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Forge sent two teams out this past summer on international mission and training trips. Their Timothy Project request was for a team to Honduras and a team to Mexico. This Timothy Project: Forge Mexico 2016 final update comes from the team that spent time in Saltillo and Toluca, Mexico serving and ministering to people there. The team consisting of young adult students from across the U.S. and internationally, were putting into practice the biblical training and team building that is part of Forge's discipleship process designed to launch young people back into their local communities. Lisa, one of the Forge team leaders wrote about the team's experience, The jerseys and equipment added such a fun and special surprise blessing to our trip!  Our highlight was being

With a relatively short time, the Timothy Project: Valor Kenya 2016 request that came in at the end of May and the fulfillment before leaving mid-June had some wonderful results. We share just a brief part of the story in this Timothy Project: Valor Kenya 2016 Final Update. You can follow along with their travel log for the team of Valor students and teachers, here. Team Lead, Greg Blake, had this to share in a final update from the team (along with the pictures below):   First, let me tell what a huge blessing the jersey's and soccer balls were to the students in Kenya.    We distributed the equipment to three different locations: the Masai School at Oldonyonyoke, the youth center at

In early June, we told you about a new Timothy Project: Piedras Negras 2016  where CrossTraining Associate Chaplain to the Colorado Rapids, Cesar Duran was headed to his hometown for vacation and requested to take jerseys to the annual conference being held for pastor's in the United Methodist Church Annual Conference. Duran took 200 adult-sized jerseys to give to the pastors, many of whom live on a small wage and are pastors to their churches. Chaplain Duran shares his joy and report below: I praise God because I am part of CrossTraining ministry and serve God through chaplaincy. CrossTraining made me remember my times as a Chaplain and pastor of a congregation in the past. I called Project Piedras Negras to

Last year, CrossTraining announced the Timothy Project: Liberia 2015 and the goal of Liberian Institute for Empowerment (L.I.F.E.) to fill a shipping container from Colorado to send to Liberia with soccer equipment and school supplies. CrossTraining initially gave over 500 pieces of soccer equipment including Colorado Rapids jerseys, cones, training vests, backpacks, and cleats for the container project. Then, in May 2016, CrossTraining was able to provide an additional 300 jerseys to add to the container before loading day. You can see some of the photos from L.I.F.E.'s blog here of the loading of the container. With the container en-route, Director Thomas Fahn will be heading to Liberia in early August to meet the container in Monrovia. L.I.F.E.'s mission is to assist in

When the Colorado Rapids announced their first ever jersey sponsor, it was a historic moment for the club. However, it wasn't long before one of the original clubs of Major League Soccer started looking for a new sponsor - when Ciao Telecom failed to make payments, the Rapids needed a new sponsor. But, what to do with all the merchandise and clothing that had already begun to be made? Rapids Lead Chaplain, Rev. Brad Kenney, recalls a conversation with Rapids President Tim Hinchey, We were at a home game and the news about Ciao failing to make payments had been published and I asked Tim, "What about all the gear?" Perhaps a bit tongue-in-cheek, he replied, "We're going to burn it; hold

Since the beginning of the school year, Mrs. Weissman's 4th and 5th grade students at Anastasis Academy have been wondering about the question, "What is a refugee?" Weissman's students had heard on the news that some of these people would be coming to Colorado and right away, they wanted to find a place to help. The class thought, "How can we get involved in our own community?" They discovered ACC Denver and got involved in their youth program, International City. Soccer is a universal language, and when the students learned the kids at International City were in need of soccer balls, they jumped on the opportunity to try and raise funds and provide soccer balls. Wissman and her class reached out to CrossTraining's