One of the coolest things that develop in a growing community is the sharing of resources. This attitude and practice is very close to the heart of scripture, and I dig it a lot.
Tyler Sims is donating his old copy of Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium for Mac to one lucky individual.
For many, Adobe’s products their “bread and butter” in terms of what they produce, but it can be a large hurdle to overcome financially. This particular collection originally cost about $1,700 bucks. It includes:
- Dreamweaver
- Flash Professional
- Photoshop Extended
- Illustrator
- Fireworks
- Acrobat 9 Pro
- Contribute
So, if you (or your ministry) is in need of a copy, please just leave a comment below with your name and what you intend on using it for. The winner will be determined randomly this Friday.
Thanks so much Tyler for giving out of your abundance to someone else in need!
Also, if you’ve got anything else like this to donate, please let me know!
Name: Kyle Reed
I would love to use it for the church and community.
I am a struggling freelancer who is still using Adobe CS and would the upgrade.
I know it is random selection, but I hope I get a shot.
I do a lot of graphic design for churches at a very cheap if not free rate. This would make the hard work a little bit easier
Steve Hart
We are starting a church plant that could most definitely use the software.
Name: Aaron Floyd
I am a worship arts pastor in idaho. We have several people who are dying to do some design work but we do not have the software that we need. This would help us give people something to do!
Name: Phil Morgan
Church planting in Anna, Texas and the suite would really save us money in the long run in design fees and outsourcing what we could otherwise do ourselves but can't afford to buy the program to get it done! Thanks for the shot…it's always fun to watch these giveaways…win or not!
Great idea for the giveaway. I'm the pastor of a small but growing church and I also do all our graphic design. I do most of our sermon series graphics as well as video projects for the church. I'm trying to use Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements, but they just don't have the power that I really need. They work for most projects, but the lack of CMYK support has caused me trouble working with commercial printers. I've also used the free inkscape for MAC, but again, Illustrator is much easier to use. Anyway, I appreciate the opportunity. Thanks for helping a brother out
I’m doing this for my wife who is our church adminsitrator.
Our church is going through a lot of change. Recently we acquired our own building which means such a huge amount of new things can be done. My wife’s job is set to diversify at a huge rate.
Currently she creates notices on software that is not up to the job. Creative suite would give her the tools to do the job right and as we take up a physical presence on our local high street it means we can be the vibrant church both spiritually and visually.
Wow. This would be amazing. I have still been operating off Photoshop Elements 2.0 for a lot of my design work. I’m going to be working on design marketing for a benefit concert called The Extended Melody Project. All donations for this event go to an orphanage in Brazil. With new software I would also be working on a good redesign of my blog which is up to raise awareness and funds for international adoption. I would also be using CS3 for educational programming and teaching that I do in the college residence hall where I live. Image is the new text.
Tyler, thank you for sharing and being communally minded.
Peace,
Travis
Aaron Asay – we'd love to use this Software Package to redesign our current and future ministry websites – I know there's lots of new stuff in there that would be great to utilize!
Name: Chad Herring
I echo the kudos for the great give away idea and a gratitude for the offering.
I'm an associate pastor at a church that needs help getting into the 21st century with its outreach and worship ministries. This suite will help us start moving there.
I am a youth pastor in TX and our ministry can't afford something like this so it would be great to have it.
I will be using this wonderful software package to assist in fulfilling the vision of Compass Point Church!
Great idea on the giveaway. My wife is a graphic designer and this would help to fulfill her dream of starting her own company as a way to give back to organizations like Love 146 and The Mocha Club. Here's to hoping.
My name is Santos Samayoa and I hope to use it to start designing logos to brand new sermon series for our single adult groups and sunday mornings. cant wait!
Name: Ryan Woolsey
Age: 29
Occupation: Technical Director at Madison Park Church
Reason: I don't need it, but my in-laws serving on the ground in Berlin, Germany do. Help me, help them. They're in need of such tools. No scam either. I would be able to personally verify the "transaction."
I am a missionary in Ukraine where we have a Bible institute with 500 (extension), working in both Ukrainian and Russian languages. We'd use this in making our logo, our website, catalog & oh so much more! Being in Ukraine, we are pretty limited in resources. Lots of pirated programs are around, but I want us to use only legal copies of materials. Finding them, let alone affording them is a trick. Yes, the programs are in English— but we're willing to work with them. Thanks for the consideration!
Def could use those programs. About to hire a administator/graphic designer.
We would love to have a copy of CS3. We have a whole group of volunteers that would benefit from it. Thank you for giving an opportunity like this.
my wife and i would love the suite… i'm working on a church plant and throwing charity-parties for the unchurched and my wife is getting started with her photography career!
Thanks for doing this Tyler. That's Acts 2 stuff for sure!
just dropping in to say i love contests b/c i get to hear about what different CC readers are doing out there! also love that this is "internal" meaning from one reader to another! sweet…
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Name: Nick Miller
i go to a bible college and i am in the media department and this kind of stuff is my major…. but i can not afford to buy it. i would use it for practice for class and i also work as an assistant youth pastor at a church and would love to use the things i am learning in school to help my church so they don't have to pay someone outside the church a ton of money each time they need something done. this would also help with future job opportunities and my career. Thanks
if the contest doesn't work out for you you should check out creationengine.com, they have some wicked deals on Adobe products for students.
I would use this suite for building my music ministry and staying up to date on the creative side of things. This is a fantastic tool. Thank you for offering the giveaway. blessings!
We are starting a new church downtown Des Moines. We would love this!
Ryan Brymer – I am on staff at my church and an aspiring designer. I currently operate 1 site http://ryanbrymer.com and I am looking to start 2 more in the near future.
I have been looking for a full time job since September. Most of the jobs that I find that seem like a good fit expect applicants to be proficient in these programs, but I am a beginner at best. So, I don't want to overstate things, but this package could help me get a job and provide for my family.
Ryan Brymer – I am on staff at my church and an aspiring designer. I currently operate 1 site http://ryanbrymer.com and I am looking to start 2 more in the near future.
I have been looking for a full time job since September. Most of the jobs that I find that seem like a good fit expect applicants to be proficient in these programs, but I am a beginner at best. So, I don't want to overstate things, but this package could help me get a job and provide for my family.
Ryan Brymer – I am on staff at my church and an aspiring designer. I currently operate 1 site http://ryanbrymer.com and I am looking to start 2 more in the near future.
I have been looking for a full time job since September. Most of the jobs that I find that seem like a good fit expect applicants to be proficient in these programs, but I am a beginner at best. So, I don't want to overstate things, but this package could help me get a job and provide for my family.
We are a 4 yr old church plant with very small staff. We're tying to enlist a lot of volunteer help & looking to expand some online presence. It would be helpful to have a portable laptop with the Adobe software on it so that our volunteer staff could be enabled to be a part of this work. Thanks! Mike Brennan
Great idea! Throwing my name in the hat!
Thanks for continuing to build great community here!
blessings.
Wow. Good man! Thanks for doing this!
Well I would sure love a copy of that stuff. I do lots of my own projects and have to sorta make do with knock-offs of Photoshop, Illustrator, or Flash. I've got minimal access to the real stuff, so it would sure be nice to actually own my own copy so that I can work from my own computers.
howdy. we are planting a church! and it would be absolutely amazing to have access to this software for our church to be able to create early in this process! thanks for this giveaway!!! awesome!
Hey there,
Name is Ryan Spilhaus
At our church we don't really have any web design folks, and if we had this software either I'd be able to learn it or we'd be able to have volunteers come in and use it! Would be awesome
I am the pastor of a church plant and we need all the help we can get. We are in the process of starting our marketing for our launch. We have people who can use CS3, but no way to afford it right now. Illustrator and Photoshop extended would be huge in helping us design our graphics, signs, banners, business cards, etc. Our web developer would love to get his hands on Flash and Dreamweaver to spruce up our site and do video (check the state of <a href="http://www.churchofthebroken.com” target=”_blank”>www.churchofthebroken.com to see more). We could really get a lot of use out of this. Oh, and per the rules, my name is Don.
Name: Bryant Pritchard
I'm part of a small (but growing!) church plant in one of the least Christian populated towns in a very large area. There's only a handful of churches besides our own. We have a several of computer geek/creative minds (myself included) in our ranks that know how to use CS3 well, but we just don't have the money to get it. Anything to attract attention (especially from non-believers) would help, and I know that something like this software suite would go a long way in helping us extend our reach to our community.
I am a church planter in Keller, TX. My wife and I co-pastor our community together. We are attempting to find creative ways to connect with people in our suburban landscape. The resources in CS3 would be wonderful tools at helping us in communicating through art the beauty of the Kingdom. Digital media helps us return to symbol and metaphor. Thanks for your consideration.
We could really use this at our church to help with the promotional stuff we do. Using the standard mac built-ins just don’t cut it anymore…
I'm in college at Mississippi State University and majoring in Broadcast Communication. I also work for a local church as a media "dude". I love video and website production. So, I guess I would be great if I won the Adobe Suite…. However, I would have to clean up my hard drive because I have FCP and a bunch of other stuff on it… Well thanks for this great giveaway.
Justin Ross-Youth Pastor
Lots of people in our ministry have great skills, but we lack great software like this. Great idea, thanks!
Name: Jonathan Jones
I'm about to go back to college and am looking at something in a media field; thinking web design but I haven't made a decision yet. But this would definitely help since I'll need Adobe software for classes. In addition, I would like to be able to assist a couple of pastor friends with their church websites. Right now all they can afford is hosting (can't even afford something like Clover), so they're using iWeb to design their sites and it'd be cool if I had the software to set them up with something really cool.
I am currently in charge of all the marketing, advertising, and web development for my church. Plus, I am the Youth Pastor, so I am constantly editing pictures. All of this I am doing on Adobe Photoshop Essentials (on my church's Windows computer) or on GIMP (on my hotness MacBook Pro). I'd love to kick it up a notch with CS3!
I am currently in charge of all the marketing, advertising, and web development for my church. Plus, I am the Youth Pastor, so I am constantly editing pictures. All of this I am doing on Adobe Photoshop Elements (on my church's Windows computer) or on GIMP (on my hotness MacBook Pro). I'd love to kick it up a notch with CS3!
I am a volunteer leader at Nuevo Amanecer, an Hispanic Church, in the areas of youth ministry, media, and marketing. I have also just started a non-profit sports organization. Both organizations have little to no budget, so this software would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
Name: Chris Szulwach
I'm the youth pastor at my church but I also try to keep us up to date on our web presence and a tool like this would enable us to be way more professional in our presentation!
I am Kyle Rodgers from Faith Community in St. Petersburg, FL… We would love to have access to this as we are looking be cutting edge. We are using the very basic programs that we have to the best of our ability, but we are butting heads with the ceiling week in and week out. It would open new avenues of marketing for all of our current ministries, as well as open doors for us to train some of our members to take this to levels we've only imagined
Name: Jason Gardner
I am a missionary in Brazil. Our primary ministry is missions mobilization.
We are working with a team that has brought the missions course "Perspectives on the World Christian Movement" to Brazil. I develop and maintain the website (www.perspectivasbrasil.com) In addition to the website, I have sort of become the jack of all trades for all things design related.
What an awesome contest. Best wishes to the person who wins!
Zac Wheeler
I am a youth pastor of a church in Maryland. I have been playing with graphic design for almost a year now. I am really wanting to design more stuff for our youth ministry, and I am also wanting to have something for some of my graphic design high school students to use. This package would be a great help.
Design (everything) for two small start-up business', including an iPhone development shop.
I got a big fat bag of nothing, and need to fill my bag with this.
We don't need one for our ministry but I know of a church that could use it. I will act on their behalf if thats cool.
Luke Trouten
I would make ugly things pretty.
church bulletin, websites, youth group promos, our various service projects and partners
saved up for about 2 years to buy an iMac, but only have a windows version of CS (fail).
Name: Anders Jacobsen
Location: Denmark
I'm a volunteer at Lindehøj Kirke in the Copenhagen area. I do layout, graphics and photography for web, and print. Through my parttime job in another church I have access to a windows version of CS2, but at home I have an iMac so it gets a bit difficult. I would love to get my hands on this and use it to help out my own church and other ministries.
I work at a small church. I am building a media ministry basically from scratch. Because of this I am buying everything myself. All I have is a broken copy of Photoshop CS (Lost CD and have transfered between about 6 Macs) As you can guess by this point it's a little janky to say the least. Dreamweaver and Illustrator would also be VERY beneficial. Oh, and my name's Matt Lynn
woooh, that is awesomly cool
I would use Photoshop Extended and Illustrator heavily for video and motion graphics.
But that and the rest would help with improving my web dev skills as well
I work with the Des Moines Dream Center and would love to use this package to spread the Word and the opportunities there are here in DES moines to be the hands and feet of Christ. For fliers for the community to presentations in churches and businesses this software will save us the time and money we can be giving to the community. Thank you for giving what you have extra.
Tammy Cain
Dream Center DSM
dream kidz
I want to use it to teach our Church's Art and Design School in Ghana. To help less fortunate youth create a graphic and art career to improve their lives and to impact society for Christ.
Jim Gray
I'd use it with my new macbook for the non-profit ministry that i work for and for school.
First off I think Llappochkka should get it just for having that name.
I am a sophomore in college and working with a church plant. I have been designing logo's and graphics for several different youth groups and churches now for about a year. I currently have lineform and gimp, but both are fairly limiting. I would love to have this software but I'm sure there's others out there who need it more. Figured it was worth a shot though.
Thanks,
Chris McGill
I'm a freelance illustrator/writer and could SO use this! Been wanting it forever but haven't had the $$$ to make that happen. Thank you for the chance to win!
Definitely could use this. I have access to CS3 at work but it's for the dang PC. And I'm a Mac guy at home…so I don't have CS3 at home because I can't afford it. I would love to have a copy for the Mac so I can work on web projects from home.
Chance Witherspoon
It seems like any of these commentors would be worthy winners! As with some others here I am also about to be a part of a church plant, in East London. I will be designing the website so Dreamweaver and Flash would be great for me. My wife is the graphic design element and so she would use Illustrator and Photoshop.
We would also use it for producing ongoing leaflets etc. both for the new church plant and our existing church. Finally I'm about to start designing some free WordPress themes for churches for which most of the applications would be useful for.
We could use this to improve our church website!
Starting both a blog/consulting company with my brother for social media, and also in the process of starting a media company to fund a foundation/community to help those with life-changing illnesses.
I would love the suite because we're starting a media company and I've been designing the web sites for everything. It would be nice to have the opportunity to use some professional tools to help the ideas in my head hit the page (or the monitor, as the case may be).
Brandon,
You're the winner…! Please send me your mailing info: john@churchcrunch.com…!