Bible Bowl 2009

This weekend our family had the opportunity to travel with a group from our congregation here in Erie to Ohio Valley University in Vienna, WV. Out of a congregation of approximately 150, there were over 50 that traveled down to support 5 teams of youth that were competing!!! That is 20 teenagers that chose to spend the past 6 months studying the books of Joshua and Ruth and then chose to spend a weekend putting that knowledge to work! Not only was it a fun-filled weekend for everyone is was also very spiritually uplifting and encouraging to see so many young people from congregations all over willing to dedicate their time to God's word!

Erie Church of Christ Bible Bowl teams have earned a reputation for being the team to beat and this year was no different! 4 out of our 5 teams made it to the semi-finals, then those same 4 made it to the finals with only 1 other team. The team competition awards they earned were 5th place, 4th place, 3rd place & 1st place!!! Over all team competition awards were 1st & 3rd place. They also had 2 speed round teams that represented Erie and those teams took home 1st & 3rd places as well. The final competition that takes place is the t-shirt design competition and Erie has never taken 1st place in this area. Last year one of the dads decided to make it his mission to design a winning shirt. The judges had just completed their voting when he took the shirt to them, so they voted again. And his mission was a success, Erie won 1st place in t-shirt design. It was quite an exciting day being able to "sweep" the competition. But even more exciting was seeing how these kids act toward others whether they win or lose!

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