Joy To The World!

Christmas Festival of Music Sneek Peek

Merry Christmas! KAMB’s Christmas Festival of Music featuring 100% Christ-centered Christmas music begins in just a few days. This year, your team at KAMB is preparing an all-new Christmas Festival of Music, playing Christmas carols and songs that celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior.

Beginning on the Friday after Thanksgiving through Friday, December 2, KAMB plays a mix of your familiar Christmas carols and favorites from our regular playlist.

On Saturday morning, December 3, KAMB begins filling your ears with 100% Christmas carols and songs through Monday, December 26.

You’ll hear MercyMe, Casting Crowns, Jeremy Camp, Lauren Daigle and new Christmas songs from Anne Wilson, Tasha Layton, Brandon Heath, We Are Messengers, and For King And Country.

More than just music, KAMB will hear from listeners like you, sharing short audio bites of Christmas memories and holiday traditions between the songs.

In fact, if you’d like to include your voice,
you’re welcome to call and leave your comment at 800-692-5777.

Be sure to include your first name and the city from which you’re calling. Your comments should be a minute or less and should pass along a favorite Christmas memory or tradition, your favorite Christmas carol and why, or maybe the nativity character you think of most and why.

And what would Christmas be without a few extra surprises? KAMB will host artist specials from Tasha Layton and Sidewalk Prophets, and we’ll feature the timeless classic, A Christmas Carol, from Focus on the Family Radio Theatre on Friday night, December 23, at 7:00 pm.

KAMB’s Christmas Festival of Music comes to you from the generosity of listeners like you. We also have opportunities for your business or ministry to sponsor our Christmas programming. To learn more, contact Chris at either 209-723-1015, or email chris@celebrationradio.com.

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A Man’s Best Friend

Happy Dog

Recently, KAMB heard from Mike. Mike dedicated his gift to our ministry to his little dog, Benji. Mike said, “Benji motivated me to make this donation. I know KAMB preaches from the heart. I challenge others who have lost a pet to contribute.”

With every gift there’s a story. Pet owners appreciate the bond they have with their furry friends. Often, a pet will cuddle their owner when they sense their owner is despondent or sad. Other times, the pet is a companion on a walk or while reading a book. Still other times, a pet is the only one who will listen when life just isn’t making sense.

Mike’s donation came in gratefulness to God for providing him with a four-legged friend, Benji. Mike’s reason may seem unique, but KAMB hears from listeners who give for all kinds of reasons. The number of different reasons is huge because each person has their own story, and because God works in an infinite number of ways. The Bible says, “the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life” (Matthew 7:14), but God works in ways beyond our understanding (Job 36:26, Romans 11:33).

In this season of thanksgiving, we have much for which we should be grateful. KAMB is especially appreciative for each person who listens to our music and programming, who prays for us, and who gives to continue the work God is doing through us. Together, listeners like you and our team encourage tens of thousands of people each day. Thank you, and thank God for the fur babies he gives who encourage us to keep our hearts centered on Jesus.

In honor of Benji…

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Stay Out Of The Kitchen

Stay out of the Kitchen

One of the wonderful traits God gave my wife, Tracie, is that she’s a “foodie,” that is, she loves to be in the kitchen making meals. This works out well, since I love to eat what she makes. Her meals seem to always turn out like the winning meal in a Food Network challenge.

When it comes to Thanksgiving morning, Tracie wakes up early to begin preparing the greatest meal of the year. I learned early in our marriage that it was in my best interest not to disrupt this process. Tracie works tirelessly, ensuring the turkey is golden brown and well-basted while each side dish looks like the highlighted feature of a food magazine. At the table, everything looks divine, the savory aroma blankets the house, it is a meal fit for royalty.

Thanksgiving Dinner

It’s helpful to know that Thanksgiving at our home is also the official start of the Christmas season. To avoid disrupting Tracie’s work in the kitchen, I head to the garage and pull down the tubs of Christmas decorations we accumulated over our seventeen Thanksgivings together. I listen to music while checking strings of lights, sorting through ornaments and garland, and untangling extension cords. To be sure, I am no Clark Griswold of Merced. No, my goal is simple – calmly accomplishing a necessary task while staying out of the kitchen!

For us, Thanksgiving is a day for family, food & reflection. With each passing year, I am more grateful for the gifts God has given me in this life. I have been blessed beyond measure with my wife and family, my friends, and my work. I have seen God’s goodness and provision in ways that only He can provide. Thank you will never be enough; I simply strive to make the most of every breath He gives me on this earth to glorify Him!

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