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ELCA NEWS SERVICE

October 13, 2005

Lutheran Pastor Addresses International Radio Audience
05-196-FI

     CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Debra Samuelson, a pastor of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), will speak Oct. 16
on the "Day 1" radio program.  Day 1 is broadcast across the
United States and on radio stations in Canada, Nepal, Nigeria and
the U.S. Virgin Islands.
     Samuelson is the pastor for evangelism at Lutheran Church of
the Redeemer in Atlanta.  Her talk on Day 1, "The Problem of Box
Elder Trees," is based on Isaiah 25 in the Christian Old
Testament.
     Day 1 programs include a sermon and brief interviews.  A
television version of Day 1 is also broadcast on the Hallmark
Channel's "America at Worship" on Sunday mornings.
     Formerly known as "The Protestant Hour," Day 1 has been
broadcast every week for 60 years.  It has won numerous awards in
the process, including the George Foster Peabody Award.
     Day 1 is produced cooperatively by the ELCA, Episcopal Media
Center, United Methodist Church, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and
United Church of Christ.
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     Radio stations that broadcast Day1 are listed at
http://www.day1.net on the Web.  More information about the
ministries of Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Atlanta, is at
http://www.redeemer.org/ on the Web.

For information contact:
John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or news@elca.org
http://www.elca.org/news