Welcome

12-12:15pm (15 min)

Praise Reports

  1. Michael Dutton’s asthma doing much better.
  2. Dr. Shari Price @ Panera Bread – Liver Cancer COMPLETELY HEALED!!!! Pray for salvation – why bad things happen to good people
  3. Sharma’s Friend w/Cancer – 1st round of treatment went well, awaiting surgery in March
  4. Mary Weaver – Surgery went well, recovering

Prayer Requests

Class

  1. No technical difficulties

Johnson’s

  1. Dad’s job – hard, go smoother, protection, to be used well in a yucky place.
  2. Lori – Hashimoto’s issues
  3. Dr. Shari Price @ Panera Bread – Pray for salvation – why bad things happen to good people
  4. Great Granpa – make sure saved, forgetful,
  5. Puppies – for health, good homes for the ones selling

Gonzales’

  1. Kamila/Shirly :  Home Sick – get well soon!
  2. Grandmother In-Law – Living situation w/daughter, sister coming to stay with her. Wisdom & discernment for future living arrangements.
  3. Friend’s Brother – in jail, pray for family and the he learns lesson, gets out early, come out better than when he went in
  4. Heritage Girls – Fundraiser for FMSC, Operation Christmas Child, etc.
  5. Burley Family – God will provide, car issues, deaths in family
  6. Husband’s job moving – prayer for rest, alertness, commute to Tempe v. Phoenix

Miller

  1. JJ – Got bit by something, on antibiotics, continued healing and heal stomach
  2. Family in Military – Pray for safety (Army, Navy, Marines)

Hogans

  1. Hogan Family – Pray for new schedule transition to go smoothly.
  2. Noah – food allergies (beef, dairy, tropical fruits), healing from swelling

Spicer’s

  1. Great Grandma Died – comfort, peace, & rest for family
  2. Grandparents – Flying into town, travel mercies, son of lost grandma
  3. Violet – Home sick, healing

Dutton’s

  1. Arisa – healing from flu & success in tournament this week.
  2. Arisa’s Friend – Salvation
  3. Sharma’s friend – found out he has prostate cancer that might have metastasized, having surgery. Pray that surgery gets it all, not metastasized.

Country/World

  1. Talk of World War 3 – pray leaders have wisdom, discernment, God’s perfect will
  2. Impeachment – God’s perfect will be done
  3. Corona Virus – healing, antidote

Past Stoa Members

    1. Mary Weaver – Continued Healing
    2. Porras – Find house in Flagstaff
    3. McGarvie – Mr. McGarvie Salvation

Announcements

Arise Team Building Event

  • Tournament Planning
    • Food Coordinator
      • Judges
      • Student Orders – Last year Dominos & Subway
    • Host Housing
    • Ballot Push
    • Ballot Collect
    • Decorating
    • Trophies
    • Signage
    • Worship

Local Tournaments

Camelback Classic

Northwest Christian School
16401 North 43rd Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85053

  • Thursday-Saturday,
    March 19-21, 2020
  • All Debate
  • All STOA speech events
  • Novice Impromptu
  • Juniors Tournament
  • Registration Opens: Tuesday, February 25th at 8:00 AM (MST)

Arise & Shine Challenge 

The Odyssey Preparatory Academy
6500 S Apache Rd
Buckeye, AZ 85326

  • Saturday, April 25th
  • All STOA speech events
  • Novice Impromptu
  • Juniors Tournament
  • Registration Opens: TBD

California Tournaments

Inland Challenge

Immanuel Baptist Church
28355 Base Line St
Highland, CA 92346

  • Friday-Saturday,
    February 12-15, 2020
  • All Stoa Speech Events (does not include novice impromptu)
  • All Stoa Debate Events
  • Registration Opened: January 1, 2020, closed January 10

The Thing

Location TBD

Approximate Date: 1st weekend in April

Impromptu

12:30pm – 1:15pm (45 min)

Lesson

1st BREAK

1:30pm – 1:45pm

Speech Activity

Impromptu Speech – Emotions

  • 10 minutes prep
  • 5 minute speech

Debate Lesson

  • LD Contention / Rebuttal

2nd BREAK

3:15pm - 3:30pm

Homework

  1. Submit APOL paragraphs according to the level you committed to. (see below)

  2. Prepare Argumentative paper outline

    • Senior’s RESOLUTION: Culture ought to value Assimilation over Multi-culturism
      Value: Individual Rights

    • Junior’s RESOLUTION: Homeschool is better than Public School
      Value: Education 

  3. Submit Case Outline

Levels

  1. Level 1 – Juniors
    • 1 topic paragraph of about 150 words, containing 1 support item (scripture, quote, etc.)
    •  You’ll read your paragraph, doing your best to present it well, Then at the end, Say something like, “Today, we’ve talked about why (enter topic here) is (enter whatever your main point about your topic is here). Hopefully, you’ll think of something to leave the audience to think about in a conclusion, but this will be optional.
  2. Level 2 – Senior Beginners
  3. Level 3 – Senior Intermediate
  4. Level 4 – Senior Advanced

Topics

Below are listed the topics in order of how many questions they will be used in. That is what the number next to the topic represents. Depending on your level, you will be at different points of completion of these topics. Items in red were topics already assigned to the class as a whole. If you don’t have those completed, start there, then work your way down the list.

  • Gospel (the cross, born again, justification) 50
  • Sin/Depravity 37
  • God: Judgement 14
  • God: Son 13
  • God: Father 11
  • Christian Walk 10
  • Evidence: Biblical 9
  • Worldview: Christian 8
  • Evidence: Christian NT 6
  • Faith 6
  • Repentance 6
  • Creation 5
  • Eternal Nature: Ours 5
  • Evidence: Non-Christian NT 5
  • God: Holiness 5
  • Grace v Mercy v Justice 5
  • Heaven 5
  • Sanctification 5
  • Ancient Text Compare 4
  • Eternal Nature: God’s 4
  • Evidence: Scientific 4
  • God: Image 4
  • God: Plan 4
  • Justified by Works 4
  • Suffering 4
  • God: Holy Spirit 3
  • Justified by Faith 3
  • Resurrection: Ours 3
  • Scripture: Authors 3
  • Scripture: Inspiration 3
  • Scripture: Literature 3
  • Worldview: Atheistic 3
  • Worldview: Naturalism/Materialism 3
  • Evidence: Christian OT 2
  • Fetal Development 2
  • God: All-Knowing 2
  • God: Provision 2
  • God: Reveals Himself 2
  • God: Sovereignty 2
  • Scripture: Additions 2
  • Scripture: Message 2
  • Scripture: Translation 2
  • Worldview: Islamic 2
  • Worldview: Mormonism 2
  • Abortion 1
  • Evidence: Non-Christian OT 1
  • Evolution 1
  • God: Power 1
  • God: Presence 1
  • Grace 1
  • Jesus’ Birth 1
  • Jesus: Non-violent 1
  • Karma 1
  • Law/10 Commandments 1
  • Prayer 1
  • Reaping & Sowing 1
  • Resurrection: Jesus’ 1
  • Scripture: Language Variation 1
  • Scripture: Sufficiency 1
  • Scripture: Uniqueness 1
  • Slaves 1
  • Women 1
  • Worldview: Buddhist 1
  • Worldview: Hindu 1
  • Worldview: Jehovah’s Witness 1
  • Worldview: Socialism 0

Suggested resources

Tables

Table 1 – Juniors

  1. Noah Hogan
  2. JJ Miller

Table 2 – Seniors

  1. Keagan Johnson
  2. Violet Spicer
  3. Nathan Hogan

Table 3 – Seniors

  1. Katherine Johnson
  2. Emma Miller
  3. Jadyn Monoskie

Table 4 – Seniors

  1. Holly Spicer
  2. Arisa Dutton
  3. Kamila Gonzales