HOME
In the spirit of hospitality, our HOME screen makes available to all — members and visitors — the 10 most recent Friday Features.
LIBRARY
If a user is logged in, this screen will list all of the audio content that their membership(s) entitle the user to hear. Since that amounts to hundreds of items for paid members, there is a Search field at the top of the screen that will limit the number of items displayed. There is also a filtering panel.
Tap the icon in the upper left corner with the three sliders, and reveal a set of product categories with toggle switches. These switches will allow you to search within one or more categories (e.g., Journals, Friday Features, etc.).
To listen to a program you’re interested in, tap on the summary paragraph or the icon. This will reveal a small player at the bottom of the screen. Tap the play button (the black triangle) to listen. On the right side of the title of the program is a small circle with an enclosed arrow. Tapping that icon will download the audio so you can listen when not connected to the internet.
NOTE: If you want to download a complete volume of our Journal, you’ll need to download each of the tracks (usually 7 tracks in more recent volumes).
Near the top right corner is a small hollow star. Tapping on this will add the program to your Favorites list.
FAVORITES
Tapping this star will display your Favorites list. The list is also stored on our website, so when you are logged in to your account with a web browser (and a bigger screen) you can add or remove items from the Favorites list; the app will synchronize with that list.
DOWNLOADS
Tapping on this icon will reveal a list of all the programs you have downloaded to your mobile device. To delete something you’ve downloaded, swipe left on the description.
COMMS
Tapping this icon will take you to a screen that enables several modes of communication with Mars Hill Audio.
With gratitude to Rev. Keith L. Smith (1941–2022)
In April 2023, we received a generous bequest from the estate of the Rev. Keith L. Smith, a long-time listener and supporter. Several months later, when we began exploring the possibility of developing a new membership website and app, we realized that Rev. Smith’s generosity made it possible for us to consider taking the biggest step in Mars Hill Audio’s engagement with its listeners since we abandoned the venerable audiocassette medium.
It was on those cassettes that — in 1994 — Rev. Smith first became one of our faithful listeners. Beginning in 1998, he made regular contributions to support our work. That year, he also purchased one of our ceramic travel mugs, now a rare collector’s item. He also purchased many of our extended Conversations and Reports.
Born in Britton, South Dakota, he graduated in 1962 from South Dakota State University with a B.S. in Political Science. Following work for his parents’ business, as a college librarian, and on a church staff, he eventually returned to academic study and in his 40s graduated from the Wartburg Theological Seminary in Iowa. He then served as pastor at two small Lutheran Churches in eastern South Dakota for about 25 years.
His generous support of Mars Hill Audio has borne ironic fruit: Keith Smith never owned a computer or a smartphone. As he once told his brother Curtis, “I don’t have enough time in my life to figure out how to use all these devices that are supposed to save me time.”
We’re grateful that in God’s providence (and God apparently does have a sense of humor) Keith Smith’s generosity will enable thousands of listeners to take time to hear the sorts of interviews he clearly appreciated for many years.