Tens of Thousands to Gather February 18 to Sing Amazing Grace

Tens of Thousands to Gather February 18 to Sing Amazing Grace

Celebration of Historic Hymn Commemorates 200th Anniversary of End of Slave Trade in England, Rallies Organizations to End Modern-day Slavery

NEW YORK, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ --
WHAT: Amazing Grace Sunday is a worldwide event bringing together
more than 2,500 churches and tens of thousands of individuals
to commemorate the abolition of slavery in England and to take
a stand against modern-day slavery. Individuals from throughout
the world will cross racial and denominational divides to pray
for freedom and sing the historic song, Amazing Grace.

The event was inspired by Bristol Bay Production's newest film,
Amazing Grace, which chronicles the lives of anti-slavery
pioneer William Wilberforce and John Newton, who wrote the
lyrics for the hymn, Amazing Grace. Wilberforce, Newton and a
group of loyal friends effectively navigated the world of 18th
Century politics to abolish the slave trade in England. The
movie stars Ioan Gruffudd as Wilberforce and Albert Finney as
Newton, and is directed by Michael Apted (The World is Not
Enough, Coal Miner's Daughter), with an original screenplay
written by Academy Award(R) nominee Steven Knight (Dirty Pretty
Things). Amazing Grace will be released February 23 in theaters
nationwide by Samuel Goldwyn Films and Roadside Attractions.

WHO: Church congregations from all 50 states and from scores of
countries around the globe, including the United Kingdom, South
Africa, Australia, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Dubai,
Albania, Malaysia, Romania, Panama, India, Spain, West Indies
and Nigeria. Congregations range in size from 20 people at
God's Little Brown Church in Alburg, VT to 6,000 people at
Community Church of Joy in Glendale, Arizona to Robert
Schuller's televised "Hour of Power" service that reaches
3 million people in the U.S. every Sunday.

WHERE: At churches and other places of worship in communities across
the U.S. and throughout the world. Churches can register on the
website created for the event, where lyrics, music and
information about the song are also available. For additional
information, visit www.AmazingGraceSunday.com.

WHEN: Sunday, February 18, 2007

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CONTACT: Jonathan Bing, +1-323-866-1822, jonathan.bing@freud.com; Casey
Morse, +1-212-582-9795, casey.morse@freud.com, both of Freud Communications

Web site: http://www.amazinggracesunday.com/

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