3ABN Fans on Facebook Reach 300

The number of people who have become “fans” of 3ABN’s Facebook page reached 300 last Monday, the 14th. Activity has been a little slow, because — frankly — I am the only person maintaining that page. I’ve been adding news about major upcoming events, but other than that I haven’t really had any great inspiration for what our page visitors would like to see. A page like this gains value as more people become fans of it, so the future looks good.

Our ASI event on Facebook has taken on a life of its own, with other people inviting friends, beyond my circle of friends that I personally invited. Although the number of people who have indicated their intent to attend is relatively small, it is still good to see regular additions to the numbers just about every week. A frustrating aspect of Facebook is that you can’t simply invite fans to an event (or so it seems); the most you can do is send an update to the fans, and invite your personal friends.

Four-day Work Week

This week was our first 4-day work week. Previously all 3ABN employees typically worked 8:00 am to 5:30 pm, Monday through Thursday, and 8:00 until noon on Friday. With a half-hour lunch break this came out to 40 hours. Now we are starting at 7:30 am, and working essentially 38 hours per week (but pay remains the same), with Friday off.

With finances a little tight, 3ABN has not been able to give raises for some time, and this was deemed one way of benefitting employees without increasing payrolls. Besides the advantage of having a 3-day weekend—like many church entities have, as well as various ministries—it also saves employees the expense of the Friday commute to work. With gas prices getting so high, it is potentially a significant savings.

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Nicole Issa

Our new employee Nicole has been a blessing to the ministry already. She’s been kicking out small projects left and right. It’s great working with someone as focused and as quick to learn as Nicole. And she has a great personality besides.

Here’s a photo of her working on a small project that was finished today, uploading new Kids’ Time Praise music videos to our YouTube page.

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Annette Christian

This morning we received the sad news that Annette Christian had passed away last night, June 24, a short while before midnight. Annette had a long struggle with cancer, finally culminating in a number of brain tumors that proved fatal. Last week she was taken home from the hospital to be under hospice care. Her family was hopeful that she might recover, but also mindful that she might not. Our pastor described her passing as “bitter-sweet”; although she will be dearly missed by everyone, we are glad she is no longer suffering.

Annette was married to Jay Christian, one of our staff at 3ABN Radio; her daughter Cari also works at 3ABN, and Annette herself had worked at 3ABN in various capacities up through the early stages of her disease.

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