This past week a few of our staff (pictured above: Rob Phillips, Polly House, Kelly Shrout, Micah Carter) had the opportunity to participate in the annual Baptist Communicators Association workshop. This BCA meeting was paired with the 2010 RC Congress.

This BCA meeting was my first to attend, and I enjoyed getting to know other members with whom I was familiar but had never met face to face. I was also encouraged by the breakout sessions of the workshop, specifically the Q&A interaction with Dr. Ronnie Floyd discussing the interim report of the SBC's Great Commission Resurgence Task Force (audio here).

Not only was this my first time to attend the BCA annual meeting, it was also my first trip to Chicago. How can you not love this city, especially at night (see photo below)?

All said, this trip was a great introduction to the BCA and to Chicago. I would be remiss, however, if I didn't mention that our staff won 12 awards in the Wilmer C. Fields Awards Competition! Great job, team! These awards and winners are listed below:

Audio-Visual Division

• Audio - podcast, distributed less than two times per month ~ 1st Place: Brooklyn Lowery and Rob Phillips, "Inside LifeWay"
• Converged media - other converged media ~ 2nd Place: Polly House and Kent Harville, "LifeWay Russia Mission Trip"

Photography Division

• Newspaper / Newsletter - single ~ 1st Place: Kent Harville, "I'll Be the Man" and 2nd Place: Kent Harville, "Thank You, Father"
• Newspaper / Newsletter - series ~ 1st Place: Kent Harville, "To Russia with Love" and 2nd Place: Kent Harville, "Be the Man"
• Magazine - single ~ 1st Place: Kent Harville, "A Heart for Russia"

News Writing Division

• Single Article - Magazine ~ 1st Place: Rob Phillips, "Your Church Needs a Crisis Communications Plan" and 2nd Place: Polly House and Rob Phillips, "Arrange It Yourself (SongMap)"

Feature Writing Division

• 1st Place: Rob Phillips, "The Kingdom According to Jesus: A Study of Jesus' Parables on the Kingdom of Heaven"
• 2nd Place: Polly House, "If the Shoe Fits, Make it a Bible Study"

Design Division

• Promotion and Advertising - Specialty Items, Giveaway ~ 1st Place: Katie Shull and Kelly Shrout, "Hub Dude"

Posted by Micah Carter

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