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ELCA NEWS SERVICE

March 25, 1999

ELCA COMMUNICATORS HONORED
BY RELIGION COMMUNICATORS COUNCIL
99-11-065-JB

     WASHINGTON (ELCA)   The Religion Communicators Council (RCC) gave
one of its top awards to the producer of "MOSAIC," the video magazine of
the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), at the DeRose-Hinkhouse Memorial Communication Awards dinner here March 18.
     The RCC gave its "Best of Class" award for non-broadcast audio and
video to Tim Frakes, associate director for internal church
communication, ELCA Department for Communication, for the Spring 1998
issue of "MOSAIC."  The council also gave Frakes its Excellence Award in
the Documentary/Educational Video Category for the same entry.  Frakes 
has been producer of MOSAIC for five years.
       "Wow!" said judge Andrew Rawls, director of media services,
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky., of Frakes' work.
"This program is a delight! Upbeat, informative, balanced ... pure
inspiration ... compels us to reach higher.  Seeing this makes me want
to be a Lutheran."
     The RCC, a professional organization for religion communicators,
gave several more awards to ELCA communicators.  Award winners included:
     -- Susan Greeley, director/producer for "Lutheran Vespers," ELCA
Department for Communication, received the Merit Award for "Lutheran
Vespers Holiday Specials."  The award was given in the Broadcast and
Cable Audio/Video category.  "Lutheran Vespers" is a radio ministry of
the ELCA.  The Rev. Walt Wangerin, Lutheran author, storyteller and
lecturer, is the program's speaker.
     -- Julie Baska, communications director, ELCA Southeastern
Minnesota Synod, was honored in two categories for the synod's
newsletter, "Tributaries."  Baska won the Excellence Award for local and
regional newspapers in the Periodicals category.  Her work was also
given a Merit Award for overall publication design in the Graphic,
Design, Art and Photography category.
     -- Nancy Stelling, editor, Sue Edison-Swift, managing editor, and
Kate S. Elliott, associate editor, of the Women of the ELCA monthly
publication, "Lutheran Woman Today," received the Excellence Award for a
series of magazine articles called "Possessions."  The award was
presented in the Writing for Periodicals category.
     -- Linda Post Bushkofsky, an ELCA member employed by the Synod of
Lakes and Prairies of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), received an
Excellence Award for brochures for the publication "Mission Brochure." 
She also received a Merit Award for overall publication design for
"Seeing with New Eyes of Justice" in the Graphic Design, Art and
Photography category.
     The DeRose-Hinkhouse Awards are given annually at RCC's convention
to active members who demonstrate excellence in religious communications
and public relations. They are given in memory of Victor DeRose and Paul
M. Hinkhouse, both leading lithographers in New York City and longtime
friends of RCC.
     In addition to the awards, the Rev. Eric C. Shafer, director of
the ELCA Department for Communication, was elected RCC vice president.  
Melissa O. Ramirez, assistant director for news and information, ELCA
Department for Communication, was elected to a four-year term on the RCC
Board of Governors.

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