One of the things that I have come to learn in leading Soccer Chaplains United is that you never know what God might have in store when you say goodbye to one team member and God brings another. Recently, our first bookkeeper, went on and advanced in her bookkeeping and accounting work with joining a local private school's accounting and bookkeeping team. The change meant that Soccer Chaplains United would soon need to look for a new bookkeeper. I nearly pulled out my hair trying to find someone. Our bookkeeping needs are quite small and not a whole lot of hours, but is still a critical function of our ministry and for our growth. Several interviews and after quite a

The Lewan Family Foundation has, once again, provided a grant to help support the work of Soccer Chaplains United.  The foundation has partnered now, for the last four years, with our ministry. Their partnership has helped sustain Soccer Chaplains United through some key organizational moments, including the rebranding of the ministry which happened a couple of years ago. The Lewan family has been a notable name in Denver for many years through their company, Lewan Technology. The Lewan Family Foundation has had a long legacy of service and support of many local Denver and Colorado organizations including Denver Seminary, where many of our chaplains and counselors have received training. Soccer Chaplains United is non-profit, 501(c)3 and we are dependent upon

Six friends are heading out on a journey to be part of what God is doing in northern Haiti. Matthew Hulst, an urban missionary with Urban Skye and leader with Coram Deo — Lafayette will be part of a group that will head to Haiti between June 13-23. The team will be helping launch a long term soccer ministry in Cap-Haïtien. The project will be lead by local Haitian leaders who have a heart to disciple and mentor youth and the team orienting from Colorado will come alongside to aid and support the launch. Hurst shared with me, Their vision is to use soccer to plant seeds of hope and empower the youth to future embrace their role as future influencers in

Colorado Rapids Assistant Chaplain, Gerardo Alvarez, has felt that it is time to move on from Soccer Chaplains United. He has had a more specific call to put more attention to his family during this season of life and so, he will be stepping down at the end of May. Gerardo has served well as the assistant bilingual chaplain since 2018. He shared with me, One of the thing I enjoyed seeing the most in working with the Rapids, was to see how the professional soccer players looked forward to go into the field to display their passion and capability; serving their families was a pleasant experience.Gerardo Alvarez, Colorado Rapids Assistant Chaplain, 2018-2019 Key to Gerardo's time in ministry was the

Two years ago, a group of students, parents, and sponsors from Colorado Springs Christian Schools (CSCS) headed to Quito, Ecuador. Their mission trip team partnered with Inca Link Ecuador and their soccer ministry, Cumbre Alta.   Inca Link has a massive vision — they desire to reach the 300+ million youth in Latin America with Christ’s irresistible love. The national Inca Link organizations do this through evangelism and discipleship, training leaders, connecting people, and compassion ministries. They are devoted to helping the least of these in Latin America. This year, a group of students who attend CSCS will again be looking to come alongside and serve the needs Inca Link has in their ministries, specifically in Ecuador. Jason Rollins, CSCS Athletic Director and coach