"MORNING LIGHT" is OFF THE AIR "Indefinitely" It's been almost THREE years, now. Please read my OPEN LETTER below. Please bookmark this site and check back from time-to-time for updates. Since Morning Light is OFF THE AIR, this WEBsite is my ONLY means of getting information out to you. :) Please see FAQ, below... This site is specifically designed to be TEXT-Browser-friendly! We STRONGLY recommend the FireFox browser. Greater flexibility, control, and SECURITY Morning Light WAS a Christ-Centered MUSIC program, heard early mornings on WFIF. Morning Light aired from March 1988 until August 31'st, 2007 featuring Inspirational, Christ-Centered music that followed different themes each day. (Note: WFIF still serves Southern CT with Christian talk.) The host of the program during those years was Willie Barnett.(Click for a short Bio) THANK YOU, EVERYONE who has supported this ministry over the years! :) Read our Statement of Faith. Page updated: 07/28/2010

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(Q) - WHAT HAPPENED? Why did Morning Light go off the air?! (A) - For economic reasons, Life-Changing Radio was forced to release a number of their staff in 2007. As a result, I was "downsized" and am no longer employed at WFIF. Therefore, I cannot continue the Morning Light program on the station. You can listen to the INTERVIEW with my former Boss, HERE. You can listen to the FINAL FAREWELL program, HERE. (This is a wonderful VICTORY program!!) (Q) - Is THAT why Morning Light was pre-recorded for its last 3 months? (A) - Yes. I received the news of my "downsizing" on May 24'th, 2007. (I was given specific instructions to say nothing about it on the air or on this WEBsite until the very end of August.) I decided it best to go completely off the live microphone at that point, and begin using previous shows. I also pre-recorded a few new shows along the way. I figured this would "lessen the shock" of the news that the program was going completely away. It was a difficult decision, but I still believe it was the best one. (Q) - Is Morning Light gone FOREVER? (A) - No... but... although it will NOT be returning to WFIF in the forseeable future, I sincerely believe with ALL OF MY BEING, that GOD will be raising-up a new station to fill these starving airwaves of Southern New England with CHRIST-CENTERED MUSIC! For more information about this vision, please click:WWW.WPHAFM.ORG (Q) - Will Morning Light return to the air on WPHA? (A) - YES!!! Not only will Morning Light return at 6am from Mon-Fri, but it will be there YEAR ROUND! No more sign-off in winter, and if it's FM, no more interference! The music will be in High-Quality STEREO, and will play all day and all night long! After 7am, there will be traffic updates, too! (Q) - WHEN will this happen?? (A) - This I do not know... but in my spirit, I believe that it will be SOON! PLEASE KEEP PRAYING FOR "WPHA"! (Q) - Where will WPHA be located? (A) - I do not know. This is completely in the hands of the LORD. :) What I DO know is that the Fairfield and New Haven Counties of Connecticut are the area to which GOD has CALLED me to minister through radio. (This area has great need!) When that station goes on the air, I am also believing God for the resources to do a large-scale advertising campaign to let everyone know that it is there. (I will also mention WFIF in this ad campaign as a token of my SINCERE APPRECIATION to them for all the 20 YEARS of ministry that they have allowed me to share during my employment with them!) (Q) - What can I (my Church) do to help? (A) - PRAY! PRAY! PRAY! There is no question that there is a TREMENDOUS NEED in Fairfield County, CT for a 24 hour Inspirational Christian MUSIC station! WPHA will be that station, and it will happen in GOD's time, and with YOUR prayers! :) (Q) - Where can I get more information? (A) - You can visit WWW.WPHAFM.ORG, and you can also write to me with any questions not covered by this FAQ. (The WPHA site has e-mail links and another FAQ.) (Q) - Losing a job after 20 years is quite a major shock! How are you handling this, personally? (A) - I have ABSOLUTELY NO BITTERNESS OR ANGER toward WFIF or the parent company, Life-Changing Radio. On the contrary! I know in my heart that this was a Sovereign move of GOD. With all of my heart, I sincerely PRAY that GOD will continue to BLESS Life-Changing Radio, and allow them to PROSPER! Their ministy is DESPERATELY NEEDED in this area! This is why I was willing to SACRIFICE my job, in order to see WFIF continue presenting to you the BEST Christian talk and teaching ministries available! (Q) - I am very upset by this! My friends and I have discussed boycotting the station. What do you think? (A) - PLEASE DO NOT BE ANGRY AT WFIF! PLEASE don't boycott them!! Please continue to SUPPORT the ministry programs that they carry! THIS IS ABSOLUTELY VITAL!!! Dear Lord, forbid, but if WFIF were to go off the air, I would be ABSOLUTELY HEARTBROKEN! <:'( (Q) - What are you doing, now? (A) - In mid-November of 2007, the Lord opened a door for me to work for a small electronics company. Basically, I have been "Making Widgets" since then. ;) I served WFIF from the summer of 1987 until August 31'st of 2007. From September through the end of 2007, I continued on part-time as their Engineer. Although I still get an occasional call or an e-mail to ask a question or seek technical advice, I am no longer directly involved with WFIF, and I truly do miss them! :( I know that my present job is a Godsend, and I rejoice in that. :) Although I do like it, it's just not the same as Christian radio. I eagerly await the day God opens the door for WPHA, or another Christian station where I may serve HIM fully! \o/ (Q) - How can we best pray for you and for Morning Light? (A) - Please continue to PRAY that God will bless WFIF! Also pray that God will continue to work in me, to prepare this vessel for HIS Service! Pray that I will be READY when God raises-up WPHA! :) Also, please be sure to bookmark this site! I will post NEWS below, as it happens! I will also update this FAQ as necessary.

Morning Light NEWS:

** OPEN LETTER ** To my dear friends and acquaintances, Although the date of the "event" was August 31, 2007, the end of my beloved job at WFIF radio and the end of the "Morning Light" broadcast still affect me, deeply. I miss that wonderful job very much! I miss the ministry the most... getting to the station early, praying and seeking the Lord for the day's theme for the music of the Morning Light broadcast... then signing-on at 6am, and sharing what the Lord placed upon my heart. It was always such a precious time... a whole hour of music that glorified Christ and drew His people, the listeners, closer to Himself! As God always does, He blesses the vessels He uses... so He would so often bless my heart as the music flowed. In that studio, I'd be in tears many times! Yeah, I used up a few Kleenex along the way! ;) Second, I miss the people - my coworkers, Brothers and Sisters in Christ. Third, I miss the listeners! Precious people who CHOSE to set their radio to that station to listen! :') Fourth, I miss the work, itself. Even the more "mundane" stuff like audio editing... why? Because it had Eternal significance! ("Making widgets", as I do now, pays the bills... but has almost zero spiritual fulfillment value.) I am just as convinced NOW as I was then, that this painful change in my life was God's Divine Purpose and Will unfolding. Still, it hurts to think about what I had no choice but to leave behind. :'( I still don't know when or how God is going to raise-up WPHA, but I anticipate it with great JOY! To YOU, precious people, who actually care enough to read this, THANK YOU!!!! Even after all this time, my heart STILL just absolutely ACHES to get back into Christian Radio! :) Thank you for praying! Yours in HIM, Willie... 8/31/09 Throughout the last few months of 2009, a number of discussions with local Christian businessmen had been ongoing. Although there is still no tangible evidence of WPHA coming together as of yet, there IS DISCUSSION! More and more people are being made aware of Fairfield County's COMPLETE LACK of Christian music on the air... and it is my prayer that WPHA will become God's vessel to fill this terrible void!