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Friends of GCA ---

I hope you've recovered from all the Christmas festivities and are ready to endure New Year's Eve. We live in the country, outside the Smyrna city limits, so at midnight our neighborhood lights up with fireworks (and the occasional firearms). The celebration goes on until all hours of the night. Suffice it to say, sleeping is not easy.

I wanted to let you know that we are starting 2006 with a new addition to GCA's Internet outreach. We have joined SermonAudio.com. Lois was kind enough to forward an announcement from SermonAudio saying that they were waving their usual $150 sign-up fee and our first month (including our first 20 message uploads) would cost only one dollar. So, we decided to jump on that deal. As you may remember, we used to broadcast at OnePlace.com. But, it was very expensive and we never really got the response from it we hoped for. That may be due to the fact that OnePlace will broadcast any religious programmer who is willing to pay the fees. By contrast, Sermonaudio actually has a statement of faith that all broadcasters must consent to. In fact, their policy states: "SermonAudio.com embraces the historic Protestant faith and is not open to the dissemination of such distinctive Charismatic and Pentecostalist views as extra-Scriptural revelations, tongues, healing, women pastors/preachers/elders, etc." So, most of the churches broadcasting on SermonAudio are Reformed. That seemed like good company for us to mingle with.

The purpose of our presence on SermonAudio is primarily to increase our visibility on the Web and drive people to the GCA site. On our site we are able to stream higher-quality mp3's than are allowable on SermonAudio. So, I would suggest continuing to download from the GCA site. But, the smaller file sizes at SermonAudio will allow folk with slower connections or dial-ups to download our messages. The people at SermonAudio have been very helpful and accommodating as I've been constructing and editing our homepage. And when you visit, make sure to click on our "Photo Album" link at the top of the page.

This addition to our outreach is very reasonably priced and we pray that it is useful in the advancement of the gospel of grace. But, this new outreach is only possible because of your continued support. And we're very grateful for all the ways you've shown your love and support throughout 2005. We're really looking forward to what God will do with GCA in '06.So, here's the link: Salvationbygrace at Sermonaudio

Enjoy! And feel free to send your comments and suggestions my way. This is a work in progress. New messages will be uploaded soon!

Thank you again!

And Happy New Year to you, your family, and your loved ones!