Our two older boys have been doing a Bible study/Club since August. It is called Children's Quizzing and we are studying the book of Acts. There are two levels, red for the younger children or those new to quizzing and blue for older children. Well I was going to start the boys off on red and move them up if it was to easy, but my friend running it said it would be easier to move down than up. So, Saturday was our first competition and our church took first place. This is a proud moment, it being the first time our church did this and there were 7 or 8 other chuches there. Now the main point of quizzing is to learn the Bible. The children quiz as individuals and get awarded by the percentage of answers they get correct. The neat thing is everyone answers every question, it's not a race to the buzzer or anything like that, so the children are really just seeing how well they do. Then if your church has 4 blue quizzers you can also quiz as a team if you want to. Then someone from the team gets to answer a bonus question after every fifth question. At the end of the quiz the total individual point are added to the bonus points and that gives you your team score. I was so surprised that we took first, I was told we did good and might have placed so be ready to recieve a trophy. Then after they announced third place then second place, I thought oh well, we did good anyhow it being our first quiz. Then they called first place and our church name, I was shocked! The kids were beside themselves and to be honest so was I. Though I have had to remind them all to be humble and that without God we could not have done this. Thank you God, for this wonderful way for the children to memorize your Word. May they never forget what they are learning about You. |
Nov. 18, 2006 - Congratulations!