January 6, 2009 7:36 AM
National Bible Bee
INTRODUCING THE NATIONAL BIBLE BEE!Over $260,000 in Prize Money for the 2009 Inaugural Competition
The Shelby Kennedy Foundation is excited to introduce the first-of-its-kind annual National Bible Bee, a motivating Bible memory competition for children and youth from 7 to 18. The goal of the Bible Bee is to build godly character in young people by calling them back to the lost discipline
of Scripture memorization.Most people are familiar with the Scripps National Spelling Bee, where youth compete annually in the Nation's longest-running educational contest. While it is certainly beneficial for our children to commit the spelling of words to memory, imagine how much more life-changing it will be for them to memorize the Word of God!
Local Bible Bee Contests will be conducted throughout the United States on Saturday, September 12, 2009. One hundred finalists from each of three age categories will then advance to the National Bible Bee for a two-day, world-class competition which will be held in Washington D.C. on November 5-6, 2009.
The Shelby Kennedy Foundation is the home of Bible Bee Headquarters. The Bible Bee Staff is currently assisting parents, teachers, pastors and Christian leaders across the country who are planning and coordinating Local Bible Bees. The deadline for registering to hold a Local Bible Bee is January 31, 2009. Those interested in hosting Local Bible Bees in their communities are encouraged to call 1-888-3-BIBLE-B (1-888-324-2532) for introductory information.
The Bible Bee Competition will distribute more than $260,000 in prize money with $100,000 being awarded to the first-place winner of the top age category.
The long-term vision of Bible Bee Competition is to equip children and youth to be bold ambassadors for Jesus Christ to the next generation.
For more information, visit Bible Bee.
What a great idea!! I love the Spelling Bee concept and all the TV coverage and plays and movies - like Spellbound
Please spread the word - and if any of my readers pursue this, please come back to share your experience!
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Cool!
One of my kids is involved in a well-established Bible Quizzing program through the Christian and Missionary Alliance. All of the quizzers work on the same body of scripture in the same translation in a quizzing year, with senior quizzers(gr. 7 - 12) responsible for learning more than the juniors (gr. 3 - 6). They all learn a huge amount of scripture. This year it's a large part of the book of Luke.
During quizzes, they sit on electronic pads to determine who "jumps" first (though the good, fast "jumps" are really just a pivot of the hips!). Questions can be straight quotes of one or two verses or a wide variety of other question types, but all must be answered with the exact verse or phrase from scripture, completely word perfect. For example, (and I'm just making this one up here),"In Luke 14:16, who was preparing a great banquet?" In an actual quiz the quizmaster would likely get through, "In Luke 14:16, who..." and stop there for a quizzer who's already jumped. These kids are amazing! (Oh, to have that power of memory back again!) The answer would be, "A certain man." "A man," or any other answer is wrong.
They quiz once a month within districts (our longest drive is about 2 hours), and seniors can advance to Nationals and Internationals in May. Quizzing takes place in some other countries right now, but it's mainly within Alliance churches. (People from our district are actually traveling to Syria next week to help get the Bible quizzing program off of the ground there.)
I've often thought it would be cool if something like it was even more widespread and visible, so this Bible Bee has exciting potential.
Posted by: Marian | January 6, 2009 6:51 PM
