April 2010
IN THIS ISSUE:
Elder Jacob Meyer Obituary
NASB 2010 Annual Meeting
HFCC B10
conference
Radio Free Asia
Popov QSL Card
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Jacob Owen Meyer
Religious Leader, Broadcaster, Television Personality, Teacher,
and Pastor
November 11, 1934 – April 9, 2010
We were sorry to hear from Solomon Meyer about the passing of
his father, Elder Jacob O. Meyer of NASB member WMLK on April 9, 2010. Solomon sent us the following obituary and
story of Elder Meyer's very interesting life and notable achievements:
Jacob Owen Meyer of
grandchildren and great grandchildren, he peacefully left this
life around 4:30 PM. Jacob O.
Meyer, known by most as Elder Meyer, was President, Bishop, and
Directing Elder of the
Assemblies of Yahweh, a religious organization and ministry he
founded in 1966 with the
Sacred Name Radio broadcast. Elder Jacob O. Meyer is widely
regarded as the driving force
behind the advancement in understanding and usage of the
biblically correct Sacred Names
of Yahweh for the Heavenly Father and Yahshua for His Son in
worship and study over the
past 40 years. At his demise, he was 75 years old.
Born in
on November 11, 1934, Jacob was the oldest of three children. On
December 24, 1952, he
married Velma Ruth Foreman with whom he had 10 children.
Prominently known for his
work with the Assemblies of Yahweh, Elder Meyer continued as
presenter on the Sacred
Name Broadcast radio program for more than 44 years, and also
produced the Sacred Name
Telecast TV program since 1977. These programs are viewed and
heard on more than 25
media outlets throughout the
Assemblies of Yahweh international shortwave radio station WMLK,
and streamed
continuously through the Assemblies of Yahweh and WMLK websites.
Having taken extensive coursework at Evangelical School of
Theology in
Elder Meyer continued his studies at
University in Baltimore, and Israel Institute in
biblical languages,
Elder Meyer was also publisher of 9 books and editor of The
Sacred Scriptures Bethel
Edition, a Bible edition currently in its 8th printing with over
60,000 copies in circulation.
Elder Meyer was also Editor-in-Chief and primary author of three
monthly publications, the
Sacred Name Broadcaster, and the
countless booklets, articles, pamphlets, editorials, and reviews
on a wide scope of religious,
ethical, and biblical topics. His monthly Prophetic Trends
feature in the Sacred Name
Broadcaster magazine was widely read and appreciated. Founder of
Bible, a Bible training institution, in 1974, and
in 1976, Elder Meyer continued as Chief Administrator and
Instructor Emeritus at both
institutions. In 2006, Elder Meyer received a commendation from
the
Bible graduates group for more than 10,000 hours of volunteer
service at the school. As Pastor of the Bethel Assembly, the Headquarters
Congregation of the Assemblies of Yahweh, Elder Meyer presented a weekly
sermon that was heard both in
Elder Jacob O. Meyer was widely traveled. Beginning with a
six-week journey
around the
countries on six continents in the work of his ministry for the
past 40 years. As Directing
Elder, he was instrumental in the administration and operation
of the Assemblies of Yahweh
organization, including the establishment of regional assemblies
and satellite offices
throughout the
for his annual trips to the
these trips he served as educational tour guide to student
groups. Recently it was noted that
in his ministry Elder Meyer had traveled around the world at
least 4 times, had accumulated
nearly 2 million travel miles and had delivered no fewer than
5000 full length sermons,
lectures, Bible Studies and special services. He loved to teach,
educate, and counsel to aid
people in their quest for a spiritual life. He mentioned many
times that as a teacher you
must learn to love the unlovely. This he did, continually
expressing love to the heavenly
Father, Yahweh while expressing love and concern for his
fellowman, especially to those that
he taught and ministered. He also performed countless weddings,
funerals, baptisms, and
anointing services in his years of ministry.
Raised with an agricultural background, Elder Meyer was an avid
gardener and kept
his own horses and assorted small animals. He founded and
continued as Managing Partner
of Shalom Farm, an organic dairy farm and dairy processing
enterprise of the Meyer family
located in
under several brands and labels in stores throughout the
Elder Meyer served a recent term as the elected constable of
County. He also served on the advisory board of the National
Association of Shortwave
Broadcasters, as well as other civic and organizational
positions. He served as Choir Director
of the Bethel Choir for more than 20 years.
Known by many of his family and friends as Owen, Elder Meyer is
survived by a
sister, Mildred Deck, of
Ruth , seven sons; Joseph G., Jacob C., Daniel K., Jonathan S.,
Micah D., Nathaniel A., and
Solomon E., three daughters Mary E., Rachel A., and Sarah A.,
thirty- seven grandchildren,
and nineteen great grandchildren and was loved by all. In
addition to his parents, he was
also preceded in death by a grandson Jeremy Seth, and an infant
great granddaughter Ashley
Owen.
Funeral Services took place April 14, 2010 at the Assemblies of
Yahweh International Headquarters Convocation Center at
website at www.assembliesofyahweh.com
or through the website of Lamm and Witman
funeral homes at www.lammandwitman.com . Memorial donations may be addressed to the
Jacob O. Meyer Memorial Fund in care of the Assemblies of
Yahweh, P.O. Box C. Bethel, PA
19507.
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Last Call for the 2010 NASB
Annual Meeting
The NASB's 2010 annual meeting
will be held May 20-21 jointly with the 2010 DRM
As usual, the two-day meeting will be
combined with the DRM USA annual meeting.
The agenda for the two days includes the taping of a television show
about shortwave radio, a tour of the Galcom factory where it makes fix-tuned
shortwave receivers, talks and lectures about shortwave radio with a focus on
Thursday
May 20, 2010
8:30 am
- Live taping of the "
10:30
am - Crossroads Christian Communications facility tour
11:00
am - Tour of the Galcom International factory
12:00
pm - Barbecue Lunch at the Galcom factory
1:00 pm - DRM USA Meeting at
2:30 pm
- Coffee Break
3:00 pm
– DRM USA Meeting continues
4:00 pm
- Meeting Ends
4:30 pm
- Bus Tour and Dinner,
Friday
May 21, 2010
9:00 am
- NASB Meeting begins at
9:15 am
– The Ontario DX Association and Shortwave Station CFRX - Steve Canney of the
Ontario DX Association, which acts as QSL coordinator for Toronto shortwave
station CFRX, will talk about their very successful shortwave club and the
verification service they provide to CFRX.
10:00
am – Profile of WEWN – Glen Tapley of NASB member Eternal Word Television
Network will review the history of their shortwave station WEWN in Alabama
and will offer a slide presentation of the station's antenna field,
transmitters and studios, and a bit of information about the EWTN television
network.
10:30
am - Coffee Break
11:00
am – The NASB Shortwave Listener Survey – Dr. Jerry Plummer of WWCR will give
a presentation about the survey and its importance. The survey will be officially inaugurated
today at the NASB annual meeting.
11:15 am
– The NASB and its involvement in recent High Frequency Coordinating
Conferences in Punta Cana and
11:30
am – Does Shortwave have a Future?
Some say it's dead; others think it could be on the brink of a
renaissance.
12:00
pm - Lunch (catered at
1:00 pm
- NASB Business Meeting
5:00 pm
- Meeting Ends
Everyone
with an interest in shortwave radio is invited to attend the NASB/DRM USA
annual meeting in
Those
who plan to attend the NASB/DRM USA annual meeting should fill out the
registration form which is on the NASB website. If you have any questions, please feel free
to contact Jennifer at galcom@galcom.org or Jeff White at radiomiami9@cs.com.
Note
that for those coming from long distances, you can fly into either the
We look
forward to seeing many of you at the NASB annual meeting in May!
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Thomson and NASB to co-host
HFCC B10 Conference
It has just been confirmed that
the NASB and our associate member Thomson Broadcast & Multimedia of
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Radio Free
Radio Free Asia announces the
release of the fourth QSL card in its Radio Pioneer series. The card honors
Russian physicist Alexander S. Popov.
Popov demonstrated that a receiver could detect the electromagnetic
waves produced by lightning discharges in the atmosphere many miles
away. In 1895, Popov was able to
receive and detect the radio waves produced by an oscillator circuit. In 1897 he successfully sent a ship-to-
shore transmission over a distance of three miles and then persuaded Russian
naval authorities to begin installing radio equipment in its vessels. Just two years later he had increased the
distance of ship-to-shore transmissions to 30 miles. Popov is credited with being the first to
use an antenna in the transmission and reception of radio waves. The QSL card debuted in March at the 2010
NASWA SWL Winter Fest in
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NASB Members
Adventist World Radio
Assemblies of
Yahweh
EWTN Shortwave
Radio (WEWN)
Family Stations
Inc.
Far East
Broadcasting Co.
Fundamental
Broadcasting Network
La Voz de
Restauracion Broadcasting, Inc.
Le Sea
Broadcasting Corp.
Radio
Trans World Radio
World Christian
Broadcasting
World Wide
Christian Radio
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NASB Associate Members
Comet
Continental
Electronics Corporation
Galcom
International
George Jacobs
& Associates
Hatfield and
Dawson Consulting Engineers
HCJB World Radio
IBB
Kintronic Labs,
Inc.
TCI
International, Inc.
TDF
TDP
Thomson Inc.
VT Communications
National Association of Shortwave
Broadcasters
Ph:
(863) 763-0281 Fax: (863) 763-8867 E-mail:
nasbmem@rocketmail
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