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Port Vila and now Ambym

We are pleased to announce our latest station.

Laef 102.5 FM Ambrym

Our Ambrym station was turned on at the beginning of November and shares our 102.5 FM frequency with our station in Port Vila.

We are currently in negotiations with Vodafone, which if we are successful, will enable us to put on another radio station in Luganville. Stay tuned and please pray with us.

I sought the Lord, and He answered me Psalm 34:4 NIV

We have plans to re-estalish our stations at Samaria (Tanna) and Hog Harbour (Espiritu Santo) as soon as we can get equipment and a technician to these sites.  Again, please pray for the opportunity to get these stations back on air.

Brand New Station

Laef 102.5 FM Ambym is now on air.

Do you have friends or family living on the north side of Ambrym island?  Make sure you tell them to try tuning to 102.5 FM to enjoy our all new Laef FM station.

Most phones have a built-in FM radio. You just need to connect a set of headphones to your phones to be able to listen in. The headphones cable works as the antenna to help you listen to the station.

Just search your phone for ‘FM’.

20Twenty Interview

Grant Kennedy

Recently UCB Asia Pacific’s Project’s Manager, Grant Kennedy, was interviewed in Australia on Vision Christian Radio’s 20Twenty program about UCB’s work in the pacific.

Listen as he and Vision’s Andrew McLennan talk about what is happening here in Vanuatu and in our neighbouring countries.

UCB Asia Pacific is our partner and helps Laef FM with a lot of what we do, including organising the design and printing of our devotional book The Word for Today.

Laef FM on air in Port Vila

Port Vila

102.5 FM is the new place for great Christian music!

We are excited to announce the launch of Laef FM in our nation’s capital.

The station was switched on on the 9th August, and although its on air we are planning to hold a celebration and dedication event so stay tuned.

We’re not done yet, not by a long way.  We have plans to get stations on air in Lenekal, Luganville and Ambrym as soon as we can.

So please pray with us for the impact of these stations and we hope you are enjoying Vanuatu’s newest radio station.

 

A Radio Station for Ambrym

We are working on bringing on air a brand new radio station for the people of Ambym.  This station will be our loved Laef FM format with some special local language programs added in.

Our hope is to be able to get the station on air midway through 2022 – so please join us in praying for success.

Over the coming weeks and months we will refine and develop the program, while at the same time we are placing an order for the needed broadcast equipment.

Preaching to Empty Auditoriums

Pastor Jeff Vines shares his perspective on what it’s like to preach to an empty auditorium, while reminding us that it’s now more important than ever to continue meeting, even if we have to find new ways of doing it.

For the first time in modern history, many Pastors around the world are finding themselves in the position of having to preach to an empty auditorium. What does it feel like to have no crowd?

“A huge part of the art of communication is reading your audience”, says Jeff. “You often allow them to help you decide what direction to take, and particularly to know if your jokes are going over well!”

While an empty auditorium is not ideal, Jeff points out that in a crisis, more people than ever are turning to the church for answers.

“Suffering and illness is not something any of us ever want to see”, continues Jeff. “But we can use these tragedies to teach people to pray, and to point as many people to God as possible.”

Jeff believes it is often seasons of suffering that wakes people up to what really matters. When we are living a life of affluence and peace, it’s very easy to become spiritually lazy. This is the time for the church to lead, and we all need to work together as best we can to defeat this disease.

“We need to find ways of caring for each other, without spreading this disease”, Jeff says. “When our church meets together online, there are 20,000 people coming together at once. We must be good citizens and save lives.”

But Jeff also believes God inspires the church to be ready for what’s coming. God is always preparing the way for the gospel to go out, regardless of the political or social events that are happening around us.

“God does not promise us protection, even when what we are doing is honest and true. People have always been persecuted for the sake of the Gospel”, Jeff continues. “We should come together whenever and however we can, whether it be in a small group, a life group or in our homes watching. But we must continue to honour the sacrifice that Jesus made for us all.”

But Jeff reminds us, there is no guaranteed protection against suffering for doing the right thing. However, he believes we all have a responsibility to do it anyway.

Jeff Vines is heard weekdays on Laef FM

The Word for Today for Vanuatu

Vanuatu’s special 12 month edition of The Word for Today is now available!

New for 2020, this 200 page book is now being distributed through churches and other outlets. There are a limited number of copies available so make sure you get in touch so you don’t miss out.

What does it cost?

All the costs are being covered by your donations, so what you contribute is up to you. We don’t charge for it because the price shouldn’t be a barrier for anyone to receive the Good News of the Gospel.  After all Jesus said “Freely you have received, freely give”. Matthew 10:8 NIV

Your generous donation today will enable us to grow this valuable ministry all across Vanuatu so more and more people can be blessed by reading (and hearing) God’s Word.

A Fresh Start

December 2018 was an important month as UCB Asia Pacific signed a fresh new agreement with the Vanuatu Christian Council to form an all new ministry – UCB Vanuatu.  This was the first important step in our mission to provide trusted Christian Media to everyone who calls Vanuatu ‘home’.

We aim to provide Christian radio through Laef FM as well as Vanuatu’s own edition of the very popular daily devotional The Word for Today.

We need your help, through your prayers and practical support, if we are to see this mission bear fruit for God’s Kingdom.

The Word for Today

Servants for life

‘Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle.’ Romans  1:1 NASB

In the Bible the word minister isn’t just a noun (which denotes a person, place, or thing); it’s also a verb (an action word). It’s what you do, not what you claim to be. In Scripture, the word servant sometimes referred to a 3rd-level galley slave chained to the oar of a Roman ship. Day and night, they rowed to the beat of another, and whether in battle or in merchant service, they expected to die chained to that oar. What a picture!

Paul says, ‘Dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all He has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice – the kind he will find acceptable’ (Romans 12:1 NLT). Paul had no doubt about what God had called him to be. When he referred to himself as a bond-servant, he was describing a slave who served his master faithfully for six years. In the 7th year, the law of Moses required that the slave be set free. But if, when he was released, he came back and said, ‘Master, I’m not serving you because I have to; I’m serving you because I want to,’ his master would take him before a magistrate and pierce his ear, signifying that he belonged to him forever (see Exodus 21:6). Sometimes you need to look up and say: ‘Lord, I’m not serving you because I have to; I’m serving you because I love you. Pierce my ear. Mark me as yours. Bond me with you so I can never belong to another.’

When you think of everything Jesus has done for you, is that really too much to ask?

SoulFood: Acts 20-21, Mark 5:1-10, Ps 144:1-8, Pro 11:10-11

The Word for Today is authored by Bob and Debby Gass and published under licence from UCB International Copyright ©