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Thursday, September 24, 2009
Sunday Evening Practice Time ChangeHey Quizzers,
Just a reminder that we will now be quizzing from 5:00-7:00pm on Sunday nights. I know that not all of you will
be able to come the whole time because of homework, etc, but please come when you can.
Awesome Shirts!!!Hi Quizzers,
A BIG!!! Thank you to Kris Gault who MADE all of our shirts this year. They look great. We had lots and lots of compliments
on them while we were at quiz camp last week in Bend. If for some reason you do not have your shirt yet, talk to me because
that means I have your shirt. Kris will let us know how much they cost after she adds up the cost of all of her supplies.
Thanks also to all of you who made the time to come to Bend with us for quiz camp this last weekend. I hope that you
all had as much fun as I did. I'm sorry that some of you could not miss school to come. Although we are traveling to the next
three quizzes you should not have to miss any school.
Please keep studying. I have a pile of candy bars and a bunch of coffee mugs that I would like for you to earn and therefore
remove from my sight- especially those candy bars.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Quiz CampHey Quizzers,
Make sure you have told me whether or not you are able to come to quiz camp in
Bend with us this next week. I'm still trying to track down a couple of you. I think you know who you are.
I know that many of us have not been able to get much studying done. Please, please,please
come to quiz camp to have fun, meet new people and learn more about quizzing. It doesn't really matter whether or not you
are in first place at quiz camp. It DOES matter who is in first place in March.
That said, as much as I must confess I like to win, the goal of teen quizzing is
not total anihilation of the other teams, but learning scripture and applying it in order to become more like Christ. That
means good sportsmanship is more important than winning. It means never making another team feel badly because they had a
bad round. It means always lifting others up and never tearing them down. We're all human, and sometimes our emotions do get
the best of us and we need to ask others for forgiveness.
One of the saddest things to see is a Bible quiz team that is cheating or has teammembers
that are fighting amongst themselves, or talking badly about other teams. It's sad because obviously they've missed the meaning
of the verses they are learning.
Let's make sure we are a good example to the other teams this quiz year.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
No Practice Wednesday, September 9thHi Everyone,
Pastor Chris sent me an e-mail yesterday that he was cancelling youthgroup Wednesday night which means there will be
no quiz practice.
Please, Please, Please, just because we're not meeting and studying together does not mean that you can't spend a few
minutes Wednesday evening reading through your scripture portion, doing your homework, memorizing verses or writing questions.
Next Wednesday night we will be reviewing chapters 1-4 and it would be nice if everyone who comes to practice will have at
least read through all four chapters once or twice.
Don't get discouraged if you haven't started studying yet. The first four chapters of 1 Corinthians are about the same
size as the first chapter of Luke. In one week you should be able to memorize all of the required verses and be
able to answer a lot of questions from the material. Don't give up!
Thanks to all of you for coming to my site at family camp for hot chocolate and a quick rain shortened devotional. ("I
gave you milk, not solid food....) I'll have to bring you the "gold", "silver" and "costly stones" that we put through the
fire. You can barely tell anything happened to them. The wood hay and straw were completely gone- nothing but fine gray ash.
Let's strive for things that have eternal value, things that will last through fire. A special thanks goes out to JP
who had some great applications as to what kinds of things are gold in our lives and what things are straw.
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