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Impromptu Bible Readers 2008

Keturah Mosley
21150 N Tatum Blvd Apt 3010
Phoenix, AZ 85050
(928)593-9520
princess_keturah@hotmail.com

PURPOSE: The purpose of this event is to encourage fellowship and to portray a dramatic reading of Scripture through working with participants from multiple congregations.

PROCESS:

Each participant will:

• Register each individual participant by proper grade level.
• Be in the proper room at least 5 minutes before the event begins
• Bring necessary tools for this event. (Bibles, Pens, Highlighters)
• Provide judges as possible.

The Event Director will:

• Assign individuals to various teams
• Supply Scripture references only
• Report results to awards committee
• Oversee judging

WHAT IS READER'S THEATER?

Reader's Theater is a dramatic presentation of Scripture. The art of Reader's Theater is to be able to create a story with the voice. The object of Reader's Theater is to develop an imaginary picture in the mind of the audience members. In Reader's Theater it is your job to work with your team members and use each other's creativity to come up with a way to portray the Scripture so that it captivates the audience. It is important for each participant to respect, honor, and understand the Scripture passage, so the team is able to paint a picture of the story to the audience. For example consider the story of Daniel and the Lions' Den where Daniel was put into the lions den because he prayed daily to God. In reading this story it is quite apparent that Daniel had a strong love for God, even though he was threatened to be thrown into a den of lions for praying; he still prayed faithfully. Upon reading this story to the audience the picture must be painted of how faithful Daniel was to God, in that he continued to pray even though he had received such a horrible threat. With the unique art of Reader's Theater props are not allowed so each team must ask, "how can we portray Daniel's faithfulness to God with our voices, facial expression, and hand movements?" Some ideas could be changing voice tones, placing team members around the room, having each member of the team read a certain character or have soft sound effects. There are quite a few creative ideas that each team will develop as the Scripture is read and the question, "how can I captivate my audience?" is answered.

WHAT ARE SOME WAYS I CAN PREPARE?

• Check out these internet sites:

  http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/Tips.html

  http://bms.westport.k12.ct.us/mccormick/rt/whatrt.htm

• Practice dramatic Scripture reading with friends
• Think of creative ways to interest the audience with Scripture
• Listen to radio drama and dramatic stories on tape or CD

RULES:

1. There are two grade categories for this event:

   Grades 6 - 8, Grades 9 - 12

2. Each team will be made up of 2-6 individuals. These teams will consist of the registered individuals from various congregations. There will not be more than 2 individuals from the same congregation on each team.
3. All teams will be selected prior to the convention by the Event Director. However, individuals will not know which congregation they are presenting with until 20 minutes before presenting their passage of Scripture.
4. After each Scripture reference has been distributed, the timer will be set for 20 minutes and each team will have a total of twenty minutes to work together and coordinate the reading of the chosen passage of Scripture.
5. Each team will have a maximum of 5 minutes to perform.
   Grades 6-8 will have a minimum of 2 minutes to perform.
   Grades 9-12 will have a minimum of 3 minutes to perform.
6. Please provide your own supplies that you feel you may need such as highlighters, pens, paper, and Bibles.

AWARDS:

Each team will be rated according to the following scale:

Gold = 95-100 Silver = 94-85 Bronze = 84-70 No Award = 0-69

Each participant will receive an appropriately colored engraved plate for the individual's award plaque

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