Sunset Bible Bowl

LCU Scholarship Winners

2011-05-07T21:40:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to the 2011 LCU scholarship winners!

Garrett Killough
Tanner Cabe
Ben Rader

Sunset's 27th Annual Bible Bowl Competition is Complete!

2011-05-07T21:28:00.000-07:00

The results are in! Click on the following link to see the winners:

2011 Winners

Thanks to all the teams that competed:

Third & Dwight
Third & Kilgore
Andrews
Hawley
Hillcrest
South Plains
Southern Hills
Sunset

Lots of Winners at Monahans

2011-04-17T15:43:00.000-07:00

Check out all these winners:

2nd Place Team with members of Cassidy, Ben, Michael, Gerardo, Darcy, and Libby
6th Place Team with members of Seflee, Julianna, Jillian, and Jeremy
4th Place Individuals were Cassidy and Ben with 96 points
5th Place Individual was Gerardo with 95 points
8th Place Individuals were Libby, Darcy, and Michael with 92 points
9th Place Individual was Seflee with 91 points

Congratulations to everyone! Danny and I are very proud of you!

Sunset brings home winners from Hillcrest

2011-04-02T19:44:00.001-07:00

4th Place Team at Hillcrest, a photo by jimmorphew on Flickr.

Sunset brings home 3 trophies from Hillcrest. Ben won a 9th place trophy with 87 points and Darcy won a 8th place trophy with 88 points. The team of Geraldo, Ben, Darcy and Libby won a 4th place team trophy. Of special mention is the fact that this was the very first competition for Gerardo and Darcy!

Class time change Sunday, 3/6

2011-03-04T10:01:00.000-08:00

Don't forget that class will start meeting at 5:00 PM on Sunday, 3/6 to allow families to participate in Momentum.

Senior Level Practice Begins January 23rd

2011-01-06T18:51:00.000-08:00

Practice begins January 23rd for grades 6 - 12. Meeting times will be 3:45 to 5:00 on Sunday afternoons in room 10 (In the basement). Study will involve note taking, drawing and watching videos of each chapter. Participants will need to RSVP to jimmorphew@suddenlink.net.

Revelation videos and illustrated text!

2010-10-16T20:16:00.000-07:00

Tonight while working on a PowerPoint lesson for class I Googled, "Revelation Four Living Creatures" and found a hit on YouTube. I went to YouTube and Jackpot! I found videos for all 24 chapters! Here's the video for Chapter 1:

What a great way to visualize the illustrations from the Book of Revelation. The last time Danny and I taught Revelation we found it very helpful for the students to draw many of the scenes from the book. The year we are going verse by verse and trying to draw out as many of the visualizations as possible. These videos will help to supplement those activities.

ONE WORD OF CAUTION: The narration does NOT come from the NIV text. All competition questions come exclusively from the NIV so do not solely rely on these videos for study!

Tonight I also found an illustrated text that it similar to that we are doing in class. It contains lots of cute graphics that may help the students visualize the text. However, like the videos the illustrated text is also NOT from the NIV, so use caution if you choose to study by this method. The link to Chapter 1 is listed below. You can navigate to other Chapters by scrolling to the bottom of the page.

Illustrated Revelation Text

The Results Are In!

2010-05-01T21:05:00.000-07:00

The 2010 Sunset Bible Bowl has been completed. Results and pictures of the winners can be found at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28709097@N07/sets/72157623972321054/detail/

Thanks to all the congregations that participated in today's competition:

Third and Dwight
Third and Kilgore
21st Street
Hillcrest
Jefferson Street
Lockney
Sherwood
Southern Hills
South Plains

LCU Provides Scholarships for Winners

2010-04-19T19:44:00.000-07:00

Lubbock Christian University is graciously providing $500 sholarship certificates to the top 3 individual winners in our 2010 competiton. Thanks to LCU for supporting of our young Bible scholars!

Register Online for the 2010 Sunset Competition!

2010-04-18T21:28:00.000-07:00

Sunset's May 1st competition is drawing near! Please register your participants online to insure the correct spelling of their names on the certificates and in the PowerPoint award presentation. Click on the following link to register online:http://tinyurl.com/SunsetBibleBowl2009

May 1st, 2010 Schedule of Events

2010-04-18T21:22:00.000-07:00

Here's the schedule for Sunset's competition:

11:00 – 12:00 P.M....Lunch - Annex
12:00 - 12:30 P.M....Registration
12:15 - 12:55 P.M....Coaches' Meeting ( Room 128)
12:55 - 1:00 P.M.....Passing Period
1:00 - 1:25 P.M......Round I
1:25 - 1:30 P.M......Break
1:30 - 1:55 P.M......Round II
1:55 - 2:00 P.M......Break
2:00 - 2:25 P.M......Round III
2:25 - 3:10 P.M......Refreshments - Annex
3:10 - 3:15 P.M......Passing Period
3:15 - 3:40 P.M......Round IV
3:40 - 3:45 P.M......Break
3:45 - 4:10 P.M......Round V
4:10 - 5:30 P.M......Slide Show and Awards Presentation

Bringing Home The Hardware From Monahans

2010-04-17T22:17:00.000-07:00

What a huge day! The Sunset teams needed to bus to bring home all the trophies and other awards they won in the Monahans competition today. Here's a summary:

Team Trophies

First Place Team

With 388 points this first place team included Calley Crockett, Taryn Trull, Michael Foster, Jeremy Gerron, Benjamin Rader and Cassidy Waters.This first place team had six members because Cassidy, Jeremy and Taryn had tied scores.

Fifth Place Team

With 349 points this 5th place team included Harrison Childre, Libby McNiel, Seflee Foster, Nathan Craig and Madison Crockett. This fith place team had five members because Nathan and Seflee had tie scores.

Individual Scores

First Place

Michael Foster won a 1st place individual trophy with 100 points--a perfect score!

Second Place

Benjamin Rader took a 2nd place trophy with 98 points. He had 3 perfect rounds!

Third Place

Calley Crockett took a 3rd place trophy with 97 points. She also had 3 perfect rounds.

Seventh Place

Cassidy Waters, Jeremy Gerron and Taryn Trull tied for 7th place with 93 points.

Eighth Place

Libby McNiel took 8th place with 91 points.

Perfect Round Badges

Michael Foster won 5 badges for 5 perfect rounds. Calley Crockett and Benjamin Rader had 3 perfect rounds and Jeremy Gerron, Taryn Trull and Libby McNiel had 1 perfect round each.

High Team Scorer Dog Tags

Cassidy Waters, Bejamin Rader, Michael Foster, Madison Crockett and Calley Crockett each won a dog tag for having the highest score on their respective team.

Pictures for all of the winners and of fun things throughout the day can be seen at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28709097@N07/sets/72157623827896280/detail/?page=2

A Super Day at Hillcrest!

2010-04-10T19:35:00.001-07:00

Sunset had an incredible day at Hillcrest in Abilene!

Benjamin Rader won a 6th place individual trophy with 89 points.

Michael Foster won a 2nd place individual trophy with 95 points.

The team of Michael Foster, Benjamin Rader, Libby McNiel and Cassidy Waters won a 2nd place team trophy with 352 points.

And a first for Sunset! Although Sunset has won the small congregational average trophy before, they have never won the trophy in the large congregation average. This year Sunset had the largest team at Hillcrest in Abilene with 20 participants.

For pictures click here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/28709097@N07/sets/72157623827896280/detail/

2010 Competition Schedule for II Samuel

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April 2nd, North Texas LTC, Dallas TX
April 10th, Hillcrest Church of Christ, Abilene TX
April 17th, 3rd & Dwight Church of Christ, Monahans TX
May 1st, Sunset Church of Christ, Lubbock TX

The Results Are In!

2009-05-02T19:01:00.000-07:00

The 2009 Bible Bowl season comes to an end with Sunset's competition. This was a special year for Sunset in that it celebrated its 25th Junior Bible Bowl competition. Special 25th anniversary silver medallions were given out to all of the 106 participants. And thanks to Lubbock Christian Univeristy for providing $500 scholarship certificates to the top three individual winners.

Here are the results:

Sweepstakes Award--Small Congregation (8 or less)
14th & Main with 78.00%

Sweepstakes Award--Large Congregation (9 or more)
South Plains with 79.56%

8th Place Individual Award (Tie)
86 Points
Macy McClung
Natalie Neill

7th Place Individual Award (Tie)
87 Points
Alex Chamales
Christopher Jerabek
Coby Killough
Makaley Ostlien
Riley Stirman

6th Place Individual Award
89 Points
Martha Coates

5th Place Individual Award
90 Points
Zachary Long

4th Place Individual Award (Tie)
93 Points
Calley Crockett
Libby McNiel
Tyler Bryan

3rd Place Individual Award (Tie)
LCU Scholarship Winners
94 Points
Miranda McClung
Morgan Jones

2nd Place Individual Award
LCU Scholarship Winner
96 Points
Aaron Roberts

1st Place Individual Award
LCU Scholarship Winner
97 Points
Rachel Wiseman

8th Place Team Award
312 Points
14th & Main
Elizabeth Long
Sadie Wheeler
Tyler Bryan
Zachary Long

7th Place Team Award
315 Points
Jefferson Street
Beau Carson
Brittany Goen
Caleb Martin
Jordan Wright

6th Place Team Award
320 Points
Sunset
Benjamin Rader
Brogan Jones
Madison Crockett
Taryn
Zane Wells

5th Place Team Award
330 Points
South Plains
Addison Howard
Brooke Corbin
Christian Willmon
David Desjarlais

4th Place Team Award
341 Points
Southern Hills
Audrey Hambrick
Makaley Ostlien
Natalie Neill
Riley Stirman

3rd Place Team Award
353 Points
Hillcrest
Dakota Riggs
Macy McClung
Martha Coates
Miranda McClung

2nd Place Team Award
354 Points
Sunset
Calley Crockett
Libby McNiel
Michael Foster
Nathan Craig

1st Place Team Award
374 Points
South Plains
Aaron Roberts
Alex Chamales
Christopher Jerabek
Coby Killough
Morgan Jones
Rachel Wiseman

My NIV doesn't say that!

2009-05-02T13:40:00.000-07:00

During this Bible Bowl season we learned that "Mary of Magdala" and "Mary Magdelene" are one in the same--it just depends on the copyright of your NIV!

Once upon a time there was apparently a discussion about revisions of the NIV and an agreement was reached to use only the post-1984 copyright of the NIV. However, this has not been much of an issue over the last few years and it has dropped from the forethought of coaches and quizmasters both.

To avoid the confusion and frustration of participants we want to re-establish the importance of using a standard version for teaching and quiz making. LTC rules state the following:

All questions will be drawn from the text of The Holy Bible, New International Version, Copyright 1973, 1978, and 1984 by International Bible Society. Any information in the text may be asked, and some questions may cover information from more than one verse.

Sunset and Hillcrest coaches have agreed to follow the LTC standard and use only post-1984 copyright versions of the NIV when creating questions for competition.

May 2nd Schedule of Events

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11:00 – 12:00 P.M....Lunch - Annex
12:00 - 12:30 P.M....Registration
12:15 - 12:55 P.M....Coaches' Meeting ( Room 128)
12:55 - 1:00 P.M.....Passing Period
1:00 - 1:25 P.M......Round I
1:25 - 1:30 P.M......Break
1:30 - 1:55 P.M......Round II
1:55 - 2:00 P.M......Break
2:00 - 2:25 P.M......Round III
2:25 - 3:10 P.M......Refreshments - Annex
3:10 - 3:15 P.M......Passing Period
3:15 - 3:40 P.M......Round IV
3:40 - 3:45 P.M......Break
3:45 - 4:10 P.M......Round V
4:10 - 5:30 P.M......Slide Show and Awards Presentation

Sunset Racks It Up At LTC

2009-04-19T20:39:00.000-07:00

Sunset held it's LTC banquet today and announced the following Bible Bowl Winners:

Gold team of Calley Crockett, Branch Jones, Noah Sheaffer and Taryn

Gold team of Maddie Crockett, Luke Sheaffer, Ellie Smith and Zane Wells

Silver team of Benjamin Rader, Brogan Jones and Seflee Foster

Silver team of Michael Foster, Jeremy Gerron and Mason Morphew

Gold individual winners of Calley and Benjamin

Silver individual winners of Noah, Maddie, Zane and Jeremy

Bronze idividual winners of Branch, Taryn, Luke, Ellie, Brogan, Seflee, Michael and Mason

Sunset Has Big Wins in Monahans

2009-04-19T20:04:00.000-07:00

What a great day! Sunset came home with numerous trophies and awards:

2nd Place Team trophy went to Libby McNiel, Calley Crockett, Zane Wells and Benjamin Rader
6th Place Team trophy went to Branch Jones, Nathan Craig, Brogan Jones, Madison Crockett and Jackson Rigney
2nd Place Individual went to Libby McNiel
3rd Place Individual went to Calley Crockett
8th Place Individual tie went to Zane Wells and Benjamin Rader
9th Place Individual went to Nathan Craig
Perfect round badges went to Calley, Libby and Zane
High team score "dog tags" went to Calley, Libby, Zane and Jackson

Click on the following link to see more pictures of this incredible day:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28709097@N07/sets/72157616363542142/

Register Online for the 2009 Sunset Competition!

2009-04-14T11:33:00.000-07:00

Sunset's May 2nd competition is drawing near! Please register your participants online to insure the correct spelling of their names on the certificates and in the PowerPoint award presentation. Click on the following link to register online:

http://tinyurl.com/SunsetBibleBowl2009

Sunset Had A Great Day At Hillcrest

2009-04-05T17:13:00.000-07:00

The Sunset kids had a great day at Hillcrest in Abilene and won 4 trophies! Here are the results:

5th place team: Libby, Calley, Noah and Taryn win a team trophy
8th place individual: Taryn
7th place individual: Libby McNiel
6th place individual: Calley Crockett

Sunset has the biggest team in years--20 students! Infact, we had to take the big bus to Abilene. This was the first competition for many of the Sunset students. Although they were a little apprehensive they did great. This was Libby's first year and she won an individual trophy.

2009 LTC Scripture Challenge

2008-07-17T20:08:00.000-07:00

Here are the suggested scriptures from John for the 2009 LTC scripture challenge:

5 1:1-5 Light, Life, Word
1 1:14 Word Became Flesh
8 1:35-42 First Disciples
4 3:5-8 Born Again
4 5:24-27 Life Through the Son
6 6:35-40 Bread of Life
12 10:7-18 The Good Shepherd
2 11:25-26 Resurrection and Life
6 11:32-37 Lifted Up
16 13:2-17 Washing Feet
2 13:34-35 New Command
3 14:1-3 Comfort for the Disciples
1 14:15 Obey
6 15:12-17 Love
3 18:25-27 Peter's Denial
6 19:25-30 Death of Jesus
4 20:28-31 Life in His Name
11 21:15-25 Jesus and Peter

For more detailed information:
http://www.ntltc.org/pdf/2009ScriptureChallenge.pdf

The Book of John is Subject for 2009

2008-07-17T19:53:00.000-07:00

The 2009 subject for Bible Bowl is the Book of John. Competition questions will be worded from the NIV so participants should study from the NIV.

2009 Competition Schedule

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April 4, 2009 Hillcrest Church of Christ, Abilene TX
http://www.hillcrestonline.com/articles/category/ministries/childrens-education/bible-bowl

April 10, 2009 North Texas LTC
http://www.ntltc.org/

April 18, 2009 Third & Dwight Church of Christ, Monahans TX

May 2, 2009 Sunset Church of Christ, Lubbock TX
http://www.sunset.cc/ministries/biblebowl

LCU Provides Scholarships

2007-05-05T21:01:00.000-07:00

This year's winners received an added bonus to their trophies--scholarships! LCU graciously donated $500 scholarships to the top 3 individual places. That was even a greater gift considering that 6 participants tied for the top 3 places. Our appreciation goes to Mondy Brewer and LCU for these special awards.

Danny Soliz lets kids know that living a worldly life is not the fun that it's made out to be

1999-05-08T03:33:00.000-07:00

By BETH PRATT
A-J Religion Editor

Living a Christian life is much easier than living in the world, Danny Soliz tells the young people he coaches in Bible study and in basketball.

He knows because he tried the other life before he became a Christian, he tells them.

''I was a regular member of bars,'' he said. ''I've been there. I've done those things.''

Living a worldly life is harder ''because you're trying to keep up with everybody. With Christ, you only are concerned with what he thinks is important,'' Soliz said.

Working with children is at the top of what is important, he said, noting that Jesus invited the children to come to him when the disciples would have pushed them away.

Soliz is a deacon at Sunset Church of Christ, joining the church when he and his wife, Charlotte, moved here in 1976. He was in marketing with Texas Instruments, and opted for early retirement rather than move to Dallas. He works for Grinnell.

''Danny is very patient and understanding,'' said Alton Thomasson, also a member of Sunset Church of Christ. He assists Soliz with the Bible Bowl. Thomasson had taught fourth, fifth and sixth graders in Bible school for 31 years before volunteering for the Bible Bowl program.

Both men began volunteering when their daughters were involved in the Bible Bowl. They also coached in the Lubbock Girls Basketball League's high school division.

''We were coaching against each other back then,'' Thomasson said.

After their daughters, now in their late 20s and early 30s, got out of school, the men started coaching basketball together.

Thomasson and Soliz have worked about 20 years together now on the Bible Bowl and 12 or 13 years as basketball coaches. They coach the No Limits Team. Their team won the city tournament championship in 1998 and 1999. That was accomplished with only two girls returning from the 1998 team, Soliz noted.

''His philosophy is the same as mine Ð we love kids,'' Thomasson said. ''That's why we're still coaching.''

In the Bible Bowl, they work with youngsters in sixth grade and younger.

''If we feel like we can touch one kid in 20 years, it's been worthwhile,'' Thomasson said.

In both the Bible Bowl program and in basketball, their focus is on building self-image and responsibility.

They like to win the game as much as anyone, but when one of the girls has a scheduling conflict with school work, Soliz stresses that the most important thing is school; ''this is recreational.''

The leagues provide an opportunity for girls and boys who may not make it on the school team, and it gives them a constructive activity for after school. Sometimes it is a way to undo damage that has been done in school programs.

''I have seen coaches scream and holler at kids, and I hate to see that,'' Soliz said. ''There's no need for that Ð they are not professional or college players. They are out there trying to enjoy it.''

He understands that high school coaches have a problem because if they are not winning, they do not have a job for long.

One of the girls on his team had her confidence taken away by high school coaches, he said, but ''we picked her up again and she regained her confidence.''

Coaching in the city league is ''not about winning or losing Ð that's why its not just basketball.''

Soliz once counseled a too-critical father who was his assisting with the coaching to treat his daughter like the other team members.

''When he slacked off on the criticism, she started playing up to her potential,'' Soliz said.

Until 1995, when he embarked on an 18-month project for TIthat required his presence in Dallas during the week, Soliz played in the Lubbock Christian Athletic Association men's division basketball league.

Soliz got an early start in doing volunteer work with children and youth.

He was a freshman in college when he started coaching his two youngest sisters' fourth and fifth-grade softball team in Garland, where he grew up.

When his sisters entered junior high, he coached them in basketball.

A few years later as the father of two daughters, it was a natural transition for him to begin coaching them in sports and in Bible study. His 7-year-old granddaughter, Hilary Moneymaker, will be eligible for a basketball league next year, but so far she is not showing much interest, he said.

''If she decides to play, I'll start all over again (with the younger girls), Soliz said. If not, he will continue to coach the high school girls.

Mrs. Soliz said she is surprised that he has continued to work with both time-consuming programs. ''He keeps saying one more year,'' she said.

In his spare time, Soliz enjoys golfing. ''I can always make time for golf, but ''I don't play on Sundays unless its a tourna-ment and I can't get out of it. But I don't miss worship to play,'' he said.

Beth Pratt can be contacted at 766-8724 or bpratt@lubbockonline.com

Children test knowledge during Bible Bowl

1999-05-08T03:28:00.000-07:00

By BLYTHE CLAYTON
A-J Special Contributor

Many can recall memorizing the books of the Bible in Sunday school, but few people can remember studying and memorizing an entire book.

Children from area Churches of Christ did just that. After studying the book of Luke for a year, they tested their knowledge and competed with other children at Sunset Church of Christ's 18th annual Bible Bowl on a recent Saturday.

The children, in third through sixth grades, and their coaches traveled from Abilene, Monahans, Cisco, Buffalo Gap, Morton, Oldham, Tahoka, Lawn and Portales, N.M., to prove their knowledge.

Every year, children study a predetermined book of the Bible to prepare for the competition. This year all questions were from the book of Luke.

More than 200 children were divided into teams of four and some churches had more than one team representing them.

A ''quizmaster'' at the front of the room asked a multiple choice question and the children selected a letter that corresponded with their answer. Each child was given a cardboard box that had a single letter A, B, C and D on each side of the box. They indicated their choice by showing the letter of their answer to a scorekeeper, who sat in front of each team to tally the results.

Jared Thurne, a sixth grader from Sunset Church of Christ, said he participated in the Bible Bowl because it was fun.

''Most of my friends are around too,'' he said.

More than 50 adult volunteers helped throughout the day and each church had a coach who showed as much intensity as the children, who listened intently to each question.

Connie Chrane was the Bible Bowl coach for the Church of Christ in Buffalo Gap, 20 miles south of Abilene. Two of her own children participated in the Bible Bowl.

''I like to coach because my kids learn about the Bible,'' Chrane said. ''They're excited about learning and they're excited about the competition.''

Chrane's daughter Kelsey, who is in the third grade, attended Sunset Church of Christ's Bible Bowl for the first time, but she was no newcomer to competition.

''The last Bible Bowl I went to was pretty fun and I was doing pretty good," Chrane said.

Third and Dwight Church of Christ in Monahans hosts a Bible Bowl in March. Wood Lawn Church of Christ in Abilene hosts a Bible Bowl in April. Sunset Church of Christ follows up with a Bible Bowl every May, said Danny Soliz.

Soliz has coordinated the Bible Bowl for 18 years because his daughter, Fonda Moneymaker, now 27, competed in the bowl as a child.

''The reason I stayed with it is because when you work with kids, you have to love them,'' he said. ''You have to love them, even though you have to tolerate a lot sometimes.''

The day of competition was over after the awards ceremony. Members of Sunset Church of Christ calculated scores:

Buffalo Gap Church of Christ won the Sweepstakes award for the highest percentage correct as a congregation. Hunter Sanders of South Plains Church of Christ in Lubbock and Jenny Huddleston of Third and Dwight Church of Christ tied for the highest percentage correct for individuals.

The team that had the highest score was from South Plains Church of Christ. Hunter Sanders, Starla Doyal, Alex Revelski and Savannah Harris all took home trophies.

Soliz announced that next year the Bible Bowl questions will be over the book of Second Kings.

Soliz said he just wants the children to do their best. ''It's just encouraging to see a group of kids learn about the Bible.''

1971 Bulletin Article

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