Winter Retreat Video Contest to Win Your Registration Back!

Share your thoughts on the "Living a PC Life" theme and get your *early* registration back! The content of video should be appropriate material relating to your interpretation of the retreat theme of "Living a PC Life" based on John 13:17. If you have any questions about this video contest, e-mail Sam at efcchurches [at] aol.com.

Winner: Practical Living - EFC Orange County

Entries were based on five categories:

• Creativity (How original is the idea?)
• Artistic Presentation (Composition, Idea Expression)
• Technique (Filming, Acting, Drawing)
• Relevance (Is the theme addressed? Has the entry “interpreted the retreat theme of ‘Living a PC Life’ based on John 13:17” or answered the following question: What is living a PC Life?)
• Replay Value (Fun, Viewable, Good Promo)

First off, I would like to thank all the participants in this year’s video contest. You’ve all made a good effort and should be proud of your work. Unfortunately, since this is a contest, there has to be a winner. After watching each entry several times and careful consideration over the criteria being evaluated, I have come to the conclusion that EFC Irvine’s entry and EFC OC’s entry are quite supplementary to each other. In particular the issue of relevance was key. Both of these entries do a good job of illustrating aspects of Christian living, yet neither is entirely comprehensive (EFC I is more on the Practical Church life vs EFC OC is on Practical Living but misses the “Christian” part since the principles presented can be applied to life in general and thus to non-Christians as well). A film combining the essence of both these entries would have been great. EFC EV’s entry compliments the above two by telling us what the Practical Christian Life ISN’T. The EFC SBV entry, then, is a straight forward presentation for the retreat theme and verse, which is nice for its simplicity. I hate to declare one a winner over the other, however, but based solely on point count, the winner would be EFC Orange County by a mere 1.5 point differential. All in all everyone did a good job so use these promo films to their fullest extent and let's have a great Winter Retreat!

— Isaac Liao, EFC General Assembly (October 17, 2007)

Submitted videos:

Living a PC life - EFC East Valley

Living a PC life - EFC Saddleback Valley

This Is Your Life - EFC Irvine

Practical Living - EFC Orange County (WINNER!)

Steps:

1. Finish and upload your video to our YouTube group account by Thursday, October 16, 2008.
   http://www.youtube.com
   Username: EFCWR
   Password: winterretreat
2. E-mail efcchurches [at] aol.com to let us know what has been uploaded and who you are and what you used as your user name to upload.

Rules:

• You must already be registered for the winter retreat to win.
• You can create your film as an individual or as a group. If it's a group, then the person who submits the winning video will get his/her registration fee back (regardless of whether it was early, regular, or late). The winner can allocate their registration money to whomever he/she wants.
• We will transfer them to the official site and let you know how to promote your videos.
• A representative of the EFC General Assembly will declare the winner based on creativity, artistic representation, and relevance to retreat theme.
• Contest ends midnight on Saturday, December 20, 2008.