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Hone your professional skills at ACP 2010 workshops

This year’s Associated Church Press Convention, May 6-8 in Washington, D.C., promises to be one of the best, and the location offers cultural riches beyond price, but for many of our colleagues in faith communications, convention workshops provide the height of professional training.

In addition to the usual popular editorial and design tracks, a special emphasis this year will be on surviving and thriving in a shrunken economy and evolving industry.

Here are some scheduled offerings:

ACP Convention: Chaplain Barry Black to lead worship May 6

Senate Chaplain Barry Black is scheduled to lead the ACP's opening worship at National Cathedral, Washington, D.C. the evening of May 6.

On June 27, 2003, Rear Admiral Barry C. Black (Ret.) was elected the 62nd Chaplain of the Senate. He started his work on July 7, 2003. Prior to Capitol Hill, Chaplain Black served in the U.S. Navy for over twenty-seven years, ending his distinguished career as the Chief of Navy Chaplains. The Senate elected its first chaplain in 1789.

ACP Convention: Cokie Roberts to deliver keynote luncheon May 6

Noted journalist Cokie Roberts is scheduled to deliver the keynote luncheon address May 6 at the upcoming Associated Church Press annual convention in Washington, D.C.

Jim Wallis to lead Faith & Politics discussion at ACP 2010

Jim Wallis, president and chief executive officer of ACP member Sojourners, is scheduled to deliver the Friday, May 7 luncheon keynote address at the upcoming ACP convention in Washington, D.C.

Oldest religious communicators group reaches out to newest

The Associated Church Press, the oldest ecumenical organization for professional religious communicators, is reaching out to those on the cutting edge of communications: the growing community of religious bloggers. We have just established a new membership category for bloggers and have done so at a significantly lower rate ($69) than our dues for print publication members.

ACP/NewsU Webinar series continues in November

Social Media Webinars: Package deal of the year

NOTE: Multiple participants in one location are permitted to attend the Webinar for one payment, provided they use only one internet connection. For example, it is permitted to use a data projector and speaker for team training in a conference room for a single payment ($14.95). Or, two or three may gather around one connected computer and the single payment for that connection would still be $14.95. This rate applies to the first 100 ACP members who register for the Webinar.

ACP AWARDS 2010 CALL FOR ENTRIES

Celebrating the Best in the Christian Press

Press trip to Jordan makes lasting impression

An exceptional benefit of ACP membership for the past four years is the annual press trip to help U.S. religious journalists gain familiarity with the Kingdom of Jordan and to see first-hand some of the remarkable Biblical and archaeological sites in that land east of the River Jordan. For many of the participants in the most recent trip – 20 members of the Associated Church Press and the Evangelical Press Association – the experience was just the beginning of a continuing interest in Jordan.

Politics and history

Longtime ACP members named to NCC posts

NEW YORK -- The Rev. Jerry Van Marter and the Rev. Dr. J. Bennett Guess have taken leadership positions in communications at the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.