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15 semifinalists announced in Youth Video Challenge; finals at GA

JEFFERSONVILLE, IND — Fifteen semi-finalists have been announced in the inaugural Youth Video Challenge sponsored by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Foundation on its social networking site, ymiLIVE.org

The ymiLIVE.org site was launched in January 2008 to create an online community for young Presbyterians, their parents, and all who share a commitment to the active support of PC(USA) youth ministry and mission. “It’s fellowship without boundaries,” said Foundation public relations officer Barbara Juckett.

The Youth Video Challenge ran from March 1 to June 1. More than 100 PC(USA) youth groups submitted short videos creatively expressing the theme of this year’s 218th General Assembly: What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8).

She said more than 12,000 youth group members, leaders and supporters registered on the ymiLIVE site to be eligible to vote online for the 15 semifinalists. The final three winning videos will be selected by the Youth Advisory Delegates (YADs) during a vote at General Assembly, June 21-28 in San Jose, Calif.

Each winning youth group will receive a $25,000 endowment fund from the Presbyterian Foundation. The endowment funds will be used at their churches to provide continued financial support to youth ministry programs.

Ryan E. Little, the Foundation’s marketing director said he was pleased with the enthusiastic participation from Presbyterian youth groups and supporters. “From the beginning, our hope was to connect and engage with a wide variety of Presbyterian churches, whether large, mid or small sized memberships and with youth groups from across the country,” he said.

“The 15 semifinalists indicated we were successful: three churches had fewer than 100 members, five had fewer than 500, three had fewer than 1000 members and four churches had more than 1000 members,” he added. “Video entries came from New York to California to Minnesota and Florida and points in between!”

The fifteen semifinalists (in alphabetical order):

Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, Md.
Central Presbyterian Church, Lafayette, Ind.
Clemmons Presbyterian Church, Clemmons, N.C.
Elmwood United Presbyterian Church, East Orange, N.J.
Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, Long Beach, Calif.
Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, Penasco, N.M.
First Presbyterian Church of Plymouth, Plymouth, Mich.
First Presbyterian Church of Wheaton, Wheaton, Ill.
Hope Presbyterian Church, Spicer, Minn.
Lake Arrowhead Community Presbyterian Church, Lake Arrowhead, Calif.
Mandarin Presbyterian Church, Jacksonville, Fla.
New Wilmington Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, Pa.
Otisco Presbyterian Church, Otisco, N.Y.
Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church, Youngstown, Ohio
Trinity Presbyterian Church, Flower Mound, Texas

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