On September 9th and 10th, around 50 Nazarene Teen Bible Quizzers from all over the Dallas district met together at our district campground in Scottsville for their quizzing year kick-off. I was fortunate to be among these!
Friday around five pm. my family left Duncanville and traveled in our van for roughly 2 1/2 hours until we reached the campground. After arriving and settling in my sisters and I found the chapel and practiced the music that we be singing while leading worship that evening.
After we lead music and had a brief devotional all of the teens/coaches/parents/sponsors met in the gymbernacle (the gym/tabernacle). After everyone had congregated Mr. Don Carter (coach/quiz master from RCN - Richardson Church of the Nazarene) lead us all in several get-to-know-each-other games.
The first one was called 'That Was Awkward.' The way the game works is that you pick an individual that you do not know and team up with him/her. You then stand several feet apart with your backs facing each other. On the count of three all players turn around and either motioned to hug, shake hands, or fist bump the individual facing you. This game is similar to rock-paper-scissors. Therefore, a hug beats a hand shake, which beats a fist bump, which beats a hug. Yes, it is confusing but it is also very fun!!
After that game we played several others before we headed back to the dorms for the 11:30 pm. curfew. The next morning breakfast was served at 7:30 so I woke at 6:15. After showering and getting ready we all headed up to the dining hall for breakfast.
Around 8:30 we met again in the gymbernacle and started the Memory Verse Marathon. This marathon is for individuals who have memorized all or some of the designated memory verses within our specific text of Hebrews and 1st and 2nd Peter.
Basically the way the marathon works is that it only includes questions taken from the memory verse material. The way you win is to quiz-out by getting 4 questions correct.
When the marathon was over we jumped right into the actual rounds of quizzing. In the Advanced division there were only three teams. Two from RCN - Richardson and one from Duncanville (consisting of Elsie, Adelaide, Myself and two of our friends Aisleen and Stephanie Harris).
Therefore, before lunch we only had 3 rounds of quizzing. However, the Novice division had more rounds because they had more teams participating!
Around 3 pm. we finished up our rounds and once more gathered in the gymbernacle. Several minutes later we began the awards ceremony beginning with the Novice division. They recognized the top 10 individuals in Novice, the top 5 in Experienced and the top 3 teams in both divisions.
In the top 10 individuals in Novice my brother Tella received 3rd place and Joshua Tinsely from our church (who quizzed on Tella's team) got 6th place. Our Duncanville Novice Team also got 2nd place in their division! We are so proud of all of our up-and-coming 6th graders: Tella Cummins, Kayle Bowens, Joshua Tinsely and Sammy Calkins! They all have studied hard and are doing very well!!
In the Advanced division my sister Adelaide got 3rd place and I received 4th place!! Our team as well won 2nd place!!
We are all super excited as this new quiz year begins and I can't wait to see how it all unfolds. Please keep us all in your prayers as we endeavor to memorize and hide God's word in our hearts!!
Blessings ~ Cora
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