St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival

Sunday School Program Director: Denise Lansdell

2021 Oratorical Festival Co-Chairs: Ashley Joiner and Greg Joiner 

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Topics, Guidelines & Tips for the judged divisions

Senior Division (Grades 10–12) and Junior Division (Grades 7–9):  

https://www.goarch.org/documents/32058/3219459/sjcof_2021_topics_tips.pdf/fe150e60-d550-4dad-b7b7-9464e014c89f

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Speech time limits for each division are 

-    JUNIOR-minimum 3 minutes, maximum 4
-    SENIOR -minimum 4 minutes, maximum 5

A 15-second grace period will be given to speakers whose talks run over or under time

 

2021 Topics for the non-judged/local division, which is the Elementary Division (Grades 4–6):

Jesus Christ; Helping Others; A Smile; The Bible ; Love; The Cross; My Church; My Family; Being Kind; Prayer; My Favorite Icon; Lighting a Candle

 

Important Dates & Deadlines

January 24, 2021: Senior Division and Junior Division participants have submitted the official participation form: https://religioused.formstack.com/forms/sjcof_participant

January 24, 2021: Elementary Division participants have emailed the festival co-chairs their topic.

January 31, 2021: Virtual Office Hour with co-chairs.

February 7, 2021: Virtual Office Hour with co-chairs.

February 14, 2021: Virtual Office Hour with co-chairs.

February 21, 2021: Virtual Office Hour with co-chairs.

February 25, 2021: Senior, Junior and Elementary participants have emailed the festival co-chairs their final speech so they may forward to Fr. Cosmas for his review.

March 7, 2021: HAGOC Oratorical Festival.

June 13, 2021: National Festival at St. Spyridon's in Loveland, Colorado - preceded by the Regional VA District Oratorical Festival and the Metropolis of New Jersey Oratorical Festival, both of which are TBD.

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Important Links

Participant Registration (everyone must register)
Topics, etc

2021 Participant Package

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The Holy Apostles Greek Orthodox Church is under the dominion of the Metropolis of New Jersey, www.nj.goarch.org