Storyline

This year we have plans to get Storyline off the ground. Geneva is planning to film Storyline on November 7th. If your child has planned to participate in this, they will stay after Sunday service for lunch and then film. We will need a few more adult volunteers to help with this on that Sunday. Please contact Geneva, Steve, or Elisa Beth if you are not sure if your child signed up.

Time to Register

It is now time to register for Lads to Leaders on the official sign up sheets. I am including a link to those forms and we'll run some off to go on the table at church. You may turn these in to Elisa Beth or Leigh Ann at any time between now and the first of the year. Here are some things to remember...

• Please fill out the form completely.
• Mark events you are certain you will compete in.
• Leave team assignments for Bible Bowl and Puppets blank.
• Please fill in a shirt size in case we are able to get a T-shirt order together.
• If you have any special hotel requests, please fill out a hotel form and turn it in as well.

Here is the link to the registration forms. Please let me know if you have any questions. http://ebbrown5.googlepages.com/verificationforms

Websites

If you were interested in making a website and need help, please let Steve Roberts or Elisa Beth Brown know. The deadline for these is in about two months. With the holidays, that does not give much time if you need help.

Storyline

There will be a short meeting Sunday night after evening services for the Storyline event. All students grades 3-12 who are interested in participating should attend this meeting. If you have questions, see Geneva Brewer.

Alvaton Lads to Leaders Website

I am just now getting everything finished on the website. I have tried to put all of the Lads to Leaders information in one location. If there is something you would like to see added, please let me know. I would also like to use this blog to keep practice times and information for event leaders and the students up-t0-date. My email is teeitup5@hotmail.com. A blog is easier to keep up with than editing a website, so I'll add things to this blog more freqently.


Here are some things you need to know:

• PLEASE READ THE NEW RULEBOOK: The Lads headquarters called and wanted to remind everyone that so many events have changed and want you to read the rules for any event you are participating in. The rulebook can be located by clicking on the Alvaton Lads to Leaders link to the left.
• PEARLS, Bible Bowl, GIFTS, GUARD, and Scrapbook are already underway.
• Events you should be working on independently are: Know the Books, Good Samaritan, Parade of Leaders, Centurion of Scripture, and Music Composition.
• I will need you to fill out student and adult registration soon. I'll start taking those around Thanksgiving and we need to have that wrapped up by the first of the year.
• Soon we will be starting Puppets, Debate, and Mass Media.

All forms that I could think of are posted on the website. Check out the link to the left. Let me know what I can do to make this year's convention great for you!

Preparation for convention is underway!

We are ready to get everything going for Lads to Leaders for the 2009 Convention.
Here are some items of news. Please bookmark this page and it's link to the Alvaton Lads to Leaders pages.

New Website: We have our own Alvaton website for Lads to Leaders. The website is just getting started. We are going to try to keep everything up-to-date from our own website to make finding forms and rules easier. Please make suggestions on what would be helpful to see on the website.

GUARDS/GIFTS: GUARDS, taught by Brandon Marshall and GIFTS, taught by Sonya Byrum begin on September 3rd. This will be every Wednesday night for the quarter for grades 7-12. Boys will attend the GUARDS class and girls will attend GIFTS. Please see either of these event coordinators if you have questions.

Bible Bowl: Bible Bowl has met one time, but will begin meeting regularly on Sunday nights starting September 7th. The book is Joshua. Please contact Jeremy Brown if you have questions. He will have a schedule of chapters to study and when they are due. Also he will have online passwords for the study tool on Sunday night as well.