3ABN Today Live - "Special Tribute to CA & Irma Murray" (2018-08-16)

I want to spend my life Mandy people I wanna spend [Music] moving [Music] hila heart I want to spend [Music] and they will people [Music] hello and welcome to our Thursday Night Live program 3abn behind the scenes it's kind of a mouthful isn't it we are so glad that you have joined us this evening thank you for letting us into your home as you do each and every day and maybe even driving down the road and listening to 3abn on the radio we just want to say thank you for being a part of this team as mr. Danny Shelton always says or says many times this is your 3abn we want to just thank you for your support financially and prayerfully through all of the years because without you and of course the Lord Jesus Christ 3abn would not exist so it's a blessing to be teamed up with you and we have an exciting program this evening don't we and we have someone to people that are really special to us here that's right I love behind the scenes because it to show you what is happening in your ministry so three-bean is your ministry and we're so excited to introduce our family to you today and especially excited because we have mr. Danny Shelton on the set we are post-surgery for weeks right about four weeks yeah today the Lord yeah it is a blessing to have you here with them thank you it's good to be here it's good to be on this side you know and I appreciate the prayers of many of the folk thousands actually have written to us and told us that they're praying for for us and I really appreciate it and God's done some great things because he took a situation that could have been really bad and turned it into a good situation with which that's what God does best he's a creator and so I praise him and because four weeks ago probably today I didn't know the world existed because I basically had a quadruple bypass and they on the underside of the heart I heard they don't don't know that's what the doctors that's really lift that up and after heart and have to work there and move the lungs and do all of that so I was in probably five hours and then know how long recovery you've on your boat probably six five or six hours in recovery too and then you wake up and you say well I'm still on this side you know which is good and I praise for that because the healing has been really good for days they let me out to do quadruple we have nurses come out and they say that's very unusual I did two weeks in I had a a Feb incident where I had to go back in the hospital and spend the night and that's not any fun for those of you that have had it that's but other than that I mean it's really been great and every day we see progress and I'm probably in better shape than she is day and night she doesn't rest and she literally sleeps on the couch to go to hospital beds there at the house she's on the couch day and night it doesn't want to go anywhere doesn't leave for anything and I tell her look you need to take care of yourself but she's literally their lands out they get put you on so many medications several times a day and she just takes care of all that and so thank you so much for what you do but so well I know you've got to be worn out but you look good you didn't kick her to the couch the hospital bed is out by the counselors yeah put it out in the living room she's been there but again I want to thank all of our viewers and supporters and our family here thank you all for your love and your prayers and support through all of this yeah and so it's an interesting thing because it's a different perspective we all know that we're human we all know that we're made of clay and some day you know before the Lord comes many of us will go to sleep and others that are watching here today may be here for the second coming but when you go under the knife like that CAS done it here for one and you had one five six six yes you know when you something like this happens you may not wake up so you say you know I really want to say Lord you know thank you first of all for the life that you've given me if it's your will we wake up because we still have family who still have ministry it's sort of not at the worst case you sleep awhile and you see Jesus coming and it's been interesting though see I've had people write me and say well you need to change your diet if you change your diet that would never happen and I'm like I wonder who told them what my diet was I don't talk about it very often you know but people well you shouldn't go to this you should just go to one of our health places they'll reverse that and you know it shouldn't have any and I'm always interested where people come up with all this this stuff you know and I believe in healthy eating of course try to eat right neat healthy and I believe in the health message but there are times and it's what I told a doctor once she said I use I'm a doctor so I can tell you there's never a need for a doctor there's always something you can do from a health standpoint that God has given us and I said really I said how about if I'm going to town right now and I get in a car wreck and I cut my arm off what herb would I take to put a surgeon to sew it back on get it back at all so I praise the Lord for doctors and I praise him for the health message because I'd this runs in my family my dad was disabled at 36 years old and my aunts and uncles several those died young in their 40s and so and then some had open-heart surgery older brothers have had it MMH a it's something that I believe that if we you know the fact that I don't smoke and drink and eat a lot of junk and meat and things like that is the only reason 67 I'm still here and but the doctors told me you know this is a this should be a of course you know when when you're sitting there you don't know but he said well this should be a easy case and like easy none of this is easy but to them he said well in the fact that you exercise so much then when we looked at your arteries one of the main arteries led was it was like 75 to 80 percent but you still had 66 percent ejection ejection fraction which is pretty well normal so he says your arteries are larger and so the fact that's why I can still play full court basketball and I run with the young folk back and forth and really don't get that tired I'm not that I run as much as I used to mm-hm but so I would have never known I had anything wrong I did take a test and pass that basically but there was some problem they said well there's something on the EKG side we need to look that over ended up in a heart cath and heart Cass said you had several major blockages though I may have gone for a few more years and but you know the next thing that what happens what they told me is you'll just be one of those that have a heart attack and that would be yeah it's a so you can either put it off or you can just go ahead and do it so we thought about it prayed about it picked out doctors and where we wanted to do it and and and the Lord opened up the doors and so I I mean I'm feel blessed I don't want to spend much more time on me today because so many of you thousands go through it it's no big deal to many people there's no bigger deal that I have it than you do but I'm just amazed the times in which we're living in the technology and God's blessings what can happen to you and you still can bounce back you can go at it now other than the the chest where they tear you know let that and tear it open right now I feel like I could do a whole lot more but I have to be careful you know that needs probably 6-8 weeks to really heal but I'm amazed I feel good enough I've been writing a book for a while so I started back while I'm home don't stop do much so I got out of when I was in the hospital and after about 12 hours after this I said can I walk and they said you were asking to walk and I said yeah I want to walk and they said most people don't want to get up my said well we're gonna do it let's do it so we got up and walked so they said well if you do 250 feet you know that's or 250 feet yeah it was halfway around the nurse's station that that'll be good nice - well us what's the big round they said 500 I said well I want to try the 500 so then the next day I said I want to do 2,000 they said then a third day I said I want to do it I said what's the record wanna beat the record yes so they agreed with me well 3,500 probably would be a record so I said I just want to make sure that I so they they thought it was interesting well you're asking to get up and walk well it's not because you feel like it CA you got all those tubes in and everything but said hey how you're gonna heal if you don't get up through and you don't walk so I feel really blessed I give God the honor and the glory the praise I thank him for being a part of a movement a church that teaches held principles because I know for a fact I'm convinced I wouldn't be here at all probably would have died years ago if I had not known this health message so I praise the Lord for it and I think the Lord for each and every one of you because one of the things I never had to worry about is what's happening at 3abn because it's in such good hands with all of you absolutely I really have not worried about that you think about other things but 3abn I said you know God has just set this thing up so that we have such great leadership and have such great team that it doesn't fall on any one person's shoulders but you all are sharing that so thank all of you for what you do for the cause of God and thank you for your love and your prayers and financial support of 3abn I think the Lord for you because without you I don't think I could have done it my son-in-law Greg Firestone Melody's husband he's an ICU nurse so they let him come in and stay right after the surgery so that's nice of all the things that you have happen my worst pain was my shoulders and my neck and I couldn't figure why it was like having a constant charley horse so and yet you have all these other things but they said well sometimes the way they pin you back on the table can really mess up here so they can come in and be rubbing my back and shoulders all kind day at night and I wasn't complaining about the other stuff you okay I said no just this really hurts but they were there and literally she's got hardly any sleep you know day and night for this is almost four weeks so thank you what you do yeah I have to say it's a really a the big praise report would be one way of putting it when you walked onto the set you and dr. Yvonne because it's not been the same without you both here so this is this is the first time he's done a program in the last few weeks obviously so it's a real blessing as he mentioned thank you for your prayers continue to pray for him in his recovery doing well it's good to have the rest of the family here as you mentioned dr. Yvonne Lewis shelton next to you and pastor C Emory Shelley Quinn Pastor Brian Hamilton also our CFO here at three of them Pastor John Lowe McCain and Jason Bradley it's a blessing I know all of us as a family and there's even more to 3abn we have over a hundred employees here at the AVN but have definitely been lifting you up in prayer i melted viewers and people who ride on facebook and yeah email and all that literally spend thousands and I I never really expected that but I thank you so much you know we were at a side we mentioned this I think it was last Thursday night about being at ASI and just the you know cuz you're always at ASI and you weren't there this time first time I believe yeah 85 yeah so a lot of people of course we're asking about how you were doing and we're saying that they were praying for you and it's a blessing all those prayers being lifted up man you know it to me just to see the hand of God over your life to see God bringing you through the surgery I know it's a result of the blessing of God it's a result of people all over the world praying for you the family and the team here and a result of your healthy lifestyle how you're recovering so much on the other side so we praise the Lord and tonight we want to let you know that the call center is open and we have an incredible project that we want to talk about here tonight the give Him glory CD and DVD and the three angels messages in summary booklet but they're all focused on the three angels messages and we have them available tonight I think it's a $25 suggested donation or the combination you can get the book the DVD and the CD the DVD will be available here just in a couple weeks I'm sure you pre-order that for the DVD and all of the songs are focused on the three angels messages it's been an incredible project so John you wrote the book Danny I mean you were part of the project musical project but we had a good response also at ASI because we had it at the booth we had a preliminary DVD available at ASI but a lot of people talked about the encouragement and really how timely this message is especially that the camp-meeting also we had all the sermons at the same time revolt are going around the three angels messages any thoughts on that this project the three angels messages to me is maybe the most important project we could ever do at this time in Earth's history yes because we talked about it for years our name is three angels broadcasting but as a church and as a people 3abn three Angels Broadcasting Network but the three angels messages that these songs brand-new songs have been written on the three angels and a lot of people won't listen to sermons they're scared of Daniel revelation but when they listen to the music my glorious church incredible song Yvonne wrote when went leafit singing it's amazing oh you know with Ryan Day singing they sing a new song and if you go on through to give him glory song all of these are a way to get the three angels messages to the world without being offensive to anyone without and people listen to the music and we have seen lives changed already some of the songwriters that we invited to help us with this so this has changed our life in our theology completely and we see it so it's an amazing project so if I've ever asked you to do anything is to I would ask you please make sure you get the CD and the DVDs and then share them with folk around you your neighbors your friends and then you get the book also the pastor genre yes which is a short version but a very complete and a wonderful version of the three angels messages so I'm excited to see and I know ASI is going to be working we'll talk more about that later we have secured projects to get the three angels messages to every school to every one of our students and so in a number of different ways of doing it and the CDs and DVDs we hope will be part of that also so it's like all of a sudden it's everybody all out and we're all getting it the same with the church with the supporting ministries to say it is time we get the three angels messages to the world mm-hm and so it's my hope and prayer that each of you if you don't have it that you will get this project and it's available tonight right Jill it is available so just give us a call here this evening six one eight six two seven four six five one the call center is open that's six one eight six two seven four six five one or you can always order online go to three Bien's website that's 3abn dot TV and just click on the store button and right there you can order put in your credit card through PayPal and just order it that way and we will ship it out to you you can order the CDs by the case or the DVDs to pass out and share with your friends and neighbors or you can order the book by the case as well and this is an incredible you could say almost synopsis Pastor John on the three angels messages you want to talk to us just a moment about this right one of the things that the Lord impress me to do was design it for a new generation and intentionally the cover doesn't have angels because in this generation you want to give it to college students people that don't even have a connection with Jesus at all and people will attend it immediately in seeing the angels on the booklet think well this is about religion and in testing that from Australia to America it really impressed me that well this is the way God wanted us to go and then with just 46 pages it gets the message to you in a shortened shortened version but the 46 pages of quite concentrated and so we wanted and all through that it's clear that the gospel the everlasting gospel is the person of Christ and salvation through Jesus Christ alone from the very beginning to the very end through all three messages so praise the Lord it'll get people thirsty to hear more about the message pastor CH I wanted to mention you know it's funny the it's the timing is so right for this one of the things that's happening turjun I've had this conversation John ever discussed and Sabbath Sharon died last weekend you and I today this this idea that the church is longing for unity in doctrine in mission and and in belief it is good that we evangelize that's our lifeblood but there also is at this point in time a need for the church to re-examine its own doctrinal beliefs because those things that we have long thought were settled as far as evidence doctrine is concerned those things are being reallocated they're being yes we agitated people are questioning things that were settled such a long time ago Trinity and and and unity and and belief in Christ and all of these things are being reallocated and so I think it is fortuitous that at this point in time this this pillar of the Adventist Church the the 300 messages taught really by no other denomination understood as we do by no other denomination is being reaffirmed because so much of what we have believed and thought is being shaken for some reason in these last days so let's let's replant our flag here as far as the three angels messages is concerned we believe it and follow it it gives us an anchor it tells us where we are in the stream of time it gives us an understanding of how close we are to the end of time so this is something that needs to go to the world but it also needs to recirculate in the precincts of Adventism because adventism is getting shaky about itself and we need to re-establish ourselves and this does that and that little booklet does it in such a fine and concise way and you're the nutshell of that entire booklet is to as the beautiful CD packages to give Him glory that's the key the world is robbing the glory of God in so many ways amen and the three angels messages is to turn the glory right back to God so we have a wonderful opportunity of actually getting these for sharing I liked how you mentioned it a little bit when she kind of get the hint she mentioned order in them by the cases we would appreciate but it's not just for us but it's actually to share the gospel of Jesus Christ via the music Avenue music and the book I know that the three event truck crew guys they actually put them on the truck now because when they go out people ask so what is three angels they see it on the side of the truck here you go here's something on the three inches messages so they've actually we gave them some and they handed out most of them are their last trips anyway this is today is sort of this behind the scenes as we mentioned earlier and it's kind of a happy isn't it it is it's happy and we are so excited Annie's here and sister Yvonne and so thankful God brought you through that surgery and as you're on the other side and it's a little bittersweet because our very own pastor CA Marie is getting ready to not retire but transition we could say to Panama you and your precious wife Emma are going in September so this was our last behind-the-scenes with him we wanted to make sure we did a special tribute for you and we wish your wife could be here I know right now herma is in New York 3abn Latino is doing live production in New York but the camp-meeting otherwise she would be here on the set but first of all we wanted to present this to you this is from 3abn I want to read it to you at home it says with our deepest appreciation three Angels Broadcasting Network hereby honors CA Marie for over thirteen years of faithful and loyal service to the Lord in this ministry 2005 to 2018 you will ever be remembered for your talented choice of words timeless talks and sermons tremendous sense of humor and your tender and honest compassion we have all felt the love of God under your care therefore my beloved brethren be steadfast immovable always abounding in the work of the Lord knowing that your labor is not in vain in the that's from first Corinthians 15:58 I'll hold it up here hopefully you can see that and we want to pass that to you but pastor CA I know mr. Danny and everyone else wants to share something but just from my own heart you have been a tremendous you and your wife a tremendous blessing to the Ministry of 3abn we hold you in our hearts and no matter where you go you are always a part of the three bein family I know you'll be coming back for camp meeting or for other evangelism or other events so it's not like we won't be working together but we love you and your wife and we've been so blessed by your ministry here I know the word retirement is thrown around and I don't really like the word retirement yeah it's not in the Bible oh yes pastor Loma came very good not in the Bible we appreciate very much the years of service and I believe when we just handed over I believe pastors CA only an eternity where you truly know the full impact of your time here at 3abn for all of the souls that have been reached and I know we'll continue to be reached because of you but it's hard to believe isn't it yeah 2005 when you first hold this home yeah Jed and I got here about the same time she had been hit a little bit before we're very conflicted you know us we haven't said much about this yes that's right we haven't and I was at Danny and Yvonne's last night and I said oh five minutes are from gone you'll forget the name but we have so much of our heart and our life has been a V&O and Pastor John for over 40 years you know and kept track of his career and just just so many many memories and and I wish Emma was here she's working with a Latino just now because she would well she'd be in tears but it's not something that and we invite everyone to come to Panama like we could how's your Shelley's been down there so she knows what a wonderful place it is but I when I came here and I don't want this long and met Danny I liked him instantly you know and I told him you know it's a long way from New York to Illinois but if I if I hint anything that I don't feel his other Lord I'd the same card I brought me I can take me back but I've never felt that he is a kind and generous and giving person absolutely and the the ministry has picked up that DNA and it's just a wonderful place to work with people who honestly try to serve the Lord and if they make a mistake they're quick to say I'm sorry and and mean it and it's nice to work in a place where people are trying Shelley to serve the Lord and and when you run out of your lane and because television is very stressful that's where a lot of this this cholesterol that comes from because it's stressful it's stressful it is because it's deadline-driven and you've got to get it done and yet the reward is so great because people say my life has been changed I've been touched I've seen the Lord again I put down the cigarette I've put down the alcohol I've put down the drugs I've changed my life my marriage is better my life is better my job is better I'm a better husband I'm a better wife I'm a better neighbor I'm a better co-worker because of what I see done on 3abn so the reward is worth it to know that you're doing something that's bigger than you it's bigger than all of us it God has put it into our hands but you forget my pejorative English it ain't us it's all about you and and once you you buy into that and bite into that you cannot let it go so we are we are conflicted we were supposed to leave a couple years ago and I went to talk to Danny we're gonna have that father-and-son talk you know about leaving and okay we're not leaving now we'll leave it in here then last year came in okay give us another year kind of thing but hürmüz mom is turning 99 this year and she wants and anything we can do with for two through three and we will do we're not cutting the cord you know it's a it's a little change of scenery and activity but we'll be certain a lot and whip through then I'll never be far from fish ate your brother UNCA been known each other a long time what do you got to say first of all I don't know if I can talk because he's been my friend my spiritual mentor you know you've carried me around for 32 32 years and just you could always count on pastors see it you know that if you have anything on your mind he's so supportive he's so easy to listen and give such great advice and not to mention you kind of introduced me to Danny so I just I'm so grateful to God that he put you in my life and you it is through pastor ca'se ministry that I came back to the Lord and he baptized me Wow and 8686 that's right that's right 86 so that was it yeah I was at your very first sermon the very first sermon at Ephesus my grandmother had asked me to come back to church just to visit and she said we're getting a new pastor can you come and I said yeah sure and so I came as a setup and oh for sure she prayed me back in I know she did but from the time I heard his first sermon that was it for me I mean I just was like the Holy Spirit just drew me back and I've never looked back and since then he's always been a part of my life pastor CA has always been in my life and always will be by the grace of God I say this for the last Yvonne is come to church late everything but she never came alone so I gave her a pass on that because she always brought people with her okay and I assume since most of them were in the industry and in their ten ministries so that night hours so they didn't get up early ins half of the movie but she would bring them and it all sit on the front row well alright first of all and they take out pins and pads and take notes and that caught my eye that they're taking notes they're listening and he make an eye contact they're really paying attention yeah and some of those people we baptize from the music industry who are luminaries not small fishes but luminaries in the industry and so she's been a good friend all these years of hard times ups and outs did a talk show together on another network yes it's okay hopefully it's like Molly Molly's retired but she isn't she's gonna be coming up that's random those pattern malls not that far away pastor Marie's that's a bit first we look forward thank you for all the years moon being here and being a brother you know friend a brother coworker in the Lord's work and he's got an incredible personality yes and I don't think I've ever seen him fly off the handle or be mad about stuff he just easygoing and he'll talk to you straight up but you just you know just a great personality somebody to work with to pray with you to be there for you if you're sick he visit you you know just so he didn't just take a hat for you know proclaim and say well this is my he's there whatever the ministry needs him traveling you're still gonna do something I think you're gonna end up going to Nigeria or somewhere so the world's not going to let you really retire you tenor something from here there's still a lot of phone calls from people around the world saying well we want the Murrays to come and visit us so I got a feeling that retirements just gonna be a little figment of your imagination it's not gonna last very long well I'm like you I the sedentary life doesn't work I don't think there's anybody here that would like to kick it a kick back and just kind of put their feet up and kind of that's not that's not the DNA of anybody in this ministry so you've got to keep working because the Lord doesn't give you no passes no vacations no downtime no timeout no in the corner you know just you've got to keep working until the Lord says you're released and he hasn't said that yet no I keep so busy working for my Jesus was looking at some pictures going through all we have thousands of pictures and thank the Lord now they're in digital format because yes he's another house just for pictures yeah but I saw some pictures of our basketball days myself when the gym yeah okay he was one of the guards on our basketball team the Big Red Machine Bethel and we were York it was always in New York City and part of the prerequisite to be on the team was even if you were not an Adventist you had to come to church at least once or twice a month no church in the morning no basketball at night no basketball so that was how we got to know each other when I was out on the world pass to see a was my youth pastor and was preaching every Sabbath I'd find my way to church somehow after a party on Friday night mm-hm-hm he was preaching keeping the word going forward and never knowing that many many years later I'd come to church and sleep on his sermons now he sleeps on my sermons interesting how God does this so you don't you think about it because you were Pastor John pastor CA you were Pastor John's pastor right and brought you back to the Lord dr. Vaughn then here you all work together years later at 3abn and visiting New York's okay but I sure like it here in southern we appreciate also being a prayer warrior pastor CA I know when you first came here you mentioned about that long roll of cash woody calculator tape that was to attach register tape you'd write the names on that but we appreciate your prayers for those of us here at 3m for the ministry of 3abn for those of you at home you just a prayer warrior and that means a lot to us as well we have a role we want to go through several roles today I don't think you've seen any of these pastor ca some of the people here at 3abn wanted to give special wishes to you and people who love you and who wanted to just share something about what you have done in their life and what herma has meant to them as well and I think we'll go to that role right now and thank you so much mr. Danny and missive on for being on the program to be here it's been a privilege I know you're not gonna be able to stay for the whole program so during this role you'll just kind of okay go out and we'll do a little bit of musical chairs here but let's go to the role right now pasture CA and Irma it's hard to believe that we're talking about retirement for both of you and I want to say from my heart and I know Jill where she'll say something a couple of minutes we will miss you tremendously but we know that God has brought you here to 3abn and he's moving you on to this next chapter I guess would be the way to put it but I just want to say a big thank you to you pastor CA I remember when I was working at the call center you came into my office you just arrived at 3 a.m. you turned the chair around and you kind of sat backwards and just looked at me and you said Greg if there's anything that you need just let me know and then you told me about your prayer list you have this big roll of paper that you would put people's names on it and you said you're gonna add my name to that list and I just appreciate your prayers for me your mentorship through the years sister Erma your office is just past mine and you come by basically every day and you say you poke your head in and say Greg how you doing today just appreciate so much your smile and hospitality we've been to your house she's a great cook you're a fantastic cook oh that's for sure God has blessed both of you with so many gifts We will miss you by the same time we're so glad that this isn't a final goodbye we're still going to see you as you come in for camp meeting and different events but we just praise the Lord for the time that you have been able to spend here at 3abn absolutely pastor seeing Emma I just don't even know where to begin you are part and parcel of the Ministry here of 3bn for so many years of granny and I in our own lives and the team here and you will forever be part of this ministry even though I know you're going to Panama and I know God's called you to this new chapter in retirement we know you are not really retiring because you will always work for the Lord Jesus Christ but we're thrilled to know you will still be able to come back pastor CA you have a heart for God a heart for the word I always think of you as the resident theologian here at 3abn and he knows so much about the Word of God and you so articulate and presenting that word to a lost and dying world so thank you for what you've done not only to people all over the world but to people here you have ministered you have prayed with you have called people who needed you and ministered and spoken into my life and Greg and I love you and mo you're just my sister love you so much you're an incredible cook an incredible hostess and an incredible woman of God ermm and I used to pray together we were prayer partners and just such a privilege to go before the Lord in prayer so we love you both and we will greatly miss you hello pastor CA Marie it is that time while some people may call it retirement you and I know that it's just simply the Lord transitioning you from one incredible ministry to another I think I can speak on behalf of the hundreds of thousands if perhaps maybe millions of people whom you have ministered to over the years and say that we definitely thank you for your pastoral ministry and Biblical counsel over the years it has been an incredible honor to get to work beside you and to get to know you personally as the incredible person and amazing pastor that you are I pray that the Lord will continue to bless you and your wife on this incredible journey and that you continue to be humble my friend and continue down the path and the plans that God has for you thank you hello well this is our opportunity to say a few things about people that we are blessed with have been blessed with for what I don't remember maybe a little over 10 years 1415 I don't remember pastor C Emery and Irma our a Surma likes to say in Spanish more I and we have been blessed to be working with them for many many years and I appreciate pastor C Emery and being able to talk to him about different biblical topics he's a man of wisdom that God has used in a mighty way also sister Erma were blessed to have her in the dream and Latino Network working in she had to wear different hats along the way but finally she stepped in just when we needed her for our marketing department and production coordination she has done many things including creative things like designing sets so we have been blessed with her also willingness to help out in whatever project was placed before her so we praise the Lord and when she needed help she wasn't afraid to find help and get things done so we braise the Lord for her as well that's right well it's a sad moment to say goodbye but I just wanted to share with you guys at one time we left the boys to for the Maurice babysit remember that weekend we came back I mean I was like did they behave what do they do or what not you know and see it's like boy those boys can eat breakfast they mounted up those waffles and stuff that peanut butter and apple sauce and honey and he's like I've never seen that before pastor ca we all learn from you but I'm so glad my kids taught you I knew this no all joking aside we are so thankful for your services here Norma has a gift of decoration on the sets and something to admire and respect so we asked for the Lord to bless you guys wherever you go whatever you do for his honor and for his glory you know I have to say something I remember we were trying to say I was trying to say Dean faster see a memory during a sermon and he tossed all he he tossed in one of those words that he came up with he created this word he said and ecclesiastical will bear a dictum pronouncing that right he created the word or bury victim whoever you see it we can't forget that well he followed by saying right so I said to myself well I can translate deepen but the other part I took some a little bit of bouncing around to get that right but anyway we have been blessed another sense of humor he's a godly man definitely amen amen so may the Lord continue to bless you wherever you go and use you wherever both of you go they may God continue to minister through you god bless you my memories my memories my memories I don't even know where to begin our history goes so far back well as far as I go back I remember well technically I don't remember this but pastor Murray you baptized my mom while she was pregnant with me and Irma Marie used to always cook tofu whenever we lived in New York and I would go to her house to visit she'd always make some kind of tofu dish I mean that's way back in the day and then later on down the line we all ended up at 3abn together I've tried so hard to convince both of you guys not to retire until the second coming but you didn't listen and so now you are departing from us but I want you to know that I love you guys I value all the input and how you've poured into my life over the years I'm definitely going to miss you but now I'm gonna have an extra place to go visit and I'm looking forward to talking to you guys more and seeing you guys outside of here in the future and you always have to come back home because 3abn is your home and you have to come back and join us for our camp meetings and all of our other events and if you decide to go ahead and move back here we won't be mad at that either love you guys god bless DAC and Irma Russian people love you so much you came to Russia for the 24 the 20th anniversary of 3 being Russia and it was a gift for us to have you here many Russian people have come to three-bin and we witnessed your love your kindness your care Dec were so impressed with what an amazing person you are kind happy loving and such a good preacher dear Emma we are awed at your love for people at your care you remembered all the names of the Russians whom you met you asked questions about all of them 3bn is not just a worldwide family three-bean is not just a ministry drapion is life DSCA and Irma you are an inalienable part of three-bin life all over the world hello CA and Irma you know this is John and you know me Angie lomi lomi lomi and this is my princess my queen on my right hand you know the question is what do you say to a guy that you I've known since before cellphones before the internet when you had hair when you played basketball when you will clam the gym what do you say to a guy that preached to me when I was in the world that saw to it that I was in church on sabbath and gave me all the spiritual food while i slept on your sermons well now you're returning the favor you're speaking on my sermons but no really it's been a blast to to see how God has led in your life and for the many many years that the Lord has allowed you to impress us and honey what can you say that Pastor see a pastor see see a and erm oh we love you both thank you for being friends we've had you over many times over for lunch fellowship we we're gonna miss you we're gonna miss you we had a really good time and we look forward to going to Panama one day Burma remember we have a date that's right and so when the winter comes in Panama and you're missing the snow think of us here in West Frankfort who are freezing to death and then pick up the phone and call us so that we can continue our conversation you're really not retiring canr me you're retiring that means you get new tires and you keep the journey going amen so we want you to keep doing what you do for the Lord keep trust in God keep preaching whenever you get an opportunity you know he will remember keep getting that good Panamanian food and we know we're gonna see you again in this life according to God's grace but the one aim that we want you not to forget is that when Jesus comes you will be there because we plan on being there and if we don't see you here remember we have an appointment in the kingdom god we love you both bye-bye amen so many people here pastor see a love you and your wife you have both served with excellence pastor CA you have produced so many programs the today program on location hosted preached coordinated and been our resident theologian as I always say here at 3abn your precious wife Irma has tirelessly served three being Latino as a producer especially with kids programs such as estrellita stay hey Suz and the cooking program sabores her MA also has hosted handled marketing contracts and coordinated guest invitations you have a wonderful wife and we do have several more roles and obviously we're not able to get everybody here at 3abn everyone would you know it's just there's a lot of people here and a lot of people of course love you so we've got a couple more to go to but we're actually getting close to the end of the first hour this first hour has gone by in a hurry as we mentioned we did a little musical chairs just before this role mr. Danny and dr. Yvonne left you know he's just had his open-heart surgery four weeks ago today and so it was a blessing this is his first time for him to be on the set since his heart sore since just a little before his heart surgery so it was a real blessing wasn't it to have him here I think we've added in J Christ we have thank you for that radio MJ it's a privilege to have you here thank you it's a great privilege to be here you know a lot of people said we're gonna come down we're gonna come down do come to Panama you know of shell and JD were there to move that debt that very time it's it's a wonderful beautiful safe place and we're gonna check some Tigers we have no money so some take some trying to get our house ready but give us six months and then pile in you know we can write in a bid we'll put you on the floor well we didn't even do that to you but Hermel likes to entertain oh yeah actually she likes to cook we're one block away from her sister between the two of us they can feed you literally to death and they're like that we tried to get Jon down couldn't get a plane try to get Danny down every time he got sick then challenge ad came on and she preached in the big church and dahveed there and was very very heaviness Church is doing so very very well and three a Ben is so greatly loved in Panama three had been Latino and three be in English we were down I just last a couple months ago and a fella came bounding down the stairs the conference attorney he said this fella knows you from three being English and this wasn't good but he watches through a being English all the time so soon as we kind of get our act together we what we love the company and we would want you to come and you guys come it would be fun to put your spot springs passage if you like to birdwatch yeah great you had JD let's watch the birds there's a lot to do it's a and to see ships go through the Panama Canal is a once-in-a-lifetime thing it's something to see you had me at cooking and feeding you know Jason though you you can't be here for the second hour and I want to get a little update as we have a few minutes left about dare to dream give us a little update to where we are with this wonderful network well exciting things are going on is you know we all live in a digital age so we want to focus more on the digital area of things our YouTube channel we're up uploading a new fresh content and so people can go to youtube.com slash dare to dream and that's tío dream and type that in network and type that in and access our live stream on there as well as video so it's kind of like a VOD type of thing you know actually mention that one more time that address because you know their dream hasn't been on satellite now for a little bit of time we've been focusing more on the digital aspect so what does that address it's youtube-dot-com forward-slash dare dar ii ii t/o dream network and then you know that way they can access those videos they can also go to the website D the number to the network that TV and also all of our social media handles are on there as well but we just want to take a look at what's going on in in the inner cities and packaged programming around that you know you see so many people misrepresenting the character of God and so we want to take a look at how certain things are creeping into the church we've talked about before and another program about exposing the hidden agenda and a wolf in sheep's clothing well a wolf in sheep's clothing looks at acupuncture spirit modern-day spiritualism contemplative prayer all of these things yoga and exposing the hidden agenda looks head it's exactly as the name implies it exposes the hidden agenda Satan is an act and we are exposing him and you know he's he's subtle in his ways and and sometimes things look good on the surface but when you really pull back the layers you see what's really behind it so we want to focus on the total Christian we have health and wellness programs we have financial literacy programs we've got programs on parenting motherhood so many different avenues cooking you know I love to eat but I need to learn some healthier ways to cook so so I can watch creative cooking with Nicole Braxton I can watch taste of paradise with nice Collins you know there's so many different things like I watch the network two of you so there's so many different things that people can benefit from it's not just go be a Christian well here are some things that you can do in your walk to get you closer to the Lord so there to dream it's it's excited I'm excited we'll get a lot of exciting things going on really want to get more involved in prisons and prison ministry it was just presented with something via email about maybe a potential opportunity to get some programming into the prison so I'm praying about that I don't want to say exactly what that is yeah whetting your appetite that's right that's exciting I'm praying about it and I'd appreciate it if all of you and our viewers would pray about it as well as we definitely need to reach inmates hey I know the the two programs you just mentioned them they're the most recent ones we recorded the hidden agenda or exposing the higgs-boson the hidden agenda and then wolf in sheep's clothing yes and those let's see I think the wolf in sheep's clothing you're hoping to start airing this year yet is that correct I won't learn we want to air it this year we're getting closer and closer I still have to watch them and then put the open and close on them and we'll get them get them up promoted and released those those are really really good programs power-packed within and I was impressed with the program exposing the hidden Genda because see mr. king is it raining King yes yes the host he was talking about many different topics oh yeah and like you're mentioning you're really exposing Satan and his agenda but what are some of those topics that he discussed because it's really powerful I mean it really is there is more for him to actually record we didn't have enough time to do everything so we're gonna do a few more coming up hey he talked about Planned Parenthood abortion how parts have been sold all kinds of different things what the how they're trying to corrupt the children that are in the school at such an early age the LGBTQ he talks about them and and that agenda I mean he really just he's done a lot a lot of research and and really put it out there salvation and symbols and signs I don't forget about that was a good one yeah and I know people are like well where's Daniel where's Daniel we're still working on covering the Book of Daniel and the study guides are still in the process of being editing so thank thanks to everybody for their patience yeah that's been well-received on the parent Network we've been airing that one show it's been a good series very there were 72 for the revelation part and I think a lot of programs yeah I believe for Daniel we're hoping to do that in one week yes twelve or thirteen yes yeah that's good they're a dream has incredible programming you know I'm so excited each one of our networks has as it were a special niche and it reaches that niche and I like the practical approach to dare to dream you know your Bible base content but it's also practical and how-to and like walk the Christian walk and live the Christian lifestyle and all of that and I know we're almost down to the end here the first hour but Shelley we didn't even talk about this before but tell us just a couple of the new programs that are coming up when Jason mentioned the abortion I thought we're getting ready to do a program on that and tell us a couple of those coming up we are really excited we have a new program that we will be producing in September first week and it is called life after choice and there will be 15 testimonies of people who have had to have found themselves in a situation where there was an unwanted pregnancy some made a choice that wasn't according to God's will and decided to abort some actually had the went through the pregnancy gave the child up for adoption and then others kept the child but the program is redemptive in nature to show that no matter where you're coming from God's redeeming love can always reach you so we're really excited and I believe that this will be something that will touch many many hearts and then we have another exciting program it is untitled as yet but it's on creation science in dr. Tim Standish with the Geoscience Research Institute of the seventh-day Adventist Church we'll be the hosts on that program and I'm excited we're working with Jay Gallimore for a new series in Revelation that's right and then dr. Frank hustle who will be doing a program called longing for God so yes excellent he's written a book and you know he went through a personal tragedy that changed his life really it brought him drew him even closer to God so you know so we were also airing some of the new programs raw questions relevant answers is one of them Daniel all-access there's another one intimate intimate clarity I knew I was missing one and that's currently being aired right now on three very populous yes that's right well our first hour was gone by quickly hasn't it been it has indeed I always love behind the scenes because we have the opportunity and privilege to tell you what's happening with the ministry we got an update from there to dream and a little bit from what's going on with parents make sure you stay with us in the second hour we're going to have some more rolls and tributes to pastor C Amery we're also going to hear an update on prison ministry yes right Bryan Hamilton leads out in that as well as being our CFO here at 3abn and we might even get a little State of the Union financially where we are here at 3abn Jay Christian is going to give us an update on 3abn radio they have moved and are currently in their new quarters and functioning still setting all that up so we have a lot to cover in the second hour stay with us we'll be back [Music] [Music] welcome back to our Thursday night live behind the scenes program we're so thankful that you have joined us the first hour went by in a hurry we in the be very beginning we had mr. Danny Shelton and dr. Louis Shelton with us and that was a really it was a real blessing encouraged my heart to see him on the set first time since his open-heart surgery but he is doing well though continue to pray for him in his recovery but things are going smoothly and they give you one of those little pastor CA you had one of those - those little heart pillows pillows that the hospital gives you and we asked him I said do you want that here on the sand no I think I'll be okay so yeah he's a brave man I'd say he always pushes it you know as far as his recovery with the if they get tell him 3,500 steps well he's gonna go 4000 steps you know and I think that's what God's given to him though and I believe it's a gift of maybe tenacity to just press forward against all obstacles I think about 3abn and how it started he was against all odds but he and the Lord by God's grace 3abn is still on the air 34 years later this November I believe it's 34 years yes or 35 34 35 34 years this November praise the Lord so we have our 3abn family we've been playing some musical chairs seems like all evening we have sister Shelly Quinn pastor C a marriage a Christian pastor Brian Hamilton CFO 3abn Pastor John Loma king of the Thompson Ville seventh-day Adventist Church it's a blessing to have all five of you here and of course you do sweetheart it is a blessing to serve the Lord together we earlier in the first hour we also mentioned that not mentioned we talked about pastor CA and his soon-to-be retirement another phase another chapter of he and the sister Erma and she would be here with us this evening except that she is in New York pastor CA they're doing a the Latino Spanish camp meeting 3bn camp meeting there in New York otherwise she would be here but we had a role from some of the employees here your family that sounds better at verses employees the family here at 3abn we have another role to go to and even another one after that and we had some updates do we want to give and you've got something in your lap here too we want to talk about you do before we go to the role we want to make sure that we talk to you again about the give Him glory project this is incredible music that's been written all about the three angels messages the CD and the DVD are available here and the 300 messages in summary which the Lord led Pastor John Lowe McCain to write which is a wonderful sharing book it really is a sharing tool if someone says what is the three angels messages you can just share it with them this is present truth for these last days the three angels messages God has given to us as the seventh-day Adventist Church in a special way to share that with the world and that that can be shared through music that can be shared through the written word either way it will work so the call center is open here this evening you're welcome to give us a call at six one eight six two seven four six five one and that number again is six one eight six two seven four six five one or you can always order it online just go to 3bn dot TV that website again is 3abn dot TV you can order it there just click on the store tab and you can order the CDs or the DVDs or the book or any combination of that for sharing with other people mm-hmm that's a great project I'm really excited about it the music has blessed us we have it in our car playing quite often as well and it's always encouraging and it's neat to see how all this came together mr. Danny was talking in the first hour about ASI and the project they're working on regarding the three angels messages which is just amazing because ASI in 3n we talked together because we work together but we didn't talk about these projects which is amazing so both of us were planning you know working on and how the three angels messages for camp-meeting Shelly which I think was a god thing that that idea came and then also ASI is working on this exciting project with the AG educational system of the seventh-day Adventist Church Michelle that maybe just tell us quickly because it was amazing how this came to you all the sermons because not only do we have the music but we also have all of the sermons how many that can't be 6 16 16 yes on the three-inches messages just powerful and you know I believe with all my heart that when when Danny got impressed Danny that this was the year of present truth just look at the programming that's come up that is all and when we think about present truth that is a biblical term don't think that that's a seventh-day Adventist Christian term it's a biblical term from second Peter 1:12 but we know that the three angels message is just so important as well as the programs that we're having on Biblical sexuality and and various things but Danny had I had I text Danny one morning and his email and my text crossed at the same time and we both had the idea the Lord was impressing us about that to do it on the three angels messages and I think that our our camp meeting fall camp meeting is also present truth it's going to be September the 27th through the 29th with pastor ty Gibson on covenant identity and we can talk about that a little more if you later if you want but it's just exciting to see how God is leading and we really believe we commit every project to prayer and God just kind of lays it out for us and I think that's key because a lot of times at least in my own life I like to set my own plans which is good to have goals but then you also have to be willing to change yes God says okay Greg yes you've gone this far but I'm gonna turn you this way just a little bit to go it's there like nope god I had this in mind and I'm going this way and you know that's where we you know talk about like you mentioned all these projects can't meeting and all these things are a matter of Prayer we have all of our ideas we put them together and then God which direction he wants to go and this was a god thing for a minute was she got another role of pastor CA and again we mentioned that he is pastor it's sad it really is I'm to think about I know that we're mean it doesn't change the friendship and all that sort of stuff and your work with 3abn but you're just not here on site anymore and so you're retiring from three I've been moving to Panama but you're still going to be involved like Danny said through camp meetings and such programming and stuff through the I know the upcoming years but it's just you've been an inspiration I know to myself and to many others and what we want to do right now is actually go to another role that some of the employees here at 3abn put together regarding pasture CA and sister Erma hello pastor CA hello you know ma I never I was telling Lynette that I never thought I was going to be well that we were going to be doing this but I guess that is what life is all about and here we are expressing our our sadness that we're not going to see you around much anymore and at the same time telling you that how much how much we appreciate you right honey indeed we appreciate you because you're part of our pack you put up with our kids you put up their dogs and you always come over for smoothies and we really appreciate that there's always a place for you in our home and there's always a place for you in our heart amen and that's right and had the opportunity and the privilege and the joy to work with Alma for so many years and it's going to be an empty spot from now on in the tree being Latino but we'll miss you and we'll keep you in our prayers and we wish the very very best for whatever you are going to be doing for the next part and the next day in the next chapter the next section we will be looking forward to your visits and hopefully we'll be able to come and see you CA and Irma I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for being such good friends with me and Larry my husband thinks the world of both of y'all and he even eats a vegetarian pizza now because y'all come over and eat pizza with us so much and of course Irma makes the best guacamole of anybody I've ever met but you're sure going to be missed not only me and Larry bear but 3bn and no there's nobody like y'all and nobody can replace y'all and welcome at our house anytime we've got an extra room and y'all can come crash and hopefully we'll see you again soon love y'all Godspeed ACA it's Eric and Marilyn when we first heard that you guys were retiring and moving the Panama the first thought that crossed my mind was no you're not time up and then I thought about what she said the other day when you talked about the ministry that you had waiting for you down in Panama with the new church that was getting ready to open up it was still in construction and I said well good they're not retiring they're actually just going on a short vacation before you start your ministry work down there and I said praise the Lord that's a great thing we look forward to seeing you here every once in a while as you stop by to take a look see how we're doing and I remember you promised that you would do that so we're gonna hold you to it and we also plan on visiting you down visiting you guys down in Panama really really soon till then god bless and enjoy your short vacation and your new ministry work in Panama see you Norma I just wanted to say it's been a pleasure working with you getting to know you and you know CA Erich and I met you back in 2008 at the Chicago the convention yeah the convention in Chicago and I never imagined you never know where your life is going to take you and now that we're here at 3abn it's amazing that we've had this opportunity to work with you and Irma and we're going to miss you and but we know that we'll get to see you again soon and we just wish you well and we make you guys yes we love you very much see you soon I don't even know where to start CA herma you know how much we love you how much we respect you we both came here in 2005 oh my goodness fast and furious it's been a fast and furious time and I know that you you have plans ahead of you and those plans and corporate Panama understand that you're doing a church plant there along with many other things and I know that God's going to be with you he's been with you for many years I know with Irma that she's so much good fruit and I just know I mean I love her children I love Kevin I love Becky and I love the grandkids and I just just know they're gonna miss you I know that we've had a lot of good times we'd go out and do special things I know that we with a lot of unions would always go and that would have these special social events that and normally worked around sports you know we've been out many times and had dinner and we've laughed and we've cried main thing is I just just want you to know how much that we love and we respect you you're a mighty warrior for the kingdom of God you both shine with the gifts that the Lord has given you so take care of yourself I know that we've been invited to come spend some time with you in Panama and you can count that as a done deal you take care of your health we'll take care of our health we'll meet the middle love you much god bless CA Norma ever since I first met you a little over a year ago you've helped inspire quite a bit of change in myself and all of us together amen and even from that first moment when I asked for Celestine's hand in marriage from you and you gave me that talk over the phone and say well I want to talk to you in person they had me a little scared and our conversation together how you told me that I don't need to be coming into our life and messing things up and I really want to try to make sure things stay on purpose according to God's will and I want to try to keep this family as happy as possible and especially in our personal and our spiritual lives and I definitely want to thank you for everything you've done for us for our spiritual guidance and for our happiness that we continue to have from here on out and we also hope the same thing for you no matter what you do from here on out that you have nothing but happiness and God's blessings all the way from here on yeah and pastor mean old CA first time I called you Nina and Nina or my the first lady I love you better come back because pen set is waiting for you we love you love you very much oh my dear brother and sister CA and air ma what do we say to say goodbye let's go ladies first Emma we're going to miss your warm and loving personality in your gentle ways just so happy for you that you get to retire in Panama your home country where your family is but you will be sorely missed in CA you know there's no such thing as retirement for a man's servant of God Psalm 92 14 says that you will bear fruit in your old age God will keep you fresh and flourishing and I know that you may get to take a few more longer naps but God's going to use you to shine his light into the darkness and Panama and we're excited to see what he does through you there we're going to miss your sense of humor your biblical insight and your panache my brother you know JD and I had so much fun on our first trip to Panama with you all and we look forward to returning again to visit you when you get settled in thanks for the invitation but until then hasta LaVista Viacom deals meer mano mi hermana we love you so much CA and Irma I just wanted to take this opportunity to let both of you know how much I appreciated you these last many years that we were able to serve together the purpose of God in the vineyard call three Angels Broadcasting Network I remember when you first came in and seeing we weren't just really sure where you would fit in but since we used the concept at 3abn a fit function and flourish we knew that in time you would find where you fit that's where you would function that's where you would flourish and one of the first things we realized about you seeing is that there was very little you couldn't do you can preach you can teach you can sing host programs there's just very little that you aren't very competent at and we appreciated you so much but you know one of the things that I think but stood out in my mind anyway was that you were always there to help Danny Shelton any way you could you held up his arms so they relieve some of the pressure on him so he could continue in the vision that God had called him to thank you so much for that and miss Irma you just won't know the number of times that I told CA Marie what a blessed man he was to have a wife like you you truly are the wind beneath his wings I appreciate you both so much 3abn won't be the same without you too but I know God has a purpose and a plan for you in Panama Panama will be so blessed to have the Murrays there in their midst ministering and doing what God has called you to do in that vineyard you're going to another vineyard but we're all going to wind up in the same place now that's encouraging again my good friends my precious friends started out as Christian acquaintances then we became friends but I think we're closer than that now we're more like family my prayer for you is that God will greatly bless you I'm going to - still a quote from Danny Shelton exceeding abundantly above all that you could ever ask god bless you both hi CA and Erma I can't believe I'm here saying goodbye to you I know I went and helped pack up your furniture and everything and shipped it to Panama but that was a long time ago I didn't think you were ever going to follow on but here it's time to say goodbye and that's hard to do CA you were my boss for many my temporary boss for many years what a joy that was and what a pleasure working with you irma we were together in office in and out several times and I never did learn to speak Spanish and I wish I had learned to say oh I heard what you said Irma but what did you mean but because you were a godly woman we always worked it out didn't we so it's going to be so hard there is going to be a hole in my life for the two of you belong because you weren't just part of my life at work you were part of my life at church and social and vacations and just a part of my life overall I know we have seasons of life and we know that so we know that goodbyes are coming but that still doesn't make them any easier and I know that you'll be back to visit and you know that I'm already trying to figure out a way for several of us to come down and visit you in Panama but it's still hard it's different so I look forward to the time when there'll be no more goodbyes and we'll always be in the same area all the time together sharing our lives and rejoicing and heaven together and just so much to do I just look forward to that time and I look forward to seeing you now and again here and there so just take care of yourselves and thank you so much for a lot of good memories hmm I just feel like I need to take a deep breath there for a moment just feeling a little emotional we love pastor ca we love our ma there a man and woman of God and I just got a picture of that hearing some of the 3abn families share how much that they mean to them I know Shelly and Pastor John you each were able to share in the role but Bryan and Jay you weren't so let's start with Bryan is there anything you'd like to share sure when I think of Emma I think of how my Spanish vocabulary has grown hmm taco enchilada was a good cook she's and just a loving friendly personality she may be short little but I remember a rudder very small steers a big ship this FDA will miss miss Irma when I think about you see a the things that come to mind are your vocabulary yeah it's such a broad interesting vocabulary and you you've told us before you like words and so and I could tell that by the way you use them in the dynamics of words that you have very great blessing there when I think about you CA I think about your preaching mm-hmm what a blessing your preaching has been to us here at 3abn at our own church family and also around the world ca probably the thing that stands out the most to me when I think about you is your prayers when we've had worship you know 3abn on Tuesdays and you've had the prayer every time I go away I go wow I wish I could pray like that so those are things we'll miss we'll miss your smiling happy personality and your colorful personality it won't be quite the same but we know that wherever God places you in Irma you will be in the circle of his will doing his work and blessing people and we look forward to coming back and visiting from time to time yeah god bless you guys you know I was thinking about the words you know I also am always impressed with the vocabulary that you use you know in a good sense good sense the vocabulary and that is I don't know what words pastor that you actually put together and which ones actually come from the actual dictionary but the way he uses them Brian thank you mission is just powerful adds a lot of fall to the sermon pastor you Coakley's yes tickle a bit of dictum mm-hmm you know I've never heard anyone ever you know and so every now and then I say even in the midst of my sermon I want to borrow something from past to see a always giving credit you know because he's got that uniqueness that God has given to him which is you know you have the spaces in life yeah those are spaces that will not be filled by anybody yeah you know pastor C it's probably a bit uncomfortable you know to have all of this like focusing in on you and you know we want to lift up the Jesus in you and in your wife Irma and I think it's important for all of us and those of you at home too you know a lot of times we we tend to and I hate to say this wait until someone is actually gone as in passed away from this earth before we stand up in front of the church or whatever the services and say all these wonderful things well the person is sleeping they cannot hear a thing and I think there's something to be said about encouraging somebody and taking the opportunity whether it's in your own household your own family your husband your wife your children whoever that is in your church your pastor even pastor Loma King right be nice to say you know thank you thank you for showing me Jesus thank you for whatever it is thank you for the food you cook whatever it is I think pastors see a we're just wanting to say how grateful we are and I know that we're extending for those of you that home our at home and can't necessarily say something right now to him also what you're thinking anyway pastor thank you again for being and influence in a positive way Jay you said one of the things that I wanted to say okay I'm sorry I just wanted to make sure the CA understood that we are lifting up Jesus but it's the Jesus in him amen I remember when I first was meeting him in 2005 seeing him maybe in the hallways or talking to him or whatever you can feel a spirit of somebody yeah the spirit of Christ the spirit of being centered the spirit of being comfortable in your own skin being comfortable in your own skin that's a part of Jesus not your own skin for yourself but your own skin as its I don't know if this makes sense or not but as as your skin is attached to Jesus and that does that make sense oh yeah and in all of this time I've watched ca we've had some conversations I've always been absolutely 100% totally comfortable and talking with him and knowing that if he gives me advice if he says something it's going to be rooted in the Bible rooted in God's Word rooted in the philosophy of Christianity and I know that that's going to be there and that I I accept and trust anything that he has to say because it's going to be godly advice godly conversation friendliness friendly from the heart and not because oh I'm a Christian so I've got to be deadly I got a good make everybody think that I'm friendly and nice and things like that that's not the way it is it's genuine it's from the heart and erm is like that to almost like two peas in a pod at all P and short pieces you know but that's the way they are and they're a good couple yeah good both represent Christ well they represent 3abn well I know they will do well in Panama I do have a request though let me be the one to tell my wife Speer that we want to go visit because if you say to Speer - please come and visit us I will not hear the end of it at the right guy I'll say oh by the way CA and ARMA invited us to come to Panama to visit them but CA thank you for being you and God bless you and we also have I would like to go to a prayer we have one more role and pastor I know that you've been involved in the World Church the Adventist Church for many years how many years is it that you've been a pastor been involved as 4444 yeah that's a that's a long time and he's made an impact in the church as you talked about Ephesus was there Bethel I mean you can go down the list I'm sure pastor of all the churches northeastern comment Eastern Conference and he has a really neat book that he showed to me I have it all my fingers here two times and it's a special book where you keep track I believe is it well the sermon that you spoke for that Sabbath you have very detailed journal I should say that you have is it red in color if I remember correctly it's been a little while since I've seen it a really neat book you're one that likes to keep track of what God is doing and then you can go back and is by going back you can actually gain encouragement for the future because you can see how God has led you in the past and you look forward with great anticipation to the future but at ASI there was a dr. Rohan Wellington yes and you sat down and from the North Eastern Conference they actually wanted to say a thank you and so we had our crew there I appreciate the crew that was at ASI and they did just a little roll with pastor CA and dr. Rohan Wellington and we'll go to that right now here we are this evening with dr. C Emery of 3abn it's customary that you do the interviews this afternoon I get to interview it to do her a little bit of reflection on just over 30 years of ministry and we just want to give God thanks for what he has done in your life looking back as a New Yorker what would you say is the fondest moment of ministry in New York well I did thirty years in New York and then another 14 years at 3abn looking back there were so many I recall a meeting I held in 1981 in Queens New York there was a young lady from Cambodia I think was Cambodia or other Vietnam when she came to the States her mother put around her neck a gold chain I guess you would call it right solid piece of gold that was fused there were no class no like fused to herb Nick fused to itself so that you couldn't take it off okay oh no class no links and she was supposed to keep it on as a reminder of her family her country and her religion okay she began coming to the meetings and once she indicated that she wanted to be baptized this this large gold necklace became became an issue and so she asked that we get a bolt cutter and and cut it off okay and I knew that she was severing from a lot of stuff in her path she had come to this country which knew she was a student she was studying to be a doctor and this this gold chain really sort of anchored her but she was saying I'm putting my past behind me I'm accepting this new faith in religion and that stood out in my mind stands out to this day amen in New York we had the privilege of working together in the establishment of pathway of Hope television ministry with dr. Abraham Jews yourself dr. night doctor Casa me dr. Alonzo Smith and I remember pathway of Hope provided that kind of a catalyst for the transition from you for you from Northeastern into through a B and is that right well I'd always done some television for the Union for the conference I sort of dabbled with that but it was about that time that 3bn was sort of making some overtures I was we were moving together in pathway of hope so the transition was a little less hectic because of what we were doing a pathway well we're just happy that pathway of Hope was able to provide that spring road we we want to look to media in ministry how important as you look back on your 30 years of ministry how important do you think media is to ministry if we say that we ought to use the best tools available I was saying to you before that Joshua Vaughn Himes told where Miller used the best media available which then was the printed page right was a newspaper from media is critical to ministry because there is a message that's gotten that has to be gotten out right and getting the message out is the job of media all right so you've heard it said that the health message is the right arm of the gospel yeah all right what would you say about media which arm is it I think media is the elbow media the elbow it's the fulcrum is the lever you gotta have media if you want to get the message out all right good well we saw we believe that media is so important and we want to thank you for what you have done your ministry in New York your ministry is a part of the founding member of pathway of Hope television ministry it with dr. Abraham Jules that we just thought we would travel down here to give you a little bit of a surprise and let you know how much we love you and appreciate you so we have a little token here for you I'm gonna let you open it up and flip it over right here right here there it is there it is presented to dr. C Emery thank you for your service as a founding board member of the pathway of hope television ministry by dr. Rohan Wellington and board members you notice this clock is not the Movado it doesn't have any numbers on it yeah because in retirement numbers don't matter thank you so very much we just want you to bang this in your home along with Irma and just know that the New York people love you and we wish you the best as you make your transition from 3abn into another form of ministry wherever God takes you thank you very very much this is a great surprise I thank you thank you god bless you ladies and gentlemen it has been a pleasure to have dr. Seymour a minister to us in New York City travel on down to 3 p.m. and we pray God's blessing upon him wherever he may go at this time god bless thank you hey man well that was really nice that was a northeastern conference dr. Rohan Wellington and it's just great again pastor of the impact that one can make for Jesus Christ and so all of us have that opportunity on a day-to-day basis I like that gift you know I don't know how we count time how do we gonna count time and eternity but I thought about that as well we're talking about retirement but think about eternity we won't think of time as we do now New York conference together northeastern greater and the Atlantic Union evident media was the Union Minister Oh together so it's Union so it was a and northeastern and greater comfort we tried to work together it's big city and that's important to work together and you know I think about media here you are involved at 380 and also with media you have for many years three-bin wasn't the first stop on your media journey you so to speak but to me it all kind of led to here you know all of us have that everything that we've done in our lives kind of led to what we're doing here I think you know what we should do right now is actually have a prayer for you Pastor and I wish again that Emma here would would be here but she's in New York we were just talking about New York's he's in New York at the Latino a camp meeting that's going on there but the pastor Illuma King would you want to pray she was your pastor now you're his pastor but let's have a prayer for him and his wife maybe we can get when we come back for a camp meeting maybe I can get her to say something cuz that would be nice she's worked very hard almost a good girl she is and you guys are a wonderful team God brought both of you here okay pastor loving father in heaven we pause in this what we call the stream of time we are just a dash between two cheats through a birth and our date of rest and Lord you promised us that there are those who will be awake to see you come and to break the clouds with great glory and some will be laid to rest but they will be called forth to that morning of great eternal reward father we know the dash has allowed us to be in the same journey past to ca and his wife Irma my wife Angie and me and all of us who are gathered in this ministry and those who have touched his life and has been touched by his life through the decades of ministry both in North Eastern and media ministries and in so many varies and as well as 3abn and our preaching and our teaching and just here being a silent witness in the office and the shoulder on which to lean and award of counsel that has come from a man of experience father we know that pastor CA is not retiring and the eternal sense because you're gonna continue to fill him with your spirit to proclaim the good news of the coming Savior bless its heart in mind as you have in May that the respite of the beautiful country of Panama rejuvenate and recharge his batteries to be even a brighter beacon delight continually as you said the gospel will continue to brighten as we approach that perfect day lesser man a special way Lord you've sent her to be a helpmeet yes and she has done so in a wonderful way she's not only nourished her husband physically but she's been that silent spiritual support under his arm and you've held them both under your wing and so lord as they depart from this location we know that they'll never depart from our hearts but we know as the apostle paul said you've called them to do a work and we could say with great confidence the pastor CA has fought a good fight finished his course and he's continuing to keep the faith then one day he'll hear the words as the apostle paul said to his protege timothy therefore there is a crown of righteousness yes laid up for him and his wife and not for them only but for all of us who have loved his appearing so blessed him now and may the kind words expressed and those that will be expressed continue to keep their hearts bound to us until the day that we all will hear together well done thou good and faithful servant bless him and may he in the kingdom see the precious souls that you've worn to the kingdom through his efforts and we know that he'll give you the glory in Jesus name transitioning here let's go to you Brian maybe give us an update first on prison ministry and what's going on with that okay Bruce and ministry has a number of different facets to it mm-hmm and 3abn is privileged to participate in arena of a number of those facets one of them is correspondence and I have here I don't know if you can see it but I have oh yes a stack of envelopes this represents one morning's mail Wow 3abn from people who are incarcerated one morning that's just one morning's mail and this isn't that we get bigger stacks than this but this is one of them each one of these envelopes has a story no one's telling us their story they have a burden to share and they usually have a request or two to make oh yeah okay and every every one of these letters that's increment every one of these letters represent someone that the Holy Spirit has been working on amen Jesus loves and wants to save every one of these and so we get the privilege of corresponding with them we have one full-time employee assigned to our prison ministry and two or three volunteers that come in to help with the correspondence we provide spiritual literature for the inmates and we also provide Bible studies now we don't have a Bible study school but we do send either the amazing facts lessons and more recently we've used truth link a very nice series put on by written by the light-bearer's yeah yeah James Rafferty and Ty Gibson in their ministry and so we've been providing those to the inmates that request Bible studies Wow the thing that's probably the most costly in terms of financial cost for the ministries we provide each one of the inmates who request it a remanent Study Bible oh now this is a special edition for us for ministry it doesn't have all the color in it that the more expensive ones have but it does have all of the eg white notes it's a grey scaled but a very nice Study Bible it has the lessons in the back all of the Bible study lessons notes on the books of Daniel and revelation and the charts and the graphs it's a very fine Bible in fact faster I think you use are using I am the remnant Bible now in your preaching we provide one of these we purchase them at a thousand a shot okay so you get 1,000 Bibles 1000 Bibles every order and we order between two months and three months a new order of a thousand Bibles that's so if I divide to 6,000 a year no no no we one order is $12,000 okay one order mmm one order and so if there's someone who has a particular burden for helping out in the ministry of prison ministry you could we could sure use your help with Bibles so that's that's so make sure I get that right so okay so twelve thousand dollars for a thousand and Bibles between ten eleven dollars a Bible but you do that how many times a year you may order at five at least once a quarter once maybe it's a little more than once that's incredible I mean that's beautiful you know when you held up that stack of letters that's really personal you know that because behind each one of those is a person right as an individual it's not just a piece of paper and so you're providing is it a Bible just like that Brian is this is this I stopped it and because a lot of times I think I'm sorry no for those that are incarcerated we may just say well let's just give them this room they'll be happy to paperback or something that is a really nice novel and it has the truth in a - that Bible study helps you have something here I just wanted to mention this this just came in the mail recently I don't know if we can get a shot of that it says thank you it was made by a prisoners in Texas this is a correctional facility in Texas and on the back a whole bunch of people signed it and what they all say is thank you for the Bible thank you for the Bible thank you for my Bible I love it thank you for the remnant Study Bible that's what the referring to that's what everyone says is precious you know you know how much and they wrote quite a bit here but how much it meant to them hmm one especially give a special thanks to Grace Yost yeah she's the one that pioneered here at 3abn with prison ministries it's God have given her the precious gift of Correspondence she's a beautiful writer the heart the love of Jesus comes through her correspondence and the inmates have felt it and and it has just grown grace because of health issues hasn't able to continue ministering here and God gave us someone else to take her place but I want to just say particularly how much we appreciate grace what you have done amen in the inmates out there appreciate and you've touched them with the love of Jesus hundreds and thousands of them and thank you so much that's a little note on prison ministry so if someone wants to donate they just need to put a notation just prison ministry is that the best we have to then you can prison with the Bible's whatever and that we have a function we call it a function for that mm-hmm little bucket okay and we take money out of the bucket and hope more comes in so give us just then like Joe mentioned earlier just a broad stroke of the state of 3abn okay right now mid-year well we're actually a little past media or an August mid-year we're a little bit behind last year we don't like being behind summer months for ministries is a more of the lean time and so we struggle a little more in the summer and we get blessed in the fall and as we head toward Christmas and all but we've paid all our bills our budget is balanced and God is blessed we one of the things that people forget about is that just the mundane of operations if we don't have operations we don't exist as a ministry no special projects are great and you know I just made an appeal for prison ministry yes and we do need help in prison ministry but if we don't have the funds for operating there is no prison ministry so the lights have to turn on that's true the cameras have to have electricity mm-hmm employees seem to think that they need to be paid we all like that paychecks you know and that's not with medical and all the other things that's just the bear-bait checks you know but I want to just thank our viewers throughout the years there are 34 years or so you have faithfully stepped up to the plate and kept 3abn on the air mm-hm and you've really partnered and when we stand on that sea of glass in the kingdom of God mm-hmm and we're all going to do that one day amen we'll see people or we'll be introduced to people who are there because you helped finance 3abn and 3abn shared the gospel and the gospel dropped on them like dew on a dry ground and so anyway thank you for your continued support and it's been a real blessing thank you Brian for your leadership here I know Jill and I are blessed have you and your wife Diane here that's for sure thank you thank you transitioning to radio Jay you have a new facility it was at the uplink for many years yes and now it's here in what we call the boss auditorium but it's been renovated into some new construction you guys you all in radio are there yes and I want to mention that in just a second I I was impressed with this recent conversation we've been having okay and the thought came to me that we've been talking about people that are incarcerated you know there are so many people that are incarcerated that are not in prison or jail they're incarcerated they're incarcerated in an ungodly life good point and it has been such a pleasure I've been here for 19 years now it has been such a pleasure to work with the ministry where we not only reach out to them but we hear from them yes and they riot they call they do all of these things to let us know how much they appreciate us people are driving down the road flipping the dial on the radio and they hear something on three when they hit 3abn radio that means something to them right and they listen and they call and they ask I need to buy that program how can I do that and it's not just three being radio it's all of 3abn and so for the people who are incarcerated but not in jail or prison we're pleased to reach out to as well well Jay there isn't a week goes by that I don't hear from someone in one of the prisons where we ministers saying I heard on the radio and they have this little clear plastic little radios and and sometimes they can only get the signal out on the yard but they go out the yard and they listen to 3abn radio it's encouraging isn't it and it is so good excited about ready she works with Jay and radio can radio you could listen to while you're driving don't watch television Wally that's right radio while you're driving sometimes when we're going to the airport and I'm watching listen to a program I try to slow down because it gets to a point when the best part of the program is fading out I wanted a job but now I'm always on the way to the airport but I appreciate radio tremendously praise gun thank you our new studios well I see studios I'll say offices right now because we moved in in June just before camp-meeting but we've moved into our offices and we could do some of our work we're almost at the point now where we can use the studio's it takes a while you have to be able to do some things we're not completely finished yet we have to finish some of the studio's yet putting up the you have to have acoustic or you're going to say hello hello and so we're working on that getting the equipment in there but we are 99% there now on the verge of being able to record some new programs that's great which we've been and been able to add some programs that have been on TV or you know audio from certain videos that were really good we've been able to do that but now we're getting very close to be able to record our own programs again we can't wait because we have I think Nicky and Mike and I counted them up the other day a radio and it's something like I think there are five people that five different programs that we have plans with to record a series from them very specifically for radio for our radio audience and so we're real pleased about that we pick up some new affiliates every now and then we've got a couple of new affiliates ok there's a one in Australia and one in New Zealand and I'm always concerned about saying the names because the names are different than what we're used to in America so if if you're listening in Australia and New Zealand and I blow this I apologize but you'll know who I'm talking about anyway Corinne D New South Wales ok Australia a new affiliate there 87.6 FM and why Paula Hawkes Bay New Zealand 88.1 so thank you both for joining maybe and radio family we're real pleased to have you with us and we I just can't tell you how excited we are we are very excited because yes it's nice to look at at new walls and your new carpet oh yeah and things like that and that is wonderful and it's great to see the equipment going in and all these things that are happening but that's not the excitement the excitement is on the other side of the radio speaker the other side of the speaker to a computer a cell phone you know however people are picking us up that's where our excitement focuses because that is making such a difference in people's lives and we know that time is short mmm-hmm time cannot help but be short because if the Lord tarries too long there aren't going to be any people left alive to save all this craziness is going on in the world praise God we're able to do what we're able to do we're able to do our small part of the 3abn commission to go into all the world and so we're very pleased thank you for your support thank you for your support as well in the audience and we have so many things to do in the future we're excited and can't wait to do them thank you for your leadership with 3abn radio and know what you do there you and your beautiful wife Sveta we just have a few moments left at the end of the program but we want to make sure you mentioned the new stations coming in in Australia and we're making a trip here in October to Australia and they're having a three being homecoming down under Pastor John you want to tell us a little bit about that well Australia is the place that I could live if America ever disappeared a beautiful country from East Coast I've been all over the country and October 11 to 14 we're gonna be in Avondale Avondale as a stay is a staple in Australia one of our universities and we're gonna be there sharing with our 3abn family so come on out this is a personal invitation because you don't want to say well I wish I was there and not every one of us could come I don't know if Danny's gonna be there or not is right because a post surgery in the travel overseas we're not sure about we know you and Angie are gonna be there great and I are going Tim Parton Ryan day is going we know that for sure and then October 19 and 20 we're gonna be in Tasmania the years ago I thought Tasmania was a separate country I just came to find out not too long ago that's the province of Australia it's Down Under down under yes where if you want to go there you will find the Tasmanian Devil it does really this it's a gigantic overblown rat looking thing that always snarls mm-hmm a cute little pepper you don't want to Oh cute oh my it's I've seen him before I've been in Australia since the 80s with heritage singer okay but in October 18 19 and 20 Tasmania and 11 to 14 in Avondale and I want to add you know as I was listening to this you know what 3abn is is simply the Spirit of the Lord on all of us proclaiming Liberty to those who are in prison to those who are bound and and always wherever we go we want to uplift Christ so we look forward to seeing you there when we come to Australia along with the Australian 3abn team will be here as well doing an incredible job there and their leadership as general managers there in Australia so we're excited Greg and I have never been but to see what God is doing in the ministry there but before we go to Australia we have our homecoming camp meeting here Shelley you mentioned it briefly but we just have a few moments can you give us early we're very excited about this when you mentioned uplifting Christ we will be doing September the 27th through the 29th is our fall homecoming camp meeting and Ty Gibson will be speaking the theme is covenant identity he will be talking about Christ's becoming the covenant son the covenant fulfilled in Christ the transcendence of the covenant God in our covenant identity in Christ we'll also have several were four different seminars and I know pastor CA is doing the word in the world I'm not sure I have a title for my yet but it's on the personhood of the Holy Spirit and then Kinney is going Kinney Shelton will be doing identity crisis and I have convinced John to change his sermon preached a barnburner in church last Sabbath so you all need to hear that message and we're very excited because this is something that is so needed when we we need to know more about the Lord and I believe that you'll find it's a very exciting teaching that Ty Gibson's gonna bring today it's exciting and as always we have wonderful food melody prettiman cabinets will be here with the team with complimentary food where you can sign up for the RV spots that we have they're always first-come first-served just call 3abn and we'll be happy to sign you up for that or there's camping spots or motels in the area where you can stay if you'd like to do that and I just wanted to add you can go to 3abn camp-meeting dot o-r-g and find the whole schedule maybe Thank You Shelly pastor CA J Pastor Brian pastor John it's a privilege to share with each one of you would thank you for your ministry here within the 3abn and we thank you at home for joining us you are part and parcel of the 3abn family know that we love you know that we pray for you and we covet your prayers and support what see you again bye-bye [Music] you

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Length: 115min 21sec (6921 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 18 2018