Terms of Use

Updated: 09/03/2024

Welcome to this website hosted by Made to Flourish (“Website”).  Made to Flourish maintains this Website for your personal information, education, and communication.  Your access to and use of this Website is subject to the following Terms of Use. Please read these Terms of Use carefully before accessing or using this Website, so that you fully understand your rights and responsibilities. By accessing or using this Website, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to the following Terms of Use, do not access or use this Website, and instead contact Made to Flourish for further information.

We may modify or amend these Terms of Use at any time in our sole discretion.  All changes will be effective immediately upon their posting on this Website. By accessing the Website following posting of changes to the Terms of Use, you agree to all such changes. You are expected to check this page from time to time so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

Site Information

Information displayed on this Website may change without notice.  Made to Flourish reserves the right to modify such information without any obligation to notify past or current Website users. Any of the material on the Website may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material. Made to Flourish makes no representations that the materials on this Website are appropriate or available for use in any particular state or other countries besides the United States.  When accessing this Website you are solely responsible for compliance with the laws of the state or country in which you live.

All offers set forth on this Website are void where prohibited, and are subject to the posting of any official rules pertaining to such offers.

Privacy Policy

All information we collect on this Website is subject to our Privacy Policy. By accessing and using this Website, you agree to the terms of our Privacy Policy, which are incorporated into these Terms of Use by this reference. These Terms of Use also apply to Scatter, a data insights  tool developed by Made to Flourish, which enables churches to deploy surveys to their congregations to gather information about their occupations and skills.

Intellectual Property Rights

Copyright Made to Flourish, Inc. 2024.  All rights reserved.

The Website and its entire contents, features, and functionality, including, but not limited to, all copyrightable text, software, audio, video, graphics, displays, images, charts, photographs, icons, and the design, selection, and arrangement of content in any medium are owned by Made to Flourish, unless otherwise noted, and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.  The distinctive and original layout and presentation of this Website also constitutes protectable trade dress under applicable federal law.  In addition, many proprietary names and marks belonging to Made to Flourish appear throughout this Website and are trademarks of Made to Flourish or its affiliates. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of Made to Flourish. This Website may also contain references to third-party marks, and copies of third-party copyrighted materials, which are the property of their respective owners.  Any unauthorized use of any trade dress, marks, or any other intellectual property belonging to Made to Flourish or any third party is strictly prohibited, and may be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Use of This Website

These Terms of Use permit you to use the Website for your personal, non-commercial use only. You may download and print one (1) copy of this Website’s content for your personal and noncommercial use, provided you do not delete or modify any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices.  You may not otherwise use, copy, modify, reproduce, distribute, mirror, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the content or materials of this Website without the prior written consent of Made to Flourish. You must not access or use for any commercial purposes any part of the Website or any services or materials available through the Website.  If you print, copy, modify, download, or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of the Website in breach of the Terms of Use, your right to use the Website will stop immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. No right, title, or interest in or to the Website or any content on the Website is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by the Company.

Acceptable use Policy

Made to Flourish provides the ability for users to comment videos and other content on its Website by logging in with your social media (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter) account. All users of this Website must follow all guidelines or rules provided by Made to Flourish or posted on this Website.

Any user content must in their entirety comply with all applicable federal, state, local, and international laws and regulations. Any user content posted to this Website will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. You understand and acknowledge that you are responsible for any user content you submit or contribute, and you, not the Company, have full responsibility for such content, including its legality, reliability, accuracy, and appropriateness. By accessing or using this Website and providing any content, you agree to abide by the following guidelines:

  1. You must maintain a polite, pleasant environment. You may not submit content to harass, abuse, intimidate or threaten others. Any content that promotes violence or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age is prohibited.
  2. You must ensure that all content is appropriate. Any content that is defamatory, pornographic, sexually explicit, obscene, indecent, offensive, violent, hateful, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable is prohibited.
  3. You may not post any commercial solicitations, sales promotions or advertising, or engage in, facilitate, advocate, promote, assist, or encourage any illegal activities or unlawful acts.
  4. Your content must be original to you or you must otherwise have the right and license to use and submit your content. Your content must not infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other intellectual property or other rights of any other person.
  5. You may not interfere with or disrupt the Website, such as by engaging in excessive usage, launching denial of service attacks, or uploading or transmitting viruses or other malicious code. You may also not give the impression that your content emanates from or is endorsed by Made to Flourish or any other person or entity, if this is not the case.
  6. Your content must not be likely to deceive any person or cause annoyance, inconvenience, or needless anxiety or be likely to upset, embarrass, alarm, or annoy any other person.

A failure to comply with any of these guidelines, or any of the other provisions of these Terms of Use, will result in the immediate termination of all membership and privileges to post content to the website, along with other possible action.  Please report any violations of these guidelines to MTF, as provided for in the “Contacting Us” paragraph below.

You and other users of the Made to Flourish interactive areas are solely responsible for the contents and consequences of the messages you communicate or post on this website. You should exercise the utmost discretion before posting any personal information on this website. Although Made to Flourish is not obligated to monitor content or the accuracy of information, you agree that Made to Flourish in its sole discretion, has the right to monitor, without notice, any content or information posted on this website.  Made to Flourish also reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to prohibit any conduct or remove any content, without notice, for any reason, and to revoke any user’s membership, for any reason.

You understand and agree that: (1) Made to Flourish assumes no liability or responsibility for any content or material of any kind that is posted on the website by you or by any other users or third parties and (2) Made to Flourish is a publisher of any submitted content, and is acting solely as an Internet Service Provider as that term is defined in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Any questions, complaints or comments on the Acceptable Use Policy must be submitted directly to Made to Flourish as set forth below.  Please do not direct questions, complaints or comments to other users.  As Made to Flourish does not monitor the comments or postings, we cannot address your concerns unless you send them to us.

If you have any questions or comments about the Acceptable Use Policy or wish to report a Acceptable Use Policy violation, please contact us as set forth below.  In response to Acceptable Use Policy violations, we may immediately suspend or permanently deactivate a user’s access to the website or its features.  Made to Flourish does not guarantee any user will receive a warning prior to such suspension or deactivation.  Made to Flourish also keeps a historical record of all conduct violations and responds to Acceptable Use Policy violations in light of such history.

No Liability

To the fullest extent provided by law, in no event will Made to Flourish or any of its officers, representatives, directors, employees, consultants, or agents be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, special, incidental, exemplary or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever (including without limitation, damages for loss of use, data, information, profits or business interruption) arising out of or in any way related to the use or performance of this Website or any linked website or to any material, information, data, obtained through this Website, or otherwise arising out of your use of this Website, your inability to use this Website or any decision made or action taken by you in reliance of any information, advice or materials provided on this Website, whether such damages are based in tort, contract, negligence, strict liability or otherwise, even if Made to Flourish has been advised of the possibility of such damages and even if such damages are foreseeable.  Your sole and exclusive remedy is to stop accessing and using this Website.

Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so some of the above exclusions or limitations may not apply to you.

No Warranty

Made to Flourish makes all commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that all material, information and data on this Website are accurate and reliable; however, accuracy cannot be guaranteed. This Website is provided by Made to Flourish on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis without any warranties of any kind, either express or implied.  Made to Flourish disclaims all warranties of any kind with respect to this Website, whether express or implied, statutory, or otherwise, including without limitation any warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement.

Made to Flourish does not warrant or guarantee 1) the accuracy, security, completeness, correctness, reliability, timeliness, availability or usefulness of this Website or any material, information or data downloaded or otherwise obtained through use of this Website; (2) the results that may be obtained from the use of this Website or the use of material, information or data obtained from this Website; (3) that use of this Website or any materials on this Website will meet any users requirements; (4) that access to the Website will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free; or (5) that files or other materials and information available through this Website will be free of infections, viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other code that could be harmful to your computer system. Made to Flourish has no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, misdelivery or failure to store any user communication.

You acknowledge and agree (1) that your use of this Website and any material, information or data downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of this Website is at your discretion and risk, (2) that you are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our site for any reconstruction of any lost data, and (3) that you are solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or for loss of data that results from the download of any material, information or data, and for any other form of damage that may be incurred.  None of the parties involved in creating, producing, or delivering this Website or its content will be liable to users of this Website for any damage resulting from use of this Website or use of material, information or data downloaded or otherwise obtained from this Website, nor are such parties in any way responsible for the conduct of users of this website or for information posted or exchanged on this Website.

The foregoing does not affect any warranties that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from Made to Flourish or in any manner from this Website creates any warranty.

Third-Party Websites

This Website may link to, or be linked to, other websites not maintained by or related to Made to Flourish.  All links are provided only as a service to our visitors. This includes links contained in advertisements, including banner advertisements and sponsored links. Made to Flourish is not, directly or indirectly, implying any approval, association, sponsorship, endorsement or affiliation with the linked or linking Website, unless specifically stated on this website.  Made to Flourish has not reviewed all websites to which it links and is not responsible for the content, accuracy, or policies of any such websites. We have no control over the contents of other websites and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. You link to other pages or websites at your own risk, and your use of other websites will be controlled by the terms of use posted on that website.  You should review the terms of use of any website to which you navigate.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Made to Flourish, its officers, representatives, directors, employees, consultants and agents from and against any and all losses, expenses, third-party claims, liabilities, fees (including attorneys’ fees), damages, judgments, awards, losses and costs arising from or related to your use of this Website or any user content, your use of any material, information or data downloaded or otherwise obtained from this Website, any use of the Website’s content, services, and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use, or your violation of these Terms of Use, including your infringement of any intellectual property or other right of Made to Flourish or any other person or entity.

Copyright

Made to Flourish respects the rights of intellectual property owners, and asks that its users do the same. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes infringement, please provide Made to Flourish the following information, in the form prescribed by Section 512 of Title 17, United States Code:

  1. a description of the copyrighted work or works that you claim have been infringed;
  2. a description of the allegedly infringing material, including its location on the site;
  3. your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
  4. a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
  5. a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf; and
  6. an electronic or physical signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Made to Flourish’s Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on its site is:

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Made to Flourish, Inc.

info@madetoflourish.org

] All notices of copyright infringement should be sent to the Copyright Agent designated above.

Interpretation and Disputes

These Terms of Use, the use of the Website and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto, are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Kansas, without regard to any conflict of laws provisions or rules. Venue is exclusively in Johnson County, Kansas with respect to any choice or dispute arising under these Terms of Use, unless otherwise agreed by Made to Flourish in its sole discretion.  If there is a dispute, the prevailing party will be entitled to recovery of its reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs.  If any provision of these Terms of Use is deemed unenforceable or invalid by a court or arbitrator, then the court or arbitrator may modify such provision to the minimum extent necessary to make an invalid provision enforceable and valid.  If modification is impossible or impracticable then the provision will be severed and the remaining terms of these Terms of Use will be interpreted and read to give them maximum enforceability.  Any cause of action or claim with respect to this Website must be commenced within one (1) year after the action or claim arises.

Entire Agreement

By your access or use of this Website, you agree to these Terms of Use.  These Terms of Use, together with the Made to Flourish Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Made to Flourish with respect to your access and use of this Website and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties, both written and oral, regarding the Website. Any waiver of any provision of these Terms of Use will be effective only if in writing and signed by Made to Flourish.  These Terms of Use will inure to the benefit of Made to Flourish’s successors and assigns.

Electronic Communications

You agree that these Terms of Use and any other documentation, agreements, notices or communications between you and Made to Flourish may be provided to you electronically, to the extent permissible by law.  Please print a copy of all documentation, agreements, notices or other communications for your reference.

These Terms of Use also apply to Common Good magazine (commongoodmag.com), including all features and services offered on that site.

Contacting Us

If you have any other questions or concerns regarding these Terms of Use, please contact us at:

info@madetoflourish.org