Sixty adults and students from the Downtown congregation attended the 2009 National Lads to Leaders/Leaderettes Convention held April 10-12 at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tenn.

The following received recognition for the events they participated in:

Good Samaritan Bronze Award — Vicky Bowles, Max Ronk, Blake Murphy, Makayla Murphy; Silver Award — Laura Murphy.

Art Says It (Painting Division) — Hannah Kay Leslie, third-place.

Bible Bowl Test High Score — (grades K-2) Mason Adams, Maddie Adams, Abby Thibodeaux, Weston Crow, and Ethan Leslie; (grades 3-4) Nathan Bowers; (grades 7-8) Blake Murphy, Abigail Parrish; (grades 9-10) Laura Murphy; (grades 11-12) Jenalyn Parrish and Danalea Parrish.

Bible Bowl Team Competition — 3rd & 4th Grade “A” Team (Nathan Bowers, Weston Crow, Maddie Adams, Hannah Kay Leslie), finalist; 3rd & 4th Grade “B” Team, (Ethan Leslie, Evan Gray, Mason Adams, Sam Hippensteel), finalist; 7th & 8th Grade Team (Daniel Parrish, Blake Murphy, Max Hippensteel, T.J. Thibodeaux), second-place; 11th & 12th Grade Team (Laura Murphy, Danalea Parrish, Jenalyn Parrish, Abigail Parrish), third-place.

Song Leading — Nathan Bowers (fourth-grade), Jordan Toland (fifth-grade), second-place; Max Hippensteel (fifth-grade), first-place; T.J. Thibodeaux (sixth-grade), finalists.

Songs of Praise — Hannah Kay Leslie (fourth-grade), second-place; Adalesha Neal (fifth-grade), finalist; Abigail Parrish (seventh-grade), third-place; Laura Murphy (tenth-grade), third-place.

Winners’ Circle Song Leading — Daniel Parrish (grades 4-6), first-place.

Puppet Theater — Fifth-grade Team (Adalesha Neal, Kaelyn Thibodeaux, Hannah Kay Leslie, Max Hippensteel, Jordan Toland), second-place; Seventh-grade Team (Abigail Parrish, Daniel Parrish, Hannah Thibodeaux, T.J. Thibodeaux, Blake Murphy), third-place.

Know the Books — (Level 1 Bronze), Weston Crow; (Level 1 Silver), Maddie Adams, Mason Adams, Mark Bowers, Ty Gray, Ethan Leslie, Abby Thibodeaux; (Level 2 Bronze), T.J. Thibodeaux, Hannah Thibodeaux; (Level 2 Gold), Nathan Bowers, Evan Gray, Max Hippensteel, Hannah Kay Leslie, Daniel Parrish, Kaelyn Thibodeaux.

K-2 Participants — Wyatt Crow, Ty Gray, Mark Bowers, Mason Adams, Maddie Adams, Ethan Leslie, Abby Thibodeaux, Emily Toland, R.J. Neal.

Pre-K Attendees — Gunner Thibodeaux, Caden Thibodeaux.

Adult coaches, judges and chaperones who attended — Danny & Lara Parrish, Val Lopez, Vicky Bowles, Max Ronk, Geraldine Crow, Adrianne Crow, Gene & Elizabeth Morgan, Ninette Morse, Greg & Christie Toland, Lorraine Neal, Brent & Lana Murphy, Curt & Terri Hippensteel, Chuck & Donna Kay Leslie, Kristi Strain, Karri Gray, Johnny & Cristy Bowers, Rod & Nanci Leslie, Judd & Amy Adams, Reggie & Spring Thibodeaux, Tony & Avia Thibodeaux, and Linda Fulkerson.