wfn.org | Devo'Zine makes Web site more meaningful for teens

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July 10, 2002   News media contact: Linda Green7(615)742-54707Nashville,
Tenn.  10-71B{292} 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - The United Methodist magazine that caters
exclusively to teen-agers has launched a new interactive Web site to help
youth in their spiritual journeys.

Devo'Zine, the Upper Room's devotional magazine for teens, has retooled its
www.devozine.org Web site to give youth a place a visit, share and explore
their faith, voice opinions and pray.

The former, primarily "service site" told visitors about the print magazine
and solicited writers for articles.  The new site offers users "loads of
fun, touching, and meaningful content that gets them involved in the site
and the world around them," said Sandy Miller, the magazine's managing
editor.

"Everything has changed about the site," she said. "It has a whole new look
and lots of new features - some reflective, some creative, some educational
and some playful."

The goal of the 24-hour interactive site is to provide teens with fresh and
relevant content, as well as a place for them to encourage and challenge one
another while building community.

Miller said she hopes that www.devozine.org becomes a "spiritual practice
for teens" as well as "an integral part of their devotional time or simply a
reminder to make time for prayer and reflection in their daily lives."

For more information, contact Brandon Dyce, projects coordinator for Upper
Room Ministries, by e-mail at bdyce@upperroom.org or by calling (615)
340-7287.

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