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Timothy Project: Czech Republic Update

Timothy Project Futsal ballsThe Cherry Hills Community Church (CHCC) Czech Republic team starts soccer camp tomorrow (July 3) with their partner church Elim Evangelical Church (EEC). The camps are designed to give children an opportunity to start building a foundation with a relationship with Jesus Christ. Please pray for Greg Hubbard and the team as they build relationships. You can check out their blog for updates from the ministry trip: http://cherryhillssportsmissions.blogspot.com/

Cherry Hills Community Church Timothy Project Pisek Czech Republic

Greg Hubbard (center) has been building relationships for years with the young men around Pisek through soccer.

 

You can still make a contribution to the Czech Republic team. Please note (Timothy Project: Czech Republic 2015) in your online donation. Use the Donate Now link to make a secure PayPal donation. Your financial gift will help offset the cost of the new soccer balls for the team.

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Timothy Project: Zocalo Outreach

CrossTraining announced it’s latest Timothy Project award recipient for 2013. Zocalo Outreach and it’s summer day camp program are looking to introduce soccer into the programs and services that they use to reach out to under-privileged children. Approximately 200 under-privileged children, ages 5-12, participate in the program every summer with many of the children facing serious problems of delinquency, school failure, drug and alcohol abuse, violence and teen parenting.

Summer campers at Zocalo will enjoy having soccer be one of the sports that they can learn and play whilst being shown the love and care from camp counselors and the Outreach center.

The mission of ZOCALO Outreach is to improve the quality of life for children in the inner city of Denver and surrounding impoverished areas through teaching practical life skills in order to develop responsible, educated and caring youth. This is done through a summer day camp, an after school program and a home for college boys who have grown up through the programs. Zocalo Outreach strives to accomplish the following: Provide year round programs for children living in poverty, raise up and mentor leaders from the community, provide parents with educational resources and support for their children. The summer camp provides a safe environment for the children to exercise, improve their literacy skills, experience the arts and receive healthy meals.

Zocalo allows inner-city kids to receive love and attention and the message of God’s love.

Zocalo Outreach uses the New Life in Christ Church in Lakewood, CO as the camp location and spiritual home for the community. Daily devotionals support Christian growth for the participants and the counselors. Integration of soccer is part of the evolution of the summer project and is another way to show the children that others care for them. By implementing soccer recreation that will be continued as a part of the camp it will provide a great sport for the children to grow and be challenged. Simple soccer drills and instruction as well as scrimmages will be a complement to the summer camp programs already going on.

Zocalo Outreach has asked for soccer balls for their camp needs. If you would like to make a donation to help support Zocalo Outreach uses the PayPal button below and mark your electronic donation with a note that says Timothy Project: Zocalo. Thanks for partnering with us to help promote the love of Jesus through the use of soccer in ministry!

Timothy Project: Back to Guatemala

Students from Valor’s 2011 immersion talk with local Guatemalan boys about soccer and faith in God. The team received 25 “Higher Purpose” soccer balls from CrossTraining – the color scheme on the ball helps tell the story of God’s love.

CrossTraining has announced the second awarded Timothy Project for 2013. This project will be one familiar to CrossTraining supporters and followers as a team from Valor Christian High School returns to Zacapa, Guatemala – this year with a more soccer-oriented focus in mind. In 2011, Valor had an immersion trip with students learning Spanish and living in country – the team requested soccer balls to take on their trip as they had several outreach moments with children in the city of Zacapa and several surrounding villages.

This year, the team from Valor will consist of players and coaches from the boy’s and girl’s soccer teams. And the plan is to run several soccer camps and clinics during their time in the country and then to bless a local church by leaving the donated equipment for the church to continue to use in reaching out to the community.

Fans in Zacapa, Guatemala watch the game from behind barbed wire fences.

Professional soccer in Guatemala has a different look and feel than here in the U.S. This photo, from Valor’s 2011 immersion experience is after a game with the local team in Zacapa.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To find out more about the Valor trip click here.

CrossTraining is currently supporting this project by supplying:

  • 50 soccer pinnies
  • 4 dozen training cones
  • Donated hydration equipment
  • Donated used equipment (soccer shoes, goalie gloves, etc.)

If you would like to help, the team still needs about 150 soccer balls to take down and leave in Guatemala. You can make a donation through CrossTraining by using PayPal below and marking your donation Timothy Project: Guatemala. For more information on the Timothy Project check out our information page here.

Timothy Project: Haiti

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A young Haitian boy is about to hit a corner kick with an old MLS ball and donated soccer cleats from a Colorado Rapids player.

The first Timothy Project of the year is already complete. A team from Colorado and Cherry Hills Community Church made their way to Haiti to work with children during a weeklong mission trip, March 26-April 2. The team hosted several soccer tournaments and camps and did several construction projects, including building church and school benches, hosting hundreds of kids in Vacation Bible School, securing tarps on roofs for widows, serving at a large orphanage, delivering rice and beans, fitting hundreds of people with shoes and clothes and helping the sick. This Timothy Project involved providing a mix of used and new equipment (shoes, clothing, and balls) to the team to give away to youths and area churches.

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The team worshipped at Thomassique Christian Church on Easter Sunday and witnessed a Voodoo priest accept Christ as Savior, along with 5 others. Many other Haitian children prayed the prayer of salvation at Vacation Bible School. God is working in powerful ways in Haiti and Cherry Hills and CrossTraining is blessed to partner together in even this small way.

If you have a project idea or proposal for the Timothy Project please visit our page here and fill out the form. Scroll below to see more pictures from the team’s time in Haiti.Image 9Image 6Image 8

Timothy Project 2013

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Soccer camp in Czech Republic was a 2012 recipient of a Timothy Project award.

CrossTraining announced today that applications are now being accepted for 2013 Timothy Project proposals. The Timothy Project involves CrossTraining allocating resources and connections to those involved in missional endeavors to impact diverse communities around the world using the sport of soccer. Proposals often include requests for equipment, financial sponsorship, and event promotion. Proposals may be submitted from the Timothy Project page where a hyperlink will direct respondents to an online submission form that includes criteria for consideration.

The Timothy Project started in 2010 as part of CrossTraining and START Ministries agreement and partnership in ministry. Founder and Colorado Director, Brad Kenney recalls the beginnings of the Timothy Project,

In dialogue with START, we wanted to join in the amazing vision that they had to support short-term mission work locally and globally. Since God has placed us in the sport of soccer and since soccer (or futbol) is the “global game” we found a natural outlet for supporting START and living out this incredible vision by supporting those utilizing the game to transform communities and really impact the world.

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Young boys in Mongolia are the beneficiaries of a group that has a vision to rescue boys out of a cultural path of alcoholism.

What began as a simple sponsorship has grown over the last few years to include project involvement in places as far away as Mongolia and as close to home as Portland and Colorado.

Projects that merit consideration will meet with CrossTraining’s goals and vision for the program and more details can be found on the Timothy Project page of the website and on the online submission form. Donations can be made directly to the Timothy Project by marking an online gift or check “Timothy Project” and even designating a gift toward a specific project. Project submittals will be considered until a  date to be determined or until project funds have run out for the year. Keep checking the Timothy Project page for updates on approved projects.

We’re excited to see what projects God has in store for us to work with this year. There will be some amazing stories, to be sure.

– Brad Kenney, Colorado Director

Calgary Camp Update

Just a couple weeks ago, the third Timothy Project recipient for 2012 hosted its summer camp outreach to those in the Glenbrook community in southwest Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Of the 83 children in attendance, the church (Christian Life Assembly) was able to sponsor 58. Through the Timothy Project, CrossTraining helped to sponsor 4.

According to Wendy Aston, all the campers seemed to have a good time and were inspired and challenged by the devotionals offered daily during the soccer camp. The church is already seeing 2 new families beginning to attend on Sundays.

The area of Calgary where the church and camp are based is very diverse with many different nationalities and social and economic backgrounds. One neat story was when the mother and sister of a Muslim camper attended the celebration event at the end of camp. The father had been quite nervous about sending his son last year and specified that he would have to sit out of the devotional time if he came. And the church was sensitive to the families request. The camper, though, stayed for the whole week, attended the devotionals, and then brought his family to the party. A very encouraging time for the family and for the church in reaching out and showing love.

In another story, a single mom whose daughter attended last year, had been
in contact a month before camp started to ask for prayer.  In order to
complete her university and qualify for a higher paying job, she needed her
ex-husband to resume his child support.  Things were not looking good. A
handful of our ladies gathered around her at camp to pray with her.  She
came to us during camp after her court appearance with cold hands and a look
of despair.  She got the same judge as she had had in the past whom she
didn’t trust.  He had told her he would have to sleep on his verdict.  Our
head coach and Pastor Wendy took some time to pray with her right there and by the
afternoon celebration event she reported that the judge had made an about
face and ruled in her favour granting her 2 more years of support.

God’s faithfulness is evident through these stories and more and CrossTraining and Christian Life Assembly are excited at how God continues to use soccer as a means to touching lives.

Camp Calgary – Part 2

Within the ministry of CrossTraining – whether in our chaplaincy to the teams or in places like the Timothy Project – there are moments when we wonder if anything that we say or do has an impact on what God is doing in and through the hearts of people. We can feel that even our mere presence is a waste of time, or that the thing that we invest in is of little use. The following is a the first part in a two part-story on how the summer soccer camp through Christian Life Assembly in Calgary, Canada had an eternal impact on a family distant and disconnected from God. Consider the impact that you can have by financially supporting CrossTraining and the Timothy Project: Calgary.

“The Lord has truly blessed our family in wondrous ways.  Coincidence does not explain why certain events have taken place – it is truly God’s intervention.” – Donna Farney

As Don Farney was nearing his life’s journey, both he and his wife (Donna) knew he was not ready to go.  Donna had sensed that Don had not truly accepted Christ as his personal Savior and as he lay in the intensive care unit of the hospital, with no cure or miracle in sight, Don was nervous and  agitated. It was on one of those dark days in ICU, that Donna was handed a small booklet given to her grandson, Jack.  He had sent it to the hospital for me to read to Don.  In that booklet was scripture, – John 3:16 – along with many other words of comfort and encouragement.

As Donna read it to her husband, who could no longer speak, she read it over and over again. And when she had read it through several times, Don would still motion for her to read it again.  After reading it several times, Donna and her husband Don, prayed and asked God to accept Don as His child.  Don was able to spend his last few days at peace with the Lord.  Some 44 grueling days Don passed away very peacefully, and Donna assured that Don was in the presence of Jesus, safe in heaven.

As Donna held that tiny brochure in my clutches – treasuring it greatly, as she had done for several days, she left Don’s side to make some telephone calls. Then a very strange thing happened – somewhere between the ICU room and the visitors lounge area, the little brochure disappeared.  She searched everywhere; she employed the nurses to help her and they, too,  searched everywhere, even the cleaning staff had not seen it. It was just gone. But that little blue book touched a life – a life for eternity. And all through a young man and his father who attended a soccer camp and became part of a community of faith with others at Christian Life Assembly Church in Calgary.

Thankful for the church’s impact on her son and grandson, Donna’s prayer today is that the little blue brochure has been found by another lost soul and will guide many others to accepting and receiving God’s eternal love.

Camp Calgary – Part 1

Within the ministry of CrossTraining – whether in our chaplaincy to the teams or in places like the Timothy Project – there are moments when we wonder if anything that we say or do has an impact on what God is doing in and through the hearts of people. We can feel that even our mere presence is a waste of time, or that the thing that we invest in is of little use. The following is a the first part in a two part-story on how the summer soccer camp through Christian Life Assembly in Calgary, Canada had an eternal impact on a family distant and disconnected from God. Consider the impact that you can have by financially supporting CrossTraining and the Timothy Project: Calgary.

Kyle Schlosser was raised in a Catholic home. His whole family went to church every Sunday, but when he left home, Kyle found himself going to church less and less.  Then he had a son, but the pattern continued to be the same. In time, Kyle wanted Jack to learn about being a Christian. He wasn’t sure what to do – there was a limit to what and how he knew to teach him and Jack wouldn’t be learning about God in school. But God heard the quiet prayers of a father – one day, getting money from a local ATM, he noticed a poster for a kids soccer camp. In reading the poster Kyle thought that would be something Jack would like, what with being 5 years old and liking soccer. Kyle took the phone number down and off he went.

The next day a brochure came in the mail for the same soccer camp – a sign from God? Surely, it was. Kyle called registered his son for the camp.  That mid-August morning, life for Kyle and Jack would change forever. As Kyle returned to the camp a little early to pick him up – all the soccer players were sitting in the shade under a big tree. Pastor Wendy of Christian Life Assembly was talking to the players about God, so Kyle decided to listen in too, realizing that his son was going to learn about a lot more than just soccer at this camp.

The week ended with a soccer party Friday afternoon at the church and Kyle met lots of the members of CLA and speak with Pastor Wendy and Pastor Rick. That camp led Kyle and Jack to start attending CLA every Sunday after the camp. And they had found a home and a community to connect with Christian believers.

It wasn’t long after staring to attend CLA, that Jack’s Grandpa (Don Farney) became very ill. A visit with Grandpa Don in the hospital led Kyle to sense that Jack was very scared of death, so Sunday after church they spoke with Pastor Wendy and told her about Grandpa Don and his situation. The first thing Pastor Wendy asked was, “Does Don know Jesus?” Kyle confessed, “Not that well.” So, she immediately prayed with Jack and Kyle for Grandpa Don. Pastor Wendy gave Kyle and Jack a little pamphlet, encouraging them to read it to Grandpa Don.  Jack gave the pamphlet to his Grandma, Donna. [TO BE CONTINUED…]

Czech Update

You can follow more about what the Timothy Project-sponsored Czech Republic team is doing in its summer soccer camp by clicking here and following the team blog.

Czeching In

In the buildup to the July 9 departure for the team to the Czech Republic, the first recipient of the 2012 Timothy Project, already has a story to share – and on this side of the pond.

The Cherry Hills Community Church Czech Initiative teams expect to have 25-30 players ages 15-20 attending the inaugural soccer camp from July 16th through the 20th. While the Timothy Project has been used to help provide soccer balls for the players, the team will be doing a lot more. Working alongside Czech coaches and leaders there will be a special time for camp participants. On the Tuesday afternoon of the camp,there will be an outdoor adventure training and focus on manhood.  A Christian guest speaker from Prague will challenge the campers physically outdoors and then back at the church will share a message on manhood. The men on the CHCC Czech Initiative team will the follow up the next day in sharing a struggle or fear with campers – giving practical application and insight in how they dealt with it.

Please pray for the CHCC Czech Initiative team which is made up of four  adult coaches and five teenage players who will integrate themselves into the camp along with the Czech teenage campers. The preparation for the trip has already had some lasting impact, below is an email from parents of one of the teenage team members:

“I am especially appreciative of the tremendous spiritual influence … on [his] faith walk.  He certainly has matured spiritually in the past 12 months, but these meetings in preparation for the missions trip have been equally as helpful. So thank you … stay encouraged by the important role you play in young people’s lives.”

And CrossTraining thanks its supporters – because you are having an impact in this young man’s life and this team’s life, too.

Stay tuned for more and remember isn’t not too late to support the Czech Project. Just mark your donation CrossTraining: Czech.

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