Training Minds for Action as Mandated in 1 Peter 1:13
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 [...]
Pictured: Ben Landis, Michael Kostick 1st place We got this message from a family that traveled across the country to attend our Colorado Camp last summer: After 4 years of working hard at debate, and going to debate camp this summer, my dear son Ben Landis and his partner Michael medaled in a debate [...]
Colorado’s first Stoa qualifier racked up top awards for our alumni. Check out this impressive showcase…we’re very proud of them all! Ryan Brody & Zach Vaughan – 1st Place Team-Policy Benjamin Griffith – 1st Place Lincoln-Douglas Cody Cessna & Brandon Yeates – 1st Place Duo Tess Enos – 1st Place Extemp Brandon Yeates – 1st [...]
The first official tournament of the year took place in Texas. Though we didn’t officially train toward parliamentary debate (it is an experimental style of debate this year), we are very proud that our alumni have done quite well in this new format. Congratulations to alumni Ty Harding and Adam Nasser for taking 1st Place [...]
Training Minds for Christian Homeschool Speakers and Debaters Regional and Open Tournaments are over, and the lineup of Training Minds Alumni is more impressive than any other year. Here’s a rundown of the incredible outcomes of preparation: Team-Policy Six of nine titles… NCFCA: Regional qualifiers (9 in all) gave 1st place TP awards to six. [...]
Nationals #1, San Diego — May 24-28 Lincoln-Douglas Champion of Stoa NITOC — the #1 LDer in the 78-debater tournament — is camp alumni Chase Harrington. Congratulation Chase! NITOC served to be a fantastic representation of “training the mind for action.” Here are some results, more to be posted after the official postings are made [...]
