We would like to thank you for a great year! Over the past 12 months our Share Beyond Sunday Campaign has been a great success. Because of your support and eagerness to share God’s word we have grown to almost 5,000 ministry partners. We began this campaign to remove the boundaries that would limit ministries from reaching the world through media and you participated. Thank you for sharing our vision because of your efforts and participation we have Sermon Players on websites throughout the world. Missionaries, pastors, para-church ministries, small groups, teachers and many others have chosen the Sermon Player to deliver their media.

When Sermon Player began three years ago things were much different, many of you were part of that first release. We are now on version 4 of the player and what a difference. We have always taken the approach of adding features based upon the requests of you, the ministry. We have invited your input and built a Media Delivery System based upon what you have requested. We still want that input. Don’t hesitate to let us know the changes you would like to see. We are constantly looking to upgrade our system and make it more user friendly. Because of your partnership we have been able to add many new features to the Sermon Player system. In the past year we have added video, a new more user friendly Media Manager, updated our embed code to work in more web systems, made the player more customizable and so much more.

Although much has been accomplished in 2007 we eagerly look forward to 2008. Over the next several months you will begin to see some exciting new features released. We expect to see a continuation of the growth of new ministry partners signing on to reach their world. In 2008 we foresee video on the web becoming more and more prevalent. We are moving forward to meet this new challenge by offering you more and more options to share the word with video as well as audio. Our focus remains on removing any and all barriers that would keep the church from being on the forefront of technology. We are here to equip you and serve as a partner to your goal of evangelizing the entire world with the gospel of Jesus Christ.

God is doing a new thing in the church with Media Delivery and technology and we want to assist you in being part of it. Let me wish you a blessed New Year! There are still many that need to be reached and with the world wide web and your Sermon Player no one is beyond your reach. We have seen a tremendous rise of Sermon Players preaching the gospel in many languages but we have just begun. Let this New Year be a new day for your ministry. Declare to the world that Jesus Christ is alive and is the Saviour of the world, teach your local congregation so they can reach others.

I pray a very special blessing on your ministry for the coming year. May God anoint the Word as it goes forth that it will seek out those who need to hear. May that word change lives and enlighten those who live in utter darkness. I pray that through your Sermon Player and podcast that your church will be strengthened in their knowledge of the Word, that your community will begin to hear the truth that can only be found in the scriptures. I pray that your church and God’s Kingdom will grow by those who hear the life changing message you have been called to preach. Finally, I pray for all of you who preach God’s Word with passion and conviction that this will be your best year yet. As you give voice to the will and word of God may you and your family prosper as never before so that those around you will see the glory of God manifest in your life.

Happy 2008,
Sermon Player Team