16-17th July 2010 saw 2 members of WSM in Nairobi travel to Kimilili, Western Kenya to launch the vision and inspire 38 church leaders from 4 different districts. During the launch and training, many were motivated to become involved in the vision and one person invited gave their life to Jesus as the opportunity was given!
The day after the training, one church held their service on the local football field to connect with the community through playing with them, and having shared God’s Word, 5 of those community members chose to receive Jesus as their Saviour. Praise God!
2 Members of WSM Kenya travelled to Tanzania from 25-26 June 2010 to envision, train and inspire leaders from 250 churches in the use of sports evangelism. There was great excitement and now huge potential in seeing churches reach communities for Jesus in this great country using the tool of sport. Many of these churches have since planned a large football tournament from 13-15 August 2010.
Six schools, 650 children and 50 teachers were reached during a fantastic outreach involving workers and volunteers from WSM Bristol, Bath and local churches. The Kids Games involved dividing up the given year groups or in some cases the whole school into teams who then rotated around activity stations including sports, arts and crafts, games and Bible discovery. The theme of the Games was ‘I Belong’, where children were taught and discovered that they really do belong to God and His family and that they should treat others as though they are important too. Everybody had a great time and this is a project we are hoping to help roll out throughout the country linked to the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
On Thursday 24th June, WSM Bath launched it’s new ‘Kick Off’ football tournament at Ralph Allen School, Bath. This new monthly event is aimed at encouraging churches to enter a 5 a side team where church members invite friends to play together in a relatively light hearted yet competitive tournament against other sides. Two sides played in this first event and a great time was had by all with Co-ordinator Nelson Fawhole able to share wisdom from God’s Word during the evening as the teams took a break. The next ‘Kich Off is on Thursday July 29th, 6.30, Ralph Allen School, Bath.
During the Fifa World Cup, both WSM Bristol and WSM Bath connected into the fever of the tournament to reach friends and the community by hosting match screenings in various homes with food and in churches as larger screen events. Despite England’s poor showing, a great time was had and a good number of people were reached using ‘The Prize’ DVD which features current Christian players sharing their testimonies on the greatness of Jesus.
