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We have a desire to help you get better advice than one of our clients who was given a price for two projectors and screens in their church of about $15,000. We were able to provide a quality products for about $5000.
We do not do installation but we can explain and send info on that OR we can recommend installers from B.C., and Ontario. If you are an installer from other provinces and states, we would appreciate hearing from you.
MY PERSONAL BACKGROUND My wife and I were married in 1965 at a very young age (I think we were 2 !!!). I have 2 FEMALE daughters both of whom are now married with children, one FEMALE wife, and 3 FEMALE cats. Along the way we have had numberless other pets, almost always FEMALE. I used to be the only MALE in the family until my daughters married which gave us 3 MALE sons-in-law, (Tedd passed away in 1998 of Hodgkins disease), and as of November 18, 2001, my birthday, 4 MALE grandchildren! Only 1 on that day, thankfully, says my daughter Rebecca! My oldest daughter, Ann (I will have to change the way I say that soon) has 2 MALE sons and 2 FEMALE cats. Rebecca has 1 FEMALE black Labrador. Fortunately, each of my daughters has 1 MALE husband! My oldest ... ah I mean FIRST, daughter Ann is married to a great salesman, husband and father, Jon Guinn, and they live in Massachussets. My younger daughter Rebecca is married to a pastor, musician, composer, producer and all-round great guy, Pastor Scott Laird. If you believe in coincidences, Scott and Jon were friends in Bible School!!! I have been attending church since birth and before! I have served on the boards of two churches. In the seventies, my wife and I served as unpaid youth pastors, had teen prayer meetings for years, spoke at youth retreats and camps, conducted young adult meetings, taught Sunday school, were camp counsellors, started taking Bible School courses, attended many Christian conferences including the first Jesus Festival , Jesus 73, in Morgantown, PA. In addition we were sent by our church to Canadian and General Conferences. For about 1 year we served on the board of a coffeehouse which was open to street youth. We had a great time because when our children were young, they had Christian teens or young adults in our home every week, often for potluck suppers before our meetings. And maybe, just maybe, part of the reason my youngest daughter just released her first cd in the spring of 2002, was because of all the times she fell asleep under the loudspeakers at Jesus festivals and other outdoor events. Some of that music just soaked into her being and made her restless until she created her own cd. The details of her sometimes sad, but joyful and miraculous life are at www.joyfulmourning.com. Within the last year, my daughter and her present husband have created their own website at www.brokenclay.net. Many good things resulted from that stage in our lives including youth who went on to Bible School, became teachers in Christian schools, or went on to become successful Christians. All was not perfect, and we sometimes look back with regret at those who did not continue on with the Lord. But we had to learn that there is no condemnation for them that are in Christ Jesus and that each individual is responsible for their own decisions before the Lord. It was a real joy recently to see that some of those who years ago walked away from the Lord, had come back! Then we changed to our present church, Faith Tabernacle, in Welland, ON. It was not long before the pastor asked us to teach the new Christians class which we did for a few years. Then we went on to teach College and Career classes for several years. During this time I had the opportunity to speak at Christian Motorcyle rallies in Niagara Falls and at Sherkston Beaches as part of the International Christian Bikers Association. For the past several years my wife Ellen and I have been having cell groups in our home. We look back with joy at the growth both in friendship and maturity of those who attend! Recently our pastor, Peter Cuke, a fantastic man, asked me to do a newsletter for our church. I have written a book, now called “Joyful Mourning”, to give hope and help to those who are grieving and maybe even those who do not know they are grieving! My PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND EVENTS Note: At least 10% of our profits from projectors will go toward missions. So when you buy a projector from us, you know you are not only getting a great deal on a projector but also helping those less fortunate. A stimulus for this was when I went with our great youth pastor, Phil Smith, and many others from our church on a Mexico Missions trip with New Life Outreach of Gravenhurst. What an eye-opener! Perhaps I will publish the newsletter I wrote for my contributors some time. I thank all of you who purchased projectors from us. You have helped these ministries:
We had to live and eat, so I decided that a job was very appropriate. I was a teacher for about 34 years until my retirement in 1998. I taught for the Wainfleet Board of Education which became the Niagara South Board of Education which became the District School Board of Niagara.
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