2024 Grounds for Hope - Two Minute Sermon Competition

Introduction:

This year’s Grounds for Hope event has a theme of “Grace, Mercy and Peace”. These three words, in various combinations, are used in the opening of most of the New Testament letters in the Bible. Drawing from that fact, we chose this as this year’s theme Grounds for Hope is about starting conversations between businesses, churches and non profits about the role of faith in outreach. We encourage you to reflect on the significance of the words grace, mercy, and peace and express their significance to a life of serving others in an extremely short 2-minute sermon. The winning entry will be used as an introduction to this year’s event, and the winning entrant and their guests will be guests of honor at the event. This is an opportunity to encourage those in outreach organizations to stay true to their calling and not shy away sharing the hope of Christ as a part of their outreach efforts.
Guidelines:

  • Who can submit: The competition is open to anyone of Christian faith.

  • Submission Format: Submissions should be a high-resolution video. In landscape format. The video must be two minutes or less in length. Within the video you should identify, verbally and/or on screen your name and your organization.

  • Submission Deadline: Noon, Central Time, April 15, 2024

  • Judging Criteria: Our Grounds for Hope committee will select the winning entry. The winning entry will be the video that best captures our theme of Grace, Mercy and Peace. The contents of the video should conform to generally accepted Christian values and should be Biblically accurate.

  • Exhibition: The winning video will be played at the event as our introduction.

  • How to Submit: Complete the form below that includes a link to your video. If you need help uploading your file, see link below:

  • Awards: The winning submission will be shown as in introduction to our program and the winning entrant will be invited to attend the event free of charge along with their guests as guests of honor at the event. All other entrants will be provided a discount code for tickets should they wish to attend the event.