StarQuest (SQPN) wishes you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
This is Dom Bettinelli, CEO of SQPN, with a special message. In 2020, the StarQuest Network has continued to fulfill our mission of exploring the intersection of faith and pop culture through our many entertaining and informative programs. Our listeners have responded generously through their financial support and have helped us to reach the break-even point of our current financial obligations this year.
As we look forward to 2021, we have plans to reach more new audiences with more of the life-changing and uplifting programming we’ve been creating for more than a decade. This is why it is very important that we hear from you this Advent and Christmas—the time when non-profits receive most of their support for the year.
If you are already a supporter of StarQuest, we thank you and ask you to prayerfully consider increasing your support at this time.
If you are not yet a supporter, please become one now. Every gift counts. Could you give $15, or even just $10 per month? That lets us provide more than 40 hours of professionally produced shows with compelling content every month. We have special thank-you gifts for donors at several giving levels.
And thanks to a generous gift from a Starquest supporter, when you start a new Patreon monthly pledge at sqpn.com/give, the first three months will be matched by an equal amount from our donor, up to $6,000 total.
If you are a business owner, or just want to provide a leadership level of support, we have a special giving level for sponsors, like in public broadcasting. For $500 per month, you or your business can sponsor one of the shows on our network. Listeners will hear a message in every episode thanking you for your sponsorship and giving your web site. We’ll also have your name and link on the SQPN web page and in the show notes of every episode during your sponsorship. Find more details at sqpn.com/sponsor
Whatever level of support you can offer, whether large or small, please show your support for SQPN this Christmas, and remember that your gifts are tax-deductible.
Just go to sqpn.com/give. That’s sqpn.com/give.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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Headlines for the week ending December 20, 2019:

* “The Crown” and the Primacy of Grace | Word on Fire
* Jack Black says he might retire after 'Jumanji: The Next Level'
* The Home Alone reboot casts Jojo Rabbit star Archie Yates
* Lord of the Rings TV Series Adds Another Star
* Disney 'missed out on $2.7m in revenue due to lack of Baby Yoda toys'
* Church Unearthed in Ethiopia Rewrites the History of Christianity in Africa
* Lord of the Rings TV Series Reportedly Casts Young Galadriel
* The Far Side is officially online for the first time, with new comics to come – The Verge

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Headlines for the week ending December 13, 2019:

* New NASA human spaceflight leader calls SLS “mandatory” for return to the moon – SpaceNews.com
* RIP Star Trek Writer D.C. Fontana, 1939-2019
* Remembering René Auberjonois, Deep Space Nine's Odo, Dead at 79
* IKEA Designed the Interior of a Mars Habitat
* Terminally ill Star Wars Superfan gets special advanced screening of 'The Rise of Skywalker' with his son
* The Vatican Now Has an Official Minecraft Server You Can Play On | uCatholic

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Headlines for the week ending December 6, 2019:

* Star Wars: The Last Jedi Director Rian Johnson Wants to Direct The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode
* Interest in Tesla’s Cybertruck grows as preorders reach 250,000 – BGR
* Star Trek: Picard Reveals Picard's New First Officer
* Netflix cancels its Mystery Science Theater 3000 revival | Ars Technica
* Instagram's cofounder flew all the way to Rome to set up the Pope's account
* 'Planet of the Apes' series to be rebooted by 'Maze Runner' director

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Headlines for the week ending November 22, 2019:

* What 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Wheat Tells Us About the Genetics of Bread
* Critics blast a proposal to curb climate change by halting population growth
* New technology shows Norway's Stave Churches are older than believed — Aleteia
* Teenage boy devotes last months of his life to the poor — Aleteia
* Noah Hawley to Write and Direct Next ‘Star Trek’ Movie – SFGate
* Lenny Henry and Stephen Fry confirmed for 'major roles' in 'Doctor Who' series 12
* Great news just dropped for the new LoTR series
* Humans put into suspended animation for first time | Science | The Guardian
* Venerable Fulton Sheen to be beatified in December

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Headlines for the week ending November 15, 2019:

* The Universe May Be Round
* Apple Commits $2.5 Billion Towards Tackling California Housing Crisis – The Mac Observer
* Bottles of Bordeaux Headed to the International Space Station for Aging Experiment | Food & Wine
* Disney CEO Explains He's Not Disappointed With STAR WARS, But Feels That "Less Is More" — GeekTyrant
* Voyager 2 Leaves Solar System | Mental Floss
* George Lucas changed Han Solo’s scene with Greedo in Star Wars, Disney confirms – The Verge
* Eating Turkey Doesn’t Make You Tired | Mental Floss
* Make Sure You Know These 6 Facts About the Newest Marian Feast Day – EpicPew

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Headlines for the week ending November 8, 2019:

* NASA shares details of lunar surface missions—and they’re pretty cool | Ars Technica
* Dead Theologians Society: The ‘memento mori’ youth group
* Apple is reportedly working with Valve on a totally new type of product like nothing we’ve seen
* Disney+ will have to run ads for Starz to get Star Wars licenses back | TalkAndroid.com
* Fantastic Beasts 3 Set in Brazil, Expands Jessica Williams Role
* How the Catholic Church helped create postal services–Aleteia

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Headlines for the week ending November 1, 2019:

* UNESCO, United Arab Emirates pledge to rebuilt Christian churches in Mosul, Iraq–Aleteia
* 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' is outselling ticket sales of 'Avengers: Endgame' by 45%
* Pope declares Vatican's Secret Archive not so secret anymore – ABC News
* The Force won’t be with them: David Benioff and D.B. Weiss exit Star Wars | Ars Technica
* The Mandalorian Trailer Breakdown: Beskar and Battle Droids

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