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Military Spouse Appreciation Blog Carnival

Posted by Pattie on Thursday, May 5th, 2011 in Blog Carnival | Comments (16)

Happy Military Spouse Appreciation Day 2011!

To honor all military spouses, we’re hosting a weekend-long blog carnival. You’ll have the opportunity to win some terrific prizes!

There are just two basic rules to participate:

Rule #1: Write a blog that goes along with our “11″ topic for the day and comment under that specific day’s topic with a link back to your own blog post by the deadline.

Deadline: Post no later than midnight Alaska time (in honor of Pattie’s soon-to-be-new home state!).  Alaska is on GMT-9 or you can look it up here.

Rule #2: Include a link to Wives of Faith in your blog post.

Write every day for the weekend, or pick and choose any days you like, but each day you comment on the Wives of Faith site during our MILITARY SPOUSE APPRECIATION BLOG CARNIVAL, you’ll be entered to win in our daily drawing!

Winners will be announced Monday May 9 at noon from all eligible entries.

Be sure to add our blog carnival button! Save the image to your computer, or you can get the code here:

<center><a href=”http://www.wivesoffaith.org/military-spouse-appreciation-blog-carnival”><img title=”Military Spouse Appreciation Blog Carnival” src=”http://www.wivesoffaith.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/msablogcarnival.jpg” alt=”Wives of Faith – Connecting, Encouraging and Supporting Military Wives” width=”200″ height=”300″ /></a></center>

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

All military spouses are eligible, as long as you have an APO/FPO if you live overseas! No international shipping will be available.

PRIZES:

Friday: *Kari Jobe’s self-titled CD

Saturday: *book: Miracles and Moments of Grace: Inspiring Stories from Military Chaplains by Nancy B. Kennedy

Sunday: *autographed copies of Tour of Duty and God Strong by Sara Horn

PROMPTS:

Friday: List 11 things in 2011 that you love about being the wife of a soldier/sailor/airman/marine/coast guardsman/national guardsman/reservist!

Saturday: List 11 fun things you want to see or do in your current duty station/place you live/or if you’re moving, list 11 things you want to do in your upcoming duty station location!

Sunday: List 11 amazing facts about yourself!

Blogging FAQs:

If you are new to blogging, you can create a new blog of your very own! Some free blog hosting sites are:

www.blogger.com
www.wordpress.com
www.xanga.com
www.livejournal.com
www.blog.com

When you post your response in the comments each day, please post the distinct URL for your post for that day, rather than the general link to your blog itself. For example, instead of posting www.wivesoffaith.org each time, you would post http://www.wivesoffaith.org/military-spouse-appreciation-blog-carnival which links directly to that particular post.

Please let us know if you have any questions, and happy writing–AND thank you so much for your service to our country and to God by being a military wife!

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Faith Friday: My Favorite Summer Treat

Posted by Sara on Thursday, July 8th, 2010 in Blog Carnival | Comments (3)

It’s Faith Friday already? Where did this week go?! Welcome to our second mini-blog carnival, what we’re affectionately calling Faith Friday. This is a chance for all of our Wives of Faith bloggers to get to know each other better as we live and love and learn together what it means to trust God with everything we have! And when you’re a military spouse, you definitely have opportunity to do just that! :)

So this week’s topic is “My Favorite Summer Treat.” We’re in the midst of summer – what’s your favorite thing to do? Or what’s your favorite thing to eat? What is the ideal “treat” for you when it comes to these warm summer months?

Don’t forget our two little rules: be sure to include a link to this post in your post, and don’t forget to post a link to your blog in this post’s comments!

Also – don’t forget we still have our blog button contest for Faith Friday happening – submit your blog button design to info@wivesoffaith.org and if we use it, you’ll win a $10 starbucks gift card! Deadline is July 16.

Happy blogging!

PS – Let me know if you would like us to announce a list of scheduled topics ahead of time – I know we’re all busy and some of us like to write our posts and schedule them ahead of time. Let me hear from you if you would like to do this. Thanks.

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Faith Friday

Posted by Sara Horn on Friday, July 2nd, 2010 in Blog Carnival | Comments (2)

Well, you asked for it, and so we’re starting it! Welcome to our weekly Blog Carnival, Faith Friday. So many of you have said you’ve enjoyed writing and reading all of the bloggers who have participated in our last two big blog carnivals and wondered if we could offer more, so here it is!

Your blog carnival topic for this week is Let Freedom Ring! Write what freedom means to you on this 4th of July weekend. The only two rules – you have to include a link to Wives of Faith in your post, and you need to add a link here to your blog so everyone will know where to go to read it!

BLOG BUTTON CONTEST!

Also, we’re launching a contest for our Faith Friday blog button – if you love to create fun images for your blog and other people’s, then start designing! Email your entry to info@wivesoffaith.org by July 16. The wife with the winning blog button that we choose will win a $10 Starbucks gift card and your choice of a Wives of Faith or Living GOD Strong t-shirt! One stipulation - the button needs to include Wives of Faith and Faith Friday somewhere on it.

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Where I Find My Strength

Posted by Sara Horn on Saturday, May 8th, 2010 in Blog Carnival | Comments (13)

Today is our final day of the carnival. I hope you’ve enjoyed the post topics and reading what everyone else had to say, and for those of you who were the lucky winners of our drawings, congratulations once again!

Today we’ll close the carnival by taking a few moments to share where your strength comes from. What or who keeps you going during rough times.

Today’s Giveaway is a spiritually inspirational prize pack that includes my book, GOD Strong, your own Living GOD Strong t-shirt, and my friend and sister military wife author Jocelyn Green’s books, Faith Deployed and Battlefields & Blessings. Visit Jocelyn’s website, faithdeployed.com for some great inspiration and encouragement as well as info about her books and check out godstrongbook.com for free study guides.

To be eligible for today’s drawing, you need to do two things: 1) link back to this post. 2) Post a link to your post in the comments section below.  Anyone can comment but only those participating in the blog carnival are eligible for the drawing.

VERY IMPORTANT: The winner will be announced today at 6 p.m. CST. You have two days to send me your contact info (sara@wivesoffaith.org) so we can mail you your prize. Be sure to include your email address in your comment if you’re not sure you’ll be checking back. Otherwise, if I don’t hear from you, we will pick another winner.

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Why MilSpouses ROCK!

Posted by Sara Horn on Friday, May 7th, 2010 in Blog Carnival | Comments (20)

Happy Military Spouse Appreciation Day!! Today is your moment to brag on yourself and your sister military wives! Share with the world what makes us special! Can’t wait to read all the milspouse love! :)

Today’s Giveaway is a blogger’s dream come true! Beth Saxton, military wife and blog designer, is giving away one  complete “Blog Makeover” from her blog design business, Scoop Blog Design.  To include header, background, sidebar buttons, and signature.  Scoop is a design site geared towards making your blog the best it can be!  Specializing in fresh and modern designs for blogs hosted by Blogger.  Feel free to stop by, www.scoopbybeth.blogspot.com .

To be eligible for today’s drawing, you need to do two things: 1) link back to this post. 2) Post a link to your post in the comments section below.  Anyone can comment but only those participating in the blog carnival are eligible for the drawing.

VERY IMPORTANT: The winner will be announced today at 6 p.m. CST. You have two days to send me your contact info (sara@wivesoffaith.org) so we can mail you your prize. Be sure to include your email address in your comment if you’re not sure you’ll be checking back. Otherwise, if I don’t hear from you, we will pick another winner.

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