The National Bible Bee
Jan. 5 /Christian Newswire/ — The Shelby Kennedy Foundation is excited to introduce the first-of-its-kind annual National Bible Bee, a motivating Bible memory competition for children and youth from 7 to 18. The goal of the Bible Bee is to build godly character in young people by calling them back to the lost discipline of Scripture memorization. Most people are familiar with the Scripps National Spelling Bee, where youth compete annually in the Nation’s longest-running educational contest. While it is certainly beneficial for our children to commit the spelling of words to memory, imagine how much more life-changing it will be for them to memorize the Word of God.
Local Bible Bee Contests will be conducted throughout the United States on Saturday, September 12, 2009. One hundred finalists from each of three age categories will then advance to the National Bible Bee for a two-day, world-class competition which will be held in Washington D.C. on November 5-6, 2009.
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Gospel Music Artists and Mistletoe
I know I’m a little late with this one, but Gospel Music Channel asked several Gospel artists how they spend their holidays. The article gives wonderful insight into the personalities of our favorite Gospel music artists. The question about the mistletoe had me rolling!
Here is how your favorite artists answered the question: "How often do you take advantage of mistletoe?":
Heather Headley: "Year-round.
Mary Mary: "We kiss with or without the mistletoe but the mistletoe kind of gives you a reason to be like, ‘Come over here.’ We get a little extra sugar at Christmastime."
Kurt Carr: "Never"
Kirk Franklin: "There was no mistletoe in the ‘hood."
Shirley Casear: "Not ever"
Donnie McClurkin: "Never have, never will. I want to kiss just because."
CeCe Winans: "I don’t."
Trin-i-tee 5:7: "Periodically"
Visit Gospel Music Channel to read the entire article. They also asked everybody to name one Gospel artist that they would want to introduce to the masses. Maybe those answers are clues about who we need to look out for in 2009.
