Last year, I was presented with the awesome opportunity to visit Atlanta, Georgia for the 2011 Orange Conference. This was an excellent experience and I regretted being unable to attend this year. I know it’s silly, but one of the things I missed was the “swag bag” you get with all kinds of little goodies and free stuff. I had this thought. There are many of you who, for reasons probably similar to me, are not able to attend conferences and missed out on Orange Conference 2012. Wouldn’t it be fun to still get a little swag even if you weren’t there?
If your answer is yes, keep reading. I worked it out with Orange and they put together a little swag bag for one lucky reader of Small Town Kidmin who was unable to be at Orange Conference this year.
Update: The winner is Jonathon Mitchell. Thank you everyone for your comments.
Here’s how to win. Leave a comment below telling me one thing you learned from the Orange Conference even though you weren’t there. If you need a refresher, check out my notes warehouse or orange slices post. For a second chance to win, tweet the following: “@pastorjaredm is giving away a #thinkorange swag bag to someone who missed #oc12. Get the details here http://wp.me/p1lgcL-jw #kidmin”
You must still leave a comment for your tweet to count in the drawing. I will select one winner at random on Wednesday, May 30, 2012. Entries must be received by 11:59 on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 in order to be eligible.
Disclaimer: This giveaway has been provided by Orange. The “swag bag” includes a billboard bag, Think Orange water bottle, and a copy of the new book by Reggie Joiner, Zombies, Football and the Gospel.
Orange is a movement. It has a following and a bit of a swagger about it. When you miss it you truly MISS it. Watching people tweet and FB from there made it difficult to focus on what needed done and wanting to see what would happen next, even though I wasn’t there.
I’ve learned that I now wished I had made more of an effort to attend the Orange Conference. Am planning on attending the tour in October, hopefully with some of our staff. So excited to be
learning more about Orange and how God is using it to reach our world!!
Theres always that humbling moment, that reminder to stop and rethink why you are going in the direction you are in, being intentional to spread love into the children under your care, serve the family, and The quote from Joiner “”We need to stop acting like we signed up for something & start acting like we’re called to something”. Its simple but in a humbling way that we need to remember every day, we are blessed to be called into the lives of these children and their families, how can we ever reduce it to appear less than that?
Heart broken that I didnt get to orange again this year, praying and hoping for next year. I appreciate all the tweeted info and sharing, but would love to hear it all first hand!
Theres always that humbling moment, that reminder to stop and rethink why you are going in the direction you are in, being intentional to spread love into the children under your care, serve the family, and The quote from Joiner “”We need to stop acting like we signed up for something & start acting like we’re called to something”. Its simple but in a humbling way that we need to remember every day, we are blessed to be called into the lives of these children and their families, how can we ever reduce it to appear less than that?
Heart broken that I didnt get to orange again this year, praying and hoping for next year. I appreciate all the tweeted info and sharing, but would love to hear it all first hand!