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FACT: The Bible is not a type of bee. Your welcome.
Please join MemorizeGod'sWordTogether, it is a very encouraging and active group. Thanks for the consideration!
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Monday, Nov 27, 2017 at 6:01 PM
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is it OK if I join the group
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Sunday, Nov 26, 2017 at 7:04 AM
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please join my group called God's people☺
hello everyone I am inviting everyone in this group who is active to my group I just made named Active members ONLY. I am hoping to make a very active group. I am a very active person and I go on multiple times a day. I wan to have this active group to be able to share stuff and get answers quickly and that when questions are asked they get answered too. we can memorize together in a healthy environment of people from all around the globe!! I would gladly promote anyone who has verses to add or just them for you if you tell me which ones. thankyou for your consideration for joining my group!! may the Lord bless you all!!
Hi Everyone!
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please join my group called James and John and Jude
I am new to this group can I get more information about B.B
Someone plz join my group called Primary 2016 National Bible Bee
I did. But now it's not May. It's sometime else.. Katherine doesn't know and she was in it.
URGENT!! I seriously have to WARN YOU!! The KJV BIBLE has been CHANGED! (Look up the #MandelaEffect) The Lords Prayer in the KJV is not correct anymore in the KJV (how we remember "tresspasses" changed to "debts" and "those who tresspass against us" changed to "our debtors" and "ON earth" in Mt6,10 changed to "IN earth" - look it up!!!) and John8:32 has changed, as well as Isaiah11,6 changed from "Lion and Lamb will live together" to "Wolve(s) and lamb will live together"
Check out the Mandela-Effect-Wiki for more Information! http://mandela-effect-wiki.tk
See here the page concerning changes in Bible-Translations: http://mandela-effect.bplaced.net/doku.php?id=changes_in_bible-translations_overview
PS: i'm not joking, i'm totally serious!
PPS: even wikipedia censors this topic... (see discussion on startpage in the wiki)
I haven't heard about it being aired in May, but I know that I can't figure out how one of my friends did either!
Did you hear something about the game show airing in May? I haven't heard anything, but May makes sense because of BB registration.
One of my best friends is in the game show and I can't find out how she did until May! And she can't tell me either. Confidentiality agreement.
I think they only sent it to people who got an interview at Nationals (who had previously sent in an audition) The Game show is over now (they finished taping it)
They announced it? Where?
please join my group called screaming potatoes! invite others please
Join my group guys! its called christmas! please invite others! Thx! the location right now is inchelium wa. It'll prob change to everywhere.
They have announced who made it to the 2015 (2016, I guess) Game show.... They chose 24 people out of each category!!
Hi the sword of truth thats FINe
*can't wait to watch NBBGS tonight*
I already knew that the SS was Ruth. :P Yep, Delie, I have lots and lots of friends I was too shy to meet in person. :P Actually, I only met one guy I knew from the internet! Most of the people I met were girls. :P The other guys I saw, but I didn't go say hi. :P
Yes, you're right, Delie and Everett... they really should know better than to send Sword Study advertisements on June 1, like Mom said! That was so confusing! And now it's John 1-6 which has about three times as many verses in it. Ugh.
The Sword Study book is Ruth, but the Sword Study now is a separate ministry from the Bible Bee. The study passage for BB Locals is John 1-6.
@Kelsey: Each episode is shown Wednesday and then replayed Saturday. As far as I know, those are the only times you can watch unless you pay $5 to NRB to watch anytime the week that the episode aired. @Hannah: HaHa! What a Bible Bee statement! I know what you mean about friends you have barely met. @Ellie: I believe that Ruth is the SS book written by Mrs. McMahan, but that we will have a different book for BB.
I'm not sure. I hope so, because I didn't get to see the first episode (and it had two friends in it!) (Well, the one I had only met once, the other I hadn't even met! :P)
Will the BB game show be available to watch after it airs? We haven't been able to watch it.
YAY! Daddy told me about that this morning. I wonder what time it will be announced. Not that it really matters, but it would be nice to know.
I believe Headquarters sent out an email confirming that the book will be announced on June 1. =D
@Hannah: I don't think that we can tell you... :)
Did you win, Delie?
I've heard of that too! I hope it's not a rumor!
@Ellie: Thanks!
@All: Did you hear about the book being released June 1st? Maybe it's another rumor. (I haven't seen anything official on the website.). Either way, I'm excited about it!
Haven't been on in awhile. Congratulations, Delie!
@Emma: I just sent a game show message to your post office! I wanted to let you know here in case you didn't check your mailbox. :)
It's fine. It didn't really matter who aired first.
Well, I guess I was wrong about Primaries airing first. Sorry for spreading a Bible Bee rumor! ;)
Can't wait to watch Saturday, because I couldn't watch on Wednesday.
@Hannah: Yes, I'm Delie M., and I was in Senior prelims for game show. (I can't say anything more than that.)
NRB says that each episode is 28:30. We live in CDT, so the shows will be over at 5:00.
Can't wait! I really hope they aren't too long, because I usually leave at 6:00 on Wednesday nights.
Thanks, Delie! Can't wait to watch you in it! (You were in the NBBGS, right?) Are you Delie M.?
@Hannah: It looks like each Saturday morning there is a replay of the same episode that aired on the last Wednesday night. So if Wednesdays don't work for you, you could watch it then.
I sure hope it hasn't! But this Wednesday I won't be able to watch anyway, because we have to leave probably before 5:30 to go to a Mother-Daughter thingy. :( :(
@Hannah: At some point, I heard that they would air for less than half an hour, but that could have changed.
Yup! Can't wait! How long will they be on? Because on Wednesday evenings we have to leave at 6:15 to get to prayer meeting.
No problem, ladies! We are counting down the days (and sometimes I count hours) until the first episode airs! :)
@Hannah: The shows are on Wednesdays at 5:30 EDT and Saturdays at 9:30 EDT.
@Emma: We don't know which contestants will be in each show, but I wish we did. Mr. Upton said in a webinar that Primaries air first. I'll keep you posted if we learn more.
Thank you, Delie! I can't wait to watch! What time exactly is it on?
How do you know who will be aired first? Do you know which contestants will be on which show? We have been trying to find out. Thanks
You can watch online at http://nrbnetwork.tv/Pages/watch_online.aspx. Daddy learned from a webinar yesterday that it will be on a couple of other networks too, but we don't know which ones yet. The Primaries will air first. Be prepared to watch some really cute young children recite and answer questions about the Bible!
OKAY! I REALLY can't wait to see it! Where is it online?
NBBGS is going to air on Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings beginning May 20. You will be able to watch online or on DirecTV through NRB network. We are so excited about this opportunity to proclaim God's Word in homes all across the nation!
Bible Bee Nationals will be held in San Antonio TX, Nov 18th-22nd.
According to the webinar the other day, the NBBGS should air in May.
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Wednesday, Jan 28, 2015 at 1:12 PM
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Kelsey - BB said before June 1, 2015. They weren't too specific. Also, we don't know what channel it's airing on; it may be on national television, or it may only be certain areas of the country. It depends on what station they contracted with.
Does any one know when the Bible Bee game show will be aired?
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Wednesday, Dec 10, 2014 at 7:35 PM
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Click on her name, click the number of groups she's in (2), x her profile, then you should see the groups.
@Katherine: I was hoping I could join your group, but I couldn't find it...
Thanks! It's called Memorize the Bible - Genesis to Revelation.
i will and i don't think you sound rude...
Hi, Ellie! @BibleBee1215, would you like to join my ST group? I sort of need other members... :) Sorry if I sound rude or anything!
...trying to memorize Matthew...
Hi Katherine! I was wondering that too but wasn't sure how to ask. :)
Thank you so much for that encouragement, Everett! I'm planning on studying James this year too. It's one of my favorite books in the bible. I'm not sure what else I'm going to study this year...I guess I'll just figure it out as I go. :D
Congratulations everyone! No matter how well you did, remember that you are all winners in God's eyes because you have engraved His Word on your hearts and have studied it and made it a priority in your life.
I have had a lot of ideas on how I wanted to continue studying the Bible, but this is my plan so far: 1. Retain all the Bible Bee verses from this year 2. Do an inductive study on James. 3. Memorize and study famous portions of Scripture (Psalm 119, Matt. 5-7, 1 Cor. 13) 4. Create and execute a 2-4 year plan to memorize Romans-Jude. Ambitious ;) but I want to make sure that God comes first in my life.
I've just started a study on Daniel, with the intention of doing Revelation afterwards. I've also started on a project of (Lord willing!) eventually memorizing the entire Bible. I made an ST group on it called Memorize the Bible - Genesis to Revelation.
@Hat Lady, yes, I am Katherine Forster.
@Anna, Good for you. It can be easier to memorize knowing that you have to do the next chapter instead of trying to figure out what you are going to memorize next. I am going to study the book of Esther with some friends of mine, the hope being that I will also memorize Esther.:) It was good to meet you too, and maybe will be see each other next year. ;)
@Boots-n-Lace: I've started memorizing John. I'm not sure that I'll finish it by June, but I'm hoping I can get a nice chunk of it done, and then finish it later. I enjoyed meeting you! I'm Anna M. (Joy and Delie's younger sister).
I have some ideas of how I am going to continue studying now that Nationals are over, but what are some of the ways you all are going to do to keep in God's Word? I hope we can encourage one another by sharing ideas and can help each other stay in the Word.
The 2014 nationals pics are up now.
@Katherine: I think it went pretty well. I had a lot of fun! Do you happen to be Katherine Forster?
The same thing happened for me too, no idea
Hey everyone- I clicked on the National Photos and it popped up but all it was was a red screen- can anyone see the pictures yet? Thanx
Great! Orlando is quite a bit different than the smokeys! Does anyone know when they put up the pics of nationals?
Hi! How'd nationals go for everybody?
Contest day is tomorrow! Remember these verses when you go to testing/oral: John 14:26 "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you." The Holy Spirit is within us and will help us remember what we've learned during the contest. May God use us for His glory! I'm praying for you all! Have an awesome day tomorrow! :)
@Boots-n-Lace and Katherine: I'm not either. :p But I guess I'm probably as ready as I'm ever going to be.
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Wednesday, Oct 29, 2014 at 7:17 AM
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One day till prelims!!!!! Do your best!
I don't think anyone is ready!
Two days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am really excited, but I'm also not ready yet - working hard!
Cool!! I wish i could do that!
Now I am 3rd on the group leaderboard while being 15th yesterday. I don't know how that happened.
That's too bad RBB5. If I have a lot of passages to review, I just get what I can done and then leave them in review for the next day or days. ST doesn't penalize you for leaving them un-reviewed for several days.
Wow! Guess what! Don't expect something good. In my review section I had 112 memory passages to review, and that, of course, is impossible, so I checkmarked some of them and clicked Reset (un-memorize), and I thought it would put those memory cards for tomorrow's review, but really it made those passages not memorized. Oh, well, now I am #15 on the group leaderboard when I was #5 before!
I don't think this will help anyone now, but for future study, there is a free downloadable program called E-Sword, that you can then download other resources to, many of which are free. I just found that they have the Greek Septuagint with Strong's numbers. This would have been helpful for finding Greek words that correspond with the Hebrew.
I like your's dancer4Him557 and her's!!
BTW, Anna, I love your profile picture!
Hi Anna and Light4theLord!
@Light4theLord: Yes, I'm biblebee-a :). Hi, dancer4Him! @Ellie: Yes, it's really hard to keep them all current :(.
@Anna: I'm not ready either. So many verses... and I only have 50 current because I'm too busy to keep up with it all!
Hi dancer4Him557!!!! It's so good to see you! :P
Hi guys! I just got a Scripture Typer account! :D
Yeah, I'm super behind. We went on vacation and I didn't get anything done. I've got, like, seventy passages left. I'm not going to have all of them done unless a miracle happens!
Hey, are you on Quizlet as biblebee-a? I connected your profile picture on here with the one on the BibleBee website with the name on Introduce Yourself! and put one and two together!!! :?D
I'm not even done with all my verses. :S Ugh.................
No. I am NOT ready AT ALL. My verses have improved a lot in the last few days, but I still have quite a lot of Nahum study to do, and my verses still need a lot of review anyway. See everyone in ONE week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Everyone- Does anyone know how to look up people on here? I thought I did and then...
Are you kidding? I am so not ready. But it is exciting!
Oh no! I don't think I'm ready! Actually, I know I'm not ready :(. But I am still very excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Actually, this is not as bad as I thought... I'm reviewing all these at once. A little overwhelming but...
Oh no! I was on vacation for four days and now I have to review ALL my verses!!! Great... not.
I know!!! I think the statement "time flies" is actually literal... =)
Nine days! I can't believe it went by that fast!
@Everett: Yes I heard about the changes to the oral round. I have not been to Nationals before, but I don't like the changes. I don't like standing in front of people.
@Boots-n-Lace - Did you hear about the change to the Oral Round? The time is proportioned differently, giving an average of 42 seconds per verse instead of 30. They may ask some long ones, but hopefully not the super long ones! @Anna - Thankfully Nahum is three less chapters than Ephesians :P
I already know that I am not going to have all of my verses memorized. But I am making sure that I know all of the shorter passages that they will be more likely to ask during the preliminary round.
@Everett: Neither am I! I should be by Nats, though (hopefully... Lord willing) :D @Anna: So am I! I'm really looking forward to meeting everybody!
Wow! Last year seems easy compared to this (though it didn't at the time). Then we had three more weeks AND an easier study book. But I am looking forward to Nationals, even if I do horrible! :)
I wish it wasn't so close.
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Wednesday, Oct 15, 2014 at 9:39 PM
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WOW. That came quick.
I'm not done with my verses yet!!!! Yikes.
:D :P :O :S =)
I know, it's too soon! Goodness sakes. Oh, and your idea is a good one.
Oh no!!! It doesn't seem like it should be that close! :)
I like the memorizing the Bible thing. That sounds like a great idea.
Bible Bee is in two weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey guys, after Bible Bee I'm thinking about making a group on here for memorizing the whole Bible (or getting as far as we can!) I know there's already another group on here that's similar, but this will be set up a little differently - and it'll let us keep in touch after BB! What do you think?
That sounds good. Give me the time and place, I'll be there. (Hopefully! No promises however..) :) (:
I guess in the hotel lobby.
@BibltBee1215: That would be awesome! :)
Hey let's have a ST meeting at Nationals!! We have Memverse and Quizlet meetings, so why not a Scripture Typer meeting??:)
Notice to all Seniors, I just found an extra verse in the National collection. Colossians 2:2-4 is not supposed to be there.
Hey everyone, my mom gave me a good idea. Since some of us don't have our real names or ST, when we all get to Nationals, we won't know who are ST friends are. So we could put our ST names on our nametags or somewhere else visible so we can recognize each other. :)
Everett-What are the primary passages?
For Primary's and Junior's, there are 10 long passages that stand out among the rest. I assume that those 10 will be asked in finals (Five contestants; two recitations).
I think those three long ones will probably be those ones they ask in the Finals.
You seniors and juniors... I'm so glad I'm still a Primary. :)
All these pronouncements of doom this year! I see why though, of course.
@Joy- I think you're right, actually.
I think Revelation 18 looks like the longest one the cards (at least in ESV), Romans 9 is the longest one in verses, and Ezekiel 31 feels like the longest because it is so difficult.
Yeah, I don't really like the Ezekiel passage, probably just because I don't know it as well.
So Romans 9:1-33 is probably the longest. I just memorized that one yesterday. But Ezekiel 31:1-18 is definitely harder.
@ Katherine, Ezekiel 31:1-18 is a five card passage, Revelation 18:1-24, another 5 card passage, and last but not least Romans 9:1-33, another five card passage which also happens to be the whole chapter. :)
What's our longest passage in cards/verses?
@Katherine: I didn't know you could do that! Perhaps I should try it sometime.
@BibleBeeDogs: Yes, I tried to do that yesterday and it wouldn't let me. I ended up putting the whole reference in the "book" part, and just zeros for chapter and verse.
@BibleBeeDogs: I will add it again, and then for those that already have it can just delete it.
Is anyone else missing Zechariah 2:1-13?
@Boots-n-Lace: No, it won't let me add it. I have a Zechariah 7:5-6, 8:3, and 12:1-14, but no 2:1-13. That's very strange that it's on yours and not mine. I've never touched it or any of the surrounding passages, so I couldn't have deleted it on accident. I don't know how it disappeared.
@Katherine: I know you were talking to Boots-n-Lace, but ST won't let a passage cross chapters. It was the same way last year with a lot of memory passages.
@Boots-n-Lace: Hebrews 6:19-7:21 is split into Hebrews 6:19-20 and Hebrews 7:1-21.
That is funny. I just memorized that and it was on my list. Can you add it?
@Boots-n-Lace: Zechariah 2:1-13 is missing from the Senior list.
Hmm... I guess I just need to get on there and try it out! :)
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Wednesday, Sep 24, 2014 at 2:38 PM
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Well, when you review, you rate each verse, not each passage. So I guess it would count it as a passage but it would still give it to you as individual verses. It's kinda nice because you only review the verses within a passage that need review.
Thanks, Everett! If you input several verses in a row, will it put them all together as one passage?
Katherine - Memverse is much different than ST and can be hard to figure out. If you go under the "help" section there is a video tutorial that's pretty helpful. Memverse only lets you input one verse at a time; if you want to add a whole passage you will have to add it one verse at a time. When you review a verse, you estimate how difficult it was on a 1-5 scale. If you click 1, it might tell you to review it the next day; if you click 5, it might tell you to review in in 5 days. Also, if you type the first letter of each word it will count it too.
Could anyone explain to me how to use Memverse for BB verses? I tried to use it once, and it would only let me input one verse at a time.
@Boots-n-Lace: I'm highly visual, too. I actually used BLB all week last week, as I was away and didn't have the Bible Study program we have on our computer. Looking up Greek/Hebrew is so easy on there!
I know this has nothing to do with learning verses, but a great study help for your Nahum study would be www.blueletterbible.org. I know some of you know about this, but it is a great resource for Bible dictionaries, looking up Hebrew/Greek words, and also cross-references.
@Katherine: I listen to the verses as I fall asleep too. My dad records them for me. I'm pretty auditory, so it really helps me.
I am not auditory either, I am a highly visual learner. :)
No, I'm not auditory, but last year I recorded all of them to listen to as I fell asleep; I started this year, but I still need to finish.
Oh, and if you are an auditory learner, if you recite a verse perfectly on recording, you can save the recording and just listen to it as a kind of review.
Yeah, it would... but good idea! I'll have to try that when I get home.
@Katherine: I wish I did. If you don't have someone to listen to you, you could record yourself saying the verses and then listen to them and find out if and where you made mistakes. Obviously, that would take more time than having a parent or sibling listen to you.
@Boots-n-Lace: Yeah, you really need to recite to yourself or another person, as well as use ST; I really wish there was a program like this, but where you could speak the verse into it and it would check you. Do you know of any?
I use ST in a weird way. I only memorize the OT verses on here, and I do the NT verses on Memverse. Memverse has a better review system but all the verses are inputted into like a database by the users, so they don't have the more unknown parts of Scripture on there.
Thanks Katherine. I fixed the Psalms. I use ST in various ways. I will sometimes use it to memorize verses, but mostly I use it to review. I use their review schedule, partially because I find it annoying if I let all the verses accumulate. It is a fast way to review, but I also need to review them out loud. I can't depend on ST because it gives me visual cues and I won't have those reciting to someone.
By the way, how do you guys use ST? Just for review? And do you follow their review schedule at all? I have an idea of how to review, and I was wondering if I should incorporate their schedule at all. Of course, they have you reviewing too often for the amount of verses we have!
I've got John 16:28. You might just want to check all the Psalms passages, though, to make sure they don't have intros, because Psalm 40:1-17 did.
@BibleBeeDogs: Thank you!, if anyone finds anymore verses missing please let me know and I will add them as soon as I can.
John 16:28 shows up on mine.
@Ellie Borah: I don't know if you noticed, but the verses aren't split into the age divisions like the say. The senior collection has a lot of verses that don't belong, and then don't have all the verses that do belong. I am assuming the other collections are pretty much the same. I do know that the primary one at least has verses that do not belong. So if anyone still needs to download the national verses, they would be best doing it directly from this group.
They put the National verses up!
Calling all Seniors, could you please let me know if John 16:28 shows up in your collection? I found it missing when I went to memorize it so I added it and I want to make sure everyone has it.
Yes, that is the senior collection. Depending on when you downloaded it, I know there were some verses that were doubled. I changed the collection from having the long passages split to being one long section, and I might not have deleted all of the shorter sections of the long passages.
Okay! Just wondering, the verse collection that says "National Bible Bee" is the Senior collection, right? I downloaded it, and it says I have 761 verses to memorize. I thought it was 750, but I never actually saw the numbers on the site, so is it really 761?
Thanks Katherine! I should edit that out, but all of you that have already downloaded the senior collection will have to edit that yourself, Scripture Typer won't let me do it for you once you have downloaded the collection.
Hi! Just thought I'd let you know, Psalm 51:1-17 (Senior verse) in the collection here includes the intro, which isn't on the card. I edited it for myself, but I figured someone might just memorize it on here and not check the card.
No, they're not last year's verses. I think whoever put them up started with the Primary, and then did like it has been in other years, added the Junior, and then the Senior, memory passages, to the subsequent collections. I think you're right; it was a mistake. It had me scared there for a minute ! :)
@BibleBeeDogs: Are any of the Genesis passages ones you memorized last year? The collections are different on the Bible Bee page, but it looks like they added (accidentally?) extra passages. I double checked Bible Bee's website and nothing has change there. My recommendation is that everyone just use the collections they have already downloaded from here. I think that someone screwed up when they added the verses.
Has anybody seen the verse collections on the Bible Bee page on ST? It looks like the collections combined all the Primary, Junior, and Senior passages into one collection. That's not what it's supposed to be, is it? I mean, it's still supposed to be separate passages for each age division and we Seniors aren't supposed to also memorize the Primary and Junior passages, right ?!?!
Anyone who wants to memorize this year's Bible Bee Nationals passages can join this group!
Can anyone join this group?
Yah, I memorized Jonah over the summer too. It's really nice that they made Jonah part of the memory verses. (:
I know! I memorized Jonah over the summer, so it isn't quite so much, but still. I have to do 11 verses a day, not counting Sundays, and even then I only finish the day before competition.
@Ellie: Yah, it's totally a lot. Last year it was 600 verses, and this year when I saw it was 601, I was like, "Nooo!" (Yah, I'm crazy that way.) But it's kind of stressful to have less time for more verses...
@Ellie Borah: I totally agree...601 is definitely a LOT to memorize! This is my first year going to nats, so it's quite a challenge. (:
Yeah, this year is pretty difficult. Last year we had the same amount of verses to learn and two more weeks to study. Even then, I ended up learning my verses on our airplane flight... I will make sure that it doesn't happen again :P
@Ellie Borah: I know what you mean. I think no matter what age division you are in, 450, 601, or 750 verses is a lot. I am a quarter of the way through 750, but I am still feeling overwhelmed. :)
@BibleBeeDogs: Yes, thank you!
@Boots-n-Lace: I'm a bit overwhelmed... 601 verses is A LOT. I think it's going okay so far.
Thanks for putting the verses up!
How is everyone feeling about their studying?
Sure thing, Kelsey! My pleasure! :)
@BibleBeeDogs: Thanks for putting the junior verses on here! :)
@Boots-n-Lace: That's fine! Thanks for your help! =)
@BibleBeeDogs: I have added those verses again, so hopefully you will have them again. :) Sorry, to anyone else who will have duplicates of Job 40 and Psalm 40, just delete the second one.
I hope that makes any sense at all. :)
I'm really sorry, Boots-n-Lace, I don't know if you can fix this, but I accidentally deleted Job 40:1-14 and Psalm 40:1-17 from my list while trying to delete them off a different list and I can't put them back on. I'm not sure if it's because I didn't create the collection, but it won't do it. We figured out you can add verses to your collections, but I don't know if you can fix it because it will still be on your collection, unless you just try adding it again. I don't think it will add it twice on your own collection, but maybe if you do that it will reappear on mine. Do you think you could try?
Mine was missing verse 33 too, but I just went to my collection and clicked the edit button and changed it to add verse 33.
Oops. I originally had all of the long passages broken up like on the verse cards, but then changed them so it was all one passage, like we will recite them. Are any of the other long passages broken up? Sadly, if you find any other errors you will have to fix them yourself. BibleBeeDogs and I worked through a lot of things to find out what we can and cannot do as administrators to fix any problems that are found. We found that once a collection is uploaded onto a group and someone has downloaded it, the only thing we can do to change their collection is add verses to it.
Hmm. That's odd. =p It says its Romans 9:1-32, but obviously, broken out in the different verse cards sections.
Is anyone else missing verse 33, of Romans 9?
@His Servant: I looked through my verses and I have verse 33. There must have been some glitch on ST's part. Does the reference say Romans 9:1-33?
Romans 9 is missing the last verse, 33, it looks like.
No problem. My younger sister kept asking if they had the National verses up. I eventually gave in and did it myself. I figured there was no point in everyone having to put them up.
Thank you for adding the Primary verses! My brothers (Reepicheep and Thomas C. Moss) really appreciate it.
Thank you again, Boots-n-Lace, for all the work you have been putting in on these verses! I really appreciate it. I can work on the Junior verses if you like.
Alright, the Primary verses for Nationals are up. Again, these verses are in ESV, but just select your translation when you upload the collection. The senior verses are the collection called National Bible Bee.
Okay. I didn't realize how much time it would take to fix the passages, but it is all done.
If you wouldn't mind, Boots-n-Lace, it's easier if whole passages are kept together, as it helps it to stay continuous in my mind when I am studying it instead of thinking of it as two separate passages. And then when it comes up for review on ST, it will always be together instead of split. :) But, don't do it just for me either. If it really helps you to have them split like that, or if it takes too much time to fix it, that's okay.
Don't worry about changing them to whole passages for me. I don't plan to use ST for my nationals verses--last year I did and discovered that it just doesn't work for my brain :). I was just using the list to make my own checklist of verses. Thanks for taking the time to get them all on here!
Yes, I split many of the longer passages up into smaller sections, similar to what is on the verse cards, to make it easier for those of us who like to memorize on ST. I will consider changing them to the whole passage.....
Thank you for adding these! Btw, I think that Job 40:1-14 is one passage, not two (Job 40:1-7 and Job 40:8-14). :). Happy studying to all of you!
Oops. I had to fix another one earlier, I didn't catch the fact that one of the verses was entered as John 40:3-4, (I never knew that John had 40 chapters!) :) oops. That passage has been removed.
Never mind; I was able to fix it!
Thanks again so much! I know this is quick, but 1 Peter 3:3-12 is actually supposed to be 1 Peter 1:3-12. :)
I use ESV, so that is the translation the verses are posted in, but when you select to add the verse collection you can also change the translation.
Senior verses are up everyone!
Great! Thank you so much, Boots-n-Lace! You are now an official administrator! :)
Bible Bee Dogs: I have uploaded all of the Senior verses for nationals. If you add me as an administrator, I can upload that here.
I've started one, but I am hoping I don't have to enter them all. I am hoping that Bible Bee releases a collection on Monday like they did for the summer verses
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Has anyone created a collection with the Senior verses for Nationals?
Okay. Thanks! That helps me a lot!
I had no problem, I have my settings set to automatically download the verses in the correct version. But, I have found before, that all you have to do is when you click to add a collection is change the version in the little drop down box above the verses and then click add at the bottom. :)
I haven't tried loading it here, but on another group I added a collection that was originally NKJV and had no trouble making it ESV when I added it. As far as I know one version should work fine for everybody as long as they know to change the translation when they add it.
Congratulations to everybody!
I posted, for experiment, one summer verse collection. Does anyone want to download it and see if it will automatically translate to your translation? I couldn't figure out how to make it so anyone can choose a translation. If someone would be willing to try it, it would help me when it comes time to download Nationals verses, so I know whether I have to download all the collections in all the versions, or if only one in each age division will suffice. Thanks!
Congratulations! Whoops, I double posted down there.
Congratulations to everyone who made it to nationals! Although I'm not sure if I'll actually end up attending nationals, it was exciting to see that I made it! :)
Some of it was super easy. Yes, I had a lot of fun!
Some of it was super easy. Yes, I had a lot of fun!
Did everyone have a good day yesterday? did anyone else think the test was super easy?
So did I! Well, a while ago now.
The big day is tomorrrow!!!
I FINISHED ALL MY VERSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm only 4 weeks ahead. 3 more weeks to go! :D
Week 7!? You're almost done!
Thanks! I'm on Week 7 now. :)
That is to say, Bookworm Cook, you are amazingly fast with that Sword Study.
I am NOT halfway through the Sword Study but doing fine with passages.
:D:D:D:D I have 13 passage done now, and am halfway through the Sword Study!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am missing everyone so bad! I hope to make it to nationals so I can see everyone again. :)
Oh seriously. You are SUPER fast! :)
I am? Thanks! Now I have 11 done! Today I will start Week four Day four in my Sword Study! I'm going fast so I can do it over at least 2 times. 11 passages = 25 verses.
I have seven verses (three passages) done, but I really should work in my Sword Study now.
Wow. I only have one! You're quite fast.
YAY!!!!! i already have 5 passages done! One of them was part of a Primary Nationals passage.
So... who's ready for Bible Bee? Yesterday was the last day of registration if you want to get your box on time.
@Jordan Strang: Hey, good job performing at Christian Heritage Conference! Your performance was amazing! Personally, I thought you were the best piano player there...:P
@GermanCello: On June 1st, I am going to be in a music recital. The song I will play on the piano has a cello part, and I was wondering if you would like to learn it and play with me. I do know that it is on a Sunday evening, so if that won't work, it's okay.
I'm not... especially since registration started today...
We might not even do Bible Bee this year. :(
Is anyone else counting down the days until registration? Our family can't wait!
*rubs tummy* Umm... numm nummm..... yummy..... mmmmmmmmm....... That pudding was GOOD! :)
You've never been on here before? Because you said you haven't been on here in forever... But I've seen you post on here before! Or was it a hacker? :P Well... we just got a dozen chicks for eggs this summer! Besides that, nothing really out of the ordinary... Except I did make pudding today... which is VERY out of the ordinary...
Whoa! I haven't been on here in forever.... What's been going on with you all?
Hmm... cool! I would LOVE to go snow boarding or skiing...
@Mat is my brother. Yes, we ski a lot. Actually that picture is not really skis... it's not really anything. It's like a mix between a snowboard and skis. Kind of weird...
Happy birthday to my loving father! :) @Mat: Are you skiing in that picture? I've never been on skis, though we have some. We might go skiing if we get a good warm snow!
Happy Birthday, people whose birthday it was!
Caleb's was the 27, and Mom's was the 28. :)
Happy late birthday to my brother Nathan! (It was the 11th.)
@Hannah: When are their birthdays?
Happy early birthday to my mom and brother! Happy late New Year!
Hmmmmm... Matt? Are you sure you're okay? Just checkin'!
jk Good to have you on here... (even though I questions your credibility! ;))
Haha!! Welcome Matt! Great to have you on here!
Yea... Okay... Not sure where that came from... Sorry guys we're just having fun. =) lol
Buttoned my shirt wrong. I laughed so hard I had to go outside. Brilliant!
Had an interesting conversation with my friend Steve about moss-resisting tile grout. He didn't seem interested. Crazy days, right?
Highlight of 2013 was putting a knife in the spoon compartment! On purpose, I was out of control...
Hip Hip Hooray! Introducing my bro. Mat. Get ready for some roll on the floor humor, actually he is super boring ... ;b
Well, they are kind of short but it's really neat to see the orchestra! But, I can't see myself because I'm too short, and I can't see my sister because the conductor is standing RIGHT in front of her!
@Ellie: No, I have not seen the videos yet. How are they? @Everyone: Happy 2014!
@Jordan, I just reached six feet and just was wondering if you had too. @everyone, if people say merry X-mas, than happy X-year!
Happy New Year, everyone!!! On another subject, I just started a new ST group, called "Bible Bee Graduates". My friend Anna L. (horsejumper2) and I decided to make it because we will both be graduates next year! It is still in progress, but we hope to have all the previous Bible Bee verses on there eventually. BTW, does anyone know how I can add another "administrator" to the group? I started the group, but I want Anna L. as an administrator as well.
Oh my goodness, how did you do that?! I mean stay up that late. But yes, Happy new year!
Happy new year everyone!!! Although I'm two hours late since it's about 2:20 am right now! ;)
I was standing next to a tall girl and you can see her but not me, so it looks like there's no one next to her but actually I was there and sharing her book!
@Josh: Me? Yeah... I'm six feet. It's not super tall though... I do have a friend who's a year younger than me and already 6' 5.5". He's tall! What picture did I look pretty tall in?
@everyone: Happy new year"s eve!
@Jordan are you six feet tall? You look pretty tall. =)
Hat Lady, did you see the orchestra videos?
@Josh: It is hard, today I got on and I have 27 passages to review!
@Ellie the few verses I have is really hard to keep up to date it must be really hard to have hundreds! Btw, @Carissa, thank you for your Birthday blessing, sorry I didn't reply earlier... @Everyone happy new year
@Ellie: I agree with you! =)
@Rachel: I guess you're right, but I still want to stay caught up! :)
I have kind of given up on staying up to date on here...I figure that as long as I know them, well, it doesn't matter if Scripture Typer knows that I know them!! :)
It seemed harder before Nationals, I think!
@Janae, I'm sure you have more verse than me. I have 124 verse altogether, most of them are counted on other groups.
@Josh: Yeah, I have a lot of verses that need to be reviewed. No matter how many I review today, I know I will have a bunch tomorrow! :P I have spent the past three review sessions trying to catch up... it didn't seem this hard before Nationals!
I had and still do have a lot of verses to get up to date!
You guys were on on Christmas? I just didn't have the time.
Thank you for the happy birthdays and Merry Christmas to you too!
Happy Birthday Ellie!!! :)
@Ellie: Happy birthday! :)
I'm turning 14. Thank you!
Happy Birthday, Ellie and Josh! I pray that in this new year you will draw even closer to the Lord. The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine upon you both.
Happy birthday Ellie, I turned 16 three days ago. How old are you turning?
@Ellie: Happy Birthday!!!!! I have 2 other friends who were born on Christmas Eve... one likes it and one doesn't! :) Anyway, Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas!!!
It's my birthday tomorrow! Yay!
@Abbi: Okay, good. I was hoping you got it by now.
@Josh: Nice shirts you guys have there!! :P haha! I'
ll have to check that movie out! Looks like..... Something you would come up with!
@Ellie: yes we did. I will try to reply soon, but with Christmas and all, I don't know if I will be able to before the middle of January...
@Jordan, speaking of videos here is a link to another one. https://vimeo.com/82258541
@N. Janae: It's actually not as amazing as it sounds. If I start Jan. 1 and end April 31 (that would leave one month before locals) then I would only be memorizing 2 verses a day. With Nationals, I was memorizing 9 or 10 verses a day. @Everyone: we have 424 wall posts now!
Abbi and Tabitha, I sent you a letter, did you get it?
Whoah, everything looks so different on here now!
That is so great! I probably won't be able to see myself :( but at least I can hear it, and I can probably see my sister! :):):)
Whoo Hoo!!!
Thanks, Josh!
@everyone. Here is a link to the national orchestra videos, you don't dropbox to view the videos. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hvpoc4t7wei1ch1/Alm6hnOqb8
Oh. Well, they sure made it harder! i have to do Memorize It review because the long passages I can't do without hints.
Isn't it? I think Scripture Typer has just been "updated" like websites do, changing little things here and there.
Help! Does anyone know what happened to ST? I reviewed a long passage and it says I have to be at 90 percent with no hints. It never did that to me before. I was at 97 and got maybe 4 hints. That is so annoying!
@Josh I think I've done that before. It is really easy. :)
@Ellie: You don't need it to view the uploaded files or even to download them... It's really simple!
I don't have dropbox, whatever that is.
@Josh: I looked at mine last night... Basically, you upload the files via your computer, then go to dropbox.com and make a shared folder of those files... Then you can get a url for that folder.
@Josh: Jordan mentioned a good idea. Dropbox would be a great way to send it. It's something I would recommend downloading for other purposes. I have it for some work I do, and it is an easy way to share things without emailing, posting, etc. I haven't really figured it out, as I don't use it much, but I found it to work well, especially for uploading large files.
@Jordan, I do have dropbox! Not sure how to get it to you...
Josh... Do any of you guys have dropbox? If you uploaded them to there and post the link on here. You can keep it private and hey.. it's free!!!
@Josh: You could upload them to your computer, and from there you could upload them to a website (YouTube is an option, as Ellie mentioned) and share the link here on Scripture Typer. They could also be uploaded in an email and sent.
I have no idea, unless she put them on YouTube.
My Mom took five videos, but I don't know how I could get them to any of you. Any ideas?
@Jordan: No, I don't have them, I was asking if anyone knows where I can find them. I know it sounds better than the demos because I was there. :)
Sorry Jordan, just giving you a hard time.
@Josh: I kinda wanted to watch all my friends cause I didn't actually get to see it cause I was in it.... And I couldn't really hear bc the sound really bounced around on stage.
@Jordan, why the senior semis? Sorta seams random.
@Ellie: You have movies of the choral?!?! I want to see these! Okay... so the problem is, they didn't actually archive the closing ceremonies on lifestream because the only reason they live streamed it was so the rest of my family could watch at home. (My good friend was running the cameras!) So unfortunately, there's nothing online from those ceremonies. As of yesterday, they've also taken down all the semi and final challenge rounds... Bummer because I wanted to look back over them and especially the senior semis!
Does anyone know where I can find videos of the closing ceremony choir? I looked on Google and YouTube but couldn't find anything. The real choir sounds so much better than the recordings. :)
@Josh: Okay, that makes sense. @Anna: I got higher place and lower scores than I thought, too.
@biblebee-SR: Sometimes it's nice to be short, like playing soccer, but other times it's not, like when nobody sees you. Which is good in soccer, actually! :)
@Anna: Congratulations on how well you placed! That is amazing that you are memorizing so many whole books! In the meantime before locals, I have decided to review all my previous verses... all the way back to 2009! Maybe I will choose a short book to memorize as well... that is such a good technique! Hope you have time for 2 Thessalonians as well!!!
@Ellie and Louise: I'm really short as well :) But I wasn't in the choir...
@Ellie: okay, whenever you get a chance is fine! I look forward to hearing from you!
I had decided that the book must be Philippians the night before I heard what Jordan said about it being 1 Thessalonians, so now I'm not sure what to think! Even though I hope it's James, it's probably not because (not counting 2009) the pattern of the authors has been Paul, not Paul, Paul, not Paul (I think). Since I'm going to be done memorizing James in about a week I had decided to memorize Philippians next but I think now I'm going to memorize Philippians and 1 Thessalonians and (maybe 2 Thessalonians if I have time). I'm so glad they announced the scores! I placed about 30 places higher than I was expecting and got 40-70 fewer points than I was expecting :). Congratulations everyone!!!!!
@Ellie, a viola is a bigger violin, with the highest string removed and a deeper string added. It's basically a deeper violin. Actually, we had three violins playing the viola part with the violin. One of three is Lydia Taw who is on scripture typer (Taw kids). I think she is in the Bible Bee juniors group.
@Abbi: I'll write a letter sometime. I'm really busy; it's Christmastime and we have tons to do, and I have like 5 letters to write, so I'll write when I get the chance.
I was in the last rehearsal (we were having a birthday party at a friend's room for me during the practice on Thursday) but then decided I didn't want to be in the choir. :P It got my legs tired, and since I hadn't been at the first practice, I sounded horrible and out of place. :P And that one song was especially hard for me, because the tenors had the melody. I absolutely CANNOT sing harmony. :( So I just didn't sing at all. :( And I would be in the front row, so I would look really weird not moving my lips. So, I decided not to do it. :\
@Ellie: Oh, yeah, I'm Louise. I just have a reputation in the McMinnville hive as being the Hat Lady, so I chose that for my Scripture Typer name.
@Ellie: I was an alto, too.
I don't think there was any of me in the choir or on the piano either... I think last year's pictures were better!!! For one thing, there was WAY more! Course, my friend was the photographer last year and his tons of pictures he takes probably accounted for part of that!
Okay I know, 4 posts in a row. If Abbi and Tabitha are reading this: Hi! I didn't know you were on here.
Who's Louise? I don't see her. I guess she has a different ST name.
@Hannah: You didn't do horrible. I saw a few Juniors who got 0 on the Oral. That doesn't mean they did bad, it means the test was SUPER HARD. Which, of course, it was.
@Josh: What exactly is a viola? I play piano but I wasn't piano I was alto in the choir. That was really fun!
@Nicole, thank you, and you are right. @Ellie and @Louise I played the viola, but I saw you both in practice.
Were you playing the piano? That was funny at practice when the conductor called you Miss Piano Player. I was in altos. What part were you?
@Ellie: I haven't looked at the pictures yet, but I doubt I'll be able to find myself in the choir! I'm also short, but I had to stand in the back so I could get to the piano.
@Josh: Thanks! I've been in the Bible Bee since 2009, but this was the first year I qualified, so I know how you feel. Also, remember that whatever place you get, you have more of the Word of God hidden in your heart than you did last year, and that is worth more than anything the Shelby Kennedy Foundation could give you! :) I hope you make it next year!
There were pictures of the choir, but I couldn't see myself! I could see where I was, but I was behind other people and I am SO SHORT.
@Nicole, you did better than I did, I didn't even qualify for nationals! My two sisters did and hope to as well next year.
@ Ellie: I'm a Primary. @ N. Janae: Thanks! @ biblebee - SR: I did horrible on the written test and horribler on orals. @ Jordan: I might get to meet you then! (But we might not go, it's soooo far away.... :( :( :O)
Okay... So I going to agree with Joe and say that if there's a year that they would do 1 & 2 Thes... It would have to be 2014 because of the shortened study time from locals to Nats... My inside sources tell me they're supposed to decrease study materials next year.... I also think James would be a great choice for locals BC it's so amazingly practical for Christians... the type of book that would be great for thousands of Christians to study... so James wouldn't surprise me at all. Sure! I'll let you guys know if you want, but since Nathan is super busy, I'm not sure if anything will happen.... I hope so though, bc we're all such good friends from studying together and it would be really sad if we couldn't all get back together! Course, there is next year at Nats!!!! I'm going to be there I found out!!!!!!! WHOOOOOO!
Wow, I've missed a lot!
Y'all did great!! I wish I could have met more of y'all but I just didn't see any of y'all...
My placement was 43rd place in seniors...I did dreadful on the written test but good on the orals....
@Jordan: Do tell us!!! :) I REALLY want to know! Also, if Nathan T. (or anyone else) sets up another study group could you please let me know?
@Hannah: 49th isn't horrible! Its wonderful! And that is awesome that you placed 17 in locals. You've got to remember that with Nationals, it's a new competition. You've got a chance to change your ranking nationally, which is the whole point. You can't expect to get the exact placement you did at locals. No one can, really. I certainly didn't keep my locals ranking (which is a good thing). I was 118 at locals and 93 at Nationals! I am just glad I improved, no matter how small the improvement was! Stepping off my soapbox now. You did AWESOME! Be proud of yourself!
@Jordan: Ok, now that you've said something, you have to tell us what you think the books will be. What makes sense, anyway? 2nd and 3rd John? Galatians??
But I am alright with that now.
there were no good picturs of the orchestra!
You did better than me. I was 38 at locals and 55 at nationals. Wait which division are you?
@ Josh: There are probably 18 short (enough) books in the Bible to study, Then they'll start over. (that way, no one will get to have the same BB book twice! Wow, I've missed a lot on here! Time to catch up! @ Jordan: I wasn't in any of those pictures! :( Tell us the books! I want Hebrews, because it starts with H..... go figure. :) I placed 49th. HORRIBLE! In locals, I placed 17. I did horrible (at nationals) with an oral score of 60 :\ and a written score of 396. :\ @ Jordan (again) Why don't you just make it final and make yourself a new account on Memverse? (and chat on the forums, of course :) @ All: I felt very confident on the written test, I thought I would do much better! But whatever, at least I wasn't the worst one there... BTW, I'm just saying things as I think of them. That's why they're so jumbled. :)
I'm serious now, what if in the future when they run out of short books, they will do passages? What do you guys think?
I placed 37th. I placed higher than in the summer, but only by three as I placed 40th in the summer. This time I did better on the written test, but that's not really a surprise since the test was easier than the summer. But my oral round was worse than the summer. But overall I did better. But I'm really glad I was able to go to Nationals.
@Everett: Oh okay! Since this is my first year I didn't know what was done in the past. :) James would be cool! I like that book. @Hat Lady: I don't think Lamentations would be depressing...it may seem like that at first glance, but really, it is a book full of hope! "You have taken up my cause, O Lord; you have redeemed my life." - Lamentations 3:58 i find that pretty awesome and hopeful, anyways! :)
That would be neat if it were James. I know a ton of verses from that because of going to Nationals.
Yes, you should say! Written test is always really hard. I get so annoyed because they ask questions that weren't in the study.
Maybe 1 and 2 Thessalonians?...
I think I might know what the books are............ Should I say? Could be wrong, but this makes sense.....
@Josh: That would be hilarious! Actually, it would be depressing. Ecclesiastes would be more so, though.
You guys are all wrong, it laminations for sure. :P
@Ellie: Good job! That's awesome!!! :D
@Hat Lady: I feel the same way! I thought the test was super easy, but I was 93rd. I can blame it on the college classes I'm taking. The homework took up a lot of my time! :) @Everett: I didn't even think about James! That is such a fun little book. It would be great to do that one for Bible Bee!
I did way worse than I thought on the test! I was 98th. I agree with Everett, I think it will probably be James.
@Rachel: We did 1 Peter in 2011. I hope it's James or Philippians!
@Anna: I'll take a random guess here... 1 Peter maybe! :)
55th place. Better than I thought I did!
@Jessica: I know what you mean about not meeting very many people because you were with your family, because that's exactly what I did, too! I met one person from ST, and a few random people that I had never talked to before, but mostly my mom and I hung out (my mom is my only immediate family, besides grandparents). @Anna: Mom and I were just speculating about the locals book! We think Philippians would be a fun one to do, especially since there have been a lot of Philippians passages in Bible Bees past! What book would you want to do?
Whoops! This is actually Jordan on Eden's account!
@Anna: They just posted them!!!!!!!!!
@Rachel: It's really hard to choose a favorite part of the Bible Bee :). One of my favorite things was meeting a lot of the people that I know on ST and Quizlet. I also enjoyed the square dance. People kept on saying that it was so much fun, but I just thought that they just liked that sort of thing. But I ended up really enjoying it! The Junior's final round was fun because I could guess the answers to the questions and the final round was exciting, too. I liked the dessert reception, too, because I got to see everyone one last time. I know I said just about everything but I haven't talked about everything that I liked :). @Everyone: We just got an encourager that says that we should know the scores by the week's end (I'm not sure if "week's end" means Friday, Saturday, or Sunday)! @Hannah: I'm memorizing James! (I already know 41 verses from it because of Nationals, so it shouldn't be too hard). @Everyone: What do you think the book will be for locals next year?
@Rachel: I liked meeting new people. That was fun! And I loved how everyone was so encouraging. After the written round, when we walked down that hallway and everyone was clapping, I couldn't believe it! It made me feel good, knowing that everyone was proud of us no matter how good we actually did. I definitely wasn't expecting that!
@Rachel: one of my favorite parts was, like you, being around other teenagers and children who are excited and willing to study and memorize God's Word and strongly desire a relationship with Him. That I just don't get around most teenagers in my town. That's why I love Bible Bee. I also kept everyone at home updated on our trip through Facebook. Before we left everyone was really encouraging and supportive. They prayed over me before I left also, and talked about me so it was a little embarrassing, and I wasn't in a great mood, as my best friend was moving right then. But I definitely received love and support! So many people prayed for me and told me that I just needed to go and have a great time and do my best and it didn't matter how I did. They told me that just having the verses in my heart and knowing them and the Bible was reward enough. And the trip was just a great family time for my family. I actually didn't get to know many people because a lot of the time I was with my family. Another fun thing was the square dance!
@ Jordan, nice pics. Nice smile too.
The fellowship has to be my overall favorite part! Seeing old friends and meeting new ones is just priceless!
@Kelsey: I agree, and I can't wait either! Bible Bee is one of the big events I always look forward to.
@Rachel: I think the best thing was seeing so many other Christians who care about learning God's word and memorizing it, and everyone was so encouraging. :) I can't wait until next year. :)
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@Rachel: I think my favorite part was the fellowship. I really liked being around other Christians, meeting new friends, and seeing friends from previous years.
@Everyone: What did you guys like best about nationals? I think my favorite part was being around other teenagers who desire to follow Christ and have a passion for seeking Him. I also loved the support. After preliminaries, I checked my phone and had texts from friends and family wanting to know how I did. Throughout the weekend, my family received multiple texts, calls, Facebook messages, and emails wanting to know how I did. :) Before I left, my church prayed over me to send me off. I mentioned that I was worried about my performance, and I was left with the words of my pastor, "Rachel, our only expectation of you is to go down there and love people." What a blessing that was to me! I pray you all received the same love and encouragement I did. So what did you guys enjoy the most? :)
@Jordan: cool! I didn't take any photos at Nationals. At all. I was in some, but I never take photos. I am not a good photographer. D:
hey everyone... If anyone's interested, I posted some pics from nationals on my blog... Okay, so some of them are just me, but you never know, you might be in some of the pics! ;)
anyway, here's the address: jordanstrang.blogspot.com
@N. Janae: That's a good idea!
@Hannah: Wow, so organized! Great idea! I'm hoping to memorize one "long" passage (15-20 verses) from each book of the Bible before locals. There may be a couple exceptions, because I can't choose just one from 1 Corinthians and I can't find any from Song of Solomon!
It seems so weird that it's over! The other day my sister found a Bible at our hotel and was happy because "now I can read Ephesians!" Whatever will I do with myself?
Yeah, I know, six months away! I have a Bible memory challenge I made for myself starting today and ending Dec. 31, then starting up a new Bible memory and reading challenge Jan. 1, ending that May 31, then starting BB again the next day!!!!!!!
Locals being six months away is a scary thought! I have so much stuff to do in the time being. :) That's crazy!!
Yikes, six months to get caught up in school! It's so weird not having to carry a bunch verses in a huge stack everywhere I go... I hope I DON'T get used to it!
Great! It's weird, locals is only six months away!
We chatted with the Bible Bee person and they said that the scores will probably be up by Friday.
@ Josh and N. Janae: I think they will post the scores and pics at the same time. They were going to post them on Dec. 1, but I don't think that worked out. They should be up by Wednesday, dad says. @ Jordan: Yep, I thought I saw you looking at me sorta like, "hey, I recognize you!!!!" :) I was way to shy to say hi... sorry. Maybe if Eden makes it next year, we can actually "meet" each other! LOL!
@Josh: I don't know when they will post the pics, but does anyone know if they post the scores from preliminaries? I've just been telling people that I scored somewhere between 16th and 120th! (That answer doesn't satisfy most people!)
Well that's really cool! :)
Looking forward to it. By the way when will Bible Bee have this years pix posted?
Yikes, I didn't even think about alligators! Definitely time to stock up on repellant! :) @Rachel: Yeah, they said it will be at the Disney Hilton in Orlando, Florida. Built in family vacation!!!
@Josh: Haha I got that repellant was a joke....but still! I didn't really think of alligators as being around there..
@Rachel, I don't think the alligators ever go far into the city, but my brother went there last month and he said that there were signs at all the lakes warning of alligators. You actually never know which lakes they are in because they migrate.
But in case no one realized, repellant was a joke.
@Hannah: Yep! I thought so!!! You should have said hi! I would have, but I was shuffling around with the stage and such so I never caught you after that!
Thay announced it after each of the finals. So I heard the announcement thrice. :)
@Josh: Did they announce that at the ending ceremony or something? I didn't hear anything about that. I left on Saturday about 11. Does that part really have alligators? I'm not a big fan of them...
It was very, very easy. It was about as easy as the locals test. @ Jordan: Did you realize that during the Celebration Ceremony, you were sitting right beside me? haha... I was too shy to say hi...
@NJ: Thanks! @Anna: It was easier than locals for one thing and I think it was an easier test overall... (I actually know why, but I shouldn't say online!) Hey... I saw you and meant to say hi but I think I missed it!
@Joe: I meant to say hi to you as well but the closest I got was asking you how to say your name!!! Did talk to your sister quite a bit though!
@Rachel, it is going to be in florida. I hear they have alligators (be sure to bring repellant)! :)
I agree! I thought the written test would be much harder. It was a nice surprise. :) @Nicole: Wait...it's going to be in Florida?
Although I didn't compete I still has fun at Nats (especially the water park!). Thx giving popped up. Time for Pa to get the old axe and pick out the biggest turkey, so much for survival of the fittest! :{)
@Anna: I was very, very surprised at the written test because of the level of difficulty. The test overall was the easiest test I've taken, although, I guess we probably think it was easy because the local test was very challenging.
@N. Janae: I hadn't thought about being in Florida in November. I just wish it wasn't at Disney World. @Everyone: What did y'all think about the written round? Almost everyone I talked to thought it was easy. @Jordan, Everett, and Joe: Congratulations!
@Hat Lady: I know what you mean about the oral round. They asked some really similar verses back-to-back, and I wasn't prepared for that! :P I'm convinced that we all tried our best, which is really all we can do, right? :)
Wow, Nationals was over so quickly! Is there anyone else who wants to make it to Nationals next year just so they can go to Florida?!? :) I was really excited about the new format for Finals. I even knew the answers to a couple of the Senior questions!!! @Jordan: Great job at semifinals! I'm surprised they didn't give you the Oratory Award! :)
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@Rachel: This year they added the Bible knowledge questions. In previous years, it was just recitations of Bible verses. I really liked the new format because it was more engaging for the audience. :)
Yes! I like the reverse alphabetical order, because my last name starts with W. I was 2nd from last!
@Joe: What changed about the format this year? @Jordan: I'm glad it was awesome! I think I could use a few tips as to how to memorize all of it. :P That's okay! Since I saw you got to semifinals, I am sure it was a very busy time! I wasn't sure if people would recognize me...I wasn't sure how much I look like my picture!
It was a blast! Great people, competition, fun! (not to mention stress?) I think it was the best one yet, with the new format and such, and I really enjoyed meeting new people.
Nats to me was amazing, awesome, special, and a whole lot of other things!!! (I'm just hoping my younger sister makes it next year so I can come again... I'm coaching her now!)
@Rachel: I actually never got to introduce myself to you... I was so busy the whole time and I did see you a few times though!
I found that funny too! I liked it being that way....since both my first and last name are in the second half of the alphabet, I generally don't get to go anywhere close to first.... it was weird sitting just a few rows from the front! :)
It was great! I agree with Rachel, I want to study more next year! I didn't do as well on my oral round as I wish I had. I found it interesting how they went in reverse alphabetical order. I suppose it was nice, but it felt weird trying to find my seat in the written test room!
@HatLady: Thanks! I watched part of the semifinals, and I was very thankful I didn't get there. It was too stressful! I was tense just watching it. :) @Jordan: Yes, congratulations! That is awesome that you made it to semifinals. I really loved it. Since I had never even heard of the Bible Bee or SKF until this year, it was a totally new experience for me. I enjoyed being there and am excited for next year (assuming I qualify)! I think going this year was motivation to study and memorize more next year!
@everyone: What did you think of Nats?;)
Thanks, Louise! It was a great experience and I actually had a lot of fun doing it!
Thanks, Louise! It was a great experience and I actually had a lot of fun doing it!
Congratulations to everyone who competed!
And to Jordan for making it to semifinals! If any of the rest of you did and I don't know it, congratulations to you to!