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What's in a name?
Café is an
electronic magazine for young women who want to
build Community, participate in Advocacy, strengthen Faith, and strive
toward Enlightenment (CAFE!). It incorporates a Lutheran
perspective for women of
Christian faith or simply for any woman who is
interested in how faith can relate to the issues that women face today.
Read.
Connect. Grow.
Our new URL, www.boldcafe.org,
is not only shorter and easier to remember it also reflects
Women of the ELCA's mission
statement. Women of the the ELCA, the women's organization of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, creates and publishes every
issue of Café.
Café
wins big. . . again for the fifth consecutive time
For five consecutive years,
Café
received a
“Best in Class” Award of Excellence from the Associated Church
Press in the Independent Web site or E-zine category.
ACP honors excellence in religious journalism at its annual
convention.
The judges said,
"Relevant topics and a great variety of resources and
exercises to enhance the discussion. Kudos for making this
site multimedia with an audio podcast."
Café received
this same award in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Then, the judges said Café
“Provides a high quality product for its targeted audience.
The magazine writing style is top notch and provides an
intimate yet professional voice. The journalists use
relevant and quality research and sources to create articles
and podcasts that are meaningful
to all women, no matter their religious beliefs or
associations."
Café won an Award of excellence for Internet Communication from the Religion Communicators Council. In
2005, Café won the Award of Excellence and Best in Class from RCC.
In 2003, Emilie Rommel and Sarah Dreier
accepted internships with Women of the ELCA. Many others within the Lutheran Center in
Chicago, Illinois, provided guidance and support for Sarah and Emilie as
they took the idea for Café and ran with it.
Although Café was developed to reach out to women between the
ages 18 to 35, a group often falling between the youth and women's
organizations in the church, women of every age visit Café.
Café is made possible by grant support from
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
and
Women of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America.
We encourage you to visit the above Web
sites to learn more. Let them know you heard about
them from Café. If you have questions regarding either
organization, please direct the questions directly to them. If you
have questions or comments about Café electronic magazine,
please send them to us
at
cafe@elca.org.
Café sends out e-mail alerts
announcing new issues to alert subscribers. Café is a free
publication. Subscribe to e-mail
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