MUSICAL INTERLUDE: I Heard The Bells on Christmas Day

WEEK 15: Study Matthew, Chapter 14

This week (December 17 thru December 23), please study Matthew, Chapter 14.

If you want to read the chapter online, click here. (Free website Biblegateway.Com)

Download an MP3 of the chapter.

Download the puzzle for the chapter.

If you'd like to read a commentary on the chapter, click here. (Free website, ChristNotes.Com)

Study Tip: We are now approaching the halfway point in the Quizzing Year. Are you suddenly realizing how far behind you are in the study process? Fear not! Most quiz meets tend to have more questions from the last few chapters studied, than from anywhere else. If you have not been studying to your best up until now, start fresh this week and you'll quickly see an expert in the later chapters of Matthew has a lot to offer to the team at Midwinter and beyond!

Upcoming Events:
- Saturday, January 19 - Midwinter Quiz Meet in Sparta, NJ

CHAPTER REVIEW: Matthew 13

We're not going to have practice this week, but instead will be having a special combined Sunday School.  But we don't want you to miss out on the details of Chapter 13, so you can download Coach Mark's lesson by clicking here, or on the image below.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Cantata has been postponed

Thanks to everyone who came out to the practice last night, but due to the events in Newtown yesterday, Beacon Hill Church will be postponing the Christmas Cantata.  We'll let you know the new dates and times when they are available.  We will be having Bible Quiz Team practice as usual during Sunday School, however.

Update 9:15 AM:  We will not have practice tomorrow.  Instead, there will be a combined teen Sunday School to talk about the tragedy.

Please be praying for the victims, their families, the school workers, and the first responders caught up in this tragedy.  Prayer is a powerful thing to comfort and move communities toward solidarity and healing.

REMINDER: Christmas Cantata Run-Thru Tonight!

Please keep in mind that tonight is the Christmas Cantata run-thru practice.

• We're starting at 7:00 PM.  (We're arriving before the choir, so we can work out our pieces before they are there.)
• We were warned last night that the practice may go late (last night went to 9 PM, tonight will probably go later).  Please plan accordingly.

And just a few reminders for Sunday:

• Study Luke 1:26-38, 2:1-20 for the Cantata, and Matthew 13 for practice
• Wear your Quiz Team shirt and black pants
• Be in the sanctuary, ready to practice by 8:00 AM
• Please plan to be in both services

WEEKLY COMIC: Parabolic Funny

REFERENCE QUESTIONS: Matthew 12

Remember, the full list of Reference Questions can always be found in the sidebar or at this link.

QUESTION:  According  to  Matthew12:3, Haven't  you  read  what?

ANSWER:  What  David  did  when  he  and  his  companions  were  hungry? 12:5, 19:4

QUESTION:  According  to  Matthew12:5, Haven't  you  read  what?
ANSWER:  (In  the  Law) That  on  the  Sabbath  the  priests  in  the  temple  desecrate  the  day  and  yet  are  innocent? 12:3, 19:4

QUESTION:  According  to  Matthew12:8, The  Son  of  Man  is  what?
ANSWER:  Lord  of  the  Sabbath. 26:45

QUESTION:  According  to  Matthew12:17-18, What  was  spoken  through  the  prophet  Isaiah?
ANSWER:  "Here  is  my  servant  whom  I  have  chosen, the  one  I  love, in  whom  I  delight; I  will  put  my  Spirit  on  him, and  he  will  proclaim  justice  to  the  nations." 3:3; 8:17

QUESTION:  According  to  Matthew12:22, Jesus  healed  whom?
ANSWER:  (Him) A  demon-possessed  man  who  was  blind  and  mute. 4:24; 12:15; 15:30; 19:2; 21:14

QUESTION:  According  to  Matthew12:41, One  greater  than  whom  is  here?
ANSWER:  Jonah. 12:6, 42

QUESTION:  According  to  Matthew12:42, One  greater  than  whom  is  here?
ANSWER:  Solomon. 12:6, 41