MercyMe Countdown Contest Winners

Congratulations to our MercyMe 5-4-3-2-1 Countdown Contest winners.
5th row tickets - Allison of Allendale
4th row tickets - Sabrina of Lansing
3rd row tickets - Christine of Farmington
2nd row tickets - Leanne of Lansing
and winner of the Front row tickets - Kennie of Flint
Winners each won a pair of tickets to the specified row and have been notified by email.

You Are Gods Masterpiece

Free School Supplies at the Zoo

Jenn talked about a fun back to school event happening this Wed, 8/26 at the Saginaw Zoo. Free school supplies for kids while they last with general admission. Find out more.

Born Festival 2009 this Saturday, August 29th

Join Smile FM this Saturday, August 29th, for Born Festival 2009 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Bay City 11 AM - 9 PM. Brought to you by the Humility Music Group.

A day filled with great entertainment for the whole family with 9 bands, a drama team and 3 guest speakers. Featuring Big Ticket Indie artists Ben Scott Band, Only 9AM, Sargent Avenue, Leo and more. Gary Jump from Holy Rollerz Christian Auto Club with have his custom Mercury Coupe on display and it's ALL FREE!

Everyone Welcome, ESPECIALLY your unsaved friends and neighbors for fun & fellowship.

Concessions will be available for a nominal fee.

St. Paul's Lutheran Church is located at Exit 160 on I-75 in Bay City.

Register to win Mercy Me Tickets

EXCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITY FOR SMILE FM LISTENERS!
Up for grabs on our Win Stuff page this week are MercyMe tickets. It's a countdown from August 24th until tickets go on sale August 28th. The first day of the countdown one winner will be selected to receive a pair of 5th row tickets, the second day, a pair of 4th row tickets will be given away and so forth until the 5th day, August 28th when one winner will be selected to win a pair of FRONT ROW tickets to An Evening with MercyMe on October 15th at Northridge Church in Plymouth. It's 5-4-3-2-1 countdown for a blast with MercyMe.

125 Best Packaged Grocery Store foods

Thanks to Woman's Health Magazine for this handy and healthy list that Jenn talked about on the Morning Espresso.

Jenn's Dozen Dinners

Jenn talked about how she's trying to keep her family out of the ghetto...er...um...Drive Thru by compling a list of their favorite dinner meals and keeping the ingredients in stock. Helps solve the "Deer-in-the-headlights" look at dinner time.

1. Take N Bake Pizza
2. Rotisserie Chicken
3. Fish in a Packet
4. Chicken N asparagus Ravioli’s
5. Nacho’s Supreme
6. Chicken Quesadillas
7. Spaghetti with Turkey Meatballs
8. Pulled Pork Sandwiches (aka Country Smokehouse)
9. Breakfast for Dinner
10. Green Bean Casserole Chicken (Crock-pot)
11. Baked Hummus Chicken
12. Turkey Dogs with Turkey Chili

Try and find the favorites for your family and keep stuff handy to make dinner time go more smoothly.

Lansing Bless Fest at Adado Riverfront Park August 21st & 22nd

Can't make it to the Crim in Flint but still looking for something to do on August 21st & 22nd? Check out all the fun at the Lansing Bless Fest.
Concerts, Food, Raffles, Kids Games and more...and it's all FREE! Two days of exciting concerts and family fun at the Adado Riverfront Park in Lansing.
Saturday will include performing artists Sargent Avenue, Messenger, Faith 4, Eric Brodberg & Looking Up.
Friday is the Lansing Flow Fest with Live Hip Hop Shows with Jerome, Icris and Starchild from 5:30-10 PM.
*Servant hearts needed to help out in all areas. Contact media messengers at http://www.mediamessengers.org/

Early Bird Special for Point Fest Ends August 21st!

Don't miss out on the Early Bird Special for PointFest at Cedar Point on September 19th.
17 rollercoasters, 4 bands, a guest speaker and a comedian!
All in One place, on One day and for One price!
This combination festival/theme park ticket includes admission into Cedar Point and all the concerts. Performing artists include: Toby Mac, Brandon Heath, Family Force 5 and Bluetree with guest speaker, Tom Richter and comedian, Rich Praytor.
Get your tickets for a reduced price by August 21st.
Ticket prices before 8/21:
Gold Circle $49.99
General Admission Adult $43.99
General Admission Child/Senior $39.99
General Admission Group 15+ $41.99
Join Smile FM's Brian Dumont at PointFest!

Are you tone-deaf? Find out here!

This short quiz will let you know how good your sense of pitch is. Don't worry, even if you are tone-deaf, you can still make a joyful noise to the Lord!

http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/tunetest/dtt.asp

Have fun!

Brian Dumont

Soup Night Music Fest this Friday in Fenton

Register to win tickets on the Smile FM Win Stuff page by Noon on Thursday!

Join Smile FM at Soup Night Music Fest this Friday, August 21st (6:30 PM) at The Freedom Center located at 2473 W. Shiawassee Ave. in Fenton for gumbo of music from 6 different artists. $5 will get you in the door and all the proceeds will benefit Young Life. Please note: Soup is not being served, Just music!

Free Movies for the kiddos!

Check out these free movies at NCG Cinemas. They are Friday, Saturday & Sundays at 10 AM.

Who wants to be a millionaire

Are you watching Regis every night? I (Faron) want to know how well you do on this quiz. These are the "million dollar questions" over the past years from the show, "Who Wants to Be A Millionaire." http://www.mentalfloss.com/quiz/quiz.php?q=709 I didn't do so well. Email me how you did. diceman@smile.fm

Win Concert Fun This Week on Win Stuff Page

3 chances to win concert fun this week on Smile FM's Win Stuff page!
Register to by noon Wednesday, 8/12, for the opportunity for a meet n greet with Jonny Diaz at the FREE concert at Alumi Field, brought to you by Smile FM & Christ @ Center during the Millington Old Fashioned Summer Festival on 8/14. Jonny Diaz and Chasen will be rockin' the town!
Thursday noon is the deadline to register to win a Family Four Pack of tickets to see Matthew West at Clarkston Community Church, 7 PM on August 15th.
Your chance to win tickets to the Lansing Lugnuts game on Sunday, August 16th, and a concert with Phil Stacey following the game is going from now until noon on Friday.
One entry person, per contest. All prizes are non-transferrable. Please do not enter if you are not able to use the prize yourself. Winners will be notified by email.

Mercy Me in serious accident.

The band is OK, but 2 were killed in the car and a pregnant women is in critical condition. Prayers are needed! Show canceled for Sat night as they try and get the bus back on the road. See full story.

Stuff Christians Like

I (Faron) love this link. It has over 500 things that "...Christians Like"
http://stufffchristianslike.blogspot.com/2009/02/500.html
Funny stuff. I believe that Christians need to laugh at ourselves more.
Let me know what you think. diceman@smile.fm

Toss the virtual paper airplane

From Faron:

Ok here is something mindless that will help you forget about your stress today. Follow this link
http://flightsimx.archive.amnesia.com.au/ to toss the virtual paper airplane. If you are asking, what's the point? There isn't any poinpt. Just so you know. I think I may have beat everyone in MI. I threw is like 20 meters.
Let me know how you did, too. diceman@smile.fm