wfn.org | "The Resurrected Life" returns to the air

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Date: March 23, 2000
Disciples News Service
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Contact: Clifford L. Willis
E-mail: CWillis@oc.disciples.org
on the Web: http://www.disciples.org

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	INDIANAPOLIS (DNS) -- An Easter television special produced last year by 
the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) has been "resurrected" for 
broadcast on cable in April.

	"The Resurrected Life: Understanding the Meaning of Easter" was produced 
by the Disciples Office of Communication for the National Council of 
Churches. It will air at 9 p.m. April 19 on VISION-TV across Canada, and 
at 4 p.m., April 23 (Easter Sunday) on The Odyssey Network throughout 
North America.

	In addition, individual congregations have taken the initiative to have 
the program shown on local cable systems, according to the Rev. Theodore 
J. Nottingham, producer. "It is particularly meaningful for me to see it 
broadcast so widely again as it is the most spiritual program we have 
produced for television," he said. 

	"The Resurrected Life" has been well received ecumenically, Nottingham 
added. And Disciples are well represented as program participants by 
General Minister and President Richard L. Hamm, Homeland Ministries 
associate, the Rev. Judy Turner, and retreat leader, the Rev. Kay 
Bessler-Northcutt.

	Another program highlight includes original music composed by Curt 
Miller, executive director of the Office of Communication. The program 
also has as guests Father George Maloney, author of 60 books on 
spirituality and a world-renowned retreat leader, along with another 
individual with Disciples ties -- Dr. Charles Ashanin. He died March 1.

	This year's showing of "The Resurrected Life" is presented in his memory, 
Nottingham said. His deep wisdom influenced the making of this program, he 
added. Ashanin also influenced many Disciples pastors in more than 23 
years on the faculty of Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis.

	"I hope it will bless lives with renewed insight into what lies beyond 
the symbols and the story because it deals with the personal 
transformation we as Christians are called into," Nottingham concluded.

	The program is available for purchase by calling 800-523-0226, ext. 433. 
A study guide also has been developed and can be ordered by contacting the 
Office of Communication at 317-635-3113, ext. 2493.
	
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