Stephen Bautista

In the spirit of the giving holiday when we celebrate God’s gift of a Savior, Notable Blogger is having our first ever giveaway.

We are giving away two copies of Stephen Bautista’s contemporary Christian CD, Abandon. Both CDs will go to one person, so if you are the winner you will have one to keep and one to give away.  (Or two to give away if you are already a fan and own a CD, or two to keep if you are such a huge fan that you need one to play in the car and one to play in, say, the shower.)  The CDs will arrive either sealed in the original plastic or autographed–your choice.

How do you get one?  You jump through a whole mess of hoops, that’s how!  It’d be a lot easier to visit Stephen Bautista’s site and buy one.  The crazy things we do for free stuff!

There are several ways to enter, but each entry requires you to leave a comment here notifying Notable Blogger that you have successfully maneuvered the obstacle course.

Put your running shoes on, folks!

Good for one entry: leave a comment here.  If you have a CD, share your thoughts about a song, a line, something.  If you do not have a CD, say whatever you want!  (I have been informed that a monkey lurks in my comment department, so if you have any trouble, email me with the subject “Stephen Bautista Rocks” and I’ll enter your comment for you. Ignore the error message–it’s a vicious lie. Comments do not show up immediately, since spammers love Notable Blogger and all first-time commenters are automatically sent to me for approval.)

Good for one entry: leave a comment in the guestbook at Stephen Bautista’s website. The music mission is a lonely road, and its travelers often struggle with their calling. Encouragement goes a long way, my friends, a long way. If you only do one thing, let it be this one.  Let me know you left a comment by leaving yet another comment here. (Hoops, I tell ya’!)

Good for one entry each: spread the word about this contest with a link to Notable Blogger through Twitter, Facebook, your own blog, or one of the many other network systems that are beyond my technical grasp. The irony is that you will get an additional entry for each of your tweets or postings, but you will simultaneously decrease your chances of winning by encouraging others to sign up. Life can be cruel, and so can blog giveaways, which is why I encourage you to just buy your own CD and dispense with the giveaway angst. If you’re still with me, leave comments here about your tweets and postings.  Breathe deeply, rehydrate, we’re almost finished.

Yet another entry:  I do not want anyone to feel compelled to subscribe to my blog, so I am not giving out entries for subscribing.  Subscribers will, however, be alerted to our next giveaway coming up in 2010.  I will give you an entry for becoming a fan of Stephen Bautista on Facebook by clicking on the cool little Facebook widgit in the sidebar to the right. Of course, you still have to come back here and leave a comment saying you did it.  (Are you getting dizzy?  I am!)  If you are already a Facebook fan, let me know.  Not to worry, fans only get occasional updates.  Seriously, the man has six children and is producing a CD–he doesn’t have time for Facebook updates!

I would give you an awesome “button” to post on your own blog, but my gifts lie in changing diapers, braiding hair, and writing lists, not in anything remotely technical, so there is no button.  Sorry!

Entries close on Friday at midnight Hawaii time. The winner will be chosen via names in a hat (I did mention how non-technical I am, didn’t I?) and announced on Saturday morning.  If you leave contact information or we know you, you will be notified; if you leave no contact information, check Notable Blogger where the winner will be posted.  If you let us know immediately whether you want them autographed or not, we can send them out Saturday and you will have them in time for Christmas.

I hope you all win! Actually, that could only happen if only one person entered, so I guess I only wish you could all win. Either way, I hope you have fun and are blessed by spending a few moments listening to Stephen’s music.  The message is powerful!

I have a headache.  What about you?

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