Children's Church Contest

August 3rd we will kick off an exciting new contest with Children's Church. The students will earn points to use towards prizes of their choice. This contest will run for six months. At the end ot the contest we will have a Fun Fair of games and prizes. The children will get tickets according to the number of points they have earned. Choice of Prizes:

• McDonald's Gift Card
• Pizza Gift Card
• Movie Theater Gift Card
• Wal-mart Gift Card

Today begins our contest. This is a breakdown of the points required to gain a prize:
Children who cannot read have to earn 200 points.
· Children who are 1st grade to 3rd grade must earn 250 points.
· Anyone above 3rd grade must earn 300 points.
This is a breakdown of the ways to earn points:
· Attendance-5 points
· Bring Bible-5 points
· Weekly Memory verse-10 points
· Larger memory items-15 points
· Reading Bible -15 points
1. Children who cannot read can be read a Bible story
2. Children 1st grade to 3rd grade-read 5 verses for 5 days
3. Anyone above 3rd grade must read 10 verses for 5 days
· Bringing a visitor-25 points
· If visitor becomes a regular participant-25 points
· Perfect attendance for entire contest-special gift
· Participant with the most points during the contest-GRAND PRIZE WINNER
The extra credit for this week is learning the 12 Apostles:
· Peter
· Andrew
· James
· John
· Philip
· Bartholomew
· Matthew
· Simon
· James the Less
· Thomas
· Judas
· Thaddeus
Our hope is that the participants will build on their knowledge of the Bible while being challenged and having fun. They will be rewarded for all their hard work. Let the games begin!