Related Groups & Resources
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The Office of Communication has provided some links to valuable resources and other related groups and organizations for those involved in church communication.
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Related Groups
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Episcopal Communicators
A self-supporting organization of persons with communication responsibilities in the Episcopal Church. The association works to strengthen the community of the Church; foster the development of communication expertise within the Church; serve as an advocate for the ministry of communication; provide a forum for discussion of communication issues in the Church; and provide mutual support and fellowship.
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National Council of Churches Communication Commission
One of the five program commissions of the NCC, this commission is the leading organization for ecumenical cooperation among Christian denominations in the United States. The Commission's members are professional communicators who work in print, broadcast, film, web, news, media relations and other communication tasks for a wide variety of Christian faith groups in the U.S. and Canada, and for national agencies related to those denominations.
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Media Education
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Center for Media Literacy (CML)
A nonprofit educational organization that provides leadership, public education, professional development and educational resources nationally. Dedicated to promoting and supporting media literacy education as a framework for accessing, analyzing, evaluating and creating media content, CML works to help citizens, especially the young, develop critical thinking and media production skills needed to live fully in the 21st century media culture.
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Episcopal Publishers
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Church Publishing
This official organization produces prayer books, hymnals, and other titles mandated by the General Convention through the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music. In addition, Church Publishing carries works on liturgy, music, homiletics, church history, liturgical theology, Anglican spirituality, contemporary global Anglicanism, and emerging issues, as well as recorded music, and a growing list of software products and online services.
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Cowley Publications
Cowley Publications is a ministry of the brothers of the Society of Saint John the Evangelist in Cambridge, MA. They seek to provide engaging books for ongoing theological exploration and spiritual formation of seekers, pastors and church leaders. They aim to develop a new generation of writers whose books will encourage people to think and pray in new ways about the life of faith and the future. The Publisher is the Superior of the Society, Br. Curtis Almquist, SSJE.
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Forward Movement Publications
Forward Movement Publications produces the pamphlets found in most church tract racks. Since 1935 they have produced materials to help people in their life and work. Forward Movement is best known for the quarterly magazine Forward Day by Day, but they also produce interesting, informative, inexpensive books and pamphlets. Forward Movement is owned by the Episcopal Church but operates under an independent board. Editor and executive director, Dick Schmidt.
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LeaderResources
This publishing and consulting organization serves the Episcopal Church and beyond by providing resources that are developed by congregations or dioceses and then shared throughout a network. These materials are "evolutionary" in that they are constantly being added to and improved by all the people who use them.
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Living the Good News
This publisher provides resources for Episcopal, Catholic, Lutheran and other churches to teach, inspire and involve their members in prayer, worship and spiritual growth.
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Morehouse Publishing
Morehouse Publishing publishes books on spirituality, liturgy and worship, prayer, the Bible, church history, theology, Christian education, marriage and family, church administration, lay and ordained ministry, homiletics, ethics and moral theology, contemporary social issues, stewardship, and women’s issues.
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