Spelling Bee Phenom Refuses to Compete on Sabbath

Note: Just recently, I was involved in a discussion about school activities conflicting with church services. In our region of Florida, at one time a school function; i.e, meetings, sporting events, etc. was never scheduled on Wednesday nights or Sundays. Those were considered traditional "church nights". Now the trend seems to disregard the local worship services. I'm sure the defense is that there are so many activities and not enough time. It's sad that organized services are not held with the importance they once were, even by those professing to be Christians. Post your thoughts by clicking "comments" below.

The Christian Post -- Elliot Huck, one of the nation’s top spellers, has decided to sit out from this year’s regional spelling bee, because the event occurs on the Sabbath Day.

The 14-year-old, who placed 45th last year at the National Spelling Bee, felt that the competition would conflict with the Christian tradition to rest on Sunday.

"I always try to glorify God with what I do in the spelling bee because He is the one who gave me the talent for spelling," said the spelling phenom to the IndyStar. “Now I think I'm going to not spell and try to give glory to God in that."

In past years, there has been no problem for Huck since all the competitions were held on Saturdays. The situation has changed this year to accommodate new spellers, however.

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