It's finally here, Bible Bowl!!!! Our day began with breakfast in the hotel the kids were so laid back laughing as we ate breakfast that we had five bowls of wrath and other corny references to Revelation. The test is made up of one round of fifty questions that is time for 25 minutes, closed Bible. That is followed by five more rounds of 40 questions each. Two of the rounds they are permitted to use their Bibles and three rounds it is closed Bible.
The open Bible is for quotes, the test will give them 8 to 10 words from a quotation and the youth have to locate chapter and verse where that quote is found. Again each is a timed round here they have 25 minutes, 20 minutes, & 15 minutes for the various rounds.
It is an intense process, but the joy the kids get from studying together, hanging out, the hotel trip, just all of it is amazing! Each of the 14 youth we took with us are active in select sports, arts, drama, music classes, etc. All are outstanding students, but yet they make time to study scripture for a couple of hours each week for months, just for a ribbon or trophy! And they take it to heart, they aren't competitive or jealous of each other's success, they encourage each other and just really bring out the best in each other!
I'm so proud of these youth! I love being their coach and watching them succeed. Revelation begins with a promises that there is a blessing for all who read and study the book, and we have received blessing from our time this year!
Update 4/7/11: I got in trouble by family members because I posted information about Bible Bowl but forgot to tell them how the kids scored!
I coached four teams, in the Elementary In-Experienced Team (3rd-5th Grade) they took First Place
My Elementary Experienced Team (3rd-5th Grade) they took First Place.
My Junior Experienced Team (6th-9th Grade), this was Abigail's team, they took Second Place. Abigail and another player on the team are both only 4th graders, but the other 2 members of their team forced them to play up a division.
My Sr. Experienced Team, (10th-12th Grade) finished in Fourth Place. This was Caleb's team. Three of the players, including Caleb are 8th graders but because the 4th player is in 12th grade they too had to play up a division.
In Individual competition for the Elementary Experienced Division (3rd-5th Grade) Abigail finished first. And in the Individual Junior Experienced Division (6th-9th) Caleb took first place.
Overall (3rd – 12th Grade) Rankings (112 participants) Caleb took first place with 241 correct out of 250 questions. And Abigail took 5th place with 211 correct out of 250 questions.
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