David and Micah Campetella are sons of Christian Life Center Pastor Joe Campetella.
Ninety-two teams converged on Branson, Missouri, on Sunday, July 13, to participate in the North American Junior Bible Quizzing Finals, and among the seven teams from Florida consisted of two boys from Christian Christian Life Center in Palm Coast.
The BOBs (Boys on Bibles), David Campetella, 12, and his 10-year-old brother Micah, placed seventh at the national competition in the junior category.
They each memorized 259 verses from the Bible and were able to quote and answer questions on their knowledge of those verses. With this seventh place win, they are now a part of the Bible Quiz Hall of Fame. In order to be included in this exclusive club, they had to make it to nationals five times.
Their father, Pastor Joe Campetella, believes that this competition strengthens their faith. On returning home, he asked the boys, “How could God become a man?”
The immediate reply from both boys was John 1:14, “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth.”
Pastor Joe Campetella believes that the “world is darker than ever, and the Word provides a stable foundation."
Christian Life Center is located at 5200 Belle Terre Parkway in Palm Coast.
In other faith related news:
Bridges United Methodist Church in Bunnell hosted an event on July10th with LSF Health Systems, to help bridge promote mental health and suicide awareness.
The event consisted of presentations and vendor booths to bring the secular and faith based communities together to have a conversation about recovery and behavioral health issues.
Maribeth Motosicky from the Recovery Church in Palm Coast attended the event with over 100 other people. To her, the event made it very clear how faith plays a big part in the recovery process for those in need. She enjoyed sharing the space with both secular organizations like Hopebox (an organization that gives help to those left behind after suicide) and the church communities.
The event was all about “getting together all resources to help recovery,” she said.
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