United Methodist communicators receive awards
4/30/2003 News media contact: Linda Green · (615) 742-5470 · Nashville, Tenn By Kathy Kruger Noble* INDIANAPOLIS
(UMNS)--United Methodist communicators took home four awards for
excellence, one "best of class" and an award of merit in the
DeRose-Hinkhouse Memorial Awards annual competition, sponsored by the
Religion Communicators Council.
The DeRose-Hinkhouse awards are
given to active council members for excellence in religion
communications and public relations. The presentations were made to the
winners during RCC's annual meeting, April 24-26 in Indianapolis.
Receiving
Best of Class for Periodicals was Alice M. Smith, editor of the
Wesleyan Christian Advocate, the newspaper of the North Georgia and
South Georgia annual conferences. The newspaper also received an Award
of Excellence.
Other United Methodist communicators receiving awards of excellence:
· Writing for Periodicals: Melissa Lauber, Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference, UMConnection, for "Saving Stations.
· Broadcast: Matthew Carlisle, United Methodist Communications, for "UMC.ORG Profiles: John Eades."
·
Public Relations/Advertising: the Rev Steve Horswill-Johnston, United
Methodist Communications, for "Beyond Santa" radio spot.
Mike
DuBose, United Methodist Communications, received an Award of Merit in
the "Graphics Design, Art and Photography" class for his photograph,
"AIDS Orphans in Zimbabwe."
More than 340 entries were received.
Entries are divided into eight classes, which are judged by local RCC
chapters around the country. The awards are named for the late Victor
DeRose and the late Paul M. Hinkhouse, lithographers in New York City
and longtime supporters of RCC.
"Crossroads of Faith" was the
theme of this year's RCC convention. Three days of plenary sessions and
workshops drew from the diverse faith communities in the Indianapolis
area. In his greetings to council members, Indiana United Methodist
Bishop Woodie White noted, "It is not uncommon here for leaders in the
corporate world and for political leaders to be known by the church,
synagogue or mosque they attend."
The Rev. Robert Edgar,
president of the National Council of Churches (NCC) and a United
Methodist pastor, focused on how various religious traditions teach
about environmental stewardship in the opening keynote address. He
commended the work of the National Religious Partnership on the
Environment saying, "The partnership works because we have something in
common, in that our care for the earth is a part of who we are as
religious people." Joining NCC in the partnership are the U.S. Catholic
Conference, the Coalition on Environment and Jewish Life and the
Evangelical Environmental Network.
In a second keynote speech,
Sayyid Syeed, secretary general of the Islamic Society of North America,
headquartered in Plainfield, Ind., challenged RCC members to "create an
environment where there is respect of religion and where each religion
is called upon to contribute to the spirituality of" the people. Adding
that the United States can be proud of its religious legacies, he urged
using the nation "to live in co-existence, to live in a pluralist
democracy and to live together and practice freely our religion and our
faith."
During the April 26 business session, the Rev. Michael
Hickcox, Lawrence, Mass., director of communication for the New England
Annual Conference, was re-elected president of the RCC Board of
Governors. Other United Methodists serving on the board are Barbara
Nissen, United Methodist Communications; Larry R. Hygh, Jr.,
California-Pacific Conference director of communications; and Deb
Christian, UMR Communications. Shirley Struchen, who retired from United
Methodist Communications in 2002, leads the RCC national office in New
York.
*Noble is a staff member of Communications Resourcing Team at United Methodist Communications. |
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