Bible Bowl

Our church decided to start up a Beginner Bible Bowl team back in September. Nicole was approached and asked to be on the team of 3rd-5th graders. Bible Bowl is a type of quiz game/memorization/knowledge tested program. The kids are studying through Acts this year and Nicole knows more about Acts then I do, that is for sure. She loves this program and we love that she is learning the Word of God. The kids practice every week, sometimes two times a week, and then compete with other area churches up at Great Lakes Christian College on Saturdays once a month. There are two teams from Macomb Christian Church; the Nuggets(Nic's team) and the Magic. Both teams are improving with every competition.

Highlights:
The Nugget's won third place in Dec., Jan., Feb
The Nugget's won 2nd place just yesterday
Nicole won a "top brain" award for 3rd, 9th and 10th place for overall test scores of all of the kids. They give them a paper and pencil quiz to test their knowledge out of the buzzer game situation. Which I think is great for those kids who are not so quick on the buzzers.
In February, Nicole won first third grader overall. I think she is the most proud of this accomplishment.

Of course, one of the reasons she loves Bible Bowl is because her wonderful friend Julia is on the team!


The kids work as teams and use the buzzers to answer a question. Then they get bonus points for memorized scripture and general Bible knowledge.

The team mates take turns being the captain, and what the captain answers is the only thing considered. So... the captain must represent the team well.

Here is Nicole's 10th place finish yesterday. She really studied hard for this competition and was a little disappointed that her finish wasn't higher than her third place win.

The Nugget team is made up of Gabby, Nicole and Julia. They all complement each other in the competition and mostly work as a great team!

Yesterday, the other MCC team, the Magic went undefeated and captured the 1st place win. WOW, way to go team. This is such a great improvement.

This is a picture of the top brain's. Starting with 10th-1st place. The labeled children are all on the MCC teams. As you can see, our coaches, the Mason family, do such a great job teaching the kids.

So... Here are a few questions these young ones are expected to know. Put your answer in the comment section to see if you are "smarter than a 3rd, 4th or 5th grader"!!! Now remember, the kids don't get to reference their Bible's. This is pure memorization.
1. In Acts Chapter 6, who did "they" say Stephen spoke words of blasphemy against?
2. Quote what Jesus said in Matthew chapter 6 about seeking the kingdom...