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Boots for Xolani and Eswatini

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xolani from eswatini

Soccer Chaplains United, is is pleased to support another project and team headed to eSwatini. eSwatini, formerly known as Swaziland was renamed by the king in honor of the 50th anniversary of gaining independence.

Headed to eSwatini is a team from Mountain Springs Church in Colorado Springs in coordination with Beyond Survival.  The team will feature Soccer Chaplains United’s own, Cory Jones, who serves as a community coordinator in the Colorado Springs area.

Development of key relationships has been happening for the last number of years and Cory and the team from Colorado Springs have a good relationship with Xolani Moyo, who started a sports ministry that has now blossomed into a few teams.  The motto is “Sport.  Faith.  Future.” noting that soccer is an avenue to reaching souls and providing hope and a future.  Xolani now leads a team of soccer coaches and sports ministry personnel.

Xolani and his sports ministry

This year, Xolani has specifically requested soccer cleats (boots, as they are known around the world) to outfit one of his teams. His initial request asked for 10 pairs, stating that two teams could share the shoes. Xolani continues to grow his soccer ministry within Eswatini and is continuing to work at having players in his program be able to play for a semi-pro league and potentially connect one of his teams to them. 

His love for the game and seeing lives changed through soccer is evident

Cory Jones, Soccer Chaplains United Community Coordinator

When you support Soccer Chaplains United a portion of your gift automatically goes to help our community projects and requests. You can give specifically to help cover our costs by making a gift through PushPay — simply select Community from the selectable funds. Your financial gift helps us purchase new soccer equipment, sponsor individuals or organizations, and to cover associated costs of providing Bibles, soccer equipment, and other outreach tools locally and around the world!

Erin Burmeister Steps Down

Erin Burmeister has faithfully served Soccer Chaplains United for the past couple of years as the inaugural Community Coordinator in the Denver area. This past month she announced that she would be stepping down to devote more time to other volunteer and ministry work.

My greatest joy during the past few years was, and still is, to see God blessing this ministry with outstanding growth.

Erin Burmeister

Erin was instrumental in a number of ways. First, she helped bring some much needed support and organization for what was then known as the Timothy Project. Secondly, she helped work through the new nuances of the community coordination position — a new endeavor at the time. She also was part of the branding and relaunch party in late 2017. Some of her greatest contributions were in her writing and in her critical thinking applied toward the Timothy/Community project sphere.

Erin shares about the One World Ball at the 2017 Soccer Chaplains United launch party.

For me, I have been blessed to call Erin a friend and to work with her. She has been tremendous in helping see Soccer Chaplains United get better in our community initiatives. I know that her talents will continue to bless others and ministries that are part of God’s Kingdom. Probably, my favorite memory will always be the first time she saw all the boxes of soccer gear. She called a friend up to help her and to help get her mind around all of it. It was certainly overwhelming, but she came back to me and said, “We’ve got to move inventory!”

Cold days in Colorado are (not so) perfect for sorting!
Erin (left) helps “move inventory” — delivering about 400 lbs. of soccer gear for Liberia 2017

Soccer Chaplains United is always looking to grow and add chaplains, counselors, and coordinators to its group to serve all levels of soccer. If you or someone you know might be an interested and qualified candidate, please email us at info@soccerchaplainsunited.org.

Colorado Springs Has A Community Coordinator

I have learned in this ministry work, that sometimes as you go along, you pick up people interested in what you do. Sometimes they want to financially give, other times they want to get involved and that’s exactly how we came across our new Community Coordinator for Colorado Springs, Cory Jones.

Cory was part of a team that made a request of our Timothy Project. He and team members from  Mountain Springs Church and Beyond Survival, made their way to Swaziland with several bags of soccer gear. What followed was a pricking of his heart as he asked, what more can be done?

I enjoy the very idea that I can support Soccer Chaplains United as they support local mission trips with equipment that will bless people and spread the Gospel.

Boys sport Colorado Rapids jerseys as part of the Timothy Project fulfillment in 2017

Cory, along with Pastor Rick Clapp and Beyond Survival, spent a couple of weeks serving and ministering in Swaziland. The donated gear went to help a local coach who runs a sports ministry. When Cory returned from Swaziland, it was a conversation with Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Chaplain Kurt Trempert and another church leader that spurred Cory on to exploring, “What if,…” with Soccer Chaplains United. A few meetings later, steps taken to replicate the Community Coordinator and Timothy Project for the Colorado Springs area, and Soccer Chaplains United has grown another part of its ministry. Cory shared some of his own heart and desire for moving forward with Soccer Chaplains United,

As the organization grows, I look forward to working with local churches and business to garner support and look for way to support them moving forward.

Cory will serve in the Colorado Springs area to liaise and facilitate requests and gear donations. In addition to coordinating with the Denver-area Coordinator Erin Burmeister, Cory will help develop relationships with local church and soccer entities in the Springs area to help steward and hand off gear through the Timothy Project as well as developing other emerging community initiatives with the Chaplain Trempert.

As the Director of Soccer Chaplains United, it’s exciting to see growth in this area — it’s a natural outworking of our serving a local professional team and seeing the chaplaincy and care ministry grow and effect a local community.

You can read more about Cory Jones on his bio page.

If you are in the Colorado Springs area and want to become more involved with Soccer Chaplains United and our work there we are always looking for more financial and church partners to help continue to support the work and ministry. Please reach out to us at info@soccerchaplainsunited.org.

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