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ELCA NEWS SERVICE

October 17, 2001

ELCA PASTOR FEATURED ON 'PROTESTANT HOUR' RADIO SERIES
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     CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Duane L. Steele, Gladesboro Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Hillsville, Va., is a featured speaker this fall for
three installments of "The Protestant Hour," a nationally broadcast
radio program which can also be heard on the Internet.
     Steele can be heard on the Oct. 28, Nov. 25 and Dec. 16 broadcasts
of The Protestant Hour on participating radio stations and at
www.protestanthour.com on the Web. Each program includes a five-minute
interview with Steele.
     The Protestant Hour has been broadcast every week for more than 56
years and is currently heard on 140 radio stations and on the Internet.
It is produced cooperatively by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America (ELCA), the Episcopal Media Center, the United Methodist Church
and the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
     Steele, who attended the Lutheran Theological Seminary at
Gettysburg, has served Gladesboro Lutheran Church as pastor for 23
years.  For the past five years, he has served as advisor and consultant
for the ELCA's Braille-and-tape ministry.  The ministry provides church
periodicals and educational materials to persons who are visually
impaired.
      In his first sermon Oct. 28 -- Reformation Sunday for Protestants
-- Steele notes: "The absolute truth which liberated Luther, and which
liberates all who believe it, is that Jesus Christ is Lord.  This
ultimate and awesome reality doesn't keep us from the fires and trials
of our life-journey.  It strengthens us and carries us safely through
and beyond them."
     The Protestant Hour will also feature new music in its program
beginning this month.  After many years of using theme music based on
Martin Luther's hymn "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God," the program will
debut a more contemporary theme based on the "Doxology," a song of
praise used by many Protestant denominations.
  Several other new pieces of background music will also be used
throughout the program to make the presentation more compelling and
appealing, according to Peter Wallace, executive producer.  The new
music was composed and produced exclusively for The Protestant Hour,
Inc., by Jim Ellis Music Productions of Atlanta.
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  Editors: A list of radio stations that carry The Protestant Hour
is available at
www.protestanthour.com on the Web.

For information contact:
John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or NEWS@ELCA.ORG
http://listserv.elca.org/archives/elcanews.html