put a finger on it, can t name it, he just knows there is something missing. Should I, the middle-aged man wonders. Could I? He had never done anything like this before. He has known about Jesus all his life. He accepted Jesus as his personal Savior at an early age. Like many, he participated in local church services but never became involved in outreach. Now he had an opportunity to share his love for Jesus. A little reserved, some would say shy, public speaking was not his gift. Still, he wondered. Casting a vision In July 2011 our staff, board of directors and others got together to begin developing our strategic plan for the next five years. After a Sabbath afternoon of prayer and reflection, we spent Sunday working together to discern the vision God has in mind for us. Out of our time together came several inspiring core concepts for Quiet Hour Ministries. Foremost was that we are deeply committed to sharing saving grace around the world. For 75 years that has been the driving force behind this ministry. It was the desire behind the first radiobroadcast in Portland, Oregon. It is our desire today. That weekend also brought into focus the fact that many people have worked together with us in sharing saving grace. Thousands of volunteers have gone with Quiet Hour Ministries in the last several years on short term mission trips. I was one of them. Like many before me, that experience changed my life forever. Knowing that we can only share saving grace in partnership ECHOES SPRING

7 with God is also at our core. We are clear that we rely on God for grace ourselves. He gave us this ministry of reconciliation. Paul wrote that we are Christ s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal of reconciliation through us. 2 Corinthians 5:20 NIV. These three core concepts are brought together in our new mission statement, Partnering with God in leading people to share His saving grace. 10, 3,200 and 1 million Numbers don t often cause excitement. But these three numbers encapsulate what s so exciting about our vision for worldwide evangelism. Our new mission statement gave birth to this vision. Our vision is this: to reach 1 million people in 2016 with the message that Jesus loves them. To do this will take 5,000 volunteers. We have shared saving grace in a variety of ways over our 75-year history. By multiplying our team of volunteers by a factor of 10, we can share saving grace 10 times more. For every child under a tree enjoying stories, imagine 10 more happy faces. For every volunteer, see 10 more sharing God s love and becoming forever changed themselves. This would mean that on an average day, 208 Quiet Hour Ministries volunteers would be telling people about Jesus and inviting them into a lifelong relationship with Him. And on an average day, our volunteers would be reaching 3,200 people for Christ! As all these numbers add up, things get really exciting. Imagine more than 1 million people being reached for Christ every year! That s our goal! Lives changed for eternity Yet this isn t about numbers. It s about Jesus and people. People just like the ones I introduced at the start. The young children s wait is soon rewarded as down the dusty rutted road a four-wheel drive vehicle bounces. Arriving in a cloud of dust, the lady with the kind eyes greets them with a large smile. Quickly they gather to hear more stories about the man she calls Jesus. In the same village, people are being provided with eye-glasses and some basic medical care. In the evenings they gather to hear more about this man called Jesus. The whole village is buzzing with excitement. There are so many who accept her invitation to ask Jesus into their hearts that a new church is needed! The young man in Peru pauses in the light spilling from an open doorway. Looking inside, he sees pictures on a screen at the front of Our Strategic Vision a large room. Intrigued, he slips in the back and sits down. As he listens, his heart stirs within and he feels the empty place begin to fill. Drawn by the message, he returns night after night. One night the speaker makes an appeal to accept Jesus and the young man stands. Afterwards he says, The empty place is now full! The middle-aged man spends two weeks holding evangelistic meetings in a small community. Twelve people are baptized from his meetings. And he is changed forever. He has now experienced what it means to share his faith. And he knows that when he steps out in faith, he doesn t do it alone, God walks beside him. You may have guessed, but that last story is actually mine. That was my experience holding evangelistic meetings with Quiet Hour Ministries. As I humbly undertake the responsibilities of Quiet Hour Ministries CEO, I m so excited that thousands of times all over the world, in cities and even under trees, stories like these are happening by the power of Christ! This is what Quiet Hour Ministries is here for! In the end, it s all about Jesus and people. Whether sitting under a tree, walking a city street or pondering an opportunity. Whether learning about Jesus for the first time or sharing the grace they received long ago. It is all about Jesus and people, sharing saving grace. Randy Bates is CEO of Quiet Hour Ministries. Prior to becoming CEO in December 2011, Randy served as our CFO and has been with QHM since (800) SPRING 2012 ECHOES

8 All a Part of God s Family A report from our Malaysia evangelism by Mary Ann Roberts LookiNG back, it can be so amazing to see God work. I feel that amazement as I think about our time in Malaysia. Meeting our group for the first time in the lobby of a hotel in Kota Kinabalu, I could see that God had carefully assembled this group to carry out His purposes in East Malaysia. They came from many nations: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Australia, the Philippines, Jamaica and the United States. This group was special in many ways, made up of people dependent upon God. They had unparalleled spirit and dedication. Despite our different backgrounds we found a unity I had never experienced before in any place. Leaving Kota Kinabalu, our small caravan of vehicles headed north toward the tip of the island of Borneo. Our destination was the town of Kudat in the region of Sabah in east Malaysia. After three-plus hours, we arrived at our lodge, which was certainly an unusual place. The Maranjak Lodge was a longhouse in the traditional style of local Rungus people. Tucked off a winding road deep in the mountains, the lodge was built mostly of bamboo with a thatched roof. We shared small rooms and slept on mattresses on the floor, each covered by a mosquito net. I mention all this only because I think our stay at this place was providential. We were in a predominantly Muslim country. Even though Malaysia is a multi-ethnic nation, the Malay people group is, by constitutional definition, Muslim believers. Christians are definitely a minority. Muslims, Buddhists and Hindus make up almost 80 percent of the total population, whereas Christians add up to around only 9 percent. The spread of the gospel faces some real challenges in Malaysia. But the primitive lodge was proved to be perfect for reaching Pastor Franz Krakolinig preparing a sermon. ECHOES SPRING

9 Maylaysia Report The Maranjack Lodge longhouse where our team shared worships and Bible studies with many local people and tourists. people with our message and inviting them to our meetings. The Adventist churches in Malaysia cannot advertise meetings or hold them in a public place because of religious restrictions. Most of the churches in the district were small and isolated in the rain forest or palm oil plantations. Local outreach is very dependent on friendship evangelism. Maranjack Lodge happened to be a popular stopover for tourists who wanted to sample a bit of the old way of Rungus people. Could it be that God placed all these visitors with us under one roof for a reason? Franz Krakolinig, our congenial Austrian pastor, knew no strangers. He represented Jesus to all he met with wonderful kindness and concern. Every morning we met together for worship, discussion and prayer. Since there was no private place where we could meet, we used a common area a sort of corridor which joined two longhouses. It was very much in the open, directly in the pathway of any tourists who might walk through. But it was the only place with a bamboo sitting area built into the wall. Therefore we used it. And God brought us all kinds of people. We would interrupt our worship and talk to these people, sharing our faith in a friendly way. We invited many of them to sit and worship with us. And they were happy to join us. We loved these conversations. We prayed for these people. We gave away many local-language Bibles and Steps to Christ books. All kinds of people were reached in this way. Chinese students on vacation sat with us and read from Bibles in English. We gave each of them a Bible. Malaysians stopped to talk with us and ask questions. We gave some of them small books which could be concealed. Many students of all ages came and worshipped with us. One day, as an articulate, middle-aged woman walked by she was greeted by Franz. She asked about us and what we were doing. So of course we told her our mission. It turned out she was a Muslim believer. We all enjoyed a long, very pleasant discussion. One of our team, Alberto Rosenthal, has an extensive knowledge of Islam and of the Koran and he was able to talk to this woman in a meaningful way. We also connected on some of the common lifestyle beliefs shared by Adventists and Muslims. She did not want to leave our group that day, even after spending a lot of time with us. The seed was sown. When I asked, she shared with us that she is an academic dean at a major Middle Eastern university. Of course we also were there to do evangelistic meetings. We held meetings at six different churches. From the very beginning we found some serious challenges, but knowing that God can solve every problem, we prayed and prayed. In fact we spent hours on our knees together praying for guidance at our meetings. God heard our prayers! When our meetings began, we all seemed to have the same problem: a sort of chaos during the meeting with people talking and children running around. We realized that the people weren t sure what to do in church. (800) SPRING 2012 ECHOES

10 After all, it was a non-christian nation and few attendees had any experience in a church. So we talked about lifestyles and about ways to worship God in church. We spoke of the sacredness of meeting with God no matter what the venue. We became friends with our attendees, eating with them and talking a lot with them. The powerful collective faith of our group demonstrated just how much can be accomplished by a few people who put their lives and work totally in the hands of God. One of our team, Curt Shearer, asked himself before the trip was over, How can I serve these people? He had fallen in love with the special people of Sabah. He saw firsthand how medical missionary work could reach people who could not be reached in any other way. Curt plans to return to Sabah after some training as a health worker. For him, everything seemed to fall in place for his life. All of us are praying for Curt. And then there s Hanti, my translator. On the final Sabbath she approached Curt and me with a request for prayer. During the final Sabbath we were thrilled to baptize 104 precious people! Hanti told us of her desire to have a second child. Her previous pregnancy had ended in miscarriage and she had wanted a second child for a long time. Curt and I put our arms around her and both of us prayed for God to give her a child. God really does hear us when we pray! Curt and I received an from Hanti about a month after the trip was over. She was now pregnant! Hanti thanked us so much for our special prayer. It s a blessing from God, she wrote, for we had prayed together. Please continue to pray for me and my family. After two weeks of meetings, we had our baptismal service. A total of 104 people were baptized on that final Sabbath. That s an amazing number, given the tiny size and remote locations of some of the local churches. God richly blessed our efforts. We cannot yet see how the seeds we planted in the northernmost part of Borneo will bear fruit for the kingdom. But we are excited by the many stories of God s leading and arranging opportunities for people to learn about Him. By the end of the two plus weeks, our team all felt that it was no longer the Malaysians ( them ) and the visitors ( us ). All of us were a singular we. We were all members of the same worldwide remnant church, truly brothers and sisters charged with the responsibility of taking God s final message to the whole world. What joy to be a part of this task! Yes, it is a daunting task. But God is responsible for seeing it through and all of us can join Him! Our prayers, our giving of ourselves and our offerings are all sweetly acceptable to God. No one is too young or too old, too rich or too poor. We are all a part of God s family as we work together for our common goal: to see the return of Jesus! Four people who came forward for baptism during the meetings. Mary Ann Roberts led our team of volunteer evangelists in Malaysia in November ECHOES SPRING

11 This is your life-changing opportunity! A Quiet Hour Ministries evangelism mission trip is a life-changing experience, both for you and the people you ll reach for Christ! Upcoming mission trips: Peru June Philippines June 22-July 7 Peru June 29-July 14 Tonga July 3-15, July South Africa July Zambia August Brazil November 2-17 Vietnam November 2-17 THAILANd November 2-17 All kinds of people with all kinds of skill sets are needed on our mission teams. We re looking for: Speakers Medical professionals Children s leaders Cooks Builders Anyone excited about sharing Jesus Come experience the joy of reaching people for Christ! To learn more or sign up, visit org or call Charlene West at (800) , ext (800) SPRING 2012 ECHOES

12 Surrendered to God One volunteer s experience leading evangelistic meetings in CosTA RICA by Sarah Nadarajan I wasn t sure what to expect on my very first mission trip. Though I was headed to Costa Rica for the purpose of presenting an evangelistic series, the beautiful sights and sounds of experiencing a new country were very exciting! Sarah Nadarajan preaching in Costa Rica. In the fall of 2009, my local church had hosted an evangelistic campaign, in which my friend and I co-preached a sermon on baptism. Back then, I was terrified at the thought of preaching, but by the grace of God, He pulled me through. After gaining more experience in preaching, I became too comfortable in my abilities. Thankfully, God had a few surprises for me on the opening night of our evangelistic meetings in Siquirres, Costa Rica. During the delivery of my sermon that first evening, there were no magical moments, no powerful preaching or enthusiastic emotions exhibited. I was just a girl from the United States who had failed to connect with the congregation. Though I thought I knew all the tricks in delivering a moving presentation, none of those skills seemed to be present. I tried to engage the audience, but they responded with blank stares. I felt like a failure. I asked myself, Why should thoughts of failure arise when I am doing the Lord s work? In the festivities of a new experience, I lost sight of where my focus should be placed. I never claimed to be a preacher, but I had never fully consecrated myself to the work. So that night in my hotel room, I surrendered my will to God. Furthermore, I asked some other team members for tips on how to better relate to the congregation. They graciously reminded me that I was not in the United States; I was preaching as though I was in front of an American audience, rather than a Costa Rican audience. The next morning, I was reluctant to preach. However, I decided that I wasn t going to be the one preaching because God was going to preach through me. What a difference that mindset made! The sermon went so much better and was well received. I felt a burden roll off my soul. For the rest of the series, I was constantly reminded that I needed to depend on God. At the end of the series, we were blessed with four baptisms! I believe that God sent me to Costa Rica not only to preach an evangelistic series, but to diffuse the love of Christ into the hearts of those who would listen. God had a plan for me and He has one for you as well. Sarah Nadarajan is a student at Southwestern Adventist University and was part of our 2011 evangelism mission trip to Costa Rica. Your support makes life-changing evangelistic meetings like Sarah s possible! To help reach people around the world for Christ, support our volunteer evangelism program by marking your gift with the code shown for volunteer evangelists on the facing page. ECHOES SPRING

13 Millions in Africa are starving for the gospel! You can help reach more than 25,000 people in Africa for Christ! This year we re sending 42 evangelism teams to Africa in a massive outreach effort. Your gift of just $21 will reach one person in Africa for Christ and provide her with a Bible in her local language. Thank you for bringing the gospel of Jesus and Bibles to those in Africa who are yearning for the truth! # Project goal Raised W O R L D W I D E STILL Needed Adventist-Muslim Relations $124, % $103,242 $21, Volunteer evangelists 292, % 205,960 86, Worldwide chapels 148, % 137,641 10,825 A F R I C A Africa Bibles & evangelism 202, % 192,699 9, Malawi Chapels 98, % 17,208 81,256 A S I A Indonesian orphanage 96,992 COMPLETE 96, Unentered Tribes 150, % 1, ,331 S O U T H A M E R I C A Amazon Basin Evangelism 55, % 43,409 11, Churches for Brazil 115, % 16,991 98,396 Your gift can also be made online at (800) SPRING 2012 ECHOES

14 OutreACH in the Most Challenging Places by John Mall and Steve Hamstra A special report FROM our evangelism in Sri Lanka, pakistan and the United ARAb emirates Umesh was facing the biggest crisis of his life. A lifelong Buddhist, Umesh had some time ago married a Christian woman. Umesh and his wife after his baptism. That Umesh s wife wasn t Buddhist created painful tension within his family who, like most people in Sri Lanka, are Buddhist. Recently, this tension had culminated in an ultimatum: get a divorce or leave the family home. As he tried to reconcile the situation, his family followed through on their threat. Umesh and his wife were thrown out of the family home. Without the support of his family, Umesh and his wife now had no income and no place to live. Overwhelmed by hopelessness, he decided to get a divorce. Then something happened he didn t expect. Umesh received a visit from a team of gospel workers from Quiet Hour Ministries. They were offering Bible studies in preparation for meetings near his home in Sri Lanka and had been told of the situation Umesh faced. After the first visit, Umesh agreed to begin Bible studies. As his heart was touched by the Word of God, Umesh soon began attending the local Seventh-day Adventist Church. When the Quiet Hour Ministries evangelistic meetings began, Umesh was a regular attendee. And he spent many hours talking to the volunteer evangelists and going over the teachings of the Bible. At the end of one of the meetings, Umesh said he was ready to begin a new life in Christ and be baptized! When the meetings came to a close, Umesh and 16 other precious people were baptized. He is now an active member of the Negombo Adventist Church in Sri Lanka. And though his family has forsaken him, Umesh ECHOES SPRING

15 Sri Lanka, UAE & Pakistan Report has found a new family in the church community. The Sri Lanka evangelistic meetings were part of a larger Quiet Hour Ministries evangelistic effort that also included Dubai and Pakistan. While these countries offer unique and sometimes challenging environments for outreach, we saw God s tremendous blessing as our teams shared the message of His saving grace through meetings at seven sites. In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), our team held meetings at locations in three of the nation s states: Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi. Laws within the UAE permit our meetings to be held among the large population of immigrants working in the nation. Interest in the Adventist Church has been steadily growing in the UAE immigrant communities and our meetings saw some 100 to 200 non-adventists attend at each site. This resulted in a large number of individual Bible studies as well. With interest in the Bible and Adventist teachings increasing, our team was able to distribute hundreds of Bibles to those requesting studies during the UAE meetings. One of the highlights from our UAE meetings was when Pastor Sohail, who leads a local non-adventist congregation, came forward and requested to join the Adventist Church! Pastor Sohail carries considerable influence in the local immigrant community. Through him God has opened a door to a greatly expanded outreach in the UAE. In Pakistan our meetings were held in three cities: Karachi, Lahore and Farooqabad. Despite the unstable security situation in Pakistan, the Lord blessed our team with safety and there was no disruption to our meetings. The Pakistan meetings were very well attended with hundreds of people across the three sites coming to hear the gospel, including more than 400 in Farooqabad and more than 700 in Lahore. Seeing so many non-adventists attending was very encouraging. There were even pastors from other area congregations who came to hear the message! In addition there was also extensive distribution of locallanguage Bibles both at the meetings A baptism in Sri Lanka. and through door-to-door visits by gospel workers. Seminars were also held during the day for those interested in learning even more about Adventist teachings. We are very encouraged to see the gospel still going forward in Pakistan despite challenges from current events. In fact, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and UAE are all at the center of tremendous changes taking place in our world. Yet God is opening doors for the sharing of the gospel even in these places. We were blessed to share God s saving grace with more than 5,000 over the course of our meetings. And seeing God work even after the meetings has been amazing. In Sri Lanka alone, more than 30 people have been baptized as a result of follow up work after our meetings! Thank you so much for making this outreach possible. Your prayers and gifts are what make this worldwide evangelism possible, reaching even to some of the most challenging places on earth. John Mall led the Quiet Hour Ministries evangelistic meetings in Sri Lanka, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates. A group of those baptized after the meetings in Sri Lanka. Steve Hamstra is Quiet Hour Ministries executive director for marketing. (800) SPRING 2012 ECHOES

16 God s Abundant Blessings A look back AT Quiet Hour Ministries 75 years by Steve Hamstra With hands trembling so bad he could barely hold his Bible, on July 7, 1937, Pastor J.L. Tucker delivered the very first radiobroadcast of The Quiet Hour. A live radiobroadcast of The Quiet Hour in San Francisco, California. Little could he imagine then that today, 75 years later, Quiet Hour Ministries would be an international evangelism organization that has reached more than 135 countries! Our beginning was almost by chance, except in God s eyes. In 1937 J.L. Tucker was offered leftover airtime on radio station KEX in Portland, Oregon. After consulting with Seventh-day Adventist radio pioneer H.M.S. Richards, Pastor Tucker agreed to present a live devotional radio program. So it was that on Wednesday, July 7, The Quiet Hour was born! God abundantly blessed the young ministry. Soon the broadcasts grew from three times a week to daily. Then twice daily! In 1943 Pastor Tucker accepted a call to minister in the Bay Area of California. And he took his successful radio outreach with him. The ministry would soon be a pioneering presence on a new medium television! In 1949 the very first Quiet Hour television program was broadcast live on station KGO in San Francisco, California. However our first foray into television would last just from 1949 to In 1954 the ministry moved to Berrien Springs, Michigan, where Pastor Tucker had accepted a call to be senior pastor at Pioneer Memorial Church. It was in Michigan that Quiet Hour Ministries was formally incorporated and began to undertake a nationwide expansion of The Quiet Hour radiobroadcasts. These critical steps laid the groundwork for a rapid expansion that was right around the corner! With Pastor J.L. Tucker s retirement from an active pastorate in 1959, Quiet Hour Ministries moved to Redlands, California, where we ve been headquartered ever since. Now the ministry really began to grow. Just 10 years later our radiobroadcasts were on 125 stations in the United States and also aired on various stations around the world. J.L. s son, Pastor LaVerne Tucker, joined our ministry full-time as associate director in One year earlier, LaVerne and his wife Alma were instrumental in establishing a re-entry into television ministry with the introduction of the Search telecast, which aired from 1970 to J.L. Tucker and The Quiet Hour quartet broadcasting live from the KGO television studio in San Francisco. It was also during these years that we developed the Way of Life Bible course, a correspondence Bible study program that has helped thousands of people learn the precious message of God s saving grace. But perhaps most significantly, it was during this era that Quiet Hour Ministries expanded into overseas evangelism and mission work. While Quiet Hour Ministries had been ECHOES SPRING

17 75th anniversary special feature LaVerne Tucker preaching during an evangelistic meeting in Papua New Guinea. supporting overseas mission work since 1953 mostly in Papua New Guinea in the 1960s this element of our ministry saw significant expansion. Our first jungle church was built in Tanzania in Our first mission airplane was sent to Papua New Guinea in Over the next 10 years we were blessed to send some 26 airplanes into the mission field! And today that number stands at 52 mission airplanes. Providing motorcycles for missionary pastors another key mission project was launched in Since that time we ve sped the spread of the gospel by providing hundreds of motorcycles to mission fields around the world. But it would be the introduction of overseas evangelistic meetings that would truly open the door to our ministry s future. In 1973 Pastor LaVerne Tucker led the very first Quiet Hour Ministries international evangelistic meetings, proclaiming the gospel message at 13 different sites in Africa. This was followed by a massive 92-site program of evangelistic series in India in With doors opening for evangelism around the world, this special part of our outreach saw tremendous growth. Pastor LaVerne and Alma Tucker were instrumental in building up the worldwide evangelistic work of Quiet Hour Ministries, personally leading numerous international efforts. Highlights from our nearly 40 years of international evangelism include our 1986 evangelistic meetings in Goroka, Papua New Guinea, where at just one site more than 14,000 people came to hear the gospel! Another highpoint was sending evangelism teams into Russia just months after the fall of the Soviet Union. These evangelism teams helped plant churches in areas where there had been no Seventhday Adventist presence whatsoever. Then there s one of the most amazing moments in all of our international evangelism, the baptism of more than 6,000 people in a single day during our meetings in Bacolod, Philippines in In 1993 Pastor Bill Tucker, LaVerne s son and J.L. s grandson, became president and speaker of Quiet Hour Ministries. Pastor Bill had joined the organization in 1980 and had been an important part of our evangelistic work since that time. In the 1990s and early 2000s, we further expanded our evangelism program to include volunteer-based mission trips sending teams of laypeople into the mission field to hold evangelistic meetings, providing a unique firsthand opportunity for everyone to be involved in worldwide evangelism. Pastor Bill and his wife Jackie also introduced the Windows of Hope television program. The Tucker family recording a Quiet Hour radio program in the 1970s. From left, Jackie, Bill, Alma, J.L. and LaVerne Tucker. The Lord truly has blessed Quiet Hour Ministries. Through three generations of dedicated leadership from J.L. Tucker, to his son LaVerne, to his son Bill God has guided this ministry across 75 years of active service. Looking ahead, there s so much of the great gospel commission yet to fulfill. But looking back, we can see the hand of God all along, opening doors for outreach. And encouraged by seeing His many blessings, we know He s leading us forward to still greater work as we win souls for His kingdom! Steve Hamstra is executive director for marketing at Quiet Hour Ministries. (800) SPRING 2012 ECHOES

18 Blessed By God for a Special Work As Quiet Hour Ministries celebrates its 75 th anniversary, we praise God for the many milestones and blessings over the years. And in recounting these many memories, there s no one better than Alma Tucker. For more than 65 years Alma has been closely involved with our ministry. She s the widow of former president and speaker LaVerne Tucker, mother of current president and speaker Bill Tucker, a longtime employee and now a member of our Advisory Council. Alma recently sat down with Steve Hamstra, our Echoes editor, to share some of the many stories from her decades of service to Quiet Hour Ministries. Steve: Tell me about Quiet Hour Ministries in its early days. Alma: Well, it was very much a radiobroadcast ministry in those days. I first became involved through my husband, who had been vice president ever since the ministry was incorporated. Then I got deeply involved when we were called to help pastor the Grand Avenue Seventh-day Adventist Church in Oakland, California, where LaVerne s father, J.L. Tucker, was senior pastor. We were in our mid-20s at the time. The ministry s headquarters were in downtown Oakland. There was a large reading room where people could read Christian books and literature or Alma and LaVerne Tucker (second from right and far right, respectively) during a taping of the Search telecast. Alma and LaVerne Tucker singing during an evangelistic meeting in the Philippines. talk with Ida Tucker, J.L. s wife, who was in charge of the place and always there. Many people would come to our reading room after hearing the radio program. And there were quite a few who just came in off the street as well. I volunteered to be first tenor in the ministry quartet and LaVerne sang bass. We would sing during the daily radiobroadcasts. The broadcasts were all live in those days, so we d practice the program at our house and then head down to the station. Quiet Hour Ministries was an early pioneer in television ministry. How did that come about? KGO, the radio station we were on, expanded into television broadcasting in And they offered us a primetime slot on Saturday nights. J.L. at first wanted to do just radio, but after some persuasion agreed to the television program as well. LaVerne wrote the scripts and planned each detail. And our quartet provided the music for each 30-minute live program. Before each broadcast, KGO gave us 30 minutes to practice on set before going live. We had talented painters and other artists to make props, backdrops and other things to illustrate the messages we were sharing. The station staff called our program their extravaganza. ECHOES SPRING

19 75th anniversary special feature The radio and television broadcasts really opened the way for a lot of outreach. Every Sabbath more than 100 visitors would attend the Grand Avenue church because they had been invited through our programs and wanted to hear and meet the speakers in person. What got Quiet Hour Ministries started in overseas mission work? J.L. and LaVerne took a world missions tour in 1953, paid for by a radio listener. They visited multiple places that were just then being reached with the gospel. On that trip they really saw the great mission needs and wanted to do something about it thus raising money for missions began. What were some key developments that saw our overseas work really expand? LaVerne and I were blessed to lead many, many evangelistic series around the world through Quiet Hour Ministries. One of the keys to seeing that work expand was to closely integrate health ministry into the program. So we had health expos and really promoted the health message. It generated lots of interest in the community and helped us connect with people who otherwise probably wouldn t have come to the meetings. One of our first evangelistic series with a full health expo was in Goroka, Papua New Guinea. Earlier evangelistic meetings had been held in the small church with poor attendance. So we purchased a large blue tent and set it up on the football field. Our health expo booths were set up around the perimeter of the tent. There were only 17,000 people in the local area, so the mission leaders were apprehensive about meeting attendance. Thousands of people packing the football field to hear the gospel at our evangelistic meetings in Goroka, Papua New Guinea. We were eating supper before the first meeting when someone came up and excitedly told us, The tent is full! By the closing Sabbath there were more than 14,000 people sitting all over the football field. Having the health ministry aspect and the meetings at an outside location as much as possible became a very successful model that we did in other areas of the world as well. Our health expos were always tailored to the local culture and language. What s one of your favorite stories from your overseas evangelistic meetings? Our first time holding meetings in Russia in We were there when the coup happened. It was just a week into our meetings in Arkhangelsk and the auditorium was packed nightly. Voice of America broadcasts told us to leave the country right away. So we went back to the place where we were staying and LaVerne told everyone on our team, We ve been told by Voice of America that we must go home. As we kneel for prayer, each of you ask God to impress you what to do. So we knelt and prayed. And when we were done we each said what we felt impressed by God to do. Everyone said to stay! The local people were so thrilled that we stayed and didn t leave. The mayor even personally assured us that he would provide security for the entire time we were there! One young man in Arkhangelsk had a rock band. It seemed like his hair was a different color every night. He barely knew any English. All he could say in English was Hey man, that s crazy! When we visited Arkhangelsk years later, he met our plane and we had to look twice to recognize him. He told us he was baptized about six months after our meetings ended. Also he said he was now helping with church work! We saw lives changed like that wherever we held meetings. It s so exciting to see how God s message of love and salvation opens a whole new life for people! How is Quiet Hour Ministries different now from when you first joined us? It s a lot different now! And some of the differences I really miss. But this has been God s ministry from the start so He s been leading! It s exciting to see all these groups of young people, whole families and others doing evangelism in many different countries. So many are now involved instead of just my husband and our team. Thousands are responding to the good news of salvation and a soon coming Savior! (800) SPRING 2012 ECHOES

20 In Memory of... Quiet Hour Ministries gratefully acknowledges the many gifts given in memory of loved ones to help share God s saving grace with the world. If you wish to honor a loved one through a memorial gift, please indicate so with your donation and provide the individual s name. We will be happy to include your gift in a future Echoes magazine. Should you wish to make an anonymous memorial gift, simply note that as well and we will respect your request. Alderson, Maude (Wolfe) by Janine Goffar Armstrong, Herbert & Marie by their daughter & son-in-law, Carol & Wilbur Claus Bartel, Viola by her niece and nephew, Shirley & Cleo Johnson Bauer, Randy by his parents, David & Marilyn Bauer Bechthold, Raymond by his sister-in-law, Ferne V. Davick Behnke, John & Helen by Don & Joyce Fortner Bergman, Joseph by his wife, Arlene Bergman-Fuchs Blanco, Marion by J. Rita Vital Blanton, Dale by Jim & Judy Culpepper Bonmiller, Tracy by Glen & Louretta Palmer Bowles, Roy & Vesta Scott by her brother & sister-in-law, Floyd & Vonsella Scott Brickman, Sylvia by her sister, Betty Jane Teders Brinley, Rosie by Wallace & Lorraine Fuller her sister, Esther Novak Bristlin, Keith & Nelda by John & Betty Lou Tall Brizendine, Harvey & Eloise by Farrel & Bobbi Brizendine Broadbeck, Ed by Janine Goffar Brooks, Clyde F. by James & Robbie Land Brown, Ardys by Lucille Bush Bryant, Arthur P. by his wife, Barbara Burton, Shirley A. by Jim & Carolyn McHan Bush, Bruce by his wife, Lucille Carle, Gordon H. by his daughter & son-in-law, Cathy & David Keyes Chambers, Roy & Edith by their daughter, Gwen Hoyt Chase, Robert C. by his wife, Ruth Ching, George K. by his wife, Bessie Coffen, George by Irma Tsuha Crowder, Ellen A. by Jim & Judy Culpepper Daniels Family, the by Alyce Jones Dean, Myrle by his wife, Anna DeWitt, Dr. & Mrs. J. L. by their son & daughter-in-law, Lyndon & Martha DeWitt Escobar, Mr. & Mrs. Arthur by Irma Tsuha Essary, Virgil (Bud) E. by his wife, Juanita Ferris, Irving & Louise by Paul & Anne Nazario Figgins, Joe by his daughter, Birdie Fisher, Marlene by David & Faye Wiebe Foll, Evelyn by Robert J. Foll Foll, Margaret by Robert J. Foll Follett, Phillip by J. Rita Vital Fortner, B. D. by Don & Joyce Fortner Franks, Jimmy by Elmer & Katie Baker Frick, Emile by his niece and nephew, Shirley & Cleo Johnson Frick, Mary B. Groome by her niece and nephew, Shirley & Cleo Johnson Garrison, Violet E. by Harold & Lorraine Clark Grundset, Elaine by J. Rita Vital Hall, James Elvin by Reba A. Hargrove Hargrove, Dalton A. & Joyce M. by their daughter, Reba A. Hargrove Hawk, Nelson D. by his sister, Bertha A. Hart Heidtke, Dorothy by her husband, Harold Hennemann, Jack G. by Olive A. White Herbert, R. Jack by his wife, Pearl Herndon, William Gobel by his wife, Jennie-Lee Herr, Ed & Martha by their daughter & son-in-law, Vonsella & Floyd Scott Hoffer, Robert by his wife, Jane Hoyt, Dick by his mother, Gwen Hoyt Hoyt, Irma by her mother-in-law, Gwen Hoyt Hoyt, Warren by his wife, Gwen Huenergardt, Opal by her cousin, Myrna Huenergardt Jenicke, Eldon by his wife, Irene Jones, Lenoa K. by Kenneth & Sherry Christensen Geneva R. Hanson Barbara Benson Jones, Owen P. by his wife, Alyce Jose, Grace A. by C. Mercer Straw Jose, Kenneth by C. Mercer Straw Keith, Mildred F. by Reba A. Hargrove Kent, John Ralph by his parents, Ralph & Pearl Kent Khattar, Joseph by Herb & Lela Franzman Klam, Norman by his aunt & uncle, Rose & Glen Ross Kopko, Thomas M. by his wife, Doris David & Marilyn Bauer Kotanko, Walter by Esther Melneckuk Krahn, Alfred by Kenneth Blake Kuster, Cloyd & Beulah by their daughter & son-in-law, Mary & Dick Peters Kuster, Cloyd & Beulah by their daughter & son-in-law, Jean & Roger Ott Lacey, George E. by Reba A. Hargrove Lacey, Phyllis B. by Reba A. Hargrove Lamberton, John & Thelma by Al Wiggins Lawless, Thomas R. by his wife, Juanita Leeper, Hazel A. by GraceAlice Mentzel ECHOES SPRING

21 Memorial Gifts Leno, Goldie by her husband, Elmer Lenz, Viola I. by Kon & Maxine Rogers Lewis, Helen by Esther Melneckuk Liebelt, Ardy by his sister, Ferne V. Davick Liebelt, Arthur & Marcella by his sister, Ferne V. Davick Liebelt, Mr. & Mrs. M. J. by their daughter Ferne V. Davick Little, Lyle by his wife, Dorothy & family Logan, Luane S. by Esther Novak Long, Alan Dean by his mother, Pauline B. Long Long, Elder J. Murray by his wife, Pauline Lovelace, Bud by Herb & Lela Franzman Lutz, Kenneth by his wife, Viola Lutz Schneider Lynn, Jack by his daughter, Vonsella Scott Malone, Ida Belle by her granddaughter, Reba A. Hargrove McFarland, James & Edith by C. Mercer Straw Medford, Norma G. by Jim & Judy Culpepper Melnechuk, William by Esther Melneckuk Moore, Carl T. by his wife, Mable Morikone, Arnold by David Morikone Morikone, Jimmy by David Morikone Morikone, Roy & Eileen by David Morikone Neuharth, Nancy Marie by her husband, Ruben Nicholas, Erma by Janine Goffar Oblander, Goldie by her sister, Betty Jane Teders Pedersen, Stanley F. by his wife, Dora Mae Pollack, Mary T. by John & Julie Ferraro Poole, Chalmers by his wife, Alice Poole, Merlin by his mother, Alice E. Poole Radford, Albert & Mary by their daughter, Wanda Radford, Brian by his sister, Wanda Radford, Dollie by her sister, Wanda Radford, Pearl by her sister, Wanda Redfield, Carrie by Reba A. Hargrove Redman, Shirley by her daughter, Peggy Redman Robles, Nydia by her husband, Daniel Roehe, Shirley by GraceAlice Mentzel Roth, Don by J. Rita Vital Rouhe, Shirley Carle by David & Cathy Keyes Rowsell, Heath by his wife, Reba Rushold, Harry & Irma by their daughter & son-in-law, Udene & Marlin Allen Sanders, Maude M. by her daughter & son-in-law, Martha & Lyndon De Witt Schneider, Orville by his wife, Viola Lutz Schneider Schroeder, Max & Mintie by their grandaughter, Bobbi Grizendine Scott, Arwid & Phoebe by their son & daughter-in-law, Floyd & Vonsella Scott Seltzer, Forrest by his son, Keith A. Seltzer Setterlund, Deanne by her parents, William & Betty Tym Setterlund, Shannon by his grandparents, William & Betty Tym Shields, Ruby by her sister, Wanda Shook, Claude B. by Reba A. Hargrove Sias, Vesper & Ruth by their daughter & son-in-law, Mary Lou & Steve Pride Siems, Ralph by Steve & Mary Lou Pride Sisson, Sarah D. by her brother, George W. Sisson Smart, Iva by her sister, Wanda Snyder, C. L. & Bonnie by Sharon L. Wedin Straw, Charlene by C. Mercer Straw Sundin, Robert by Alan & Thetis Bush Sutton, Raymond by his wife, Margaret Tenbrink, Louise by her husband, Paul Thomas, Dorothy by C. Mercer Straw Tidwell, Evelyn by Nathan Tidwell Truby, Bill by Tom & Ruth Pick Tsuha, Herbert by his wife, Irma Tucker, Dorothy by Reba A. Hargrove Tucker, J. L. by Reba A. Hargrove Tucker, LaVerne E. by Reba A. Hargrove VanGoosen, John by his wife, Mary Wallace, Arthur & Hazel by their son, Gerald E. Wallace Wetenkamp, Donald T. by Rita Weisz Wiggins, Arlene by her husband, Al Willauer, Phyllis Ramsay by Robert Willauer Wilson, Neal C. & Eleanor by Kenneth & Barbara Mittleider Wolfe, Lawrence by Janine Goffar Wright, Harold & Crystal by their daughter, Penny C. Ancel Zeiner, Ray & Ethel by Don & Joyce Fortner Zinke, Rosalie by Lucile Bush IN HONOR OF... Anniversaries: Krishingner, Gene & Anne, 50th by Lucille Bush Birthdays: Botimer, Roberta by Lucille Bush Case, Pat & Harold, Pat 74th; Harold 89th by C. Mercer Straw Farver, William F., 90th by Lahna Farver Fishering, Virginia, 93rd by C. Mercer Straw Mallernee, Bruce, 89th by C. Mercer Straw Pettit, Mildred O., 92nd by Kenneth & Janice Purkey Ringer, Carol by Lucille Bush Solomon, Ruth K. by Lucille Solomon Thomas, Bill, 89th by C. Mercer Straw Thankfulness: Elmendorf, Aaron & Susan Marie by their grandmother, Edith Elmendorf, Eric by his grandmother, Edith Elmendorf, Gary & Kathy by their grandmother, Edith Schneider, Winifred for 90 years of life Straw, C. Mercer for my 90th birthday (800) SPRING 2012 ECHOES

22 Staff Changes Among Our Greatest Blessings by Steve Hamstra Keeping you up to date on the LAstest changes among our dedicated staff As we celebrate our 75 th anniversary, this year also marks a time of significant change for Quiet Hour Ministries. Nowhere is this truer than among our staff. Moves, retirements and new arrivals have all taken place in just the last few months. Randy Bates, our new CEO. As we announced in our winter 2012 Echoes, Randy Bates is our new chief executive officer. Randy took the helm in December, replacing Pastor Michael Porter, who had served as CEO since Having held a number of positions at Quiet Hour Ministries since 2001 including serving as chief financial officer for the past five years Randy brings both strong leadership and an in-depth knowledge of the ministry to his role as CEO. Two longtime employees have also retired recently. Marilyn Senier, who was with Quiet Hour Ministries for 19 years, retired December 20. Having held a number of important roles, including chief operating officer and executive director for development, Marilyn played a significant part in guiding Quiet Hour Ministries to where it is today. After more than 53 years of service to Quiet Hour Ministries, Carol Weaver retired on February 25, Over her five-plus decades with us, Carol served in a wide variety of roles, most recently as administrative assistant for both the CEO and human resources department. But her attention to detail and keen eye were also put to good use processing the daily mail and copyediting communication pieces, including the Echoes. We are so grateful to Carol and Marilyn for their tremendous contributions to Quiet Hour Ministries. And we pray God s blessings for them in their retirement. Joining our team is Greg Batla, our new marketing support specialist. He brings significant experience with media production, event planning and ministry marketing. Greg will be a tremendous asset in planning our events, updating our website, producing various communication pieces and much more. Also stepping into a new role is Andrea Griggs, who recently became our human resources director and assistant to the CEO. Andrea had been serving as our executive director for development Carol Weaver, who retired on February 25 after more than 53 years with Quiet Hour Ministries. and has been with Quiet Hour Ministries since She will be a key part in ensuring the smooth, efficient operation of our ministry. One more personnel move of note, Tonya Sitowski has transitioned from our donor services department to our planned giving and trust services department. Having undergone thorough training in trusts and estate planning, Tonya will be a helpful resource with your estate planning and planned giving questions. Having a dedicated, Christcentered staff is one of the greatest blessings given to Quiet Hour Ministries. And as we honor those who ve given such wonderful service and welcome new members as well, we know the Lord is using us all to reach still more people for His kingdom. Steve Hamstra is executive director for marketing at Quiet Hour Ministries. ECHOES SPRING

23 deductions Are you leaving on the table? It s tax time again. What better time to plan for maximizing your future tax deductions and financial security? Charitable Remainder Trusts are an excellent way to turn appreciated assets like property or securities into a lifetime income stream with significant tax benefits. And you ll also make a tremendous impact on Quiet Hour Ministries worldwide outreach! Strict IRS rules apply, so call Jackie, Viveca or Tonya, our trust officers. They ll be happy to help answer your Charitable Remainder Trust questions. Just call (800) , ext. 217 or plannedgiving@ qhministries.org. The average Charitable Remainder Trust with Quiet Hour Ministries reaches more than 300 people for Christ! Just imagine the PO Box 3000 Redlands, CA difference you could make! (800) , ext

24 Celebrate with us! J oin us for an exciting day of frontline mission reports, inspired speaking and uplifting music at our 75 th anniversary celebration events! Enjoy outstanding messages and music! Special guest speaker Special guest vocalist José Rojas Wintley Phipps April 28, 2012 Newport Beach, CA Hyatt Regency Newport Beach Indoor & outdoor seating available first-come, firstserved to registrants. Special 75th guest rates available at these hotels. Just mention Quiet Hour Ministries when reserving. Program begins at 10 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m. July 7, 2012 Welches, OR (Portland area) The Resort at The Mountain July 7 is our 75 th birthday! Registration is free and includes lunch. Register today to reserve your place! (800)