Congratulations to our friends at The United Church Observer! The independent United Church magazine won more awards than any other publication in the recent Associated Church Press awards in Chicago! This is a pretty awesome accomplishment! http://www.ucobserver.org/
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THE UNITED CHURCH OBSERVER
LEADS ACP AWARD-WINNERS
The United Church Observer, The United Church of Canada’s independent national magazine, has won more awards than any other American or Canadian magazine in the 2011 editorial excellence competition run by the U.S.-based Associated Church Press (ACP).
I received a letter from an insurance company on Tuesday; addressed to Dear United Church Observer Subscriber. This letter tried to get me to change to that insurance company through the compassionate way they cared for those during the Toronto hurricanes. It was obvious they got my name and address from the United Church Observer subscription list; never mind how many trees were cut to send each letter and envelope to each family, but what happened to upholding values of caring for those who read your magazine and helping us keep our mailboxes empty of such garbage.
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