TALLADEGA, Ala. (ELCA) -- Several members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) took awards home from the Associated Church Press (ACP) Convention held April 7-10 here at the Shocco Springs Baptist Conference Center. The ACP presented awards in 43 categories of religious journalism.
The Lutheran, the magazine of the ELCA, received five ACP awards. It accepted two first-place honors for its November 2001 issue -- one for in-depth coverage of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 and the other for "A City Not Forsaken," a news story written by the Rev. David L. Miller, editor.
The magazine took second place for reader response in section editor Julie B. Sevig's article "Here's the game plan: Readers respond to committee survey." The Lutheran was given two third-place awards -- one for its "Currents" department and the other for biblical interpretation in "Fed at Emmaus, Our Hearts Burn Within Us" by the Rev. Ruben F. Duran, which was the theme article for its April 2001 issue.
Lutheran Woman Today, the magazine of Women of the ELCA, earned four ACP awards. It took first place in "most personally useful article" for Beth Zeilinger's "Media Blitz: Keeping an Eye on What Our Children See," published in the November 2001 issue.
The magazine was given two second-place honors -- one for "best publication redesign" and another for the graphics in its November 2001 issue. Lutheran Woman Today was given third place in the Bible study category for the Rev. James A. Nestingen's "Teach Us to Pray: A Study of the Lord's Prayer."
The ELCA News Service, Department for Communication, received two ACP awards -- first place for its coverage of the 2001 ELCA Churchwide Assembly and third place in the overall "news service" category.
"Seeds for the Parish," the ELCA's resource paper, won second place in the ACP's overall "newsletter" category. It is published by the ELCA Department for Communication.
"Southern Bulletin," the newsletter of Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, S.C., received third place in the overall "newsletter" category.
"Metro Lutheran," an independent newspaper serving Lutherans in the vicinity of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn., won the ACP's third- place award for its editorials.
The ACP is an 86-year-old professional association of 175 religious publications and news services, representing a combined circulation of more than 28 million. -- -- --
The Associated Church Press maintains a complete list of award recipients at http://www.theacp.org/ on the Web.s
For information contact:
John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or NEWS@ELCA.ORG
http://listserv.elca.org/archives/elcanews.html
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About the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America:
The ELCA is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States, with 2.8 million members in more than 8,500 worshiping communities across the 50 states and in the Caribbean region. Known as the church of "God's work. Our hands.," the ELCA emphasizes the saving grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ, unity among Christians and service in the world. The ELCA's roots are in the writings of the German church reformer Martin Luther.
For information contact:
Candice Hill Buchbinder
Public Relations Manager
Candice.HillBuchbinder@ELCA.org
