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Lads to Leaders 2016

Last weekend was our annual trip to Lads to Leaders.  As a family, we attend the Dallas convention.  There were approximately 1900 people from about 65 congregations at this location.  This year, we participated in several year round events, one pre-convention event, and several convention events.

Our year round events:
                      Keepers - sewing and cooking
                      Providers - basic painting
                      Know the Books - reciting the books of the Bible, both old and new
Pre-convention event:
                      Individual Bible Bowl
Convention events:
                      Oral Bible Reading
                      Speeches
                      Team Bible Bowl
                      Song Leading/Songs of Praise

Each year, at convention, the attending participants are recognized on-stage for their accomplishments.  Friday evening, it's primarily the year round events and some pre-convention events being honored and awarded.  Saturday evening is primarily the convention events.

How did our family do????


Here's Z walking across the state in recognition of Oral Bible Reading (I missed H and C)


Recognition of knowing the books of the Bible



Recognition for completing their Keepers projects


Recognition for completing his Providers project.  This was a new category this year and apparently "David" competed among "Goliath's" this year (as Z put it)  Hoping to see more young men next year. 


Recognition for those competing in K-2


Z - Individual high score in 3rd grade Bible Bowl (top 10 scores invited on stage)


C - Individual  high school in 5th grade Bible Bowl

And then they called up the Team Bible bowl finalists.  Z is so excited that he was even considered as a finalist since he's a 3rd grader on a 9-10 grade team.  (Rules say that any one can compete on a team, you just have to compete in the level of the oldest team member).

 

And THEN......  The moment of realization that he WON!!!


 

 

Congratulations JSCOC Team A - 1st place in 9-10 Grade Team Bible Bowl!!!


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Mr. VBS Director, Sir said…
Just in case you want to know -- these smart, outstanding kids have adopted me as one of their grandpas!
March 28, 2016 at 4:39 PM
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