Ambassador Speech & Debate Club
Franklin, TN
Contact: Lana Thornton
Ambassador Speech & Debate Club has its roots in Speech & Debate Workshops held in the fall of 2006 in the home of Eric and Cynthia Griffin. The Club was birthed in Spring of 2007 from this training with both a Club for Senior Division students ages 12-graduation and the largest Junior Division Club, for ages 8-12, in the state.
The Ambassador Club reaches out to serve families in the southern part of Middle Tennessee, specifically Brentwood, Franklin, Thompson’s Station, Leiper’s Fork, Bellevue and as far south as Columbia. See the calendar below for our meeting schedule for the current year..
Our meetings for the Senior Division are broken up into four different time slots. Worldview Apologetics, Student Congress, Lincoln Douglas Debate and Speech events are covered at each meeting with a primary focus on Worldview Apologetics and slightly different emphases each week on the three other events. Students will have the opportunity to work individually and as a team.
The goal of Ambassador Club is to teach each student to communicate effectively in a variety of settings with the ultimate goal of training them to, confidently, wisely & lovingly, share their faith with the world.
II Cor. 5: 17 – 21 is the passage we draw from for our Club with the focus on verse 20: Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.
2011-12 Club Info
Ambassador Club Coaches:
Malinda & Chris Tuggle: LD Policy Debate, Student Congress, Limited Prep events: Editorial Impromptu & Impromptu Mars Hill
Cynthia Griffin: Limited Prep Events: Duo Impromptu Apologetics, Interp Events: Humorous & Duo Dramatic, Platform Events: Persuasive, Apologetics
Mickey Tant: Platform Apologetics
Suzanne Scott: SV & JV: Proper Stage Presence, Coaching Assistant
Olivia Wuest: JV IE Events & JV Student Congress
Lana Thornton: Club Administrator, Coaching Assistant
Senior Varsity Schedule:
430-6:00 Debate Training
6:00-6:30 Pot-luck Supper
6:30-7:30 Apologetics or Speech Training
Junior Varsity Schedule:
4:30-6:00 Speech coaching with Olivia Wuest
6:00-6:30 Pot-luck Supper
6:30-7:30 Apologetics Training
~ Ambasador Calendar ~