A Review of the 9/16 Clarion Forensics Meeting.
By Connor McMurray
Theme: Limited Preparation events
The meeting began with a hymn and prayer followed by some announcements about the use of the school.
Stay off the stairs
Be quiet near the night school classroom
Leave the rooms the way you find them
If you make a mess that needs professional help, talk to the janitors
Keep an eye on your little ones so that they don’t wander off
Impromptu Focus
Those who remembered to bring Bibles lined up for Sword Drill (a practice of speed with the Word). Mr. McMurray named verses and whoever found them first was privileged to read them.
We then broke into groups of six to eight to tell bloody injury stories. After some gory tales, the president asked us to remain in the same groups and read a verse in proverbs and talk about it.
Extemporaneous Focus
The speech club broke into new groups to experiment with extemporaneous speaking (a limited preparation speech on current events). Each group gave a speech together on their chosen topic in front of the whole group.
Apologetics Focus
We divided again into groups of four to answer one of four questions about our faith, each with eternal importance. We ended the meeting with a testimony of the importance and value of apologetics.
The president closed the meeting in prayer and then we enjoyed some fellowship.
The meeting was very helpful for getting started, not just for limited preparation events, but for speech in general. It helped to open people up and a good time was had by all.
Mrs. Deems and Mr. Emmons will be leading our next meeting which will focus on Debate.
-Connor
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