Online Sabbath Meetings

Since 1997, Sabbath meetings have been hosted every week in the chat room. The chat room has been a continual source of fellowship for my family and I, as well as those who have no fellowship in their local area. One blessing of holding meetings in a text chat room is that the scriptures are quoted in the room where everyone can read them. Also, there are various functions in the room such as the ability to search the scriptures, look up the Strong's Hebrew/Greek lexicon entries and have a random scripture quoted to you (Read more about these functions here). Another nice thing about the text chat meetings that Sabbath meeting transcripts are available for download and printing as soon as the meeting is over. Text chat meetings will continue in addition to the audio broadcast meetings described below. No special software is usually required to access the chat room but you must have Java installed. Also, text chat meetings are greatly enhanced if you download mIRC to access the meetings.

Live Audio Broadcast Meetings

The one disadvantage of holding meetings in a text chat room is that some have difficulty keeping up with the flow of text in the room, while others who are fast readers feel that it moves at a snail's pace. With RealAudio there is the capability for listening to a live internet broadcast. Since 06/2006 I've been doing weekly audio meetings using RealAudio's live broadcasting feature. Everyone still meets in the chat room so that participants can make comments, ask questions or request prayer. Musical praise to Yahweh will also be included as part of the meeting. A dial up internet connection is all that's needed, broadband is not required.

Regular text chat meetings will continue be held on "friday" (Shabbat) evenings at 9pm ET as I have in the past, but the same scripture study will be shared again the following day at Noon ET using RealAudio broadcasting. With the audio broadcasts, I do go into little more detail on various subjects as compared to the regular text chat meetings. Also, with the audio meetings participants will be able to call in with questions or comments.

A few test meetings will be done to start with before the meetings are made an official weekly event. Also, there may be times when I'm away from home on ministry when I may not be able to have an audio meeting. The audio broadcasting requires me to have a broadband internet connection. Any changes will be announced in advance. For the first meeting, the schedule will be as follows:

The audio broadcast meetings are on Shabbat at Noon (12pm) Eastern Daylight Savings Time
12:00 pm ET-	Opening prayer and praise music to Yahweh
12:30 pm ET -	Scripture study, questions & comments, closing prayer
Click here to listen to the live broadcast (Requires a special program, see below) Click here to join the chat room during the broadcast (Recommended, so that you can interact with everyone)

Audio broadcast meetings require a program that can play RealAudio streaming files. If you do not have RealPlayer already installed:

Click here to download RealAlternative

The audio meetings will not be a grandiose production. I'm just a fellow disciple of Yahushua with a few things to share and don't see the need to imitate Hollywood.
Honoring Yahweh and seeking His ways will be the focus of the meetings.

To listen to the audio broadcast meetings, you'll need a special program which enables you to hear the audio. If you already have RealPlayer, you already have what you need to access the live audio meetings. Simply click here during the meeting hours and you'll be able to hear the broadcast.

If you do not have RealPlayer installed on your computer, you can click here to download RealAlternative, a free program that plays RealAudio content but without the invasive (and often vile) features of RealPlayer. If you already have RealPlayer and want to install this program instead, it will ask you to uninstall RealPlayer before installing it.

If you still prefer to use the regular RealPlayer, click here to download it.