Bible Drill Draws 120 To Webster Conference Center

By Ken James

May 2007

The chapel was once again full of excited children, youth, parents, judges, and a host of friends and family as they gathered at Webster Conference Center, Salina, KS, for the Annual State Children/Youth Bible Drill and Youth Speakers Tournament on Saturday, April 21.  In all, there were over 120 people attending and participating in the event.

The Children’s Bible Drill had 26 participants representing seven churches and five associations.  We had one child with a perfect score, 15 winners and ten participants.  A gold medal with a purple ribbon was presented to the winner with a perfect score and those who were winners received a gold medal with a blue ribbon.

The six Youth Bible Drillers represented three churches and three associations.  The two Youth Speakers were from the same church.

Scholarships were given to the first, second, and third place winners in the youth events.  First place winners received a scholarship of $200.00; second place $100.00; third place $75.00.  The scholarships are intended to provide financial assistance for the young people to attend any youth function sponsored by their church, the association, the state convention, or the Southern Baptist Convention.  The winners of this year’s competition are listed below.

Ten adults from Kansas-Nebraska volunteered their time and expertise to serve as judges, timekeeper, tally committee, and sound technician. 

The 2008 event is scheduled for April 19th.  The 2008 Bible Drill and Speakers’ Tournament materials will be mailed to the churches in August 2007.

Youth Speakers Tournament
1st – Nick Cole, Indian Avenue Baptist Church, Lawrence
2nd – Rachel Knight, Indian Avenue Baptist Church, Lawrence

Youth Bible Drill
1st – Micayla Miller, Emmanuel Baptist Church, Overland Park
2nd – Jonetta Reinert, First Southern Baptist Church, El Dorado
3rd – Jonelle Reinert, First Southern Baptist Church, El Dorado
Participants – Cody Shrum, Emmanuel Baptist Church, Overland Park; Sarah Knight and Janell Tefft, Indian Ave Baptist Church, Lawrence

Children’s Bible Drill – 1 Perfect Winner (PW), 15 Winners (W), 10 Participants (P)

Cedar Pointe, Wichita
Bethany Bradshaw (W), Sierra Bradshaw (PW), Adam Denton (W), Nate Dugger (W), Rachel Dugger (W), Cheyenne Giersch (P), Sarah Henderson (P)

Emmanuel, Overland Park, Kansas City
Brenda Brenner (W), Karis Fortier (W), Garrett Lesher (W), Miranda Richardson (P)

FSBC, Coffeyville
Fulton Buckner, (P), Jonathan Jenkins (W), Megan Tomey (W)

FSBC, El Dorado
Joseph Reinert (W)

Indian Avenue BC, Lawrence
Matthew Gaskin (P); Jonathan Tefft (P)

Live Oaks Community, Wichita
Lindsay Burt (P), Brady Landenberger (P), Jacob Lewis (W), Joshua Mendenhall (W)

Pleasantview, Derby
Corey Bell (W), Grace Bradfield (W), Jordan Gering (P), Taylor Gering (P), Micah Johnson (W)

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