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KENT COMP 4 KIDS
GET WRITING! WIN A £60 PRIZE!

We are offering £300 in prize money for young people in Kent to write on the subject of 'Marriage and Family in the Bible'.

There are three age groups:

  • 18 - 25,
  • 15 - 17,
  • 12 - 14.

(Under 18's need their parents' permission to enter.)

The prizes in each age category are:

  • 1st Prize: £60
  • 2nd Prize: £30
  • 3rd Prize: £15

Entry is free and all valid entries will receive a Certificate for Effort.
Closing date: Monday 20th April (end of the Easter holidays)

BENEFITS OF MARRIAGE
Your essay can have any title, so you can be as inventive as you wish, but you will need to show to the best of your ability how marriage and the family, based on the union of one man and one woman for life, were the plan of God from the beginning of time and backed up by Jesus Christ Himself.

Your best source for material will be what is written in Holy Scripture, in other words, in the Bible. But material from other sources which supports the Bible view is OK. For example, there is now a load of evidence of the benefits of the marriage-based man-woman family for parents, children and society from social science. If you wish, you can illustrate your entry.

The closing date is the Monday when school returns after Easter, which is Monday 20th April. So if you get going now you can put in the finishing touches over Easter.

AGELESS TRUTH
All around us, Christianity and its virtues, which made Britain great, are under threat. Alternative lifestyles are being promoted and society is breaking down.

Can you express ageless truth in a fresh and dynamic way, support marriage and family as God's own design for all mankind for ever and challenge the prevailing wind?

If you think you can do that, we want to hear from you and you could win £60 in cash!

May God bless and guide you.

RULES

  1. This competition, to write on the subject of 'Marriage and Family in the Bible' is open to young people living in the County of Kent .
  2. Entries must reach the Christian Voice office by Monday 20th April. We shall send an acknowledgement of receipt. Entries may be sent by post or by email, but if sent by email, you will need confirmation from SpamArrest before you know your entry has been delivered.
  3. Entry is free. A first prize of £60, a second prize of £30 and a third prize of £15 will be awarded in each category.
  4. Parents or guardians may explain what is needed, but entries must be the entrant's own work in their own words. Entries may be illustrated.
  5. Entries must state the entrant's full name, address, email, mobile or preferred mode of contact, and date of birth.
  6. The age groups are 18-25, 15-17, 12-14 and the qualifying age is the entrant's age on 1st September 2009.
  7. Entries from all entrants under 18 must be accompanied or endorsed by a signed note stating that permission to enter has been given by a parent or guardian.
  8. Entries will not be returned so entrants are advised to keep a copy.
  9. Winning entries may be published. Winners names will only be published with their (or their parents') permission.
  10. The decision of the judges is final.

Send entries to: Christian Voice, PO Box 739A , Surbiton, Surrey , KT6 5YA.
 Mark the envelope 'Kent Comp'.

Or email to: comp@christianvoice.org.uk
(there's a spamarrest filter but it's easy to do)