Training Minds for Action as Mandated in 1 Peter 1:13
One of the most successful clubs in the nation, RESOLVE in Colorado Springs, is led by Training Minds Coach Larry Sparks. His initial showing for the year was strong! His club kicked things off with a small debate and speech round robin. Three of the speech categories were qualifiers to Stoa NITOC. Of the top [...]
We know it’s early, but we are very impressed with how we’ve done so far. Out of the top 10 speakers and debaters on the front page of SpeechRanks, 1/2 of the competitors are Training Minds Alumni. Congratulations: Brandon Yeates, Cheyanne Ossen, Benjamin Griffith, Tony Mirasola, and Isaac Sommers!
Top-performers for the Indiana Crossroads Cup were 2011 Training Minds Camp alumni. First Place Team-Policy Caleb Harmon (with partner Graham Deese) and 1st Place Lincoln-Douglas Debate Rebekah Gudeman. Emailed from Mrs. Gudeman, “So very thankful for Training Minds and their wonderful instructors!!” And we are so very proud of the students!
How well did our alumni (both NITC and our previous years’ Camps) do at the end of the year? They did marvelously well in both Stoa and the NCFCA… NITOC National Invitational Tournament of Champions, San Diego — Point Loma Nazarene University, May 31-June 4 Pictured: Matthew Mittelberg points to heaven when his name is [...]
Nationals Intensive Training Camp (NITC) May 31, 2011 Training Minds Ministry hosts a camp the weekend before Nationals called NITC. Participant campers are trained through the weekend to perform their absolute best for the big event. Every year, the NITC campers set goals that are above expectations, and every year (this is our 4th NITC [...]
RMC March 26, 2011 A slew of alumni took a string of awards at the 10th annual Rocky Mountain Classic Tournament at Metro State College in Denver. Alumni filled the brackets throughout the outrounds: Apologetics: Every single finalist were alumni! Top three: Brandon Yeates (1st), Melanie Whicomb (2nd), Cynthia Jeub (3rd). Dramatic Interp: 2nd Place [...]
March 19, 2011 We’re very proud of the students who spoke and debated at the Lonestar Tournament in Keller, Texas. Check out the line up of Training Minds Ministry alumni earning 1st-place awards: Ty Harding: 1st Place Lincoln-Douglas, 1st Place Apologetics, 1st Place Impromptu, John Bateman: 1st Place Humorous, 1st Place Original Oratory. Toni Mirasola: [...]
February 27, 2011 For two years we’ve hosted camps in Florida, and for the second year in a row our alumni have faired on top of the game come competition time. We’re so proud of the results! Christian Fernandez (pictured, left): 1st Place Lincoln-Douglas, 1st Place Original Oratory, 2nd Place Lincoln-Douglas Speaker Kali Hendon (pictured, [...]
Debate alumni brought home the biggest awards in both Team-Policy (43 teams) and Lincoln-Douglas (54 teams). The awards trickled down from there. Congratulations to: Lincoln Douglas: Tony Mirsola (1st), Sarah Klein (3rd), Damaris Jimenez (5th), Guthrie Leath (9th). Team-Policy: Frantz/Montoya (4th).
The #1 competitor in the nation (as of Feb. 23) is Jon Bateman of Illinois, a participant of our training camps since 2009. At the time of this posting, Jon has accummulated 335 points on SpeechRanks. He’s having a spectacular 3rd year of competition! Jon’s mother, Jennifer, had some kind things to say about Training [...]
Training Minds Ministry sponsored Colorado’s Centennial Tournament last weekend at Focus on the Family in Colorado Springs. President Chris Jeub does not recall a better atmosphere for a tournament. Corporate executives and influential decision makers helped judge, give devotionals, pray for the students, and much more. It was an awesome tournament! Students from California, Colorado, [...]
SpeechRanks.com shows the top speakers and debaters in the Christian homeschool speech and debate community. Out of 1,126 speakers registered, Training Minds camp alumni are taking 1/2 of the top 10. Check it out!
We don’t make this up, folks. Training Minds Ministry event alumni swept two days of debate and extemp/impromptu. What a showing! Team-Policy: Kasey Leander & Mary Kumbera (1st), Sarah Carr & David Cecil-Few (2nd), Tess Enos & Parker Malenke (3rd), Cynthia Jeub & Lydia Jeub (4th). Cynthia Jeub received 1st Place Speaker. Lincoln-Douglas: Blair Bayliss [...]
Word just in: The final round of Team-Policy debate were two alumni teams Jeub/Jeub vs. Enos/Malenke. On a 4-3 decision, Enos/Malenke took 1st, but Jeub/Jeub beat them in prelims. They’re neck-n-neck! Alumni dominated the tournament… Team-Policy: Tess Enos & Preston Malenke (1st), Cynthia & Lydia Jeub (2nd), Mark Edmonson & Tucker Shope (3rd), Morgan French [...]
Pictured: Benjamin Griffith (left) and Matthew Mittelberg (right) at the first round of debate breaks. Matthew was the only undefeated team at the largest tournament ever. Training Minds Ministry had a huge impact on the largest homeschool speech and debate tournament in history, the Concordia Challenge in Irvine, California. Check out these fantastic results: 1st [...]