"MORNING LIGHT" is OFF THE AIR "Indefinitely" NEW 8/29/08:It's been a whole year, now. Please read my OPEN LETTER below. Please bookmark this site and check back from time-to-time for updates. Now that Morning Light is OFF THE AIR, this WEBsite is my ONLY means of getting information out to you. :) Please see FAQ, below... This site is specifically designed to be TEXT-Browser-friendly! We STRONGLY recommend the FireFox browser. Greater flexibility, control, and SECURITY Morning Light WAS a Christ-Centered MUSIC program, heard early mornings on WFIF. It started in March of 1988, and ended on August 31'st, 2007. The host of the program during these years was Willie Barnett.(Click for Bio) THANK YOU, EVERYONE who has supported this ministry over the years! :) Read our Statement of Faith. Page updated: 09/24/2008

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(Q) - WHAT HAPPENED? WHY DID YOU GO OFF THE AIR?!?!?! (A) - For economic reasons, Life-Changing Radio was forced to release a number of their staff. As a result, I was "downsized" and am no longer employed as an on-air announcer at WFIF. Therefore, I cannot continue the Morning Light program on the station. You can listen to the INTERVIEW with my Boss, HERE. You can listen to the FINAL FAREWELL program, HERE. (This is a wonderful VICTORY program!!) (Q) - Is THAT why Morning Light was pre-recorded for its last 3 months? (A) - Yes. I received the news of my "downsizing" on May 24'th. (I was given specific instructions to say nothing about it on the air or on this WEBsite until the very end of August.) I decided it best to go completely off the live microphone at that point, and begin using previous shows. I also pre-recorded a few new shows along the way. I figured this would "lessen the shock" of the news that the program was going completely away. It was a difficult decision, but I believe it was the best one. (Q) - Is Morning Light gone FOREVER? (A) - No... but... although it will NOT be returning to WFIF in the forseeable future, I sincerely believe with ALL OF MY BEING, that GOD will be raising-up a 24 hour FM station to fill these starving airwaves of Southern New England with CHRIST-CENTERED MUSIC! For more information about this vision, please CLICK HERE! (Q) - Will Morning Light return to the air on WPHA? (A) - YES!!! Not only will Morning Light return at 6am from Mon-Fri, but it will be there YEAR ROUND! No more sign-off in winter, and no more interference! The music will be in High-Quality STEREO, and will play all day and all night long! After 7am, there will be traffic updates, too! (Q) - WHEN will this happen?? (A) - This I do not know... but in my spirit, I believe that it will be SOON! PLEASE KEEP PRAYING FOR "WPHA" - that will be the name of the NEW STATION! (Q) - Where will WPHA be located? (A) - I do not know. This is completely in the hands of the LORD. :) What I DO know is that the Fairfield and New Haven Counties of Connecticut are the area to which GOD has CALLED me to minister through radio. (This area has great need!) When that station goes on the air, I am also believing God for the resources to do a large-scale advertising campaign to let everyone know that it is there. (I will also mention WFIF in this ad campaign as a token of my SINCERE APPRECIATION to them for all the 20 YEARS of ministry that they have allowed me to share during my employment with them!) (Q) - What can I (my Church) do to help? (A) - PRAY! PRAY! PRAY! There is no question that there is a TREMENDOUS NEED in Southern CT for a 24 hour Inspirational Christian MUSIC station! WPHA will be that station, and it will happen in GOD's time, and with YOUR prayers! :) (Q) - Where can I get more information? (A) - You can visit the WPHA WEBSITE, and you can also write to me: morning1500@aol.com with any questions not covered by this FAQ. If enough people ask similar questions, then I will add them, here. (Q) - Losing a job after 20 years is quite a major shock! How are you handling this, personally? (A) - I have ABSOLUTELY NO BITTERNESS OR ANGER toward WFIF or the parent company, Life-Changing Radio. On the contrary! I know in my heart that this was a Sovereign move of GOD. With all of my heart, I sincerely PRAY that GOD will continue to BLESS Life-Changing Radio, and allow them to PROSPER! Their ministy is SOOO DESPERATELY NEEDED in this area! This is why I was willing to SACRIFICE my job, in order to see WFIF continue presenting to you the BEST Christian talk and teaching ministries available! (Q) - I am very upset by this! My friends and I have discussed boycotting the station. What do you think? (A) - PLEASE DO NOT BE ANGRY AT WFIF! PLEASE don't boycott them!! Please continue to SUPPORT the ministry programs that thay carry! THIS IS ABSOLUTELY VITAL!!! Dear Lord, forbid, but if WFIF were to go off the air, I would be ABSOLUTELY HEARTBROKEN! <:'( (Q) - What are you doing, now? (A) - In mid-November, the Lord opened a door for me to work for an Electronics company. Basically, I am now "Making Widgets". ;) I served WFIF from the summer of 1987 until August 31'st of 2007. From September 2007 through the end of 2007, I continued on part-time as their Engineer . Although I still get a call or an e-mail to ask a question or seek technical advice, I am no longer directly involved with WFIF, and I truly do miss it! :( I know that my present job is a Godsend, and I rejoice in that. :) Although I do like it, it's just not the same as Christian radio. I eagerly await the day God opens the door for WPHA! \o/ (Q) - How can we best pray for you and for Morning Light? (A) - Please continue to PRAY that God will bless WFIF! Also pray that God will continue to work in me, to prepare this vessel for HIS Service! Pray that I will be READY when God raises-up WPHA! :) Also, please be sure to bookmark this site! I will post NEWS below, as it happens! I will also update this FAQ as necessary.

Morning Light NEWS:

08/29/2008 ** OPEN LETTER ** To my dear friends and acquaintances, Although the actual date of the "event" was the 31'st of August, 2007, it was a Friday. Today (8/29) is the last weekday of August, so in essence, TODAY is technically the anniversary of the end of my beloved job at WFIF radio, and the end of the "Morning Light" broadcast. :'( Yes, I still get tears... and have them even now, as I write this. I miss that wonderful job SO MUCH! I miss the ministry the most... getting to the station early, praying and seeking the Lord for the day's theme for the music of the Morning Light broadcast... then signing-on at 6am, and sharing what the Lord placed upon my heart. It was always such a precious time... a whole hour of music that glorified Christ and drew His people, the listeners, closer to Himself! As God always does, He blesses the vessels He uses... so He would so often bless my heart as the music flowed. In that studio, I'd be in tears many times! Yeah, I used up a few Kleenex along the way! ;) Second, I miss the people - my coworkers, Brothers and Sisters in Christ. Third, I miss the listeners! Precious people who CHOSE to set their radio to that station to listen! :') Fourth, I miss the work, itself. Even the more "mundane" stuff like audio editing... why? Because it had Eternal significance! ("Making widgets", as I do now, pays the bills... but has almost zero spiritual fulfillment value.) Although I am just as convinced NOW as I was then, that this painful change in my life was God's Divine Purpose and Will unfolding, it still hurts to think about what I had no choice but to leave behind a year ago. :'( I don't know when God is going to raise-up WPHA, so that also makes it even harder on my emotions as I contemplate my loss last year. :( To YOU, precious people, who actually care enough to read this, THANK YOU!!!! My heart just absolutely ACHES to get back into Christian Radio!!!! :'( Thank you for praying! Yours in HIM, Willie... 9/24/2008 Six months to the day since I last had any significant discussions with the local Christian Businessmen. I have heard nothing, since. Perhaps that is not going to be the path that the Lord chooses. I leave it in His hands, and continue to wait. In the meantime, I humbly ask that you please keep praying and get others praying, also. A station like WPHA is just too big to happen without great FAITH and a LOT of PRAYER! \o/ 3/4/2008 On March 6'th, I met with one of the local Christian businessmen specifically to discuss WPHA! In the weeks that followed, I learned a lot more about what stations in this area actually cost. It is staggering! Please continue to PRAY! It is an absolutely HUGE undertaking. It will take at least TEN Million dollars to buy just a MODEST FM station in this area. GOD and ONLY GOD can do this! This is why so much prayer is needed. \o/ 2/4/2008 There are some ongoing discussions among local Christian businessmen regarding bringing a 24 hour Christian MUSIC station to this area! I am now in contact with members of this group! Your prayers are so very necessary right now! Thank you! :)

There are several ways in which you may contact us to share a word of testimony, gift, etc.

• Write a letter (or share a gift):
  Morning Light c/o New Life
  28 Hedgehog Rd
  Trumbull, CT 06611
  If you do wish to share a gift, please make it payable to New Life Ministries, and write "Morning Light" in the MEMO area. Thank you! :)

• Send an E-mail to Morning Light

  Please share your comments. I try to respond to E-mails daily... this truly is the BEST means to contact me. If there were certain songs that really blessed you, *PLEASE* let me know! I genuinely appreciate your comments and suggestions. (When WPHA signs-on, I would love to start it with a list of songs people requested!)