Title: Hallmark Channel to Air Pilots for 'The Protestant Hour'
ELCA NEWS SERVICE
February 15, 2002
HALLMARK CHANNEL TO AIR PILOTS FOR 'THE PROTESTANT HOUR'
02-32-JB
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Two pilot programs of a new television version
of "The Protestant Hour" will be broadcast March 3 and March 24 on
the Hallmark Channel's "America at Worship" Sunday morning
programming block.
The pilot programs include the name "Day One," which will
become the new name for The Protestant Hour.
The featured speaker for the pilot programs is the Rt. Rev. J.
Neil Alexander, Episcopal bishop of Atlanta. Responses from
representatives of other participating denominations are also
featured. Representing the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
(ELCA) in both programs is the Rev. Debra Samuelson, Lutheran Church
of the Redeemer, Atlanta.
America at Worship is broadcast from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Eastern
Time, on Sundays. The Protestant Hour segment will be broadcast at
10 a.m. The Hallmark Channel is available on many cable systems and
DirecTV, and reaches 43.5 million homes.
The Protestant Hour is a cooperative outreach of the ELCA,
Episcopal Media Center, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and United
Methodist Church. The program is in its 57th year of ecumenical radio
broadcasts. The television version, produced in association with
Faith and Values Media, is to begin airing on a weekly basis this
summer.
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Information about The Protestant Hour can be found at
http://www.protestanthour.com/ on the Web.
For information contact:
John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or [log in to unmask]
http://listserv.elca.org/archives/elcanews.html
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