“So then, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him...

“So then, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him, being rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, and overflowing with gratitude.” (Col. 2:6-7, CSB)

Our students have had a busy couple months preparing for the February Round Robin AND their first “big” tournament of the year! Here’s just a snippet of some of their successes…

ROUND ROBIN (Philippians), February 6 @White Oak Christian Church

• PR 1: 2nd place with a 7-2 record

• Zach Huss: 1st place Sr. High AND overall on the written test

• Lilly Bailey: 1st place (tied) Jr. High on the written test AND 2nd place (tied) overall

• Ruthie Bailey: 2nd place Jr. High on the written test AND 3rd place (tied) overall

• Zane Huss: 3rd place Sr. High AND overall on the written test

INDY WINTER INVITATIONAL (Gal., Eph., Phil.), Feb. 13 @Mt. Gilead Church

• 27 Teams from AL, IA, IN, KY, MI, MN, MO, and OH were represented

• PR 1: 8th place (Div. 1) with a 7-6 record

• PR 2: celebrated a 220-175 win over Wentzville (MO)

Pleasant Ridge 1: Lilly Bailey, Zach Huss, Zane Huss

Pleasant Ridge 2: Jonah Bailey, Kinzie Bailey, Ruthie Bailey, Logan Simila

COMING SOON: Our next Round Robin will be March 6 @PLEASANT RIDGE! This is an event you won’t want to miss! Stay tuned for more information!

Our prayer point for February is humility. Let’s get real here. It’s super fun to win and it really sucks to lose. It’s hard to enjoy your wins when you’ve played sore losers and it’s hard to gulp down a loss when you’ve played bragging winners. One of the great life lessons taught in Bible Bowl (sometimes the hard way) is that you have to learn how to win and you have to learn how to lose. Paul instructed the believers in Philippi to “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves” (Phil. 2:3, CSB). This same theme carried over to the church in Colossae. “Therefore, as God’s chosen ones,… put on compassion, kindness, HUMILITY, gentleness, and patience,…” (Col. 3:12, CSB). Please pray for our students to ALWAYS display humility and Christ-like sportsmanship. After all, we’re all winners with Jesus!