March 1, 2002

Dear Bible Quiz Leaders:

We trust you are having a wonderful Bible quizzing season and that you are looking forward to participating in the exciting conclusion to this season at our Bible Quiz Finals at Seattle Pacific University in Seattle, WA.  The registration forms are available as Adobe PDF files from the links above.  These forms must be received at Seattle Pacific University by May 7, 2002.

Dates:  Registration will be Tuesday afternoon, June 25.  Please note there will not be any meals served on Tuesday night.  The closing awards banquet will be at noon on Saturday, June 29.  Everyone will be free to head toward home Saturday afternoon.  Saturday lodging at SPU will be available at an additional cost.  See Additional Housing Form.

Forms:  There are four registration forms: a payment form, a housing form, a team form, and an individual competition form.  All these need to be mailed to Seattle Pacific University with your payment by May 7, 2002.  Also, a completed medical form for everyone in your group (quizzers, adults, children) must accompany these forms.

Refunds:  There will be no refund of fees.

Housing and Meals: Registration for quizzers and adults is $165.00 for the four nights, eleven meals including banquet, t-shirt, and evening activities.  (None of this cost goes toward quizzing expenses, which are covered by the team registration.)  This year all participants will be lodging on campus. SPU will provide sheets, blankets, towels and pillows.

Children: Rates for non-quizzing children ages 12 and under who sleep on the floor in their parent’s room are $50 for ages four and above, and free for three and under. Non-quizzing students over 12 will pay the full amount.  There will be no childcare provided.

Team Quizzing:  Each team registration will be $150.  This cost covers the quizmaster expense, Quiz Finals expense, and the money it takes to run the quiz program through the year.  We may run up to eight divisions, with an A and a B level in each division.  Please mark the appropriate division for each of your teams on your team form.  (We reserve the right to move teams from A to B, or from B to A, based on their performance during the season, particularly after 16 teams have already registered for a division.)  Remember that in order to be a rookie team, the team can have only one experienced quizzer.  If a team has two quizzers who have each quizzed at least one half of a year before this quiz season, then they must be a veteran team.  (6th grade and under does not count toward this experience.)

Junior Quizzing:  We are planning a one-day event for junior teams from the Seattle area.  Registration for junior competition will be separate from this registration for Quiz Finals.

Combined/Merged/Special Team Consideration:  Any coach wishing to register a team that is not made up of members as defined by the rulebook must contact one of the Denominational Directors before registering such a team.  This includes teams made up of quizzers who do not all attend the same church, teams that have quizzers under 6^th grade, and many other possible scenarios which may occur.  Quizzers without teams can attend and be placed on a “pooled” team of like quizzers, but must quiz in a “B” level division.

Individual Competition:  Please register quizzers for individual competition.  The cost is $5.00 each.  In the top Senior Teen Veteran individual division, scholarships to any Free Methodist College will be awarded in the amounts of $2000 for 1^st, $1750 for 2^nd, and $1500 for 3^rd place.

Quiz Seats are needed.  Approved Quizmasters will be contacted directly concerning their participation in Quiz Finals, after the Denominational Directors have received recommendations from the Conference and Regional directors.  Selected approved staff will not be charged.

QUIC (QUizmasters Including Coaches) team quizzing will be over I Corinthians 12-15 along with the quotes from those chapters.  There will also be QUIC Individual quizzing over the same material.  We would encourage all coaches and quizmasters to get a team together to enjoy the fellowship and learn what it is like to study with your quizzers.

Shuttle Service:  Shuttle Express at SEA/TAC International Airport will pick you up at the airport and bring you directly to the campus.  The rate from the airport to SPU is: 

College Contact:  Your Seattle Pacific University contact is Judy Bruce: phone number is 1-206-281-2187, e-mail is jbruce@spu.edu, and fax is 1-206-281-2026.

Other items: Saturday at noon there will be a dress-up awards banquet.  There will also be several activities in the evenings including recreational activities and open gym time.

Remember: Mail all forms (including all medical forms for each person in your group) and your payment to Seattle Pacific University.  It must be received by May 7, 2002.  Teams that are late may be forfeited from the event.  Please keep a copy of the registration forms for your use.  Additional forms are available on our web site.

With God’s Blessing,

Mark Colgan and Mike Hopper

Free Methodist Bible Quiz Co-Directors

PS.  Please be checking our web site at www.freemethodistchurch.org/quizzing for additional information.  Updated team registrations will be posted there. Your only registration confirmation will be that your teams are posted on the web site.  Corrections can be made via e-mail.