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“Hands Across the Water” was the name of a series of news segments that focused on the work of Mennonite Economic Development Associates, Mennonite Central Committee and Ten Thousand Villages in Haiti. The five news segments ran March 13-17 and again as a half-hour documentary April 21 and 23 on a local Winnipeg TV station. A TV reporter and a camera operator accompanied former MCC Haiti Representative Dan Wiens to Haiti. The purpose of the visit was to show how aid can be given in a way so that it doesn’t cause more problems than it prevents. – MEDA
The devotional book, A Lift for Living, by Herman Kroeker is now available on CD. To order, write to: Apt. 412, 5 Tabor Dr., St. Catharines, Ont. L2N 7R2 or phone (905) 937-6787.
Evangelicals, who represent 8% of the adult population in the US, are the most religiously active Christians, with the highest rates of church attendance (80% weekly), Bible reading (92% weekly), sharing their faith (81% per year), giving their money to their church (94% per month) and volunteering at church (48% weekly). Small groups in churches attract about 17% of all adults, including 30% born-again Christians and 55% of evangelicals. In general, adult participation in Sunday school programs is about 19% in a typical week, down from the early 1990s; 40% of adults attend a church service in a typical Sunday, a drop from the early 1990s when close to half of all Americans attended services in a typical week, but the figure is relatively unchanged since 1994. Over 40% of adults read the Bible in a typical week. The findings are based on a telephone survey conducted by Barna Research Group. – Evangelical Press News Service
The Anabaptist magazines for children/youth, Story Friends, On the Line and With, received high recommendations in the latest edition of the Best of the Children’s Market, an anthology published by The Institute of Children’s Literature. Primarily a guide for new writers, Best of Children’s Market seeks articles and stories of instruction and inspiration published in a variety of children’s magazines, including Highlights for Children, Cricket and Spider. The Anabaptist magazines are published by Herald Press and Faith & Life Press, and each magazine has a circulation of over 5,000. – Herald Press
Life Steps Family Plan is a new adult small group/Sunday school resource kit from Christian Education Ministries of the Canadian MB Conference. This resource kit is designed to give parents a positive environment of mutual support. The resource kit includes a facilitator’s guide, six participant’s guides, six Lenny the Lunchbox bookmarks, six growth charts and an outline. The resource kit sells regularly for $49.00, but is available for a limited time for $39.95. It is available from CEM: 3-169 Riverton Ave., Winnipeg, Man. R2L 2E5 or phone (204) 669-6575 ext. 222. – Christian Education Ministries
Amy Grant and country recording artist Vince Gill were married March 10. Grant’s divorce from singer Gary Chapman was finalized in June 1999. Gill was divorced two years earlier. Grant insists her relationship with Gill played no part in the breakup of her marriage to Chapman. – EPNS
Nominees for the John Templeton Foundation’s $25,000 US Epiphany Prize for the most inspirational television program of 1999 are:
- CBS’s JAG for the episode “Second Sight”, the story of a woman who learns the meaning of forgiveness as she deals with her anger and resentment toward her dying father.
- CBS’s Walker, Texas Ranger for the episode “A Matter of faith”, the story of a young man being led back to God through divine intervention.
- PaxNet TV’s “It’s a Miracle”, hosted by Richard Thomas. God’s power is demonstrated in four vignettes in each episode. The vignettes nominated in this episode include “Jennifer’s Instinct”, “Dog Angel”, “O.R. Miracle” and “High School Reunion”.
- Showtime Television’s “The Devil’s Arithmetic”, a TV movie about a friendship between two young women among the horrors of a Nazi concentration camp.
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Nominees for the Grace Prize for Most Inspirational Acting in Movies are Valerie Red-Horse for Naturally Native; Michael Clarke Duncan for The Green Mile; Richard Farnsworth for The Straight Story; Ed Harris for The Third Miracle; Jeremy Northam for The Winslow Boy; John C. Reilly for Magnolia; and Denzel Washington for The Hurricane. Grace prizes go to actors who, through their outstanding performances, best exemplify God’s grace and mercy toward us as human beings. – EPNS
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