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. Lori – Hashimoto’s issues changed diet, significant improvement
  5. Emilia’s Dental Surgery went well – pulled baby canines 3/6, minimal pain,
  6. JJ – Gets better – allergies?
  7. Kamila – Got solo, not sure which one yet
  8. Hogan Family – Pray for new schedule transition to go smoothly.

Prayer Requests

Class

  1. No technical difficulties
  2. Worship for Tournament
  3. Camelback Classic – people running tournament goes smooth, people competing – prepared, don’t forget speech, improve on their speaking ability

Johnson’s

  1. Dad’s job – hard, go smoother, protection, to be used well in a yucky place.
  2. Lori – Hashimoto’s issues blood work in March (adrenal fatigue)
  3. Dr. Shari Price @ Panera Bread – Pray for salvation – why bad things happen to good people
  4. Great Grandpa – 88 yrs old, make sure saved, forgetful, safety, maybe care home, God’s perfect will, humble heart, pray for comfort for family members to help
  5. Dad’s surgery – cancelled, pray remove pain and heals, if surgery – right time, quick healing/recovery
  6. Church Mission Trip – Going to Mexico
  7. Grandma – Abdominal issues, possibly cancer, results tomorrow.
  8. Fair – Peace, animals being ready (cows)
  9. 4H Team Fundraiser – 3/28 Goes smoothly, setup, love people well (mostly Mormons, unsaved)
  10. Cattle Dog Puppies – (cattle dog, Australian shepherd, & great Pyrenees) sell 3 more to good homes

Gonzales’

  1. Kamila’s Solo Audition – Gets solo that she wants
  2. Husband’s job moving – prayer for rest, alertness, commute to Tempe v. Phoenix
  3. Kamila Orthodontist – bar &  elastics, then braces good job, no pain 3/19?,
  4. Emilia – hopefully adult canines straighten w/o braces (wait 6 months), avoid surgery
  5. Grandmother In-Law – Main issue vision, Living situation w/daughter, Wisdom & discernment for future living arrangements. God’s perfect will
  6. Friend’s Brother – in jail, pray for family and the he learns lesson, gets out early, come out better than when he went in – God’s perfect will

Miller

  1. Family in Military – Pray for safety (Army, Navy, Marines)
  2. Puppy – Aerdale in few weeks, healthy, no birth defects, no parvo,
  3. Travel to NM mid-March – travel mercies

Hogans

  1. Trailer – nothing works, need new one in good budget
  2. Fostering Puppies – Kennel cough, doesn’t spread to other dogs
  3. Noah – Slipped on bars – doesn’t hurt very long

Spicer’s

  1. Grandma Died – comfort, peace, & rest for family
  2. Birthdays – Cousin’s Birthday, Delaney’s Birthday
  3. Friend moving to Iowa – safe move, find place to live, smooth transition
  4. Youth Group Mission Trip – training and trip goes well (5/31-6/6)

Dutton’s

  1. Arisa Water – direction, provision, discernment, right people to help, website
  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.
  4. Youth Mission Trip EMC – Next week to Mexico

Past Stoa Members

    1. Mary Weaver – Continued Healing
    2. Porras – Find house in Flagstaff, Luke & Grant birthday today
    3. McGarvie – Mr. McGarvie Salvation
    4. Monoskie Family – Healing in the family

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

Persecuted Church

  1. China

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: March 24th, early code: S20Early

Tournament Resources

Tournament Prep

Tournament Planning

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

Speech

12:30pm – 1:15pm (45 min)

Lesson

Recommended Reading:

Made to Stick – A great book talking about how to make your message stick.

1st BREAK

1:30pm – 1:45pm

Speech Activity

APOL Presentations 

  • Audience “Flows” the presentations
    • Intro – I:
    • Topic – To:
    • Thesis – Th:
    • Point – 1.
    • Point – 2.
    • Point – 3.
    • Thesis Review – TR:
    • Conclusion Thought – C:
    • Call to Action – CTA:

Debate Lesson

2nd BREAK

3:15pm - 3:30pm

Homework

Speech

Apologetics

  1. Determine which topic is next according to what you have already completed.
  2. Submit APOL paragraphs according to the level you committed to.

Personal Story Submission

  1. Write 1 personal story of approximately 1-2 minutes or 150-325 words in length.
  2. Submit Personal Story

Suggested resources

Debate

Analyze LD Cases

  1. AFF – No Free Lunch
  2. NEG – Health
Submit LD Case Analysis

Resources