CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Bradley E. Schmeling, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) congregation in Atlanta, will be the featured speaker Aug. 22 on "Day 1." Day 1 is an award-winning radio program broadcast on more than 150 stations nationwide, on the American Forces Network and on the Internet.
In his sermon Schmeling preaches from the Gospel of Luke about a woman Jesus heals in a synagogue on the Sabbath. "It's really only as we live in [Jesus'] gaze that we find the power and the courage to see those around us," he said. "It is in these faces that we will find the face of Jesus. This is the mystery of the Word made flesh: Jesus is now present in the bent-over woman. By looking, we are the ones that are raised from the dead. In the movement to look and to see, we find ourselves seen and freed." The program also includes a brief interview with Schmeling.
Schmeling has a degree in telecommunications and journalism from Ohio University, Athens. In 1989 he earned a master of divinity from Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, Ohio, one of eight ELCA seminaries. For six years he was pastor of Calvary Lutheran Church, Columbus. In addition to his current call at St. John's, Schmeling is a teaching assistant at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, where he is a doctoral candidate.
Formerly known as "The Protestant Hour," Day 1 has been broadcast every week for 59 years, winning numerous awards in the process, including the George Foster Peabody Award and the 2003 Communication Award for Excellence in inspirational radio. It is produced in association with the ELCA, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Episcopal Media Center, United Methodist Church, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and United Church of Christ. A television version is also broadcast Sunday mornings on the Hallmark Channel's "America at Worship" series.
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* Nan Ross is publicist for Day 1.
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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.
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