August Greetings!

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted to this newsletter list so let me review what we’ve been up to:

July was a month full of challenges in our household, and what time was available for the public aspect of the ministry was given to PREPARE Internet Radio and working out some technical and administrative bugs there. Fortunately we are getting back into a good routine and we will be able to put consistent effort into other aspects of DTM going forward.

PREPARE Internet Radio

Most of our time and energy has been going into our internet radio program on BlogTalkRadio. For those of you who need a little tutorial, there are two ways you can access the program, LIVE and through the ARCHIVED PODCAST.

LIVE BROADCAST: To listen live, you need to go to my ‘Host Page’ on Blog Talk Radio and click on the “Click to Listen” button when it’s active, which means the show is being broadcast.

Listen Live

For PREPARE radio, here are the numbers you need to know:

To call in during the program: (718) 664-6988

To Instant Message the host during the program:

YahooMessenger & AIM: ncpatriot8

GoogleTalk: nc.dianne

You can also access my program through the Program Guide of BlogTalkRadio by searching for “Prepare” or by my name, “Dianne Thomas.” Currently the Live Broadcast Schedule for PREPARE Radio is as follows:

* Mondays at 6:30 pm est: “Practical Christianity: Does What You Believe Work?” Series on the basics of our beliefs, the three realms of reality, sources of authority and our identity in Christ.

* Tuesdays at 6:30 pm est: “Getting Healed: Becoming Whole Spirit, Soul and Body” Series on how to identify your temperament and your wounds, then how to go to God to get them healed once and for all. How to identify attacks from our enemies the world, flesh and the devil and how to overcome them. Fogiveness and giving up our rights.

* Thursdays at 6:30 pm est: “Knowing God: Developing an Intimate, Supernatural Relationship” Learning how to clearly and consistently hear from God, how to respond, divine guidance in specific situations, praying effectively, learning to minister as the spirit being you are.

* Saturdays at 10:00 am est: PREPARE Radio Q&A / Feedback We are currently addressing questions regarding how to respond to conflict in a group setting when a Leader receives a ‘revelation’ that no one else can accept. During this regular feature we answer questions and pass along feedback and comments that are likely to be of interest to the audience in general. All questions are responded to individually as promptly as time permits.

I will be including the link to the live broadcast in these weekly newsletters as well, though I suggest you bookmark the web page for easy access. We have many new List Members signed up through BTR and we welcome you and thank you for joining us.

ARCHIVED PODCAST: If you are not able to listen to the live broadcast, you can join the majority of listeners who listen to the programs in their entirety via podcast. There are two ways you can listen to these archived programs: 1) Streaming/online. Once you find the archived progam you want to listen to from the BTR PREPARE Host Page, one of your options will be to play the podcast through your internet connection. [When loading the Host Page, the most recent Live Broadcast will automatically begin playing.] There are multiple formats that will likely be compatible with the programs already on your computer. 2) Downloads. Another option you have is to download the program in various formats, including .mp3, which you can listen to at your leisure on your computer or any compatible audio player (iPod, for in! stance).

This weekly newsletter will include the Broadcast Schedule and Topics as well as links to Archives for your convenience.

grace2you.com / Dianne Thomas Ministries Web Site

This has been our main ministry site for over 10 years. We will continue to use the site for general information, as an outgoing mail address and for accepting donations and resource requests. Updating the site is not the highest priority, though we will be duplicating much of the information on the site now onto the blog site Prepareblog.net.

“A Bit of Grace” Newsletters

These newsletters will be sent out weekly and will contain any announcements, review of previous programs with links, schedule and descriptions of upcoming broadcasts with links, any feature updates to the blog, and a summary of new postings, including excerpts and links to keep you updated and connected. Hopefully this newsletter will provide those who don’t consider themselves web-savvy with enough experience to become familiar with these web resources to be able to use them and feel comfortable doing so in a short period of time.

PREPARE Blog

One of the great advantages of a blog is the ability to interact with visitors in a variety of ways. In the coming months we will be posting not only new articles, commentary on other’s articles and analysis of current events in light of grace, we will also be integrating opportunities for registered commenters to post and respond to specific exercises designed to ‘test’ what you’ve been learning and have a little fun as well. Because we are always welcoming new visitors, we will continue to post material we’ve covered previously through the newsletters. It is free to register, and your email address will not be provided to anyone else without your permission. Register here:

REGISTER TO COMMENT ON BLOG

See the About page on the blog for more details about what we will be covering and an overview of our policies and terms of use.

Don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions, comments or feedback you may have, especially technical ones regarding using the internet radio service, blog features or resource request forms on grace2you.com. Odds are, if you have questions, others do too, and the sooner I know about them the sooner I can either correct an issue or clarify instructions. So thanks in advance for bringing any issues to my attention.

Thank you for your patience as we explore this next stage in the growth of this ministry. Your continuing support, both personally and financially, has been very encouraging. It’s always great to hear that you’ve been touched in any way so always feel free to drop me a line at nc.dianne@gmail.com.