Church Of God In Christ
Northern Georgia Second Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
The Scholastic Motivation Ministries
Presents
The Bishop Mark Walden
Spirit of Excellence Award
The Motto: “Preparing Today’s Generation To Be Tomorrow’s Leaders.”
The Purpose: To empower and provide resources and avenues to let the youth exercise their varied talents and gifts. All young people are encouraged to reach their full potential in a Godly manner.
“In the Spirit of Excellence”
To celebrate the accomplishments of our young people, this year the Bishop Mark Walden Fine Arts Spirit of Excellence Award will be given to some young person who is selected by the Jurisdictional Spirit of Excellence Award Committee.
This award will be open to all young people between the ages of six and twenty-five whom
are active in his/her church and the Fine Arts Program. Each church will be able to nominate a young person. From these nominees a district winner will be chosen; from the district nominees, a youth will be recommended for Jurisdictional Award. For details, go to after opening day for registration YIA 2018.
The Bishop Mark Walden Fine Arts
Spirit of Excellence Award
The SMM Department works with Scholastic Motivation Ministries that are sponsored during the International AIM Conference. The motto of Scholastic Motivation Ministries is “Preparing Today’s Generation to be Tomorrow’s Leaders.” The purpose of the ministries is to empower and provide resources and avenues to let the youth exercise their varied talents and gifts. All young people are encouraged to reach their full potential in a Godly manner.
To celebrate the accomplishments of our young people, this year the Bishop Mark Walden Fine Arts Spirit of Excellence Award will be given to some young person who is selected by the Jurisdictional Spirit of Excellence Award Committee.
GUIDELINES
1. This award will be open to all young people between the ages of six and twenty-five.
2. This young person should be an active member in his/her church and the SMM
Program.
3. This young person should represent the spirit of excellence in every aspect of his/her
life. (for example: home, school, church, and the community)
4. Each church will be able to nominate a young person, using the nomination form. A
young person may only be nominated 2 years in a row; however within the span of five
years a youth may be nominated again. The nominee should not be involved in the
nomination process.
5. In each district, a district winner will be chosen from the church nominees. This person
will be recommended for the Jurisdictional Award.
6. A committee will be formed with one representative from each district to select the
Jurisdictional winner. The representative should not be the District Fine Arts
Representative or a member of the same church as the District winner.
7. The representative selected to serve on the selection committee will be chosen by each
SMM District Representative. This person will not be involved in the final evaluation
of the District’s nominee.
Forms are now available. The deadline to return the district winner’s form to the Jurisdictional SMM Department will be January 6, 2018. A committee, consisting of representatives from each District, will meet January 20, 2018 at the Jurisdictional SMM meeting. All District Representatives need to be present (even if the district does not have a nominee) to select the Jurisdictional winner. If the district representative does not come, then the district will not have a vote in selecting the Jurisdictional winner. The Jurisdictional winner will be recommended for the International Scholastic Motivation Ministries Achievers Hall of Fame.
The Bishop Mark Walden Fine Arts
Spirit of Excellence Award
Nomination Form
Nominee: ______Age (6 – 25) ______Grade ______
Church______District______
Please answer the following questions with as many details as possible. This information will assist the committee in selecting the recipient of this award. Use a separate sheet(s) if necessary.
1. What areas of the church does the nominee serve? (Example: General Church, Sunday
School, etc). Describe in detail the church activities in which the nominee has
participated? And how long?
2. Has the nominee participated in the Jurisdictional Fine Arts Department? ______
If yes, which activities has the nominee participated in? List any awards.
Participation: Number of years ______Last year participated ______
3. Does the nominee serve or volunteer in community activities? ______
If yes, please describe the activities.
4. Why do you feel this young person should receive this award of excellence?
This nominee, ______is in good standing with his/her local church and district.
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Fine Arts Representative (Church)/Date Pastor Date
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District Fine Arts Representative/Date District Superintendent Date
Deadline for District Nominee Application – January6, 2018