The Lost Art of Friendship Caption Contest

During our sermon series on friendship, we’ve dug into Scripture and into the past to learn how we can reclaim the lost art of making and keeping friends.

Friendship is a funny thing, and so are these vintage friend photos! That’s why throughout our Friendship series, we held this caption contest!

Each Sunday, we featured a new photo ​of a friendship from the past. You submitted your best line and we announced the winners each Sunday. Disclaimer: There were no prizes other than the glory of hearing YOUR caption read aloud during the service 😉

You can view each week’s photo and some of the submitted captions right here:

Week 1

Winning Caption:
“We didn’t make front page, but we made a headline!” -Swank

Runner-ups:
2nd place: “*crinkle crinkle* Mary hold still. You’re making headlines.” -Molly
3rd place: “Look Ma, we’re in the newspaper!” -Ruth

Week 2

Winning Caption:
“Coming Summer of 2022… Fast and the Furious: The Prequel” -Andrea

Runner-ups:
2nd place: “Walter and his chums passed many happy hours gallivanting about in his snappy Chrysler Etch-A-Sketch.” -Jon
3rd place: “We would like to trade this in for a Tesla” -Diane

Week 3

Winning Caption:
“Uber says the buggy will be here in 5 minutes.” -Helen

Runner-ups:
2nd place: “Gosh, Polly, I can’t believe she unfriended you just because you dinked her in pickleball. “ -John W.
3rd place: “Mable showing off how many likes she has on her telegraph post.” -Dan

Week 4

Winning Caption:
“Me: Goodnight. I love you. *closes door*
My Kids: …5 minutes later.” -Takayla P.

Runner-ups:
2nd place: “Look here, Jimmy, I ain’t gonna fight ya ‘cause I’m an Anabaptist. But how’d ya like to get dunked?” – John
3rd place: “Last one standing gets a real swimsuit.” -Anonymous

Week 5

Winning Caption:
A photograph of the international summit where the question of 1 lump or 2 of sugar in your tea was finally negotiated. – Andrew

Runner-ups:
2nd place: Playing Rock, Paper, Scissors, Gun – JR and EP
3rd place: “Best two out of three?” -Jeff

Week 6

Winning Caption:
A picture of Greg steering a theological argument with Paul Eddy – Paul says, “I’m not sure about the direction this thing is headed.” -Kevin

Runner-ups:
2nd place: “This is the reason for the invention of the unicycle.” -Edward X.
3rd place: “He’s sniffing my back again, isn’t he?” -JR