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[RICH.SCHRAMM@ecunet.org]

AMERICAN BAPTIST NEWS SERVICE 
Office of Communication  
American Baptist Churches USA 
P.O. Box 851, Valley Forge, PA 19482-0851 
Phone: (610)768-2077 / Fax: (610)768-2320 
Web: www.abc-usa.org
Richard W. Schramm, Director 
 E-mail: richard.schramm@abc-usa.org

AMERICAN BAPTIST NEW LIFE YOUTH MEDIA 
PROJECTS ANNOUNCED
 National Ministries of American Baptist Churches 
USA has announced the seeding of additional American 
Baptist New Life Youth Media Projects beginning this 
month.  The evangelism and empowerment projects 
introduce youth to the power of narrative--God's story and 
personal connections to it--through a training program 
that includes Bible study, media exploration and digital 
filmmaking.  The new Youth Media projects have each 
received a start-up grant from National Ministries through 
NEW LIFE 2010.
 Currently the new projects include: American 
Baptist Youth/American Baptist Churches of Greater 
Indianapolis-Indiana and Kentucky, Indianapolis, Ind.; 
Camp Arrah Wanna and New Life Slavic/American 
Partnership Committee, Welches, Ore.; Congregaci"n Le"n 
de Jud , Boston, Mass.; Detroit Friendship House Inc., 
Hamtramck, Mich.; Immanuel Baptist Church, Minot, N.D.; 
Neighborhood Ministries, Campbell, Ohio.
 Both American Baptist and community youth are 
recruited for the projects, which agree to produce at least 
one 15-minute video newsmagazine about NEW LIFE 2010 
regional initiatives in their areas for national distribution or 
Webcasting in 2002.  National Ministries provides a 
specially designed curriculum for the projects and 
development and technical support during the start up 
period.  The consultant for the project is Signal Hill.
 "We're delighted with the response we've had to 
this project," said Dr. Aidsand F. Wright-Riggins III, 
National Ministries' executive director.  "American Baptists 
are making new life happen and these youth--and their 
leaders--are part of that story."
 New Life Youth Media was piloted last year by 
Curtis Park Community Center, Denver, Colo.  (For more 
information visit www.newlife2010.org/YouthMedia).
 NEW LIFE 2010 is the denominational emphasis to 
plant 1,010 new churches, welcome 1,000,010 new 
disciples and vitalize a multitude of caring ministries, 
transforming the denomination by the year 2010.

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