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Date: October 13, 1997
Disciples News Service
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Contact: Clifford L. Willis
Email: CWillis@oc.disciples.org
on the web: http//www.disciples.org

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    INDIANAPOLIS (DNS) -- A post-Christmas
special on spirituality is the third national
television program produced in the past year by
the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Office
of Communication. The Disciples produced the
Easter and Christmas television specials in 1996.  

    "Finding God in Our Time" will air Dec. 28 on
most ABC affiliates across the country, said the
Rev. Theodore J. Nottingham, producer. He is
director of production and consultation services
for the Disciples. Interested viewers are
encouraged to call the Office of Communication or
their local ABC station to confirm the broadcast
time and date. This information also will be
listed on the web page (www.disciples.org).  

    A highlight of the December broadcast is the
presence of a celebrity host. Actor John Stamos, a
member of Church of the Valley, Van Nuys, Calif.,
a Disciples congregation, narrates the program.
Stamos stars on the television comedy series,
"Full House."

    The hour-long documentary features four
Disciples congregations -- all new church starts -- as well as congregations of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America, the United Church of
Canada and the United Methodist Church. The
project seeks to show churches on the "cutting
edge of creative, growing ministries," said
Nottingham. 

    The Disciples segment highlights four dynamic
new churches: multi-ethnic Fox Valley Christian
Church, Aurora, Ill.; fast-growing Community of
Faith, a predominantly African American Memphis
church; the Korean Church of Love, Marietta, Ga.;
and First Christian Church/Primera Iglesia
Cristiana, Baldwin Park, Calif., a Hispanic/Anglo
congregation.
                            "Finding God in Our Time" will give the
nation a "strong sense of who we are as the
church," Nottingham said. "It also is a fine
example of ecumenical cooperation for the sole
purpose of sharing with the nation a vision of
Christianity in our time."

    With the December special comes an
opportunity to finally "say who we are," said
Nottingham. "We hope the program will attract new
visitors to our congregations around the country."

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