The 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup final between Argentina and France was a game for the ages with an intense battle that saw Lionel Messi's Argentina win in penalties after a hard fought game. If you watched the finale, you know that this was some amazing soccer to behold. We want to celebrate the Beautiful Game and last year's FIFA Men's World Cup, to do so we are reducing our 2022 devotional ebook to $.99 from Friday, December 15 through Monday, December 18th! English Ebook — 2022 World Cup Devotional: The Light Is Coming Spanish Ebook — Un Devocional para La Copa Mundial 2022: La Luz est llegando Portuguese Ebook — Devocional da Copa do Mundo de 2022: A Luz

While it doesn't happen all of the time, I often find a lot of joy in "pulling" soccer gear for a Community Project request. Sometimes, as I am counting out jerseys or soccer balls it amazes me how close the number often come to the original request and the latest from Walnut Middle School was no exception. The request which came in last month asked for 50 soccer balls, 50 soccer jerseys, and a number of goalkeeper sets (shirts and shorts). It was tense as I counted out recent shirt sizes specific to the program — not every number matched but it was amazing at how close we got to fulfilling even the specific sizes that Coach Duran and I

Note: This request originally came in June of 2023 and was fulfilled in July 2023; however, a story was not published at the time. This story is a "catch-up" and photos and a final update will follow shortly. Hope For the Fatherless (HFTF) is on a mission in Ethiopia. Believing that children belong in families, not institutions, Hope for the Fatherless rescues orphaned and vulnerable children and places them into loving homes through reunification, kinship placement, domestic adoption, and small group homes. Currently HFTF has 30 children in its small group homes, 18 children in the sponsorship program (receiving educational, medical, and other support with their single moms so they do not become orphans), and dozens of children in the

In celebration of the beginning of the Advent season (November 15), Soccer Chaplains United's devotional ebook, The Light is Coming, will be free on Amazon, tomorrow. The Light is Coming is our rewrite and revision of the 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup devotional offering, is now available on Amazon globally via the link above. It has been one year since we wrote for the Men's World Cup. This devotional has been edited and re-written to remove time references, make it less "2022 World Cup" centric, and to also make it easier for individuals and teams to utilize in any 8-week span. The eight, weekly themes match the Advent and Christmas season and fit nicely with a reading plan for this

Rev Cesar Duran has served with Soccer Chaplains United for some eight years and now lives in Nebraska, close to his son, César. His son is soon to begin his seventh year as a coach at Walnut Middle School in Grand Isle, Nebraska. The school is school is a Title I school — meaning that the majority of students are on a free or reduced lunch background. Coach César serves a team of 100+ players along with 3 assistant coaches and two volunteers. When he took over in 2019, the team saw about 60 players come try out. Each year that number has grown. As a school team, for many of the students, this will be the last time they