National Fine Arts Festival

Fine Arts Festival: A Week of Worship, Growth, and Artistic Achievement

Fine Arts Festival: A Week of Worship, Growth,

and Artistic Achievement

By Samantha DePriest

Each year, students at Trinity Christian School have the opportunity to participate in the Fine Arts Festival, an Assemblies of God youth competition for students in grades 6 through 12. Every eligible TCS student is invited to compete in this inspiring event alongside Trinity Church. The Fine Arts Festival provides students with a unique opportunity to present their artistic talents before a panel of judges who offer valuable feedback and constructive critique. Each entry receives a score, and students earning qualifying scores at the District level advance to the National Fine Arts Festival.

Image by Addison Davis

This year, TCS was honored to send 29 students to St. Louis to compete at the National Festival. Throughout the week, students and leaders encouraged one another while participating in a variety of performances and presentations. Each evening concluded with powerful youth services featuring dynamic worship and biblical preaching, creating an atmosphere of spiritual growth alongside artistic excellence.

The TCS community is incredibly proud of these students. They represented their school with excellence, dedication, and Christlike character. More importantly, they continue to recognize that their talents are gifts from God and are learning to use those gifts to bring Him glory. Their commitment to honoring God through their creativity is a testament to the school's mission of developing students who pursue excellence while living out their faith.

Image by Lily Wozniak

Image by Addison Davis

Image by Addison Davis

Image by Lily Wozniak

Image by Lily Wozniak

Image by Lily Wozniak

Image by Leslie Cook

TCS students attend National Fine Arts Festival

TCS students attend National Fine Arts Festival

By Stacie Moore and Samantha DePriest

Trinity Fine Arts is comprised of both Middle and High School students who love to use their artistic talents for the Lord. Mrs. Stacie Moore, Trinity Fine Arts Director, shared, “Through a variety of methods, students are equipped to express God’s truth to their generation. We help them discover, develop and deploy their gifts. Trinity FA teams use their gifts in Trinity Church services, TCS chapel services, and other community outreaches.”

Mrs. Moore goes on to share, “This year, the teams included Trinity gospel choir, vocal ensembles, worship teams, percussion and instrumental ensembles, drama, songwriting, short sermon, dramatized quoting, puppets, dance, photography, art, creative writing and more. Trinity’s teams participate and annually attend National Fine Arts Festival. This year, the festival was in Orlando, Florida, along with 11,000 other students. Here the students present their prepared pieces for evaluators and all the other students over 5 days. Students exceeded our expectations with their presentations and they grew closer to Christ in the evening services. Our students earned 9 callbacks, which is an honor to be able to present and be in the top percentage of the presentations from all over the country. One highlight was the worship night where Natalie Grant, along with her daughters, led worship for the Festival. Another highlight was being able to take the artwork in memory of Samantha Malenius. Her Visual Art, Jelly Fish Three-Dimensional earned 6th place. All in all, the team had an amazing time. The last day was spent at Magic Kingdom, where fun was had by all.”

TC Trio, Small Vocal Ensemble: Sophia Selleck, Keira Moore, Riley Cook

“We are incredibly proud to share our Nationals Recap for 2025! This year, 31 students represented our campus with excellence, submitting a total of 52 entries across various categories. Their hard work and dedication paid off with 35 Superior ratings, and 16 entries finishing in the Top 10 nationally. Even more impressively, 8 of those entries placed in the Top 3, with 2 earning First Place Merit honors. What an outstanding showing from our talented students!”

TC Student Keira Moore pictured center with Jason Moore (Dad) and Stacie Moore (Mom)

Top 10

● 1st place - Keira Moore, Songwriting

● 1st place - TC Trio, Small Vocal Ensemble (Riley Cook, Keira Moore, Sophia Selleck)

● 2nd place - Keira Moore, Worship Leading Solo SR

● 2nd place - Fire & Rimstones, Percussion Ensemble Traditional (Sophia Hurt, Vincent

Mullins, Lorelai Selleck, Seth Williams, Hank Woody, Wyatt Woody, Sophie Young)

● 3rd place - Kings Chamber, Instrumental Ensemble, Traditional (Sophia Hurt, Vincent

Mullins, Brie Todhunter, Sophie Young)

● 3rd place - Henry Cook, Musical Theater Solo JR

● 3rd place - Keira Moore, Female Vocal Solo, SR

● 3rd place - Voices of Trinity, Vocal Ensemble, Large (Emma Grace Andrews, Henry Cook,

Riley Cook, Sam Fader, Avery Hoper, Sophia Hurt, Gracie Little, Keira Moore, Sophia Selleck)

● 6th place - Samantha Malenius (in memory), Visual Art Three-Dimensional

● 6th place - Dunked, Drama Ensemble, Large (Emma Grace Andrews, Brandon Edson, Sam

Fader, Daniel Freeman, Avery Hopper, Gracie Little, Keira Moore, Faith Mullins, Nate Robinson,

Sophia Selleck)

● 6th place - Hands Held High Puppets (Henry Cook, Brandon Edson, Cameron Fader, Sam

Fader, Sophia Fader, Gracie Little, Faith Mullins, Sophie Young)

● 7th place - girl stawp, Readers Theater (Addison Davis, Emma Grace Andrews, Emberlyn

Wozniak)

● 7th place - BEATS MODE, Percussion, Unconventional (Brandon Edson, Sam Fader,

Sophia Hurt, Gracie LIttle, Keira Moore, Vincent Mullins, Lorelai Seleck, Brie Todhunter, Sophie

Young)

● 7th place - TC Worship, Worship Team, Small (Riley Cook, Keira Moore, Hank Woody)

● 7th place - That’s So Gretch, Drama Ensemble, Small (Emma Grace Andrews, Avery

Hopper, Keira Moore, Lily Wozniak)

● 9th place - HARK! Musical Theater, Ensemble, Small (Henry Cook, Riley Cook, Keira

Moore)

Trinity Fine Arts is open to 6th to 12th grade students. The launch meeting for the 2025-26 season will be held on Sunday, October 19 at 4 p.m. in Building 1, Student Center. Please contact Stacie Moore at stacie.moore@tri-church.com for more information.