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Ted Gocke
If you are like me, a spouse, parent and working a "full-time+" job the holidays can be pretty hectic, and if you are not careful you can find yourself becoming negative.God has always blessed me with the ability to see things through His perspective. Not all t...
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Ted Gocke
Well, the last week and a half have been really crazy for me and my family.Let me let you into our life in order to prove a point: Thursday after the am show my wife and I headed up to Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg. We checked into the All Seasons Hotel in Pigeon Forge and walked/shopped Gatlinburg. It ...
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Ted Gocke
I have to admit-I underestimated the J103 audience! I set the goal for our Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes far to low-I wondered if we could see 500 boxes come in for us to deliver to the Life Care Center Drop Off Center in Cleveland. The weekend before we lost count, literally....
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Ted Gocke
We have been so blessed this week by a couple of incredible gifts towards our ministry.The first is the gift of shoeboxes. I am in awe of the hundreds of these boxes full of toys, school supplies, personal hygiene items and various other things children all over the world will love. I can't w...
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Ted Gocke
it blesses our souls to see the Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes being delivered here to J103.Monday is the deadline and I am praying for 500 shoeboxes that we can take up to the LifeCare Center in Cleveland when we do the remote Monday. As of rig...
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Ted Gocke
Don't get me wrong, I love Christmas! Celebrating the birth of our Savior is one of my favorite times of the year. I just always feel guilty shopping, or decorating before we take that incredible day this month to "Thank" God for all of our blessings....
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Ted Gocke
My new wall calendar arrived yesterday. I was able to list all of the activities and events that J103 will be sponsorsing for next year.Wow! 20-10 is going to be busy and fantastic. We have five major events that will take place, including JFest, the Listener Appreciation Party/Concert/Auction, The Return of the Golf Classic to Bear Trace and the biggest event of the year........(We c...
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Ted Gocke
As I am sitting here this morning waiting on the rest of my family to get ready for church, (why am I always the first one ready?), updating my blog, the windows of our kitchen/dining room are open and there is a nice cool breeze blowing through on a beautiful sunny day....
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Ted Gocke
Last week, while sitting in the Hospital Waiting Room waiting while my mother-in-law was in surgery, God really spoke some valuable lessons and truths into my life.My mother-in-law had just come successfully through the surgery. After a stay in recovery they moved her up to her room. It was a ...
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Ted Gocke
Yesterday, I sat for most of the day and waited. I waited on the results of my mother-in-law's surgery. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer two weeks prior and was having a mascectomy.As I sat in the waiting room at Memorial Hospital, I read, did a little work on my computer, tried to check my facebook, (apparently blocked at the hospital!), and spent...
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