How to Enter:
Write in 750 words or less on how Overflow Magazine has impacted your life. Don’t think too hard and it doesn’t have to be perfect!
What do I win?
The church you attend has a chance to win a 3-month ad campaign. This means that your church can advertise anything they want like service times, an upcoming event, or anything they can think of! This can give your church a chance to jumpstart their membership!
How to submit:
Just email your entry to: contest@overflowmag.com
Contest Guidelines and Rules:
All contest submissions must be received by August 31, 2011. The winner will be notified in September. Whether your article is chosen as a winner or not, Overflow reserves all rights to edit and publish any and all writing submissions through this contest. If your article wins the first place prize, it will be published in an upcoming issue of Overflow Magazine. We reserve all rights to edit the article for publication. Your church will be offered a 3 month ad campaign. The church may advertise their various ministries, service times, upcoming events, or guest speakers. Overflow Magazine reserves the right to approve of any advertisement before it is published.
18 years ago I could not find a church that would except my son or us as a family, because I have a child with special needs. At the age of 3 he cried out at the wrong time..he was in a wheel chair with a breathing machine, it kind of freaked people out. If I looked to put him in the nursery or a Sunday school class people did not know what to do with him or how to handle (it). I could not find a church in this area that would except us to come and worship. I wanted to attend THIS CHURCH, so I found a Special Buddy that would go into his typical age Sunday school blass with him and help him bbe included with the other children. Now mind you it was not that simple, but 17 years later, he is in the youth group and senior high class at church. We now have a Sports Program/Adpative Basketball group, Vaction Bible school,Adaptive Movie afternoon,Respite Care,Holiday Dances,Family Fun Fest besides our one on one Buddy Sunday school and an Adult Bible study. Lets just say VanDyke church has been so supportive to children/adults and their families that have a love one with Special Needs in our community. When I am ask to speak at conferences they ask me to speak on Building Bridges of Fatih for the Special Needs Families. Although I do a lot of community programs my passion is getting the families into a church so the child learns of Jesus love for them and for the parents/caregiver to be able to go to church and worship. Janet
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