To God be the glory, great things He has done!
Titus Alexander (2018 Junior Finalist & his best buddy Sam Martin (Winner of the Perfect Oral Recitation Award)
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Hannah Wright (2018 Junior Finalist) & her breakfast buddy Sarah Johnson (Nationals Qualifier)
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A few of our national qualifiers with their siblings on stage after semi-finals
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Eating on the San Antonio Riverwalk the night before Nationals began
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2018 was an exciting year of competition for the Hopewell Bible Bee. After an amazing and fruitful summer study in the book of James, we were blessed to have 13 national qualifiers!!
God was glorified during our national season. Two of our Junior competitors went on to compete in the Junior Finals competition and two of our qualifiers received the Perfect Oral Recitation Award and recited onstage at Nationals!! It was an amazing year. Here are just a few of the highlights.
God was glorified during our national season. Two of our Junior competitors went on to compete in the Junior Finals competition and two of our qualifiers received the Perfect Oral Recitation Award and recited onstage at Nationals!! It was an amazing year. Here are just a few of the highlights.
Unfortunately, it did not occur to us to photograph our summer season, so our highlights will only cover the nationals season for 2018. We'll do better this year!
On Celebration Sunday we announced our 13 national qualifiers. We also celebrated with Titus Alexander that he had placed 1st in the nation in the Junior Division!!
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After a fun summer studying together, we decided to continue a study group for the national competition. This was the last night of group study, just one week before leaving for Texas.
A few of our qualifiers posing with their medals after being recognized on stage
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Three of our senior qualifiers
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These Juniors are relaxed and happy now that preliminaries are over!
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Hannah and Titus after finding out they have both qualified for semi-finals!
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Lincoln Naylor finds out he scored a perfect on his oral recitations!!
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These boys could always be counted on for a little comic relief
Hannah and Titus both moved past semi-finals to compete in the Junior Finals. We were so proud of them and exceedingly blessed to see God's grace working in them as they accepted their honors with humility and grace, giving all glory to God. Hannah placed fourth in the nation and Titus finished in third place. It was a wonderful conclusion to an amazing Bible Bee year!
Of course, no Bible Bee season could be complete with out the annual hymn sing. Here we all are gathered in the lobby of a hotel where we sang, played games and talked until 2:00-3:00 in the morning. Then it was tearful goodbyes as we parted ways, already anticipating another year.
Of course, no Bible Bee season could be complete with out the annual hymn sing. Here we all are gathered in the lobby of a hotel where we sang, played games and talked until 2:00-3:00 in the morning. Then it was tearful goodbyes as we parted ways, already anticipating another year.
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"I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy, for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now," ~Phillipians 1:3-5
always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy, for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now," ~Phillipians 1:3-5
WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT GOD WILL DO IN 2019!!!!!