Hi friends, Sunday, November 18 we will have a table at local church partner: Highline Community Church and we will be featured for a brief 5-minute Missions Focus Moment during the service. The details are provided below, please let us know if you will be there and make sure you come and say hello to us! Highline Community Church Sunday, November 18  8:30 am - 12:00 pm Address: 6160 S Wabash Way, Greenwood Village, CO 80111  

Soccer Chaplains United has space for two remaining community project requests for 2018. This year already, we've seen projects go out to Liberia, Costa Rica, India, Honduras, Mexico, Guatemala, eSwatini, Ethiopia, and Ghana. We've got capacity to help two additional projects before the close of 2018! If your church or non-profit is heading out on a short-term mission project or sending a work team somewhere in the world, consider making an application to take some soccer gear and equipment with them. Also, it's not too early to begin making plans for 2019! Tell us in advance of your mission trip plans. Simply click this link to learn our submission requirements and to make a request.

It is with a bit of sadness that we announce that Gustavo Bentos will be stepping down as chaplain to the Charlotte Independence. The season, which has just concluded, saw a strong start to ministry, but was ultimately hampered by increased duties and responsibilities with Gustavo's church Northside Baptist and personal health issues this year that saw Gustavo have to go for surgery to remove a benign mass in his head. Gustavo has brought such a great dynamic to our chaplain team — in addition, to his experience as a professional player, Gustavo's energy and background and bilingual skills were a much needed part of our team. Gustavo now will be able to focus more on his recovery, duties at

One of the most exciting spaces for the chaplains and counselors with Soccer Chaplains United is something that has developed over the past couple of years — working with the athletes, coaches, and families with the Developmental Academy (DA). In the picture above, the "preachers" as Larry the stadium security guard likes to call us, get ready to lead a life skills session for the Colorado Rapids DA. Rev Brad Kenney and Chaplains Rubèn Rodríguez and Gerardo Alvarez pose for a quick pic. For those unfamiliar with the DA, these are essentially the cream of the crop in soccer. The young athletes in the DA are potential professional soccer players in the making. Professional clubs often pay all of the

It's that time of year for Soccer Chaplains United. I start taking off the chaplain hat (not really, as I have a lot of appointments and loose ends to tie up, but you'll see) and I put more of the organizational needs onto my immediate attention. Fundraising and development best happen in this time and space when the season of serving and ministering as chaplain slow down. Yes, there are still the emerging issues that will come from the Developmental Academy and the occasional meeting with a First-Team Rapids player, coach, or staff member to offer support. This year is a bit special as I've been asked to officiate a player's wedding in December. Of the organizational and developmental needs