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Before going on air on a morning talk show in Bostonrecently, the show’s host

told Sheila Schuller Coleman, “Iremember being a small girlsitting on my parent’s lap in theliving room watching theHour of Power every Sundaymorning. Your father’s positivemessage meant the world tomy parents and my family.Thank you.”

“You saved my life,” an anony-mous Hour of Power viewer writes.“I am an incest survivor. As I wasgoing into therapy, I tuned in to yourchurch service. Its positive messageof hope got me through the difficultprocess of healing many traumaticchildhood memories and restoringmy soul and spirit.”

As the televised Hour of Powercelebrates its 40th Anniversary thismonth, testimonies like this could be

multiplied a million times over. “IfI could do one thing before my lifeis through,” says Founding Pastor,Robert H. Schuller, “I would sit

down with you—one on one—andtell you the countless ways the Hourof Power has changed lives.”

What makes it possible for theHour of Power to sustain this kindof human impact and be the fourthlongest-running weekly program intelevision history? “The EaglesClub has long been the solid foun-dation of the Hour of Power” statesDr. Schuller. “Nearly one-third ofour operating budget is funded by

their combined annual pledge.These faithful givers have seen usthrough many financially challeng-ing times.” Because of our Eagles

Club, nearly 20 millionpersons hear the UP!lift-ing, HOPE-filled, healingmessage of God’s loveevery week.

Never has America andthe world needed the tele-vised Hour of Power

more. And never has the EaglesClub been more important to theHour of Power than in 2010. Lastyear’s economic free-fall greatlyaffected this ministry. (Insufficientfunding as has recently forced theHour of Power off the air on stationsin twelve major U.S. cities: Madi-son, Wisconsin; Tucson, Arizona;Wichita, Kansas; Kansas City, Mis-souri; Dayton, Ohio; Albuquerque,

CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF UPLIFTING TELEVISION MINISTRY…

Eagles cont. on page 3

The Hour of PowerLaunches Its ALL-NEW

2010 Eagles Club

PRIN

TED

INUS

A

Ira T. Foote*GREENVILLE, NC

Brenda R.GuentherRIVERSIDE, CA

Isabel T. McKarnan*NORWALK, CA

Betty L. MillerSANDUSKY, OH

Cleone C. Secrist*LEESBURG, FL

*Eagles Club

Wills&Estates: Crystal Cathedral Ministries wishes to thank the followingpersons and their families for their recent estate gifts.

In loving memory and honor of…WHAT LEGACY WILLYOU LEAVE?

Giving through your will is a goodway to express your love for this ministry and continue to support theCrystal Cathedral beyond your life-time. For more information on how toinclude Crystal Cathedral Ministries inyour will and estate, please contactJohn Charles or Cynthia Blalock at714-971-4000.

NEWHOPE & TEENLINE COUNSELING 24-hour crisis prevention1-714-NEW-HOPE or www.NewHopeNow.org

or www.teenline.org

‘‘’’

Crystal Cathedral Ministries • FEBRUARY 2010 • Garden Grove, CA, USA

MONTHLY NEWS FOR Hour of Power SPIRITUAL SHAREHOLDERS AND FRIENDS

All new WEEKLY video Fireside Chats with Dr. Robert H. Schuller & Dr. Sheila Schuller Coleman

• God led the Israelites in the wilderness for 40 yearsbefore he gave them the Promised Land.

• Jesus fasted and prayed alone in the wilderness for40 days before he began his earthly ministry.

• After Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection, he wasseen throughout his community for 40 days.

Today, the Hour of Power optimistically looks towardthe future, believing with all our hearts that, as God’s peo-ple provide the lifting power necessary to keep this ministrymoving forward, we will see glorious possibilities unfold.

So celebrate with us as we share with you in this andupcoming 2010 PowerLines little-known details, heart-warming stories, and turning-point events from the Hourof Power’s 40-year history. May they inspire you to prayfor, and continue to be part of, America’s Positive Television Church to the World for many years to come!

Where It All Began…40 Years AgoIn September 1969, Robert H. Schuller visited his close

friend Billy Graham at his Crusade in Anaheim, California.Rev. Graham said, “Bob, my weekly radio program is calledthe Hour of Decision. I think you should go on televisionwith your powerful message and call it the Hour of Power.”

So in February 1970, the foundation of what hasbecome the longest-running, mostwidely viewed televised churchservice in the history of the worldwas laid when Dr. Schuller telecasthis first Hour of Power program tothe Los Angeles viewing area.

A year later, the Hour of Powerwas on in New York City. Chicagowas added soon after. And by 1973, the program was seenon 12 stations across the United States.

By 1985, the Hour of Power’s fifteenth year on televi-sion, it could be viewed by 70 percent of the United States’population.

Today, televised services from the Crystal Cathedral arewatched by nearly one million persons weekly in the UnitedStates (available to over 200 million), across Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Holland, Germany, Switzerland,Australia, the United Kingdom, Africa, Russia, Hong Kong,Taiwan, Iceland, Sweden, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan,Indonesia, and the Philippines, making it the most-watchedtelevised church service on television.

With today’s technology, an estimated one billion people have access to the Hour of Power’s unique, positivemessage of love and hope originating from the CrystalCathedral. What an extraordinary opportunity!

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SUNLIFETIME CABLE8:00 AM EAST/PAC7:00 AM CENTRAL

TBN 6:00 PM PT9:00 PM EASTERN8:00 PM CENTRAL

SATonline anytime athourofpower.org

ALSO

WATCH Hour of Power EVERY WEEK!

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I was so blessed by the Hour of Powerprogram this week that I had to sit down and

immediately send a donation.

A Friend of the Hour of PowerPort Crane, NY

Trinity Broadcasting Network

Hour of PowerEvery Sunday

Hour of PowerEvery SaturdayLIFETIME TBN8am Eastern/Pacific

7am CentralOnline anytimehourofpower.org

6pm Pacific8pm Central9pm Eastern

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Sunday, February 7Jim Penner, fifteen-year ExecutiveProducer for the Hour of Power stepsout of the edit bay to bring us ahope-filled, uplifting message.

Sunday, February 21 Sheila Schuller Coleman’s messagewill inspire us to let God's powerful

love lift us up where we belong.

Sunday, February 14 & 28Dr. Robert H. Schuller, America’sbeloved founder of PossibilityThinking, promises to give us a “faith lift” for troubled times.

The Hour of Power, America’s Positive TelevisionChurch, continues in February its six-week message series that will lift you if life is getting you down.

*Scheduled at time of printing

Eagles cont. from page 1

New Mexico; Monterey, California; Cincinnati, Ohio;Orlando, Florida; and Bingham, New York; TraverseCity, Michigan; Spokane, Washington.) Yet, in spite ofthese losses and a substantial drop in revenue during2009, our faithful Eagles Club memberskept us alive, and the despairing hearts ofmany were lifted as gifts gave wing to theHour of Power.

To thank our Eagles member for beingthere, we’ve added EXCITING NEW BEN-EFITS for YOU when you join the 2010 Eagles Club:� EXCLUSIVE and unique WEEKLY video FiresideChats with Dr. Robert H. Schuller, Dr. Sheila SchullerColeman and other Crystal Cathedral ministry leadersvia the Internet or on DVD.� QUARTERLY, one-hour Fireside Teleconferenceswith Dr. Schuller and Sheila who will answer YOURquestions live, enabling you to grasp the true heartbeat ofthis ministry in a very personal way.�15% discount on all purchases when you visit Crys-tal Cathedral Books & Gifts on campus or online atwww.cathedralgifts.com (does not include Hour ofPower offer items available for a donation only).� 15% discount on all 2010 The Glory of Easter andThe Glory of Christmas performances when you visitthe box office, order online, or call 877-54-GLORY.� All 2010 Eagles Club members will ALSO receive

a two-volume, genuine leather, deluxe-bound set of Dr.Schuller’s bestselling books: Tough Times Never Last,But Tough People Do and Tough-Minded Faith for Tender-Hearted People (simultaneous New York Times bestsellers).

� Our 2010 Golden EaglesClub members will receive a limited edition, 18-booklibrary of some of Dr. Schuller’smost popular books.

We invite you to join orrenew your 2010 Eagles Clubmembership. Don’t wait.Commit TODAY! Let yourlife soar as a 2010 Eagle forthe Hour of Power!

The Eagles Club has longbeen the solid foundation

of the Hour of Power.

Eagles Club members pledge a one-time gift of $600,or 12monthly gifts of $50 each andwill receive this 2-volume set.

The Hour of Power needs

20,000 Eagles Club members if it is going to

continue to soar strongacross America in 2010.

WHEN CHILDREN ARE LEARNING TO WALK, TOride a bike, or to skate, they frequently fall, but they alwaysget back up and try again. Children seem to have a resiliencethat we as adults sometimes lose because of life’s “falls.”

Recently, my husband Jim andI were visiting in Arrowhead, aCalifornia mountain resort wherethere is an Olympic ice-skatingtraining facility. One day we wentin, sat on a bench next to the ice,and just watched. I was amazed atthe intrepid skaters of all ages—tiny little ones that looked to be noolder than five years of age up tolanky teens. The girls twirledwhile the boys skated furiously.

Falls happened constantly,regardless of skating style, age, orgender. The glint of a skate as ithit the ice, hurled a skater into a twirl and soaring into the

air...the skater sometimes landing gracefully, butjust as often landing on a hip with a hard thud.

Not one of the young skaters ever cried.They always, always, always got back up,brushed off the ice, and courageously pushedoff to try again.

What propelled these young athleticartists? Love of the sport and the dreamof achieving a championship. Fallingwas simply part of getting where they

wanted to be. It was an essential aspectof reaching their goal.

It has been a year of bumps and bruises. Setbackshave happened to all of us. None of us have been

immune to the challenges that beset us. It’s not beeneasy to get up day after day and keep on going, to pushoff again knowing we have as much chance of falling

like a klutz as we do of landing a double Lutz.Take a lesson from these young champions-in-the-

making. Have you fallen? God has a hand out to help youget back on your feet. He is there to lift you up. He wants topick you up and give you the courage to try again, to learnfrom your mistakes and soar—to be the star he created youto be. Let God’s love lift you up over and over again. Pushinto your goal, your dream, your God-given destiny. Godwill never let you down!

Let God’s Love Lift You UP!By Dr. Sheila Schuller Coleman

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Have youfallen? God hasa hand out tohelp you getback on your

feet. He is thereto lift you up.

God has helped the Hour of Powerachieve each milestone and face

every circumstance over the past 40years of ministry. The number 40holds special meaning and signifi-cance in the Bible, too, where 40

often signifies a time of preparation with a promiseof bigger things to come.

• The flood came as the rain fell on Noah’s arkfor 40 days and 40 nights…and then came arainbow.

The Hour of Power…Lifting Hearts on Television for 40 Years

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1-800-549-6177or

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Make your donationthrough our secure

online store and saveyourself and this ministry money!

My husband and I are in the Eagles Club andhave enjoyed our Sundays with the Hour of Powerfor more than two decades. There is a newexcitement in the air with your guest speakers.We love it! DENNIS & SHEA BOCKRATH, MILFORD, OH

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Golden Eaglespledge a one-timegift of $1,200, or12 monthly giftsof $100 and willreceive this 18-volume library.

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Trinity Broadcasting Network

Hour of PowerEvery Sunday

Hour of PowerEvery SaturdayLIFETIME TBN8am Eastern/Pacific

7am CentralOnline anytimehourofpower.org

6pm Pacific8pm Central9pm Eastern

4 PowerLines february 2010

Before going on air on a morning talk show in Bostonrecently, the show’s host

told Sheila Schuller Coleman, “Iremember being a small girlsitting on my parent’s lap in theliving room watching theHour of Power every Sundaymorning. Your father’s positivemessage meant the world tomy parents and my family.Thank you.”

“You saved my life,” an anony-mous Hour of Power viewer writes.“I am an incest survivor. As I wasgoing into therapy, I tuned in to yourchurch service. Its positive messageof hope got me through the difficultprocess of healing many traumaticchildhood memories and restoringmy soul and spirit.”

As the televised Hour of Powercelebrates its 40th Anniversary thismonth, testimonies like this could be

multiplied a million times over. “IfI could do one thing before my lifeis through,” says Founding Pastor,Robert H. Schuller, “I would sit

down with you—one on one—andtell you the countless ways the Hourof Power has changed lives.”

What makes it possible for theHour of Power to sustain this kindof human impact and be the fourthlongest-running weekly program intelevision history? “The EaglesClub has long been the solid foun-dation of the Hour of Power” statesDr. Schuller. “Nearly one-third ofour operating budget is funded by

their combined annual pledge.These faithful givers have seen usthrough many financially challeng-ing times.” Because of our Eagles

Club, nearly 20 millionpersons hear the UP!lift-ing, HOPE-filled, healingmessage of God’s loveevery week.

Never has America andthe world needed the tele-vised Hour of Power

more. And never has the EaglesClub been more important to theHour of Power than in 2010. Lastyear’s economic free-fall greatlyaffected this ministry. (Insufficientfunding as has recently forced theHour of Power off the air on stationsin twelve major U.S. cities: Madi-son, Wisconsin; Tucson, Arizona;Wichita, Kansas; Kansas City, Mis-souri; Dayton, Ohio; Albuquerque,

CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF UPLIFTING TELEVISION MINISTRY…

Eagles cont. on page 3

The Hour of PowerLaunches Its ALL-NEW

2010 Eagles Club

PRIN

TED

INUS

A

Ira T. Foote*GREENVILLE, NC

Brenda R.GuentherRIVERSIDE, CA

Isabel T. McKarnan*NORWALK, CA

Betty L. MillerSANDUSKY, OH

Cleone C. Secrist*LEESBURG, FL

*Eagles Club

Wills&Estates: Crystal Cathedral Ministries wishes to thank the followingpersons and their families for their recent estate gifts.

In loving memory and honor of…WHAT LEGACY WILLYOU LEAVE?

Giving through your will is a goodway to express your love for this ministry and continue to support theCrystal Cathedral beyond your life-time. For more information on how toinclude Crystal Cathedral Ministries inyour will and estate, please contactJohn Charles or Cynthia Blalock at714-971-4000.

NEWHOPE & TEENLINE COUNSELING 24-hour crisis prevention1-714-NEW-HOPE or www.NewHopeNow.org

or www.teenline.org

‘‘’’

Crystal Cathedral Ministries • FEBRUARY 2010 • Garden Grove, CA, USA

MONTHLY NEWS FOR Hour of Power SPIRITUAL SHAREHOLDERS AND FRIENDS

All new WEEKLY video Fireside Chats with Dr. Robert H. Schuller & Dr. Sheila Schuller Coleman

• God led the Israelites in the wilderness for 40 yearsbefore he gave them the Promised Land.

• Jesus fasted and prayed alone in the wilderness for40 days before he began his earthly ministry.

• After Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection, he wasseen throughout his community for 40 days.

Today, the Hour of Power optimistically looks towardthe future, believing with all our hearts that, as God’s peo-ple provide the lifting power necessary to keep this ministrymoving forward, we will see glorious possibilities unfold.

So celebrate with us as we share with you in this andupcoming 2010 PowerLines little-known details, heart-warming stories, and turning-point events from the Hourof Power’s 40-year history. May they inspire you to prayfor, and continue to be part of, America’s Positive Television Church to the World for many years to come!

Where It All Began…40 Years AgoIn September 1969, Robert H. Schuller visited his close

friend Billy Graham at his Crusade in Anaheim, California.Rev. Graham said, “Bob, my weekly radio program is calledthe Hour of Decision. I think you should go on televisionwith your powerful message and call it the Hour of Power.”

So in February 1970, the foundation of what hasbecome the longest-running, mostwidely viewed televised churchservice in the history of the worldwas laid when Dr. Schuller telecasthis first Hour of Power program tothe Los Angeles viewing area.

A year later, the Hour of Powerwas on in New York City. Chicagowas added soon after. And by 1973, the program was seenon 12 stations across the United States.

By 1985, the Hour of Power’s fifteenth year on televi-sion, it could be viewed by 70 percent of the United States’population.

Today, televised services from the Crystal Cathedral arewatched by nearly one million persons weekly in the UnitedStates (available to over 200 million), across Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Holland, Germany, Switzerland,Australia, the United Kingdom, Africa, Russia, Hong Kong,Taiwan, Iceland, Sweden, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan,Indonesia, and the Philippines, making it the most-watchedtelevised church service on television.

With today’s technology, an estimated one billion people have access to the Hour of Power’s unique, positivemessage of love and hope originating from the CrystalCathedral. What an extraordinary opportunity!

40

SUNLIFETIME CABLE8:00 AM EAST/PAC7:00 AM CENTRAL

TBN 6:00 PM PT9:00 PM EASTERN8:00 PM CENTRAL

SATonline anytime athourofpower.org

ALSO

WATCH Hour of Power EVERY WEEK!

Forty cont. from page 2

I was so blessed by the Hour of Powerprogram this week that I had to sit down and

immediately send a donation.

A Friend of the Hour of PowerPort Crane, NY

Trinity Broadcasting Network

Hour of PowerEvery Sunday

Hour of PowerEvery SaturdayLIFETIME TBN8am Eastern/Pacific

7am CentralOnline anytimehourofpower.org

6pm Pacific8pm Central9pm Eastern