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5-August-1999 
 
    Children's Art Sought for "Year of the Child" Promotion 
 
    Exhibit Will Travel to Churches Around the Country 
 
    by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.-The Mission Interpretation and Promotion Office of the 
Congregational Ministries Division is seeking children's art for a 
nationally touring display to highlight the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 
"Year of the Child" in 2000-2001. 
 
    Twelve special entries will be chosen for inclusion in the 2000-2001 
Presbyterian Planning Calendar, which has a distribution of more than 
100,000 copies annually.  A family devotional guide based on the selected 
art will accompany the calendar, providing resources, prayers and family 
enrichment suggestions. 
 
    The children's art exhibition will be available for display at synods, 
presbyteries, churches, conferences and church-based day care centers 
during the "Year of the Child." 
 
    The children's art program is part of the response to the 1997 General 
Assembly's declaration of the year 2000-2001 as the "Year of the Child." 
The overall thrust of the special emphasis is to heighten the church's 
awareness of the gifts and needs of children, to hear children's thoughts 
and concerns more clearly and to help the church minister to the needs of 
children more effectively. 
 
    Guidelines for submissions include: 
 
    * open to children preschool through high school 
 
    * based on one of 13 selected scripture passages 
 
    * any two-dimensional medium (paint, collage, ink, crayon, etc.) 
 
    * size not to exceed 11" x 17" 
 
    * maximum of 20 entries from each church or center (combine all entries 
      in one mailing tube) 
 
    * entries must be postmarked by Sept. 15, 1999 
 
    * entries become the property of the PC(USA) 
 
    The selected scripture readings on which art must be based are: 
 
    * Mark 5:21-43 - Jesus raises Jairus' daughter from the dead 
 
    * John 6:1-14 - A boy shares his lunch and feeds the crowd 
 
    * John 6:35, 41-51 - The bread of life; children at the Lord's Table 
 
    * Mark 9:30-37 - Welcoming a child is welcoming Jesus 
 
    * Mark 10:13-16 - Jesus blesses the children 
 
    * Mark 6:25-33 - God's providence in food, clothing (Thanksgiving) 
 
    * Luke 2:1-7 - God comes to us as a child 
 
    * Matthew 2:13-21 - Jesus and his family as refugees 
 
    * Luke 3:21-23 - Jesus' baptism and ours 
 
    * Jeremiah 1:4-10 - A child (Jeremiah) called to ministry 
 
    * Exodus. 2:1-10 - A baby (Moses) saved from harm 
 
    * Luke 19:28-40 - Palm Sunday 
 
    * John 13:31-35 - Little children, new commandment: love one another. 
 
    Entries should be sent to Exhibition Coordinator, Mission 
Interpretation and Promotion, 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, KY 40202. 

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