Volume 13, Issue 1 • Winter 2011

Visit us online at wweministries.orgphone 1-888-993-1997 or email us at info@wweministries.orgWWE STAFF

Walt Wiley, President

Dianne Agee, Administration

WWE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Joy Rhodes, Chair

Wayne Kise, Treasurer

Bill Hollberg

Jim Kallam, Jr.

Lee Mitchell

George Molloy

Chip Pohl

Tim Sellers

WWE COUNCIL OF ENCOURAGERS

Brett and Eveline Butler, Co-Chair

Mike and Michele Amoroso

Bart and Jan Azzarelli

Terry and Sue Baker

The Honorable Donald K. Balfour

Bruce and Lynne Brown

Joe Gibbs Racing, Inc.

Randy and Judy Glanz

Kent and Davidene Humphreys

Terry and Cathy Pendleton

Deen Day Sanders

John Smoltz

Mel Svendsen

Bill Welte

The Winner is published three times a year.

Winning With Encouragement on the GoPick out a season, date or place that best suits and satisfies you and plan now to join us on one of these travel opportunities this year.

u April 12-22, 2011 / TURKEY AND GREECE . . . featuring Istanbul, Patmos, Ephesus, Corinth and Athens

Bring your camera and plenty of digital memory cards because you will fill them as you participate in this unbelievable 11-day travel to the spot where Europe and Asia come together. We’ll take a boat to Patmos and see where John received the revelation found today in the last book of the Bible. You’ll walk the same ancient street in Ephesus that Paul walked, and stop over in all the major cities connected with Paul’s second missionary journey including Philippi, Thessalonica, Berea, Corinth and

Athens. Did we mention the breath-taking monasteries carved in the rocks in Kalambaka, or Delphi, or all the photogenic stops in the intriguing city of Istanbul. Along the way there will be devotional thoughts and teachings led by Walt Wiley and Jim Kallam, pastor of Church at Charlotte in Charlotte, NC. It promises to be a great experience, and when it is over, the book of Acts will never be the same to you. The specific details of this experience are outlined in full on our website.

u July 1-9, 2011 / AN ALASKAN CRUISEWe’ve planned the perfect experience for those who are not interested in dashing from site to

site but would rather take things at their own pace and be pampered a little—at the same time going to an unfrequented part of the world and seeing some things they have never seen before. We’ll all gather and spend the night in Seattle, WA, before being transported to our ship on the day we sail. The cruise includes being in Juneau, Skagway, Ketchikan, viewing glaciers and perhaps a moose. And there will be a time each day when we gather on our Princess ship for a time of reflection, devotion, inspiration and prayer. Please consider joining us on this memorable trip. Our website will give you all the details and will also tell you how to register for this cruise.

u October 28 - November 7, 2011 / ISRAELOver 1,000 people have traveled with Winning With Encouragement to the land of Israel. Each

time we hear the same reactions: “Life changing!”, “I’ll never be the same!”, “I’ll never read the Bible the same way!”, “Awesome!”

Now it’s your turn as we return to this fascinating land in the beautiful fall season. Ever read about Paul being imprisoned in Caesarea and wonder what that place looks like today? We’ll be there. Have you ever tried to picture the scene of Gideon choosing his 300 soldiers? That very spot is on our schedule. How about where Joseph and Mary lived as kids, where Jesus walked on the water, where Peter denied Christ, where Christ was held just before His crucifixion, or where Peter had his vision. All those places and

much, much more are on our program for what promises to be all that you would wish for in most memorable experiences. Check our website for all the details.

For details and registration procedures concerning these travel opportunities, please visit the tours section of our website at www.wweministries.org, or contact

WWE at 888-993-1997 (toll free) or by email at tours@wweministries.org.

The Look of the LeaderA presentation all about

leadership styles that is bound to inspire followers and challenge leaders.

Finding Encouragement in a Discouraging World

Redirecting the focus of everyone so that they enthusiastically see circumstances and themselves as God sees them.

Standing Out in the Crowd

Material that highlights four traits observed in individuals who are making an outstanding contribution as they work with others.

Figuring Out People Who Aren’t Like You

Learn how to cope with your family members, neighbors and co-workers by really understanding them and yourself.

How to Get Your Mate to Be Like You…So You’ll Both Be Perfect

A study of a major factor that contributes to making marriage a challenge.

How to EncourageAn examination of the

four methods at our disposal that are guaranteed to bring encouragement to others.

Effectively Handling All That You Have

Stuff everyone needs to hear about how they should be viewing all that they have.

Raising Kids Is a Piece of Cake

When you boil it down, parenting is simply preparing a child for life, and the secret is in knowing the “ingredients” that will help each parent be successful.

THOUGHT PROVOKING, HELPFUL TEACHINGS AT WINNING WITH

ENCOURAGEMENT WAITING TO COME TO A SET OF EARS NEAR YOU

Winning With Encouragement has a number of teaching topics that would be valuable to you or to those who work with you, serve with you, or study with you. We invite you to look over the

names and brief descriptions of some of those offerings and contact us if you see a place where one of them would be perfect for you or for the ones around you. If you would like to

discuss how that could happen, please contact us toll free at 888.993.1997.

A deeper description of each presentation can be found on Winning With Encouragement’s website at www.wweministries.org.

WINNING WITH ENCOURAGEMENT

W WW Where we’ve taught and here we’ll

be teaching

Did you notice the envelope we enclosed with The Winner? We placed it

there hoping you would consider using it to send a tax deductible gift that

would be used to assist us in encouraging and challenging others. Thanks!

DATE ORGANIZATION EVT SPK

Feb 4-5

Fraser United Methodist Church (Montgomery, AL) Couples Retreat, Lakepoint Resort State Park, AL

MAR W/P

Feb 8-10

Coakley & Williams Hospitality Conference Springfield, VA

GEN W

Feb 11-13

America’s Keswick Conference Center Couples Retreat Whiting, NJ

MAR W/P

Feb 25

Grand Home Furnishings Staff Conference Roanoke, VA

GEN W

Mar 6-9

Nappanee Missionary Church Nappanee, IN

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Mar 18-20

Grace Adventures Men’s Retreat Mears, MI

GEN W

Apr 1-3

Southwest Conservative Baptist Association Men’s Retreat Prescott Pines, AZ

GEN W

Apr 5Self Storage Association Prayer Breakfast Charlotte, NC

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Apr 12-22

Pilgrimage including Apostle Paul’s Second Missionary Journey Turkey & Greece

May 16-21

Issa International Mission Trip Cuba

GEN W

Jul 1-9 WWE’s 7-Day Alaskan Cruise Out of Seattle, WA

Jul 16-22

Camp Spofford Spofford, NH GEN W

Jul 30-

Aug 6

Maranatha Bible & Missionary Conference Muskegon, MI

GEN W

EVENTS KEY:EH – Effectively Handling All That You HaveGEN – General MAR – Marriage Seminar

SPEAKERS KEY:W – Walt WileyW/P – Walt and Patti Wiley

u Walt had the privilege of speaking at the Christian and Missionary Alliance Men’s Retreat at the Delta Lake Conference Center in Rome, NY. Pictured are some of the men who attended.

v Walt was invited to speak at the Rocky Mountain Region of the Association of Christian Schools, Int’l (ACSI) held in Phoenix, AZ. A few of the teachers who attended paused for this picture between meetings. w Also pictured with Walt is Jerry Bowen, Director.

x Walt was invited to speak at the chapel meeting of the Baltimore Ravens when they were in Charlotte to play the Carolina Panthers. Pictured here with Walt is the Ravens Quarterback Coach, Jim Zorn.

y Walt was one of many speakers at the Maximum Man Conference in Millington, TN. He is pictured with two other presenters, Charles Lowery (l) and John ‘Bull’ Bramlett (r).

ISRAEL PILGRIMAGE • The group who accompanied Winning With Encouragement to the land of Israel in November is pictured below sitting on the steps that lead up to the walls of the ancient city of Jerusalem. At the top of the steps are sealed gates, once open and used by the people going to the Temple Mount. Jesus and His disciples would have used this same route as they went to the Temple. One of

the highlights of the Israel experience is gathering with the people at the Jordan River and conducting a baptism. That is what has been captured here on the left as over half of those traveling with us chose to take part in this very moving and special experience, one they will never forget.

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It’s always the way, isn’t it? A few months after you have saved up and finally purchased your latest and greatest electronic gadget or game, the manufacturers come out with a new version. This summer I purchased my first smart phone. I read that it has 3G capabilities. Almost immediately after that they were bragging about a new 4G phone. Even though I have no idea what that means it just sounded like something better than what I had just purchased. Although highly debatable, a 4 of anything is better than a 3 of something, isn’t it? Did I get ripped off? Quickly I was suffering from IPP (inferior phone phobia). I found myself going around hoping no one would dare ask me how many G’s I had; that could be embarrassing.

I have to face the fact that I’m not really into gadgets. This is a direct result, I am afraid, of intelligence that is nowhere near as advanced as my age. I recall how lost I was when I first viewed the instruction manual that came with my fancy phone. Actually, what came with the phone was a tiny booklet that obviously was prepared for individuals who needed just a few instructions knowing they could easily figure out the rest. Since I did not fall into the ‘easily figure out the rest’ category, I set out to get my hands on the full manual. After a lot of emails to the manufacturer, 4 long conversations with different people in customer service, and a phone call to my congresswoman, 3 months after purchasing my phone I received an instruction manual for my whatchamacallit. That thing was only 9 pages less than a description of the new US HealthCare policy and 5 pages thinner then the new Mecklenberg County tax code. The day it arrived I picked it up twice in lieu of working out at the gym.

Want to hear what else I did to help me effectively use my latest and greatest gadget? I, along with about 65 others, went through a two-hour Saturday morning instruction class. You should have been

there. It was taught by a guy who had just graduated from MIT and seemed to assume we had all gone to the same institution but had a higher GPA than he did. I arrived with confidence and a smile and left with a frown. I got in my car and tried to implement a technique the instructor had covered but found out my fingers were too fat.

The funny part of this is that even though I always think I need to upgrade because there might be something better out there than what I already have, the truth is I haven’t begun to master a third of the capabilities of the phone I currently own.

It’s kind of like life. In reality I don’t need to learn something new or different as much as I need to put into practice what I already know. Or better yet, it’s really true in the Christian life. One of my favorite speakers, Dr. Howard Hendricks, used to say: “We already know 99% more than what we are practicing.”

Perhaps instead of thinking we need to ‘go deeper’ (whatever that means), go on a crusade or prepare ourselves for debate on something that really doesn’t matter, perhaps we should just concentrate on what we do know. A good place to begin would be to see if we are practicing Colossians 1:10, Ephesians 4:1, or especially Ephesians 5:15 — all of which speak of our walk and whether it is worthy. Want to know more? You can read all about it in our easy to understand instruction manual.

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