Phil Wickham To Perform At Toccoa Falls College!

Phil Wickham will be joining The Journey Camp at Toccoa Falls this summer July 11, 2012 at 7pm. Tickets will be on sale in Grace Chapel before his performance for only $10.

Laura Story Is Coming To Toccoa Falls College!

The Journey Camp is hosting Grammy Award Winning Laura Story June 28, 2012 at 10am for a morning worship service. Service will be held in Grace Chapel and is completely free to attend. We hope to see you there!

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Donate Blood

The beginning of summer means more activity and more traveling. That also means a need for more blood.  Blood banks use up much of their suppliers of the summer activities and patients in our area and throughout the country are counting on your help to be sure that blood is available when it's needed.  And the need is constant.

The next several weeks are critical.

If you can give blood, OR if you can host a blood drive, please call 800-RED CROSS or log onto www.redecrossblood.org to make an appointment or learn more today.

Blood Donation Centers

Anderson County:
AnMed Health Blood Center
60 North Fant Street
Anderson, SC
864-512-1135

Stephens County
The Blood Connection
1308 Sandifer Blvd.
Seneca, SC
864-882-8364

White County
American Red Cross Blood Donation Center
311 Jesse Jewel Pkwy., SW
Suite 102
Gainesville, GA
800-448-3543

Dalton's Christian Bookstore To Hold Odyssey Casting Call

Did you know that 2 million listeners tune in every week to hear the escapades of their favorite Adventures In Odyssey Characters?

Very soon one of those characters could be played by YOU!

Dalton’s Christian Bookstore in Franklin, NC is hosting an Adventures In Odyssey Casting Call on Saturday, June 23^rd from 10 - 4.

Each participant receives a free Adventures In Odyssey CD plus 50% savings for everyone on all Odyssey products.

If you are chosen from all the nation-wide casting calls to be one of 3 finalist -- you’ll perform live at Focus On The Family for the Adventures In Odyssey 25th Birthday Bash.

 Remember to be at Dalton’s on June 23^rd.

Cherokee County Art, Music, and Garden Festival

From the WRAF Events Calendar: The Cherokee County Arts Council will host its 2nd Annual Art, Music & Garden Festival on Saturday, June 2nd from 9am to 4pm at the L&N Depot in downtown Murphy, NC!  This free event will include many local art and craft booths, music, dancing and artist demonstrations, all lining the beautiful River Walk trail!  The performance line-up includes The Harmed Brothers, the Brasstown Morris Dancers, Ms. Emma Garret - Cherokee River Cane Basket Maker, and more!  Gardening booths will have spring plants for sale, and there will be story-telling and other activities for kids!  Bring your lawn chair and enjoy a full day of art and music!  For more information visit www.cherokeeartscouncil.org

Crown’s Chuck Bentley on “Why I DON’T Like Facebook” for Investment

Consider Groupon, Netflix, MySpace and Beware, says CEO

Atlanta, GA – Crown Financial Ministries CEO Chuck Bentley outlined reasons that should concern investors who plan on “liking” Facebook for their portfolios. He discussed his hesitance in a national e-blast to supporters of the 35-year non-profit that helps people and businesses who are struggling after making bad financial decisions and working to build a strong foundation to “do well.”

“The buzz on Wall Street this week surrounds the long-anticipated initial public offering (IPO) of the wildly popular social media giant, Facebook. It’s being hyped as one of the biggest initial public offerings in history for an Internet company, and investors are lining up to own a share. I’m not one of them,” Bentley told supporters.

“There are plenty of reasons not to ‘like’ Facebook’s initial public offering—despite the hype that it’s the hottest investment opportunity going. One is the past performance of two other technology darlings—Groupon and Netflix. When Groupon “went public” last November, its stock opened at $28 a share. I just checked the ticker—it’s now trading at around $14 a share.

“Last summer, Netflix was trading at nearly $300 a share, but for a variety of reasons, including a substantial price hike for its service, revenues have dropped and so has the price of Netflix stock—now trading at around $78.50 a share … If Groupon and Netflix weren’t reason enough to avoid the Facebook IPO, don’t forget the epic fall of MySpace, once a contender as the leading social hub on the web. Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. purchased it for a whopping $580 million in 2004 and was happy to find a buyer for it last year at $35 million. 

“A closer look at the numbers reveals that Facebook will likely follow a similar pattern of over-subscription based upon opening day hype, only to be followed by a struggle to maintain original market valuation … Facebook intends to offer 337.4 million shares at a price of $28 to $35 on NASDAQ under the symbol, FB. Although advertising revenues are estimated to reach $6.1 billion in 2012, the valuation would price Facebook stock at 24 times revenue, compared to 5 times revenue for Google. 

“Further, the company is still led Mark Zuckerberg, who turned 28 this week. He’s the unquestioned genius who founded Facebook in 2004 from his Harvard dorm room and promptly dropped out of school to build the business. If the reports of Mr. Zuckerberg that I’ve read are at all accurate, I would be leery about placing confidence in his leadership,” wrote Bentley. “There are always more geeky college freshmen with highly marketable ideas. New and disruptive technology can surface overnight, and there is little to keep users loyal to one over the other.”

To read Chuck’s full remarks, click here or go to www.crown.org

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Crown Financial Ministries, a non-profit, helps people and businesses integrate their values into business practices, debt reduction, and financial decision-making. For more than 35 years, Crown has been offering economic analysis and advice based on timeless truths. Theirs is a strong, international grassroots organization with offices in the U.S. and overseas. Crown experts work one on one with individuals and business leaders, as well as through workshops and seminars, teaching people how to build on a strong foundation that includes the business principles and practices found in the Bible. It is well known for its cutting edge materials first developed by its founder, the late Larry Burkett.  For more information, go to www.crown.org or call 800-722-1976

Faith Christian Academy Mt Airy, Georgia

An Open House will be held at Faith Christian Academy, Mt Airy, GA, 4 pm. The school is a new academy formed by the merger of Trinity Classical School & Georgia Mountain Christian Academy. They offer classes for kindergarten through twelfth grade. (706-778-3360 or www.gmcaga.com)