Stake Seminary Bowl

    We hosted a Stake Seminary Bowl last night. For those of you who have never attended one it is a culmination of the past year's study of 25 mastery scriptures and basic knowledge of the New Testament. Students come together to answer questions and show their skill in understanding and finding key scriptures. The evening started with dividing up students into groups. Often students were grouped with students from other units who they did not know. The groups rotated every 20 minutes. One group played Jeopardy with really cool buttons and flashing lights.

                                     The most frustrating moments were the explanation of the rules.

Others gathered in the gym where they had to pop a balloon to find a scripture clue and then race to their team to look it up.

The third group watched awesome video clips to give clues to mastery verses and each team had to be on the same page to push the button and win the round.

   One of my favorite clips was Bruce Wayne listening while Lois Lane tells him that it is what he does that defines who he is. Didn't you guess, Lois, that he was Batman? He had faith and works.

The last activity was back in the gym, all together, looking in numbered bags to find an object that harkened back to a scripture phrase. This ended up being fast and energetic as they raced from bag to bag to decipher clues.

           My favorite part was the whole-hearted engagement of each student in this worthwhile pursuit.

    Thanks to our Stake Seminary Supervisor and excellent fellow teachers, this was an outstanding event for my class and all the others who came to explore the New Testament.