Contact: Tony Miano, Living Waters, 800-437-1893, Tony@livingwaters.comMEDIA ADVISORY, Aug. 19 /Christian Newswire/ -- In March 2008, Living Waters hosted its first Ambassadors'Academy -- 3½days of intensive evangelism training. Fifty participants from around the world attended the first Academy. Since then, more than eight hundred people -- including pilots, lawyers, pastors, and doctors -- from forty-nine states and seven foreign countries, have attended one of the seventeen Ambassado Source: Living Waters

Contact: Vicki Johnson, 407-340-9658ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 19 /Christian Newswire/ -- The countdown is on to the biggest assembly of Christian music performers in the country as acts like Kutless, Jeremy Camp, Mercy Me and Casting Crowns prepare to descend on Orlando Sept. 10-11 for the annual Disney's Night of Joy and Universal's Rock the Universe Weekend.Every year in early September Orlando becomes the epicenter of Christian Rock and the new CoCo Key Hotel and Water Resort-Orlando offer Source: Vicki Johnson Communications

A ministry of Christianity Today Intl., TodaysChildrensMinistry.com announces its release of new downloadable curriculum for children's ministry. The curriculum is made up of contributions from children's ministry leaders and the editorial staff of TodaysChildrensMinistry.com. Creative, innovative, and biblically sound, each curriculum's format is adaptable to a variety of ministry settings.Contact: Drew Dyck, Christianity Today International, 630-260-6200 ext 4271CAROL STREAM, Ill., Source: Christianity Today International

Second Annual Festival to Take Place - August 25-29Ten Films to Make Michigan PremiereContact: Brian Burch, 616-233-0500GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. 18 /Christian Newswire/ -- Grand Rapids Film Festival announced today the lineup of films it has selected to screen during the 2010 event, which will take place August 25-29, 2010. The complete list of films is available at www.grfilmfestival.com.More than 140 films were submitted to the 2010 Grand Rapids Film Festival from 20 different Source: Lambert, Edwards&Associates

Contact: Mike Vitamvas, 888-738-5545MEDIA ADVISORY, Aug. 18 /Christian Newswire/ -- Sometimes all it takes is one person doing one random act of kindness to change a life. What would life be like if millions of people reached out every week and showed love to people around them? Not for personal gain but because they had been given a gift that had transformed their life?This idea inspired a new line of cards by Memory Cross called"Life Cards."Each Life Card contains four origami pane Source: Memory Cross Inc.

Contact: Bethany Hardwig, Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 412-731-8690PITTSBURGH, Aug. 18 /Christian Newswire/ --"A sermon should have one main point,"says Dr. Dennis Prutow, professor of homiletics and pastoral theology for the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary (RPTS), who will release his book on the procedures of sermon preparation entitled, So Pastor, What's Your Point? $36.00, with the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals this September.With more than 30 y Source: RPTS

Contact: Scott Lorenz, Book Publicist, Westwind Communications Book Marketing, 734-667-2090, scottlorenz@westwindcos.comNEWNAN, Ga., Aug. 18 /Christian Newswire/ -- Jason Veitch was building eight homes and was losing thousands of dollars to copper theft. Upon the advice of a police deputy, Jason stood guard one night at a home under construction. When encountering three intruders, his shotgun accidently fired and killed a man. Subsequently some shady actions by the police deputy led to tr Source: Westwind Communications Book Marketing

Sec. of State Hillary Clinton urged the Senate last week to ratify the"START"nuclear treaty with Russia. Monday there was some stunning news about Iran's nuclear program. The Obama Administration is ignoring the obvious, perilous connection between the two, according to Tim LaHaye, originator of the Left Behind series and his co-author, suspense novelist and constitutional attorney Craig Parshall who comment in their author blog, EdgeOfApocalypseToday.com, that the language in the preamble Source: Tim LaHaye Ministries

Gathering of Men Confronts Today's Most Challenging Topics Aug. 26-28 at Fort Worth Convention Center"Men are under tremendous pressure and need the skills to overcome those forces that have traditionally held them back."-- Bishop T.D. Jakes, Senior Pastor, The Potter's HouseContact: Dana Slagle, 469-360-7104; Jeff Johnson, 404-775-4026; both with The Potter's House, publicrelations@tdjakes.orgFORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 18 /Christian Newswire/ -- The following is submitted by Th Source: The DeMoss Group

Contact: Jerry Biederman, 818-599-2428, SeriesCreatedBy@aol.com; www.DotsForJesus.comLOS ANGELES, Aug. 18 /Christian Newswire/ -- An artist who creates drawings made from dots, is embarking on his most ambitious project ever. It will involve the participation of Christians across the globe in the creation of perhaps the most extraodinary portrait of Jesus ever -- The People's Portrait of Christ.It will take one million dots to create the image of Jesus, according to internation Source: Dot Drawings

Contact: Jana Muntsinger, 281-251-0480MEDIA ADVISORY, Aug. 17 /Christian Newswire/ -- David C Cook is proud to announce more than 1,000,000 copies of Francis Chan's Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God have sold since its release in May 2008. Crazy Love is Chan's first book and has appeared on multiple bestseller lists including USA Today, Publishers Weekly CBA Marketplace and the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. Chan, whose popular first book calls for radical devotio Source: McClure Muntsinger Public Relations

Tickets on Sale Now for One of the Hottest Christian Music Festivals in the Nation, Featuring Performances by Skillet, Relient K, Jars of Clay and MoreWEB VIDEO: For an exciting video about this year's Rock The Universe event, visit http://bit.ly/96zu6v.Contact: Universal Orlando Resort, Public Relations, 407-363-8220ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 17 /Christian Newswire/ -- Universal Orlando Resort's Rock The Universe returns this September 10 and 11 with one of the most exciting celebration Source: Universal Orlando Resort

Every Christian has heard of the Good Thief... this is his storyContact: Barry Connolly, 203-748-1033, barry.connolly@yahoo.comBETHEL Conn., Aug. 17 /Christian Newswire/ -- It is one of the most compassionate scenes in the New Testament. In his final agony on the cross, Jesus promises paradise to Dismas, the"Good Thief."Who was Dismas, and what events led him to Golgotha that fateful day?In his novel,"The Good Thief,"author Barry Connolly weav Source: Barry Connolly

Contact: Jennifer Smothers, 407-884-7500APOPKA, Fla., Aug. 17 /Christian Newswire/ -- What will you be thinking about when the time comes to take your last breath? Your kids? Your spouse? Your job? Your parents? Your friends? Your church?In Your Last Breath ($12.99, paperback, 978-0982785829), authors Brad and Ann-Marie Boyles tell the story of Paul Anderson, a man who works constantly, but is frustrated because, no matter how hard he tries, he is unhappy and cannot seem to get ahead in Source: NewBookPublishing, a division or Reliance Media, Inc.

Contact: Rose Trabbic, Publicist, Ignatius Press, 239-867-4180, rose@ignatius.comSAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16 /Christian Newswire/ -- Ignatius Press and Magnificat have joined forces to launch a new line of beautifully illustrated, high quality, Catholic children's books. These charming books will capture the imagination of children of various ages through delightful full-color illustrations, exciting stories from the Bible and lives of the saints, and simple yet powerful prayers.Books for Source: Ignatius Press