Celebrating Four Years of Bible Teaching on Monday, April 3, 2006
Generation Word Bible teaching ministry began on April 1, 2002

In March of 2002 Galyn and Toni Wiemers hung up some flyers at grocery stores and gas stations in
West Des Moines Iowa and then made a few phone calls to announce the first Bible study. It would
meet in their home every Monday night in April of 2002 at 7:30.

Here are the memories recorded after that first Bible study four years ago:
"Attendence was 18. People started arriving at 7:20.
Class started about 7:55. Everyone was talking and having fun until then.
Randomly set up chairs.
Made a tape. Used the white board.
Handed out notes and a flyer.
Toni had snacks. Everyone stayed atleast 30 minutes after class.
Some stayed longer. Seven people stayed until 12:30.
A lot of excitement.
Should have more next week."

The following week there were 36 people at the Bible study.
We have met 205 of the last 208 Monday nights for Bible study.

Events over the last 48 months:

• April 1, 2002 - Galyn and Toni start a Monday night Bible study in their home. 18 people come and the message is recorded on tape.
• April 8, 2002 - The second Bible study meets with 36 people. The second message is recorded of the five tape set "Generations With a Purpose."
• May 2002 - A Generation Word band starts to practice
• July 2002 - Generation Word's first news letter
• August 4, 2002 - Generation Word Church meets for first time
• September 8, 2002 - Generation Word begins one year Bible school on Sunday nights
• October 9, 2002 - Galyn Wiemers is a guest on KWKY radio
  
  
• April 2003 - The booklet "The Fourth Generation" is printed
• June 2003 - Generation Word goes on line with www.generationword.com
• July 2003 - Generation Word receives their first online request for tapes from India
• September 7, 2003 - Bible School begins second year
• September 2003 - Generation Word Church stops meeting
• November 2003 - Galyn Wiemers speaks at Faith Evangelical Free Church in Audubon, Iowa for first time
  
  
• January 2004 - Galyn Wiemers begins to speak each Sunday at Faith Evangelical Free Church
• March 7, 2004 - Generation Word begins a Sunday evening radio program on KWKY in Des Moines
• April 2004 - Generation Word stops recording on cassette tape and begins recording on CD
• May 5, 2004 - Generation Word Bible School begins to meet in Audubon. All messages are recorded on CD to make part one and two of the "Bible School" CD set
• September 7, 2004 - Generation Word Bible School begins to meet at Wellspring Christian Resources in Urbandale.
• September 9, 2004 - Generation Word Bible School begins to meet at Cup-a Joe Coffee Haus in Indianola.
  
  
• January 2005 - Generation Word begins a daily radio broadcast in Chattanooga, Tenn.
• April 2005 - Generation Word has received orders from five continents (10 overseas orders)
• April 2005 - Generation Word is three years old and is sending out about 300 messages a week.
• June 2005 - Generation Word has distributed 12,000 messages on CD/tape over the last 12 months
• June 2005 - Generation Word has a monthly budget of $3,800 for CDs, tapes, radio, printing, postage, web page
• December 2005 - Online audio messages were put on the generationword.com web site
• December 2005 - Generation Word mailed out 750 requests in the year 2005 to eighteen countries on six continents
  
  
• January 2006 - Generation Word received 120 requests in the month of January
• February 2006 - Generation Word receives orders from The Gambia and Tanzania. This makes a total of 20 countries that have requested GenWord messages.
• February 25, 2006 - Generation Word web page receives its first hit from Israel.
• March 2006 - In the first four years of ministry Galyn Wiemers has preached over 700 messages and Generation Word has distributed 31,000 CDs or tapes.
• April 3, 2006 - Generation Word will begin their 5th year of Bible teaching ministry. (Over 400 different people have visited the Monday night Bible study.)