BLCS Important Updates & Announcements

Vision Project Progress Report

We continue to make progress in the Vision Project. Last week, I received a special deal from HP for the computer I will be using in my home office (our next step in the project). This includes a 23" flat panel monitor. I saved over $400.00 on the computer with no payments for 90 days. I am confident that the Vision Project fund will be able to pay for this computer before the first payment is even due!

We are also learning new things about DVD production. We mailed out a "Thank You" copy of lesson one from the new Feasts series. One person reported problems, so we did some research to find a cure. The results were that we need to make sure we use DVD-R for production (instead of DVD+R), and that we needed to use a better grade of DVD stock than Memorex. We found Verbatim DVD-Rs for a better price than we were purchasing the Memorex brand. Verbatim are about the best brand on the market. This little problem allowed us to go from an economy brand to a premium brand and save on their cost! God is good.

As I am approaching some of the materials to teach them again for DVD, I will be adding new insights to them. In fact, after looking over "The Life of Faith" series, I feel that I need to completely rewrite the materials before teaching it again. God has been stressing in Mary and my hearts that too many Christians are living in vicarious faith. Someone else cannot walk in faith for you, it is a personal walk that only you can do. This theme and many Hebraic concepts will be worked into the new materials. I hope to start filming the new Life of Faith right after Winter Break.

Holy Fire – Strange Fire Seminar in Bronx, NY

I will be at Love Gospel Assembly on November 13 & 14 to teach a new series entitled "Holy Fire-Strange Fire." These six sessions will be life-changing for those that are hungry for more of God and have ears to hear. If you are in the New York area, I encourage you to come to these meetings.

Location:

Love Gospel Assembly

2323 Grand Concourse

Bronx, NY 10468

Contact Information:

Antioch School of Urban Ministry

2435 Grand Concourse

Bronx, NY 10468

718-295-6453

Cost: For College Credit – $100.00 | Audit – $50.00

Times:

Friday, November 13: 7:00pm – 9:00pm

Saturday, November 14: 8:30am – 4:30pm

There will be a continental breakfast on Saturday morning. Lunch will be available at the seminar location for $5.00.

Audio Cassettes Are Being Discontinued

We have already shared with you in the past that audio cassettes are being phased out by most manufacturers. Therefore, we will be discontinuing them effective January 1, 2010.

We are running a sale on audio taped versions of our materials until the supplies we have run out. Any tape orders between now and January 1 will receive a 20% discount and free priority mail shipping! Just write "Discontinue Sale" on your order, take off 20% from the cost of the tape set and do not add shipping.

This will be a "first come, first serve" sale. As soon as our supplies are used are exhausted, the sale will end.

New Prices Set for Lectures

These new prices will not affect the cost current cost of MP3 lectures, but sets prices on CD and DVD media.

Effective January 1, 2010

· MP3 Lectures: $6.00 for each lecture in a series.

· CD Lectures: $7.00 for each lecture in a series.

· DVD Lectures: $8.00 for each lecture in a series.

This is far below the national norm for college/seminar level materials. BLCS remains a leader in Spirit-Filled training that this extremely affordable and transformational!

Vision Project Update 09/18/2009

We have been making wonderful progress on the Biblical Life Vision Project. Before I share are progress, I want to thank our Biblical Life students, graduates and partners for all your help. I have been blessed and humbled by your response. This morning I received a phone call from a family in New York that have prepared a special room in their home to study the new DVD materials. They plan on inviting other believers in their area that are hungry for more of God and His Word to study with them. In my heart, I believe this will begin happening around the nation and the world.

Because of your help, we have the following in place:

1. New computer for basic day-to-day operations of the ministry.

2. Updated software for operations.

3. New video camera for taping the new classes.

4. Video editing software.

I have spent the past two days collecting my notes to prepare for the first session that will start on September 30. Everyone is excited, both for the new classes to begin and the realization that they will be videotaped.

As we begin videotaping, the next two items that we will need are:

1. DVD Duplication Tower

I have found an outstanding unit available through National Audio Company in Springfield, MO. It will create 10 DVDs at a time and also has a 250 gig hard drive for quick production of the most used videos. It is also one of the most affordable units I have been able locate. Cost: $925.00 (with shipping from manufacturer).

2. Dedicated Computer for Audio/Video Editing & Production

I believe the same unit that we originally purchased through the Sam’s Club for our operations will serve perfectly for this project as well. A dedicated computer is necessary to ensure conflict issues do not arise between production software and our administrative operations software. Cost: $1,400.00.

Plans for Courses and Production

1. I have already outlined the three new courses that we will first develop for DVD. After these are complete, we will begin taping all of my previous courses for DVD. The three new studies are:

· The Feasts of the LORD & Their Spiritual Significance in the Life of the Believer

· The Sabbath: A Biblical Investigation

· Biblical Health & Healing

2. A gift to those that have helped. Once our first session the Feasts is edited and ready for production, we will be mailing out a copy to all that have contributed as a special "Thank You" and let you see firsthand how this project is going to bless the Body of Christ.

I cannot impress upon you just how important your prayers will be as we press forward in this project. As I begin teaching, your prayer cover will enable a new level of anointing to flow in the teachings. As a team, we will see bondages broken, lives transformed and the Bride of Christ prepared for her Lord’s return!

Biblical Life Vision Project Update

The last few weeks have been quite busy for us at Biblical Life.  Between processing enrollments and working on the Vision Project, we have had to burn the midnight oil a few times.  Because we have been so busy, we have not been able to develop new Mentor’s Tips this past month.  We hope to start them again in October.  Here is where we are on the Vision Project:

1.            Purchased first 64-bit desktop computer (3 more to go).  It has been programmed and is working perfectly.

2.            Updated the following programs used for the ministry:
               ACT! for 2010 (to operate the school database)
               Adobe Acrobat Pro V 9 (to create professional PDF files)
               Expression Web V 3.0 (to maintain our websites)
               Audition CS 3 (to create MP3 files and other audio recordings)

Our next step is to purchase the video camera we will use for videotaping our new classes.  We have settled in on the Sony HDR-WR500V.   We have found a site that sell the camera for $1,099.00.  We currently have $955.00 in the vision account.  We are believing God that we will be able to purchase the camera this week.

After the camera is purchased, our next goals will be editing software (Sony Vegas Pro 9 – $400.00 and a duplication tower to produce the DVDs – $1,100.00).

We plan on starting the new class on September 30 for taping.  The new series will be: The Feasts of the LORD and their spiritual significance in the life of the believer.  Preparing new course materials for DVD requires much more work than for audio recordings.  We are preparing both lecture notes and PowerPoint.  We know these new materials will be a blessing and all associated with Biblical Life will be proud of them!  Please keep these in video classes in your prayers!

May God bless you and the Holy Spirit commune with you as we approach the Fall Feasts!

New Files Posted to the No Travel Seminars Library

We have updated several new files to our “No Travel Seminars” page.  They are:

• The workbook in PDF for the “Foundations of Biblical Prosperity” Seminar.
• Sessions 1 & 2 for the new "Spiritual Disciplines in the Life of a Believer” Seminar.  This seminar is still ongoing.  New sessions will be posted as they are available.

You can view and download the new files at: http://www.biblical-life.com/library/seminars/index.htm

Back from Vacation

Just wanted everyone to know that we are back from vacation and working hard to catch up with all of the phone calls, e-mails, grading and correspondence.  We hope to have everything caught up by the end of the week.

BLCS Course Lecture Sale

Many of our students love to stock up on their upcoming lectures for the summer to use on road trips and travel for vacation.  Now you can stock up and save 20%.  To receive the discount, mail in your order form and write “Summer Stock Up Sale” across the top of the form and deduct 20% from the cost of the audio tape or MP3 set.  You can also call in your order and tell the operator that you want to take advantage of the special.  It’s that easy! 

All orders must be received by June 20, 2009.

New Teaching Started on Partnership with the Holy Spirit

This past weekend I began a new series titled “Partnership with the Holy Spirit.”  As soon as I started teaching, the Holy Spirit took over, and it proved to be a powerful time of instruction for the saints of God.

We have begun posting the sermons on our congregational website in MP3 format.  I encourage all of our students to start downloading these messages each week.  I have no idea how long the series will last.  Lately all of them seem to be taking a life of their own.  The series I just completed on “Foundations of Biblical Prosperity” I had planned to last two weeks.  God had other ideas and it took 12 weeks to complete.

You can download these new messages at:

http://www.biblicallifeassembly.org/library/weekly.htm

Just scroll down to the current week, right mouse click on the link and download the MP3 files to your computer.

Work Week Schedule for May 25 – 29

For those of you who keep track of the biblical holiday, you know that Pentecost (Shavuot) starts at sundown on Thursday, May 28 and end at sundown on Friday, May 29.  Because this is a high biblical Sabbath, our offices will be closed on Friday. 

Because we will already be closed on Friday, we have elected to remain open on Memorial Day to better serve our student body.  We do recognize our vets (I am one of them) and will be ready to serve them as the LORD enables us.

BLCS Going Digital

Over the years, BLCS has striven to provide updates, articles and teachings to our student body through printed newsletters for decades.  Most of our students do not realize that the printing and mailing on just one four-paged newsletter costs BLCS several thousand dollars.  The truth is, there is so much more we are wanting to share with you.

After much prayer and research, we have decided to go completely digital with our free publications.  This will allow us the freedom to develop more depth articles and provide a much wider range of materials for those hungry for more of God.

Beginning in July of this year, we will release the first Biblical Life Journal – Digital Edition.  It will be a full magazine in PDF format that will be posted in our on-line digital library.  We also have many other projects underway, such as expanding the Mentor’s Tips in PDF, MP3 teachings and seminars and even several books!  We also plan on using our BLOG quite a bit more to keep everything informed.

Here is the link to our digital library:

http://www.biblical-life.com/library/library.htm

BLCS to Phase Out Audio Cassette Tapes

As more ministries and individuals make the switch to digital media in the form of both CD and MP3, it is getting harder for our supplies to obtain the cassette albums we have used for years.

Just recently our supplier, Kingdom Tapes, could not get the 12 album holders we have used since the early ‘90’s from the manufacturer in white and we had to settle for chocolate.  Although this is a temporary fix, we can see the handwriting on the wall for these supplies.

You are going to have to phase out audio cassettes and only use CD and MP3 CD formats.  We hope by the end of the year to have the transition complete for all of our lecture sets.  There are about eight courses that we will need to convert all lectures from cassette to digital.

If you are going to order any course lectures on audio cassette, you will need to place your order before the end of the year.  After that time, all lectures will be in CD or MP3 CD formats only.