Title: ELCA Win Associated Press Awards
ELCA NEWS SERVICE - NEWSBRIEF

April 24, 1996

ASSOCIATED CHURCH PRESS AWARDS

Publications of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
received 11 awards during the 1996 convention of the Associated
Church Press (ACP) meeting in Phoenix, April 10-12. Honored were:

"Seeds for the Parish" Newsletter:
* General Excellence in newsletters, second place.

"The Lutheran" Magazine:
Awards of Excellence:
* News story - "Don't Forget Us" by David L. Miller, 11/95.
* Best magazine redesign - Jack Lund, art editor.

Awards of Merit:
* Useful article - "Addictions Defined" by David L. Miller,
     7/95.
* Professional resource - "Living in the Center" by Marc
     Kolden, 9/95.
* Humor/graphic - Grunewold cartoon, 11/95, Art Geisert,
     artist.
* Reader response - "What Consoles," David L. Miller, editor,
     2/95.

Honorable Mention:
* Bible study - 11-part study on Job, 10/94 - 8/95.
* Letters to the editor, 9/95 issue.

"Lutheran Woman Today" Magazine:
Awards of Merit:
* Useful article - "The Big Ifs" by Linda Johnson Seyenkulo,
     11/95.
* Bible study - "The Hidden Promise: A Study of the Ten
     Commandments" by the Rev. James A. Nestigen, each issue in
     1995.

For information contact: Ann Hafften, Dir., ELCA News Service,
(312) 380-2958; Frank Imhoff, Assoc. Dir., (312) 380-2955; Lia
Christiansen, Asst. Dir., (312) 380-2956