The Alex Graham Story --- Will you help us reach the goal of 2010 by 2010?

When Susie and Bill Graham made the decision to share their daughter Alex’s story with the world, their primary goal was to help others. They knew the inspiring account of Alex’s battle with cancer as told by family, friends and the community could make a meaningful difference in the lives of those facing a life threatening illness or other life tragedy. That goal was realized this year when the book When One Door Closes was released.

Since then the book has received fantastic reviews and awards including the prestigious Mom’s Choice Award for excellence in family friendly media, products and services. Thanks to you, sales of the book have reached the point where the majority of creative, production and publishing costs have been recovered, and we are on the verge of making another goal a reality. From the very beginning it has been the Grahams’ commitment to return their full portion of book sales profits to the Make-A-Wish Foundation and to use the book to benefit other organizations such as the American Cancer Society. We urgently need your help now to make this second goal a reality.

The goal is to sell another 2010 copes of When One Door Closes by January 1, 2010. Traditional national advertising and marketing costs are prohibitive, but we know with your help and the power of the e-mail, we can reach out across America and reach our objective. In addition, the publisher Three Dot L.L.C. is offering an additional incentive in the form of a $5 donation rebate that can be sent to the purchaser’s choice of either Make-A-Wish or The American Cancer Society. Links to Barnes and Noble Booksellers and the rebate form are included below.

Can we count on your help to spread the word? Will you consider another purchase and encourage friends and family to buy and read Alex’s inspiring story? Will you forward this email this em-mail with your personal message to ten others and ask them to do the same?

Thank you for your ongoing support. Without you, sharing Alex’s story and remarkable wish with so many would not be possible.

Barnes and Noble Booksellers:
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?r=1&ISBN=9780976201212&ourl=When%2DOne%2DDoor%2DCloses%2FH%2DThomas%2DSaylor

Rebate form:
http://www.whenonedoorclosesbysusieandbillgraham.com/purchase.php

For more information about the book please visit:

http://www.whenonedoorclosesbysusieandbillgraham.com/index.php

http://www.alexswish.com/

Andy Stanley teaches at Willow Creek

Andy Stanley, Pastor of North Point Community Church, Alpharetta, GA was the guest teacher this weekend at Willow Creek Community Church. Andy filled in for the scheduled guest, John Maxwell, who is mourning the death of his mother.

Follow his warm introduction by WCCC Senior Pastor, Bill Hybels, Andy went on to point out that he was performing as a "third string" preacher... How is that for managing expectations? ;-)
Fact of the matter is he did an outstanding job in delivering his message. One should also note that he interrupted his family vacation, with less than a week's notice to bless the Willow congregation.

Andy taught on a series that he had presented to his home church in the Spring. The Series was called Staying in Love. I am not sure if the entire contents of each message are available for streaming, but you can check them out at http://www.northpoint.org/messages

I was Googling around and I found a couple of references to this same message. Here is one from Adam White, called Love is a verb, not a nown. A similar post is made by Sarah Pledger.

I just checked and Andy's message from Saturday night is available for live streaming on the Willow Creek Media Player. The link will get you to the Player but you will still need to select the message from the NavBar on the right. ENJOY!