2015 T-shirt contest winner is . . .

Thank you for voting in the Global Encounters t-shirt design contest! The contest wrapped up with 727 votes cast and . . . we have a winner!!!! Congratulations to Emma Kordik on creating the top design and earning the $300 mission trip scholarship! Her design will be traveling the world this year with the Global Encounters mission teams.Runners Up:2nd place - $200 scholarship: Deanna Barclay3rd place - $100 scholarship: Lydia Emrich4th place - $50 scholarship: Maxwell Stoner5th place - $50 scholarship: Michael WallWe appreciate your participation! Thanks for making the contest fun and encouraging the participants. Please continue to pray for them as they prepare to head to the mission field in 2015. Interested in joining them on a mission trip? Check out the Global Encounters destinations for 2015 and choose a place to serve!- The Global Encounters Staff

and the Winner is . . . First place goes to Emma Kordik!!!!! Congratulations, Emma! You have won the $300 scholarship and your design will be traveling all over the world next year with the Global Encounters mission teams! Reasons why the judges selected Emma's design for the top 5: we love the "boots on the ground" feeling it portrays of a missionary willing to go anywhere to serve Christ. You did an excellent job working on the med team this year, Emma, and we look forward to serving with you again next year!

2nd Place Congratulations to Deanna - winner of 2nd place and a $200 mission trip scholarship! We are looking forward to seeing you put that scholarship to use on the Romania team next year! Reasons why the judges selected Deanna's design for the top 5: it very simply presented the world as our goal for missions, while drawing the viewer in to see the intricate details that communicated the message even more.

3rd Place Lydia, congratulations on your 3rd place win and $100 mission trip scholarship! Reasons why the judges selected Lydia's design for the top 5: it captured a global perspective on service in a free-flowing, original way and did an excellent job of including one of the possible slogans into the heart of the design. Beautiful!

4th Place Congratulations to Maxwell, 4th place winner in the t-shirt design contest! We think it's pretty cool that you're on a mission trip right now, even as we are announcing a mission trip scholarship for you! With your heart for missions, we know that $50 scholarship will go to good use. Reasons why the judges selected Maxwell's design for the top 5: it's a simple portrayal of our purpose that needs almost no words. If our mission teams point others to Christ, then it's mission: accomplished!

5th Place Congratulations to Michael for winning 5th place in the t-shirt design contest! We know that $50 scholarship will be helpful toward future travels with the Spanish Language team next year. Reasons why the judges selected Michael's design for the top 5: the cross-centric design clearly stated our purpose in going as missionaries.