by Melissa Ramirez Cooper, ELCA News Service
St. James Lutheran Church in Forreston, Ill., will be featured in
an hour-long television Christmas feature of AgriBusiness Today,
a nationally syndicated program. St. James, a congregation of
the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), "was chosen as
a rural congregation that represents the ever-changing face of
rural America and for its contributions to the communities it
serves," according to Amy Current, director of public
communications, Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa.
Wartburg is one of eight seminaries of the ELCA.
The television feature will include interviews with the Rev.
Karen A. Chapel, pastor of St. James, and Beth Nelson Chase, St.
James' director of music and Wartburg's vice president for
mission support. It will also feature the music of the church's
youth and senior choirs and bell choir.
DirectTV and Dish Network will broadcast the feature on Dec. 22
at 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Dec. 23 at 7:00 p.m., and Dec. 24 at
8:00 a.m., CST.
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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
