Free Stuff Fridays (Boyce College)

Jan 28, 2022

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Win the Gear that Asks A Question Your Student will be Equipped to Answer.

Every student who attends the 2022 Renown Youth Conference, hosted by Boyce College, will learn how to answer the question “What is the Gospel?” Enter our drawing and your student may win sweet gear that poses that probative question to others.

Boyce College is giving away a NorthFace backpack, two Carhartt duffle bags, and three Renown mugs. Each is emblazoned with the theme of this year’s Renown Youth Conference, “What is the Gospel?” When others read the question on that gear, your student will get trained during Renown to provide the answer that echoes through eternity!

Click this link to register for the Free Gear Giveaway and to purchase, at a special Challies discount, tickets to the Renown Youth Conference, March 11-12, 2022 at Boyce College in Louisville, KY.

Free Stuff Fridays (Boyce College/D3)

Pastors and Parents are always on the lookout for good discipleship resources for teens. You just might be the person who wins these items for free through the D3/Boyce College Giveaway.

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Giveaways

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Weekend A La Carte (January 29)

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A La Carte

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A La Carte (February 25)

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A La Carte

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Jan 17

A La Carte

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Free Stuff Fridays (TGBC)

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Giveaways

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A La Carte

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Jan 15

A La Carte

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Jan 14

Articles

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Jan 7

Articles

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I have a memory like a … what do you call it? That thing in the kitchen you use to sift the stuff you want from the stuff you don’t. A sieve! That’s it. I have a memory like a sieve. I joke about it at times, and about how I have to outsource remembering…

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Articles

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