Posted June 30, 2009 in Uncategorized
ELYRIA, Ohio—John Greening introduced the 2009 Talents For Christ winners with a bit of encouragement to all who participated.
“Our greatest desire, while we are happy to pass along some awards today and the possibility of scholarship money, is that our students will study to show themselves approved to minister in their own churches and across the world,” Greening said.
These students won first and second place awards at the annual Talents For Christ competition held at First Baptist Church (Elyria, Ohio) on Thursday, June 26: (Read more of this article…)
Posted March 31, 2009 in GARBCnews
Students across the U.S. are participating at State TFC Competition during the months of March and April, with the opportunity for winners to advance to the National Competition to be held at First Baptist Church in Elyria, Ohio, during the 2009 GARBC Conference. National open (non-scholarship) competition takes place on Wednesday, June 24, for both group and individual open competitors. National scholarship competition follows on Thursday, June 25. For youth groups who would like to compete at the national open competition but their state did not offer group competition, their group can still compete at nationals. Contact Kristen Nolan for details.
Posted February 19, 2009 in Uncategorized
Do you have teens in your church who would like to attend Bible college but are lacking the funds? One source of funding that is available to all churches in the GARBC is the Talents For Christ (TFC) scholarship program. Students may compete for state and national scholarships in a wide variety of musical, teaching, and speaking categories. Urge your teens to sign up—but hurry, registration deadline for the TFC scholarship competition is March 2nd.
Posted January 9, 2009 in GARBCnews
Talents For Christ provides a wonderful opportunity for teens to develop confidence and skills for serving the Lord. Teens may participate as individuals or as part of a group in scholarship or open (non-scholarship) competitions at state and national levels. Group competition fosters camaraderie among youth group members and with youth groups across the country. Check out the new open category—instrumental ensemble. Don’t delay in registering your teens; deadline for scholarship competition is March 2.
Posted April 28, 2008 in GARBCnews
For the first time in Talents For Christ (TFC) history, students participated in TFC Open Art competition (non scholarship). Rachel Stevens, First Baptist Church, Hibbing, Minnesota, received a number one rating at the state Talents For Christ competition for her two art pieces conveying a Christian theme and the Conference theme (The Glory of the Cross). Rachel has the option of displaying her art work at the GARBC Annual Conference and competing nationally.
Posted February 21, 2008 in GARBCnews
Talents For Christ has been an influential program for teens throughout the years. Whether teens win or lose, Talents For Christ helps them develop skills that are essential for their future ministry. Check out the upcoming March/April 2008 issue of the Baptist Bulletin for a highlight of the “Biggest Losers” from Talents For Christ. See how the program positively affected their lives. Here’s a sneak peak at two individuals that the article highlights:
Albert Armitage
In the summer of ’94, Albert Armitage competed in Male Voice at the national TFC competition. (Read more of this article…)
Posted December 31, 2007 in GARBCnews
This year Talents For Christ (TFC) is better than ever. Expanded competition includes an Open Division that allows everyone in the youth group to participate and develop their God-given talents for ministry within the local church. TFC encourages students to prepare and to gain skill for serving the Lord.
Participate in TFC as a team. Whether your students have been practicing for years or are in the process of developing talents, encourage your whole youth group to enter.
The following tools will help you get started:
Posted August 31, 2007 in GARBCnews
Talents For Christ directors from several participating states met at the GARBC Ministry Resource Center on August 27 and 28, along with five GARBC personnel, to plan ways to strengthen and improve the TFC program. The directors came with a passion and commitment for the TFC program and formulated several new initiatives.
- Include 9th graders in Scholarship competition
- Develop a new program called TFC Open, a national non-scholarship competition for students in grades 9-12
- Add three new categories—Art and Media Design for individual competition and Vocal Duet for group competition
- Provide a CD of information and ideas for pastors and youth pastors to use in promoting TFC
- Produce a TFC video to show the benefits of TFC
We hope churches will take advantage of this excellent program to help develop your students’ skills. Full information and an enhanced Web site will be available in December.
Posted August 17, 2007 in Uncategorized
Welcome to the Talents For Christ home page! This site is being redesigned to better serve you. Please check back on December 1 for exciting new information.