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

The Light is Coming, our rewrite and revision of the 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup devotional offering, is now available on Amazon globally via the link above. With a year, now, gone by since we wrote for the special version and timing of the Men's World Cup — we've re-written the devotional to remove time references, make it less "2022 World Cup" centric, and make it easier for individuals and teams to utilize in any 8-week span. Readers can still use it during the season of Advent and Christmas. The eight, weekly themes match the season's usual progressive topics. The 2022 World Cup devotional remains available for sale on Amazon and in the Spanish and Portuguese languages as well. Follow the

A generous donor has offered a $500 matching donation for new donations to finish out the month of October. From now until the end of October, any donations or gifts toward the General Fund from individuals who have not given during 2023 will be matched up to $500. Rev Brad Kenney and Soccer Chaplains United are working to raise over $37k by the end of 2023 to come in on budget and continue the work into 2024 and beyond. Gifts made to the General Fund go to support Brad's salary and the overall operating costs of Soccer Chaplains United, including the generalized support of the 27 other chaplains that comprise the group. Thank you for your consideration toward a gift

Chaplain and Pastor, Kurt Trempert, is "hanging up the boots" of soccer chaplaincy after serving the Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC for the last nine seasons. Kurt, pastor of HarvestDowntown, is a leader in the Christian and Missionary Alliance denomination. This move comes as he accepts a bigger role in helping lead the church in the local district. The MidAmerica District of the C&MA covers a geographical region of five states, including Colorado. Kurt will take on a new role of Assistant to the District Superintendent, where he will work to help as a "3D (Discover, Develop, Deploy) Catalyst for Ministry Leadership." I asked Kurt what he will miss most about leaving the Switchbacks chaplaincy, I will miss the opportunity to

Pastor Robert Briggs loves to share and talk — about football and, especially, about faith and the Gospel. A native of Glasgow, Scotland, Robert has a divine "gift of gab" and, even better, a way of simply sharing the Gospel with people — no matter what hat he happens to wear in a particular moment. Robert (also known as "Briggsy") is the longtime volunteer chaplain to Sacramento Republic FC. He has been serving the team as volunteer chaplain since 2014 when the club first started play and won its first-ever championship in the United Soccer League — Championship. USL-C is the second division of professional soccer in the U.S. Most recently, Sac Republic (as it is also known) competed in the