2009 FFBC Youth Essay Contest Announced

For the last three years, the FFBC has held an annual youth essay contest for the churches of the FFBC.   We are pleased to announce the details of this year’s essay contest and to ask the FFBC Pastors to announce this contest to their church families.

Below is the text from the announcement by the Essay Committee.

 

We endeavor to have our fourth annual essay contest for the churches of the FFBC.  This year’s essay theme is “How To Be Holy (1 Peter 1:15-16)?”  The age groups involved in this essay contest will be ages 8 – 12 and ages 13 – 16.

First and second place winners from each group will be awarded gift cards.

First place winners will be given a $50 gift card, and second place winners will be given a $25 gift card. Winners will be announced at the Annual Conference in August.

Entries must be no more than one page, written or typed.  All entries should be submitted to Chuck Green through the mail or e-mail:

Mr. Chuck Green
104 Masonville Road
Mt. Laurel, NJ  08054

3greens@cleaninter.net

All entries must be received by July 22, 2009.

Synopsis of Essay Contest 2008:
The contest commenced May 7 last year and had a deadline of July 7.  The theme was “How Do You Honor Your Parents (Exodus 20:12)?”  The age groups involved were ages 8-12 and 13-16.    The essays were judged for biblical basis/theology (1/3), application (1/3) and grammar (1/3).  A 1-10 grading was given for each of those categories with category points totaled for each essay resulting in a 1st & 2nd place for the two age groups.  First and 2nd place winners from each group were awarded Commerce Bank gift cards (1st place received a $50 card, and 2nd place received a $25 card compliments of the FFBC).  Each of the winners was announced at the opening evening service of Annual Conference (once again a first place participant was present).  Each of the placers was also given a Certificate of Recognition from the FFBC.  Fourteen essays from 6 FFBC churches in total were submitted and each of them was posted in the Inn for all to view during the week.   Over the 3 years of the contest there have been participants from 8 of our FFBC churches.