On day three of the Iowa Catholic Radio Fall Fundraiser, Deacon Mark Campbell hosts Triple Match Thursday with Jimmy Becker and Drew Keeter of REP Development & Consulting, the faith-driven team now handling ICR's donations and finances. Jimmy shares how a hard lesson from his FOCUS missionary days taught him that fundraising is an invitation into mission, and how Romans 12:12 gave his company its name. Then Dan Wilcox of St. Mary's in Pella relives Dr. Karlo Broussard's Growing the Faith tour stop, previews his parish's new building campaign, and explains what Catholic radio means to rural Iowa during The Harvest Is Abundant Fall Fundraiser.
The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few. Be one of them: text GIVE to 515-223-1150 or give online at https://www.iowacatholicradio.com/giving-options
It's Triple Match Thursday! Thanks to our generous Challenger Club, every gift made through 5 p.m. Thursday, October 1, 2026 is triple matched. That means a $25 monthly gift becomes $100 a month for the mission. This hour, we're looking for 12 people to commit to $25 a month for the next 12 months. That's less than a dollar a day.
FUNDRAISER UPDATE
- More than $150,000 has been given so far
- The on-air Fall Fundraiser wraps Friday, October 2, 2026 at 10 a.m.
HOW TO GIVE
- Text GIVE (G-I-V-E) to 515-223-1150. You'll get a secure donation link right back.
- Call 515-223-1150. We have only two working phone lines, so if you get a busy signal, just text.
- Give online at IowaCatholicRadio.com.
- Already gave? Thank you! Share the giving link with a friend, a group chat, or on social media, and tell people why Iowa Catholic Radio matters to you.
IN THIS EPISODE
REP Development & Consulting: Jimmy Becker & Drew Keeter
- When longtime ICR director of finance Brian Sweeney stepped away in May, REP Development & Consulting stepped in to process donations and keep the bills paid, and the transition was seamless.
- REP stands for Rejoice, Endure, Persevere, from Romans 12:12, Jimmy's godmother's favorite verse.
- REP's mission statement: "Quality time with family matters."
- Jimmy, a former FOCUS missionary who helped get Biking for Babies started, shares the donor meeting that changed how he saw fundraising: "If you don't know your mission, then you don't know your purpose."
- Drew first appeared on Iowa Catholic Radio as a student at St. Francis of Assisi during Catholic Schools Week. Now he works on ICR's finances two days a week.
- On the Feast of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Jimmy connects her "little way" to a simple $25 monthly gift.
- Why ICR is leaning into text-to-give this year.
St. Mary's Catholic Church, Pella: Dan Wilcox
- Dan, parish council president, looks back on Dr. Karlo Broussard of Catholic Answers packing the parish hall in July for the final night of the Growing the Faith tour, a talk on dialogue with our Protestant brothers and sisters.
- How dinner and an ice cream sundae bar made non-Catholic neighbors feel welcome.
- St. Mary's is kicking off its next building phase: a new parish hall and an expanded worship space for weekend Masses.
- How Catholic radio reaches farmers in tractors, homebound and nursing home residents, and busy parents on the go across rural Iowa.
Also in this hour: listener testimonies from Deacon Tom Bradley, Eileen Dunner, Pat Han, and parishioners from across central Iowa, plus messages from Bishop William Johnson, Dr. Ray Guarendi, Dr. David Anders, and Tom Price of EWTN.
WANT A SPEAKER OR EVENT AT YOUR PARISH?
Planning for next summer's Growing the Faith tour is in its early stages. To ask about bringing an Iowa Catholic Radio event or speaker to your parish, email Deacon Mark Campbell at mark@iowacatholicradio.com.
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