URGENT! Community Volunteers needed ASAP

Dear Southern Oregon Homeschool Families,

As many of you know, we will be hosting an NCFCA Southern Oregon Qualifying tournament this week in Medford. Speech and debate homeschool students from throughout our region will be competing March 27-29. We have an urgent need for more community judges. No experience needed, we will provide a quick training orientation and food and beverages as our way of saying THANK YOU. 

We have several timeslots to choose from and each round is a 2.5-3 hour commitment. Please contact me, Tika Weeks, immediately if you are available! 

Thank you and God bless,

Tika Weeks
Judge Coordinator
NCFCA Southern Oregon Qualifier 
(541)778-7215
tikaweeks@gmail.com

Judges Needed!

Dear HSG Families,

My boys and many of their friends will be participating in this tournament and we need more judges ASAP! I know it's spring break for some of you, but if you could take a look at your schedule and see if you can come for 3 hours, we would be honored to have you! :)
Thank you in advance for your consideration,
Tika Weeks

The National Christian Forensics and Communications Association (NCFCA) is holding a speech and debate tournament, hosting competitors from Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. The event will be held March 27-29 at Cascade Christian High School in Medford, Oregon.

Community judges are a crucial component to the success of the tournament. A first-time judge at a recent tournament commented, "I am having a TON of FUN! The quality of presentation and debating is amazing. I'll be back!"

Please be assured, NO EXPERIENCE IS NEEDED. We will provide an orientation on the day you choose to judge. You should expect that judging one round, including an orientation and time to complete your ballot will take 2 ½ -3 hours. Food and beverages will be available for your hospitality.

To register as a judge, click here or go to www.ncfca.org and click "Judges" at the right of the red menu bar. Select the red "Region II" portion of the map, and then "Southern Oregon Qualifier" in Medford, Oregon. Enter your contact information and select the round(s) you wish to judge. It's very simple!

If you have questions about judging or the registration process, please contact me directly :) We look forward to seeing you at the tournament!

These are the timeslots we have available at this time:

·Thursday, March 27
 7:15 Debate Round 1
 9:15 Speech
 11:15 Debate Round 2
 1:15 Speech
 3:15 Debate Round 3
 5:15 Speech
 7:15 Debate Round 4

·Friday, March 28
 7:15 Speech
 9:15 Debate Round 5
 11:15 Speech
 1:15 Debate Round 6
 3:15 Speech
 5:45 Debate Octafinals

 ·Saturday, March 29
 7:15 Debate Quarterfinals
 9:15 Speech Semifinals
 1:45 Speech Finals

Community Judges Needed

Our local homeschool speech and debate club, Deo Volente, of the National Christian Forensics and Communications Association (NCFCA), is hosting the Southern Oregon Qualifier in Medford, Oregon from March 27th-29th.

Community judges are a crucial part of this event and we invite YOU to participate. No experience in debate or judging is needed. A brief training session will be provided.

For more information, please contact Tika Weeks at tikaweeks@gmail.com or call (541)778-7215.

Apologetics camp, 7/20 (GP)

APOLOGETICS CAMP SATURDAY, JULY 20th, 2013 
8:30am-9:00pm
GRANTS PASS, OREGON 
Teacher: Pastor John Sleadd, Household of Faith Community ChurchTo be held at Pastor Sleadd's home (with pool), 546 Jaynes Dr, Grants Pass

Cost: $15/student. Parents are welcome to attend for $5. Cost covers materials and dinner. We may need parental help with cooking and group study.

What to Bring: 
1. 4x6 index cards and storage box; prepared cards if applicable
2. pen/pencil, notebook or clipboard with paper
3. electronic tablet or laptop with webcam preferred, other palm device also okay, to be used only for study purposes
4. a sack lunch
5. modest swim clothes and towel (opt.). 

Host Housing available; inquire with Arden Sleadd at ardensleadd@gmail.com.   

This one-day camp will be geared to both beginning and advanced students ages 12 and up for competition in the homeschool speech league. It will also be applicable to any Christian, young and old, in equipping them for giving a winsome defense of their faith in a hostile world. This workshop promises to be interactive, intense and fast-paced. 

Pastor John Sleadd has been a public school teacher for 26 years and pastor for five years; he is a homeschooling dad of five children and founder of Clarion Forensics Club in Grants Pass.

There will be an optional worship and mixer/fellowship meeting on the Friday night preceding. On Saturday morning, arrive at 8:30am with all your supplies, ready for a packed day of activities. We will wrap up at 9:00pm, with hang-out time (dance?) until the 10:00pm dismissal.
To register by July 9:1. Send the following information by email to Cheri Moore firstplacefarm@wildblue.net: 
Name and age of students 
Name of parents
Mailing address
email address
phone number
Housing needs, if any
Club affiliation and past experience in apologetics competition, if any.
Total the cost at $15/student and $5/parent and pay through PayPal by using the email address ardensleadd@gmail.com. Refunds allowed for cancellations before July 5th.
For more information contact Cheri Moore, firstplacefarm@wildblue.net
 or Arden Sleadd ardensleadd@gmail.com.

Speech Club Fundraiser CAR WASH! 6/7

Help 10 of our local homeschool competitors go to Nationals in Tulsa, OK, by coming to the Food 4 Less parking lot for a CAR WASH! Friday, June 7th from 9am to 4pm

Thank you,
Deo Volente Speech & Debate Club

Ballroom Dance Fundraiser 6/14

Ballroom Dance~ A Fundraiser Event for the whole family!
Deo Volente Speech & Debate Club is hosting a Ballroom Dance to help raise money to send 10 of our competitors to NCFCA Nationals in Tulsa, OK. Bring your dancing shoes and the whole family!

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Judges Needed for Upcoming Speech & Debate Tournament!

I've been a Community Judge for the last 2 years and it is an AMAZING thing to witness! These homeschool students work so hard and I encourage you to attend or judge if you can. No experience necessary!
♥Tika


The Clarion Forensics Speech and Debate Club is excited to announce that we are hosting the Clarion Qualifier for Region II of the National Christian Forensics and Communications Association! This tournament will host competitors from around our multi-state region. Top competitors from this tournament will be qualified to compete at the Regional tournament in May. This three day event will be in Medford, Oregon from March 1-3. We invite you to help make this event possible as a community judge. No experience in debate or judging is needed. We would be honored to have you participate as a judge in this event.

The National Christian Forensics and Communications Association (NCFCA) is the third largest high school speech and debate league in the nation, comprised of home educated middle and high school students from 44 states. For more information, please visit: http://www.ncfca.org/ .

This is the last of several qualifying tournaments that will be held around our region. We can only provide this opportunity to students with the participation of many community, parent and alumni judges. We will provide an essential, but relatively brief, non-technical, orientation for you on the day you choose to judge at the tournament. We have a team that will be providing food and beverages for our judges throughout each day.

This event will include 10 speech events and 2 types of debate. On the judge registration page, you will be able to mark the time slot you are available to judge and whether you would like to judge speech or debate. Of course, we would love to have you judge more than one event, but are very happy if you can come to judge even one event. We think you will enjoy watching these student presentations. You should expect that judging one round, including an orientation and time to complete your ballot will take 2 – 2 ½ hours. The judge registration page will instruct you about the arrival time for the round you choose to judge.

To accept our invitation to judge please link to the following page:

http://www.ncfca.org/

Once you are on that page, please select the far right tab that says “judges”, on the next screen, you will click on the portion of the US Map for our region (the red Region II). From there, you will select the Clarion Qualifier and then be able to complete your registration and select your judging time.

Location: Bethel Church
4245 Vista Pointe Drive
Medford, OR 97524

Thank you for considering your participation as a judge.

If you have questions about judging or have difficulty with the registration process, please contact Steve Moore, judges@clarionforensics.com or 541-830-8047.

If you need to contact someone on the day of the tournament, please contact our Judge Greeter, Kathy Mikels at 541-218-0160.