Teen Bible Quizzing - Grace Community Church of the Nazarene

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Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever
you face trails of many kinds, because you know that
the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
James L:2-3
Grace Community
Teen Bible Quizzing
2013-2014
Challenge Accepted? What does that mean?
Hey you awesome person you ! Holding this book signifies that in some capacity, you are
participating in Teen Bible Quizzing this year! (Yay!) We can't wait to see what God is going to
do in our lives this year.
Now, before you start getting overwhelmed, we are going to go through this together! We are
team. You, your fellow quiz teammates, you coach(es), and most of all Godl
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It's going to be some hard work: learning how to quiz, how to study, how to jump, how to do
everything for quizzing. Even for our returning quizzers (and coaches) it's going to take a little
bit of time to get back into the swing of things! Everyone has to get ready for this whole
experience.
When a tough task comes in front of our way, we have the choice between one of two options:
we could either say "This is too hard! Nope, l'll go and run away now!" or we can rise to the
occasion, take the task head on and do our very best that God can do for us. We are definitely
tempted to do the first one.
ln James L, James (the writer of James) is addressing the twelve tribes around the nations. He
says, "Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trails of many kinds,
because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance." (James t:2-3)
Wait a minute, Jimmy. You say consider it purelby when l'm faced with many trials? The only
thing that we are thinking of when we are tempted is the amount of work, effort, time, energy
that we might have to put through to make something work! Why should we consider it pure
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He continues in verse 4, that we let perseverance finish its work so that we may be mature and
complete not lacking anything. I don't know about you, but I don't want to lack anything in my
life. We have to press on. lf every time that we are faced with a difficult task that we hide under
the covers and don't do what is asked of us, would we ever grow up?
This makes me think of diamonds. Diamonds are really pretty and beautiful, but they didn't
start off as diamonds allthe time! For a diamond to become a diamond, it's got to be pressed
down, burned, shaped, carved and a bunch of other hard things.
stuff on your plate. Maybe you're worried about stuff. Maybe
you're worried that God might have left you. (L't off, He hasn't!) lt's time that you (and me)
stepped up to the plate and not give in to temptation.
So maybe you've got a lot of
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wonder how that will look during the quizzing season...
What Are We Studving Anvwav?
This year, we are studying two books, Romans and James. Both are letters to churches.
The book of Romans was written to the church in Rome in about 56 or 57 A.D. The theme of the letter is
righteousness. He says that no human being is righteous, that Jesus alone is righteous, that we are freed
from the power of sin if we have faith in Jesus and we should live lives that are holy and pleasing to God,
Our second book this year is James. The book of James could be the earliest of the New Testament
letters which was written about 48 A.D. This letter was written by a brother of Jesus and addressed to a
bunch Christians everywhere. He wrote in order to teach Christians how to live a practical Christian life.
Here We Go!
Here's your handbook to the super, crazy, fun time world of Teen Bible Quizzing! ln this magical
handbook of awesome are some of the rules, tips, fficks and some encouraging words for Bible Quizzing.
This is your "Guide to Teen Bible Quizzing for Extra Super Awesome Fun People and Such".
What ln the World is this'Teen Bible Quizzine" Anvway?
Bible quizzing ministry is a unique and exciting ministry for youth that combines Bible study, mentoring,
competition, fellowship, discipleship, and mission. The ability to take each of these elements and mold
them into a program attractive to teenagers is what makes quizzing such a successful, worthwhile, and
worldwide ministry. (Taken from youthquiz.nazarene.org)
ln other words, Teen Bible Quizzing is a great way to do three things: Be challenged by the Word of God
through study, quiz practices and quiz meets, meet new teens who are passionate about God (and start
lasting relationships with them), and HAVE FUN learning the Word!
What Do We Do During the Season?
Every month, we as a church will travel and quiz on a portion of the books of Romans and James. We'll
go through about 5 or so rounds, depending on how many people are at a specific quiz. ln between each
meet, we as a church will have about 3 practices, once a week on Monday evenings. lt's going to be a
fun, thought provoking, spiritualjourney through the books of Romans and James!
ls There a Post-Season or Somethins?
Yupl lf some of our quizzers do really well on the district level, we can qualify for a church or All-Star
Team at Regionals, a quizzing bash in April/May where we take on quiz teams from across the Eastern
Region! After that, if we are reolly, really good, we could go to Nationals at General Assembly in
lndianapolis in July!
the Rules?
Ok, so there are a lot of rules in Bible quizzing, so many that
So What Are
it has its own rule book. lf you wanna see
youthquiz.nazarene.org
and click Study and Ministry Tools. Here are the basics.
them all, check out
Generally, there are two teams of about 4 or 5 quizzers. For our example, let's say there are 5 on each.
Each quizzer has a jump seat (so cooll), it's a buzzer for your tush! There's a quizmaster (QM) and
scorekeeper, those are the judges. QM's ask the questions. There are 20 questions for every round. On a
toss-up , the QM asks a question and the first to jump of the buzzer, gets 30 seconds to answer the
question. lf the quizzer is right, he/she gets 20 for the team ! lf one quizzer gets 4 questions right at any
point in the quiz, they "quiz out" which means they are now out of the quiz. lf a quizzer gets a question
wrong, they get an error and on member from the other team get a chance for a L0 point bonus. lf the
person on seat 3 got it wrong, then person 3 on the other team will have a chance for bonus. Three
wrong for any one quizzer and just like in baseball, they're out, lt's called an error out. Starting with the
L6th question of a quiz, it's the error zone (dun-dun-dun). Ever wrong answer is -10 from the team score.
The team with the most points at the end of 20 questions win that quiz. lf there is a tie after 20, then a
make or break tie breaker question will be asked. First to jump gets to answer. Correct is a win and
incorrect is a loss. Those are the rules in a nutshelll (Again, there are more rules and specialstuff that
happens, but we'll go over all of that in practice step by step!)
What kind of Questions Will Be Asked?
There are 7 kinds of questions that will be asked in a quiz round. The QM (quizmaster) will announce
what kind of question before asking it.
General Questions
There are eleven of these per quiz round. A general question is a question about a passage in
the Scripture,
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There are 4 of these per round. An according to is kind of like a general question, but it's
pertaining to a specific part of a verse. Sometimes key words might appear in more than one
verse or chapter, so an according to question narrows it down to a specific passage. You need to
be a little more specific for an according to, than a general question. Here are two examples
from last season (20121:
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Context Questions (Pastor Matt's Favorite!)
There's only one context question in every quiz round, but they're fun! A context question could
be about anything in the Scripturel lt could reference a specific word only mentioned once, a
special footnote on the bottom of the page in the Scripture portion, it could be a two part, three
part answer (in some books, a 9 part answer!)
Context question: 7. Complete in essence (meaning close enough) the following verse:
"All who sin
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will be judged by the law." (Romans 2:12)
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They're fun because you really get to dive into the Word to understand what the writer says!
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There is only one ln What Book and Chapter in every quiz. The QM will read a passage of
Scripture and will ask for the book and chapter. At the beginning of the quiz year, it will be
easy. (There's only one book for about 4 monthsl) The More chapters we learn, the more
choices you'll have to pick from. Note; Quizzers from lost year will recognize thot the Situation
Questions are gone. Before you jump for joy, understond this, ln Whot Book and Chapter
questions oppear in quiz seosons where more thon one book is quizzed on. lt'll be bock next yeor
when we quiz on Acts (Actually, we might hove both Situation AND IWB's)
ln What Book and Chapter is the following: What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if
ro*."oni...|:n:t;*ffifaith but has no deeds? can such faith save them?
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These questions sound hard to tackle, but
with practice, we'll get 'em !!
Memorv Verses
There are three different kinds of memory verses that are asked each quiz, each with a novelty trick to
'em: Verse, Reference and Quote. We'll use our team verse to let you know what we mean.
Verse
The QM will start you off with first 3-5 words of a memory verse and you have to finish it.
"Finish this verse: Consider it pure joy...
A: my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trails of many kinds, because you know
that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. (James 1:2-3)
Reference
The QM will start off with the first words again, but this time, you have to give the reference at the end.
"Finish this verse and give the reference: "Consider it pure joy...
my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trails of many kinds, because you know that
the testing of your faith produces perseverance." James 1:2-3
For these, if you give the right verse but wrong reference, your answer is wrong.
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**Note: lf for the Verse Question, you give the reference (when it was not required) and is incorrect, but
you quoted the verse correctly, you are wrong for the entire question.**
Quote
Just like it sounds. The QM will say where the passage is from and you'll have to give the verse or verses
in its entirety.
"Quote James chapter 1 verses 2 and 3"
"Consider it pure joy brothers and sisters, whenever you face trails of many kinds,
because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance." James 1:2-3
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And for all memory verses, they've gotta be word for word. No close enough herel lt must be spot on.
When Can we Get this Partv Started??
Well, right now! lf you have a New lnternational Version of the Bible, check the inside cover where the
copyright is. lf the last date on the list says @2U!7, you're in shape ! Start studyingl We'll get your
Romans and James only portion soon! (World Bible Quizzing Higher-ups changed the version of the
Bible. 1-984 is no longer in print)
Check out the calendar for our specific practices and quiz meets!
So, you ready
for an awesome season of quizzing?
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Acdepted
Practice Schedule Fall 2013
YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SCHEDUTE! lf you can't make a quiz or practice, call or text Pastor
Matt at least one day before the practice or quiz meets.
Ausust 2013
Practice
19-Monday
26-Monday
Romans Chapter 1
lntro to Bible Quizzing
Practice
Learning Chapter 1-2
(More lntro Stuff)
September 2o13
2-Monday
7-Saturday
9-Monday
16-Monday
23-Monday
30-Monday
Practice
Chapter 3
Review Chapters 1-3
Quiz Meet @
Be at the Church by _am
Chapters 1-3
No Practice
(Generally No Practice the Monday after a quiz)
Practice
Chapters 4-5
Review 1-3
Practice
Chapter 5
Review 1-5
Practice
Review 1-6
October 2013
5-Saturday
7-Mondav
L4-Monday
21-Monday
28-Monday
Quiz Meet @
Be at the church by
Chapters 1-5
No Practice
Practice
Chapters 7-8
Review 1-6
Chapter 9
Review
Chapters 1-8
Practice
Chapters 1-9
Practice Schedule Fall 2g^13
November 2015
2-Saturday
Quiz Meet @
Be at the church bY
Chaoters 1-9
Chapter 10
Review 1-9
Chapter 11
Review 1-10
Chapter 12
Review L-l"L
December 2g^13
Review 1-12
For Quiz Meet
Quiz Meet @
Be at the church bY
Chapters 1-L2
No Practice
Merry Christmas!!
Parents and Guardians Pagel
Hey Parents and Guardians! Doesn't all of this sound amazing! lt's going to be an amazing time of
worship, study, prayer and competition!
to let you know that you are an important member to the quiz team as well! Encourage your
teen to study, ask hard questions and to not give upll Quizzing is an amazing ministry in where you learn
more about God's Word, meet new people and just totally enjoy competition! I challenge you to read
the books of Romans and James with your teens.
So this is
lf you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to call or email me at 917.226.762L or at
m atthew. a. brown 615 (0sma i l. com.
The last form in this booklet is for all of our quiz meets. You only need to sign this one and your child will
be covered for the entire season!
Projected Quiz dates and Locations (Subject to change)
September 7th at Lansdale COTN (Lansdale, PA)
October 5th either at Toms River COTN or Grace Community aka Pennington (usl)
November 2nd
December 7th
January 4th
February 7th and 8th Toms River/Grace Community joined practice sleepoverl
March 1't at Pennington
April
5th
at Lansdale COTN
God bless you and I pray that you and your teen will enjoy Bible quizzing this season
Pastor Matt
!
Grace Community Church of the Nazarene, Pennington, New Jersey
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to Philadelphia District Teen
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