Good Shepherd Soccer Outreach 2013
Over the last week, 25 Good Shepherd volunteers spent five consecutive nights serving 75 children from two neighboring low income communities. The children we served were as "full color" as our church is becoming.
The
volunteers consisted of GS staff, GS volunteers, community friends and their
children. During the week the children not only received soccer instruction but
they also received daily devotionals that included Bible teaching of values and
principles that tied into the game of soccer and life.
To conclude this great
week, the entire outreach camp met at the SCAA (Steele Creek Athletic Association) who
donated their fields to have a soccer tournament between both communities.
On
that Saturday (July 27), approximately 30 volunteers, 40 parents and 60 plus children
participated in a great family day where they played games while parents and
volunteers developed relationships. Each child who
registered received a brand new Good Shepherd soccer uniform.
It was a great success that
without the many faces, hands, feet and serving hearts of volunteers this could
not have been possible. It was truly an honor to serve along each and one of
them as we together invited young soccer players into a living relationship with Jesus Christ.
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