Attention Catch Community

🚨 ATTENTION, CATCH COMMUNITY! 🚨

The moment we’ve been waiting for is upon us! Our 2024 “No Campaign” Fall Annual $20,000 Campaign was officially launched on Veteran’s Day, November 11, as part of the powerful Catch article, A Salute to our Veterans: The Yellow Ribbon of Hope and Grace.

This campaign is a tribute to our heroes, featuring a heartfelt salute to two distinguished Vanguard leaders who are veterans:

  • Lieutenant Colonel Mike High, US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon Pilot and Instructor
  • Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Klever, Senior Engineer, US Army

In their honor, and on behalf of all veterans within the Catch Ministry, we proudly unfurled “Operation No Campaign” with a bold mission to achieve our $20,000 Fall Annual Campaign goal and carry this ministry forward with strength and purpose.

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What We’d Do with a Billboard

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Dear Citizens of the Catch,

If this were a real campaign, we’d plaster our message on a giant billboard:

“CATCH THE VISION! SUPPORT THE CATCH!”

But let’s face it:

  • Billboards are expensive.
  • You don’t drive by that many billboards.
  • Most people just ignore them anyway.

So, instead of going big and flashy, we’re keeping it simple and asking you directly to help us close out the “No Campaign” with a gift by tomorrow, November 25.

No billboards. Just impact. Every dollar helps us continue sharing God’s grace and hope with the world.

Make your mark here.

Thank you for proving we don’t need neon lights—just faithful supporters like you.

With gratitude,

Mike High, Chairman of the 2024 “No Campaign” $20,000 Fall Annual Campaign
Catch Ministry Vanguard Leadership

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The Commercial We Didn’t Make

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Dear Citizens of the Catch,

Picture this: A dramatic, slow-motion video of people holding hands, sunsets in the background, and a heartwarming voiceover saying:

“Your contribution can make a difference today…”

Now, imagine we had the budget actually to produce that commercial. (We don’t.)

Instead, we’re skipping the fluff and asking you directly: Will you help us hit our $20,000 goal for the “No Campaign” by Monday?

Your gift today means we can keep serving, supporting, and spreading hope to those who need it most. Plus, it’s way more effective than a sunset montage.

Join the movement. Click here.

And thank you for being part of the real story!

Warmly (and without the slow-mo),

Mike High, Chairman of the 2024 “No Campaign” $20,000 Fall Annual Campaign
Catch Ministry Vanguard Leader

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The Campaign that Isn’t

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Dear Citizens of the Catch:

Imagine this: A full-blown campaign. The kind with celebrity endorsements, TV commercials, confetti canons, and someone shouting through a megaphone, “SUPPORT THE CATCH MINISTRY!”

But, alas, this is not that campaign.

We’re calling it the “No Campaign” because we’re skipping all the fanfare and getting straight to the point: we need your help to meet our $20,000 goal by Monday, November 25.

So, instead of hiring a marching band, we ask for your generous contribution. If you gave last year, consider matching that gift now to keep the momentum going.

Click here to make it happen:

No confetti, no megaphones—just your support fueling a ministry that turns Grace Outward every day.

With gratitude (and imaginary streamers),

Mike High, Chairman of the 2024 “No Campaign” $20,000 Fall Annual Campaign
Catch Ministry Vanguard Leader

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Why the Jesus Movement must live on through us

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There was a time, not so long ago, when a generation on the edge of disillusionment and despair encountered a spark that ignited their hearts and set them ablaze for Christ. Those of us who lived through or were influenced by the Jesus Movement know what it means to feel the raw power of God’s Spirit, reshaping lives and redefining purposes. It was a time of revelation—a divine vision of what could be, where the Gospel became real, tangible, and urgent. Proverbs 29:18 reminds us: “Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint, but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom’s instruction.” The Jesus Movement was that revelation for our generation, and it’s time to bring it forward again.

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Declaration of a Marketplace Christian

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Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint; but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom’s instruction. Proverbs 29:18 (NIV)

Whereas:   We are followers of Christ who are wary about things that are given the cultural label “Christian”; and

Whereas:   “Christian” has become a term that has more to do with how one aligns oneself politically and socially, or how one behaves in relation to certain cultural mores, than it does with anything of the heart; and

Whereas:   We want to be Christians – but with a new definition,

We have come to the following conclusions:

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What the Lord requires of us

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He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8

O man … O woman … what does the Lord require of us? Don’t you think we should sit up and take notice of this? This is a major announcement of what God is looking for in those who desire to follow His will. Isn’t that you and me?

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A Salute to our Veterans: The Yellow Ribbon of Hope and Grace

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by Marti Fischer

In early 1973, during Operation Homecoming, America rejoiced as 591 prisoners of war were released from captivity in Southeast Asia. Among the celebratory moments, Tony Orlando stood before a crowd of veterans at a Bob Hope show, singing Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree. The response was overwhelming—cheers, standing ovations—except for one POW sitting in the front row, motionless and silent.

After the performance, Tony approached this soldier, asking if he enjoyed the show. The man, with quiet dignity, replied: “I loved it. My shoulders were dislocated as a POW, so I couldn’t raise my arms to clap. But if you’d seen my feet, you’d have noticed I was tapping my big toe.”

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From Failure to Faith

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Behold, he whose soul is not upright in him shall fail, but the righteous shall live by his faith. Habakkuk 2:4

Have you ever known anyone whose soul doesn’t stand up straight within him/her? How about you? Has your soul ever not stood up straight? What about right now? Is your soul upright within you or is it leaning over a little bit?

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Professional Christians

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When I first met my wife, Marti, she was not a professional Christian. She didn’t know one Bible translation from another, and it didn’t matter. She could open any Bible to any place and find something meaningful for herself and for those around her.

Marti met Christ through a rather bizarre series of events that included dating the backslidden son of a Baptist pastor. It was 1970 and she was a “stewardess” in an era when it was still okay to use that term. The job still retained a little of its “coffee, tea, or me” glamour. Long fake lashes and sculptured hairstyles were part of the standard uniform of the day.

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