During the summer months, our Youth Ministry holds a volleyball tournment for the youth of Solano and Napa Counties. "It is the desire of this Youth Ministry to challenge the young people in our community spiritually, socially, and physically. It is our purpose this summer to tell of the good news of Jesus through Bible studies, make new friends, and provide a competitive volleyball tournament. " (that comes straight out of the letter we send out to the players parents.
Every year the players play on the same team. Once they graduate, though, no more volleyball (at least in our tournament). Last year we "lost" a lot of players because they graduated. So we were anxious to hear which 7th graders was going to be placed on our team. That's done to give balance to our tournament. So that one team isn't always having to forfeit due to lack of players and another team has too many players. Anyway, I'm really excited this year because we got students who aren't familiar with the game. That means there's opportunity to teach them. If anyone can coach a rookie to play volleyball, it's my beloved! In my opinion, He's got to be one of the best (if not the best) coach!
More importantly, we have an opportunity to build relationships with these students. Again, our desire is to see them to come to a saving knowledge of our Savior Jesus Christ. That's why we do this year after year.
2 comments:
It surely is amazing to see how the Lord has brought new players to our team, even bringing two new players on Friday.
I totally agree this is going to be an exciting summer teaching our rookie players the game and, more importantly, getting to know them and tell them about our Lord Jesus Christ!
Let's keep praying for our students!
Also, we've got to plan our get together with them. Let's try to do more than one this year.
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