For Immediate Release
DATE : 12/2/2010
      Episcopal Media Center to Take Over Fulfillment for Episcopal Relief &
                                  Development
Beginning January 3, 2011, Atlanta-based Episcopal Media Center (EMC) will be handling order
fulfillment for Episcopal Relief & Development. The organization’s previous vendor, Episcopal
Books and Resources (EBaR), will continue to fulfill orders through December 3, 2010. In the
interim, requests for small orders of brochures, posters and other resources should be submitted
directly to Episcopal Relief & Development by emailing er-d@er-d.org or calling 1.800.334.7626
ext. 5129.
“The Episcopal Media Center is honored to support the vitally important mission work of
Episcopal Relief & Development,” said EMC’s president, the Rev. Can. Louis “Skip” Schueddig.
“Our decades of experience with congregations, clergy, Christian educators and lay leaders will
hopefully enhance the good work of Episcopal Relief & Development.”
EMC was founded in 1945 as The Episcopal Radio and TV Foundation. Today, operating under
its corporate name, Alliance for Christian Media, it produces Day 1, the Peabody Award-winning
radio and Internet program formerly known as The Protestant Hour. In recent years, EMC has
become involved in order fulfillment, building a storage, shipping and inventory system that can
handle large volumes of materials with ease. This will be key, as the transition comes at a very
busy time for Episcopal Relief & Development – the organization’s 2011 Lenten materials will
become available in mid-January.
Episcopal Relief & Development’s Chief Operating Officer, Esther Cohen, is “delighted” to be
working with EMC. “They will be providing a wonderful service to members of The Episcopal
Church and helping us to reach a higher level of engagement with our supporters and the
Church at large,” she said.
After January 3, please browse Episcopal Relief & Development materials online at EMC’s
website. For more information or to place an order after January 3, email
sales@episcopalmedia.org, or call toll free 1.866.937.2772.
To support Episcopal Relief & Development’s work, please visit www.er-d.org or call
1.800.334.7626, ext. 5129. Gifts can be mailed to Episcopal Relief & Development, PO Box 7058,
Merrifield, VA 22116-7058.
Episcopal Relief & Development is the international relief and development agency of the
Episcopal Church of the United States and an independent 501(c)(3) organization. The agency
takes its mandate from Jesus’ words found in Matthew 25. Its programs work towards
achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Together with the worldwide Church and
ecumenical partners, Episcopal Relief & Development rebuilds after disasters and empowers
people by offering lasting solutions that fight poverty, hunger and disease, including
HIV/AIDS and malaria.
Contact: Faith Rowold
800.334.7626, ext. 6311
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