Who Knew Wednesday

Who Knew Wednesday: The last day of our dig into Christmas Carols!

Carols, carols, and more carols!

Today Todd and I talked about all things carols, first, we listened to two MVNU professors, Dr. VanZant and Dr. VanNest, share about their favorite Christmas carol!

(Click on the picture to hear the conversation.)

Congratulations to Bob from Howard who won a North Main Café Gift Basket and James from Mount Vernon who won an Amy Grant CD! They have both been entered to win the Grand Prize. Click HERE for more info on this!

What was the first Christmas carol about?

Answer: The earliest carol was written in 1410. Sadly, only a very small fragment of it still exists. The carol was about Mary and Jesus meeting different people in Bethlehem.

Click HERE for more fun Christmas carol facts!

Congrats to Charla from Utica who guessed what the first Christmas carol was about! She won the $5 Gift Card to Troyers of Apple Valley!

Thanks for checking out the Blog!

Hannah and Todd

December 18, 2019 0

NZ Top Ten!

Here is Today’s Countdown:

10. Fighting for Me – Riley Clemmons
9. The God Who Stays – Matthew West
8. Believer – Rhett Walker
7. Reason – Unspoken
6. Yes I Will – Vertical Worship
5. Rescue – Lauren Daigle
4. Burn the Ships – for King & Country
3. Dead Man Walking – Jeremy Camp
2.Rescue Story – Zach Williams
1. Nobody – Casting Crowns/ Matthew West
Here are the videos for New Music:

(Click on the picture)

Congrats to Janice from Mount Vernon and Luther from Fredericktown won got to place The WNZR Christmas gift Exchange! If you want to know more about this click HERE.

If you want to know more Food For the Hungry? Click HERE.

Thanks for checking out the blog!

-Hannah and Todd

December 13, 2019 0

Who Knew Wednesday: Dr.VanNest shares!

Today Todd and I had so much fun playing the WNZR Christmas Gift Exchange and getting to share a great conversation with Dr. VanNest about his favorite Christmas Carol!

If you want to hear the conversation about “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” click on the picture!

Congratulations are in order to Linda from Utica who won an awesome WNZR Kitchen Kit and Peggy from Mount Vernon who won the “Same type of Different as Me” DVD. If you want to more about the WNZR Christmas Gift Exchange click HERE.

Who was the author of the Christmas carol “Hark the Herald Angels Sing”?

Answer: By Charles Wesley

Congratulations to Nancy Joe from Mount Vernon who took a chance and guessed right! They won the $5 Gift Card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!

Thanks for clicking on our blog!

– Hannah and Todd

December 11, 2019 0

Who Knew Wednesday: Deep diving into Christmas Carols!

Today Todd and I learned so much about Christmas!

First, we spoke with Dr. Mike VanZant, who is a theology professor here at MVNU, about his favorite Christmas carol and why, from a theology standpoint, it is his favorite.

Click on this picture to hear this conversation!

Then we had a chance to hear from Carrie Hyman about the Mount Vernon Christmas Festival! Click HERE to read more about this event!

Click on this picture to hear this conversation!

What year was the Christmas carol “O come, O come, Emmanuel” translated from its original language to English?

Answer… Nope! It was a stumper today!

We also had a chance to give away two tickets to MVNU’s production of the Messiah! To find out more about this event, click HERE!

Congratulations to Mari from Mount Vernon who was our caller number 3 and won those tickets!

Thanks for listening to The Afternoon Drive!

-Hannah and Todd

December 4, 2019 0

Who Knew Wednesday: Adoption – Part 2

Today Todd, ( Yes, Todd – he is back and doing well!) and I jumped back our topic of adoption!

Click on the picture to hear the interview!

Today’s two caller number fives were Sherrisa from Howard and Edward from Howard! They were registered to win to Turkey from Smithhislers meats! If you want to know more about Totally Tasty Tom Turkey Hunt click HERE!

Although no more than 2% of Americans have actually adopted, more ______than have considered it.

Answer: 1/3 or 33% of Americans have considered it!

Congratulations to Ruth from Mount Vernon who correctly guessed our trivia question!

Thanks for checking out our blog!

-Hannah and Todd

November 20, 2019 0

Who Knew Wednesday: Adoption day – well month – no, 2 months!

Today we had the chance to speak to Lilly Buckley about her adoption story!

Click on the picture the hear the interview!

Congratulations to our 5th callers today, Jana and Leanna, who are both from Mount Vernon! If you want to know more about our Totally Tasty Tom Turkey Hunt – click HERE!

Thanks for checking out the blog!

-Hannah

November 13, 2019 0

Who Knew Wednesday: Family Heritage Month (Kind of) – Part two!

Today Todd and I couldn’t turn down another amazing Family Heritage story, so we pretended that October lasted just one extra week!

Here is the Story we shared today:

Click on the pictures to hear the Stories!

Here are the stories we shared last Wednesday:

What of these groups maintains the largest genealogical library in the world?

The Catholic Church
The National Genealogical Society
The U.S. National Archives
The Mormon Church

The answer is The Mormon Church!

If you want to take a fun quiz and learn more about Genealogy click HERE!

Congrats to Sandi from Mount Vernon who correctly guessed our Trivia Question and won the $5 Gift Card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!

Thanks for checking out the blog!

-Hannah and Todd

November 6, 2019 0

Who Know Wednesday: Family History Month

Today Todd and I had a blast having conversations with two faculty members here at MVNU!

Click on these pictures below to hear the conversations!

Question: What relation is your grandmother’s cousin’s son to you?

Answer: Second cousin, once removed

Congrats to Linda from Utica who got this right and won the $5 Gift card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!

Click HERE for the genealogy 101 quiz!

Here is are some resources to start your genealogy/family heritage research:

Ellis Island

Ancestry.com

23andme.com

Thanks for checking out the blog!

-Hannah and Todd

October 30, 2019 0

Who Knew Wednesday: Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

Today Todd and I took on the heavy topic, but so important of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

If you want to know more about this mouth or about this topic there are a ton of resources HERE at the nationalbreastcancer.org

Click on this picture to hear Evelyn’s story:

If you want to hear Tiffany’s story, click on the picture below:

How many breast cancer survivors are there in the United States?

Answer: Over 3.5 million!

Congratulations to Sherrisa from Howard who guessed our Who Knew Question right and won that $5 gift card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!

We also gave away two registrations to the restored conference and a book by Bill Vanderbush and Brit Eaton called Reckless Grace! Mr. Vanderbush will be a speaker at the Restored Conference! If you want to know more about the Restored Conference, click HERE!

Congratulations to Candice from Fredericktown who was our caller number three, she is going to all three days of the Restored Conference!

Thanks for checking out the blog!

-Hannah and Todd

October 23, 2019 0

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Who Knew Wednesday: The last day of our dig into Christmas Carols!

NZ Top Ten!

Who Knew Wednesday: Dr.VanNest shares!

Who Knew Wednesday: Deep diving into Christmas Carols!

Who Knew Wednesday: Adoption – Part 2

Who Knew Wednesday: Adoption day – well month – no, 2 months!

Who Knew Wednesday: Family Heritage Month (Kind of) – Part two!

Who Know Wednesday: Family History Month

Who Knew Wednesday: Breast Cancer Awareness Month!