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Episcopal Times Leads In Polly Bond Honors

Episcopal News Service. April 27, 1984 [84089]

HENDERSONVILLE,N.C. (DPS, April 27) -- The Episcopal Times of the Diocese of Massachusetts took four firsts -- including that for general excellence -- in the 1983 Polly Bond competition sponsored by the Episcopal Communicators.

The awards were given during a banquet at the April 2 to 5 meeting held in the Kanuga Conference Center here. For the second year, the awards also honored outstanding work in radio and television church communication. The Communicators were guests of the diocese of Western North Carolina and Bishop William Weinhauer.

That banquet was the first "official" item in a program that actually began for many of the Communicators with an intensive "hands-on" video workshop the day before. The remainder of the annual gathering was taken up with three major addresses, numerous workshops and seminars, a presentation on the ministries of the Appalachian People's Service Organization (APSO), some sightseeing around the Carolina countryside and a business session.

The APSO presentation -- led by Southwestern Virginia Bishop A. Heath Light; the Rev. R. Baldwin Lloyd, APSO director; and Sandra Ellidge, communication officer -- was an effort to brief the group on the varied ministries among Appalachian people in urban and rural settings. Lloyd, indefatigable advocate for the people and cultures of Appalachia, pressed the Communicators to help reshape the still-prevalent cartoon view of the region.

Distorted views are also a concern of Anglican Consultative Council associate secretary John K. Martin, who followed up a presentation he had made last year at a gathering of Anglican communicators in Canada. Martin outlined communication plans for the forthcoming meeting of the Council in Africa this summer and his hopes for greater communication within the Communion, especially with and from Third World Churches.

In other presentations, the Rev. Louis C. Schueddig, director of the Episcopal Radio/TV Foundation, and William Baker, chairman of the communication committee of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church, described expanding horizons in Church communication and urged the group to prepare themselves to think through these changes and act effectively rather than just react to or avoid them.

One effort to acquire those needed skills was the video workshop that preceeded the meeting. Led by Episcopal Church Center producer Whitney W. Smith, the participants were able to use the facilities of a nearby studio to become familiar with the work of camera operators, editors and "on-air personalities."

During the business session, the Ven. Stephen Galleher of Newark, Nell McDonald of Missouri and the Rev. Edward Berckman of Indianapolis were elected to the board of the Communicators. That same session agreed to an increase in dues to $25 (from $10) and revised the organization's statement of purpose.