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To Such as These . . . Songs and Lullabies for Children of the World is a recently-released CD from Mennonite Central Committee. Proceeds will help support program, Generations at Risk, MCC’s long-term response to fight the spread and effects of HIV/AIDS. Songs are sung by Kim Thiessen, an MCC worker in Alberta. Support came from Foothills Mennonite Church and other interested persons. It is available from MCC provincial offices as well as some Ten Thousand Villages stores. – Mennonite Central Committee
Navigating the Road Ahead: Clues, Questions, Secrets and Certainties is a book for college students. Coming in both a Christian version and a secular version, the book by Adam Erwin tells young people entering college that if they want to get off on the right foot they need “to find some people who have already been there”. College graduates give the advice they wish they’d been told when they first entered college. – Evangelical Press News Service
Michael W. Smith’s album, Worship, released last fall, was certified platinum in August. His second live worship recording, Worship Again, was released in October. – Provident Music
World Vision, an international Christian humanitarian relief and development organization, has again produced their Angel of Hope Christmas Catalogue. It contains projects families and individuals can support in Third World countries. Projects include a dairy goat, a chicken and rooster, seeds and tools for families, zinc roofs for Honduran homes, a water foot pump, and many more. The catalogue is available by calling (800) 268-5528 or by visiting www.worldvision.ca/christmascatalogue. – World Vision
The God Uses Ink Awards have been renamed the Word Guild Canadian Writing Awards; the total prize money has been increased to $3,000; and the number of categories has been increased from seven to 20. The categories now include:
Non-Fiction Books
- Life Stories (biography, autobiography, memoir, family history)
- Personal Growth (devotional, inspirational, Christian living, Bible study, discipleship)
- Relationships (friendship, marriage, family, congregation)
- Culture (missions, evangelism, social issues)
- Leadership and Philosophy (theology, theory, ministry, education, history, academic)
- Special (book of poetry, anthology, gift book)
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Novels
- Literary/Mainstream Fiction
- Genre Fiction (romance, futuristic, western, suspense)
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9. Children’s & Young Adult Books (novels and non-fiction)
10. Self-Published Books
Articles
- News
- Feature
- Column/Editorial/Opinion
- Personal Experience (either first-person or as told to)
- Devotional/Inspirational
- Humour
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17. Letter to the Editor
18. Short Story (fiction)
19. Children and Young Adult Articles and Short Stories
20. Poetry (rhymed or free verse; maximum of 40 lines)
The Guild is also adding The Castle Quay Books First-Time Canadian Author Award; the winning entry will be published by Castle Quay Books.
The awards are open to Canadian Christian writers for work published in 2002. Entries for the awards will be accepted until Jan. 10, 2003 (see the Web site www.thewordguild.com for entry forms), and the winners will be announced at the Guild’s annual writers’ conference June 13, 2003 in Guelph, Ont. – The Word Guild
Televangelist Jim Bakker, who spent five years in prison due to charges related to his PTL television program, was scheduled to begin a new daily one-hour television program in October based in Branson, Mo. but broadcast on stations around the US. The program will be hosted by Bakker, 62, and his new wife Lori Graham Bakker. Bakker resigned from PTL in 1987 after admitting to an affair with a secretary and was later convicted of mail fraud. Tammy Faye Bakker divorced him while he was in prison. – Evangelical Press News Service
The number of homosexual and lesbian characters on prime-time US television has declined from over 20 last season to seven this season. Eleven shows which featured gay characters last year (including Spin City, Felicity, Once and Again, The Ellen Show and Dark Angel) were cancelled, as were That 80s Show and The Education of Max Bickford, which featured bisexual and transgender characters. The remaining network shows with gay characters are Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dawson’s Creek, ER, NYPD Blue, Will and Grace and MDs. However, at least six cable programs have multiple gay characters. – Evangelical Press News Service
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