SNOW Club Kickoff Meeting August 29th!

[Heather Murch]

Good Evening, Everyone!

We are just one week away from our SNOW Club Kickoff meeting!  The meeting will start at 2:00pm at Bethany Covenant Church in Bedford, NH—we will decide on Sunday whether we will be outside in the Pavilion or upstairs in the Youth Room (weather dependent).  Please join us for an overview of who we are and what we do, meet our teachers and coaches, see demonstrations of just some of what our students learn, and hear more information than you can possibly digest. ;)  Please come with questions and feel free to invite anyone you think might be interested in exploring the exciting world of competitive Speech and Debate.

The leaders, coaches and I are praying for what God has in store for us this year, and we look forward to meeting old friends and new.

God bless!

~Heather Murch for the SNOW Club leaders

We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ                                                                             2 Corinthians 10:5

[Heather Murch]

We are starting at 3:00, not 2:00, next Monday. Sorry for the confusion!  

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Good Evening, Everyone!

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[Heather Murch]

Good Morning!

Just in case you missed last week’s reminder (and correction), we are meeting today at 3:00 at Bethany Covenant Church, 1 Covenant Way, Bedford.  As the weather looks to be a bit warm, we will plan to meet inside in the Youth Room, unless it’s cool up on the hill under the Pavilion.  For those of you who are new, this will be easy to ascertain as you can see both the church building and the Pavilion when you come up the drive. 

Look forward to seeing you!

~SNOW Club Leaders

[Sarah Eckles]

Please take me off the mailing list, thank you 

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[Heather Murch]

Will do. 

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[Heather Murch]

Good Afternoon!

I hope this finds you all enjoying the beautiful Labor Day weekend (and I hope you’re not actually checking email…)!  

What a wonderful turnout we had on Monday and we are so grateful for the interest shown and the questions that came.  Undoubtedly, you had many answered and many more have popped up!  

First off, if you have decided that this is not for your family this year, please email me at hmm...@icloud.com and I will remove your name from further communication.  If you are unsure and still would love to try and fit this into your schedule, don’t hesitate to reach out.  I have already heard from several of you this week.  

You may also reach out to our specific leaders if you have questions, particularly “Which debate style should I choose?”  Because we only have 7 club meetings before tournament season, we would love to help you get this figured out sooner rather than later.  The debate coaches are Thatcher Debowski (Lincoln-Douglas) at thatcher...@gmail.com and Isabella Peters at isabell...@gmail.com (Team Policy).  They can answer any of your specific questions regarding the nuts and bolts of the debate styles and can give a good estimation of time commitment, how to fit into a busy schedule, etc.  You may also email Kendra Debowski at kendrad...@gmail.com (LD) or myself for TP (still looking for that mom to hop in there with the TP club!).  

If you have specific Speech-related questions, please reach out to either Lynda DePasacreta at ledepa...@comcast.net or myself. 

To recap some of the more important details:

1) Speech Club’s first meeting is Monday, September 12 from 1:30-3:30.

2) Apologetics group’s first meeting is Monday, September 12 from 4:00-5:00.

3) Debate Club’s first meeting is Monday, September 19 from 2:30-4:30.

4) Affiliation is required for competition and is $150/family. You may affiliate right up until registration for your first tournament. Despite my encouragement at the kickoff meeting, there is no hurry here—we understand the need to juggle finances sometimes!  There are resources you may not be able to access without affiliation, however, so if you are hoping to utilize some of those, you will need to affiliate sooner.

5) Club dues are $50/famliy for Debate, $50/family for Speech with no additional fees for Apologetics or Juniors if you have students in the older group.  If you are Juniors only, the dues are $10/family and if you participating in Apologetics only, the dues are $15/family.

6) Parents and students, please take some time in the coming weeks (earlier, preferably) to peruse the NCFCA website (NCFCA.org). There are more helpful resources than you can imagine and you will need to be able to navigate it somewhat when it comes time to register for a tournament (first registration is usually in December).  We will reference the website regularly in club and it is where all the rules for competition can be found. Feel free to ask for assistance in this at a club meeting.

7) Parent participation is a requirement unless you have made special arrangements (see Heather).  It can be simply assisting with crowd control in Juniors, watching Heather Black’s littles (Juniors Speech teacher), learning alongside your student in Speech and Debate and learning how to coach. This is the best training for judging at tournaments.  Parents in Debate Club will be able to assist with judging practice rounds—also excellent training.  This has been an amazing discovery for each of us as we’ve discovered gifts we didn’t know we had or were able to dust off gifts that hadn’t been used in a long time! 

8) There is a SNOW Club Moms’ Brunch on October 15th at Kendra Debowski’s home.  Stay tuned for further details if you didn’t get a flyer.  This is such a wonderful way to get connected with other moms outside of club.

9) One thing I neglected to mention at our kickoff is that we are planning to hold judging workshops later in the fall (Nov/Dec).  We will be pulling in some experienced parents to give instruction and tips on how to judge.

10) You can expect to receive at least one email between club meetings.  If you haven’t received an email from either myself or from one of your leaders by one week after club meeting, please reach out to myself or the leader of the specific club to be sure we have your email address entered correctly.  We try not to flood your inboxes by keeping communication streamlined, so please make sure you take the time to read them (ahem, students…).  

We are excited to see what unfolds this year.  We are privileged to come alongside students and parents as new skills are learned, fears are conquered, friendships and are made and, ultimately, we look forward to how God will be glorified in this wonderful endeavor!  

God bless!

~Mrs/Heather Murch for the SNOW Club leaders and coaches

Whoever gives thought to the word will discover good, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD. The wise of heart is called discerning, and sweetness of speech increases persuasiveness. Good sense is a fountain of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly. The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious and adds persuasiveness to his lips. Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.  Proverbs 16:20-24

[Heather Murch]

There is usually a follow-up email from me with a correction. 🥴 This week’s: Lynda DePasacreta’s email is ldepas...@comcast.net. 

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[Heather Murch]

Hello, Everyone!

This is to remind you that our first Speech and Apologetics club meetings are today (September 12) at Bethany Covenant Church.  Speech Club goes from 1:30-3:30 and Apologetics goes from 4:00-5:00.  

We look forward to seeing you!  

[Heather Murch]

Dear Region 10 Affiliates,

I hope you are enjoying the final days of summer and getting excited about the season to come! Our best preparation begins with prayer, so I hope you’ll join me for the annual NCFCA day of prayer on Tuesday, September 13, 2022! Our focal theme this year is one of the NCFCA Core Values–Enduring Excellence.

We have a 2022 NCFCA Day of Prayer Printable Guide available with prompts and scripture to consider on your own or with your family.

Our region will also be meeting to pray together on Zoom on September 13 at 4:00 pm. Please join us using this

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Please see the prompts and prayer requests for our region here: 2022 Region 10 Day of Prayer. If you have any requests that you would like to add, please email them to me!

Sincerely,

Brenda Storz, 

Region 10 Director

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[Heather Murch]

Good Morning!

Looking forward to seeing you for Speech and Apologetics today!  Speech goes from 1:30-3:30 and Apologetics goes from 4:00-5:00.

See you soon!

~Heather Murch