Bible Bowl

For the last couple of months, "Grandma Karen" has been preparing our Life Group kids for a Bible Bowl. We have so many kids in our LG, that in August, we divided them up into a "big kid" group (1st-5th grade) and a "little kid" group (age 5 and under). We do basically the same routine with the little ones, but the big kids are learning so much! I have been very impressed with what Karen has been teaching them. We normally rotate in teaching the kids, but Karen really took over and has been working their little minds every Sunday. I think Karen has only not taught it maybe 4 times since August.

Now the things she taught them were not easy things. It wasn't "how many days did it take God to create the world" kind of thing. One question was "How did Zacharias tell people the name of his son". And "What apostle was blinded by light on the road to Damascus?"

She was teaching them these lessons and helping them prepare for the bible bowl at the same time. Since Mel, Carla and I had all taught the big kids and knew the questions, we couldn't compete. And since Paul is a walking Bible, he was over-qualified. Trey had to work, so it was up to Russ, Terry and James to beat the kids. You can only guess the outcome. The kids had a blast beating their dads. They were so excited. And Paul and Karen, being the awesome people they are, took the older kids to McDonald's for dinner to celebrate. Aren't they cool?

The boys sat around one bell, the girls around another. Russ had his own bell and Terry and James were sharing one. They couldn't ding in early or they were disqualified. If one of the kids' teams dinged (is that a word?) in, then the kids had to take turns answering the questions.


Karen pulled the questions out of a bag, while Paul kept score.

Russ in "training". He had to get his thumbs limber.

Terry trying to pass the bell off to James as James says, "I don't know the answer!"

Terry claimed he was dinging the bell and I said I hadn't heard him ding. He says, "I dung, I really did!". So I guess the past tense form of ding is not dinged, it's dung. (according to Terry anyway)

Karen, the dads, the older kids (plus Ruthie) and the final score. Dads-10, kids-17.