A competition, sponsored by the Christian Television Association of South Australia (CTA-SA), is giving Australian youths the opportunity to use a 30-second television commercial to think about what God might say in the advertisement.
The purpose of the Jeffreys Award, established by the CTA-SA to honour the memory of Rene Jeffreys, is to produce the television commercial so that it gives young people a chance to show how they will communicate something about the Christian faith through this medium.
This competition, second-year running, is opened to school students and youth groups with the deadline being October 31st. The winning submission will receive a cash prize of $500 along with a projector for the school or church from which the winners come from.
The CTA-SA, an ecumenical body, is established in 1958 by mainstream churches to remind viewers of the love of God for them.
Using, mostly, 30 seconds worth of television air time broadcast free as a community service announcement, the ecumenical ministry used both spots and documentaries to engage ordinary people.