It was the second of WSM Bath’s monthly men’s football outreach called ‘Kick Off’. This 5 a side tournament grows from strength to strength with 4 teams from Holy Trinity Combe Down, St Michaels and Bath City Church competing for the July prize. There was a great spirit of ‘competitive fair play’ with St Michaels beating one of the BCC teams in the final on penalties! Over 30 men (plus some adoring family and friends!) enjoyed the football, fellowship and a ministry talk from Ndiana before he jetted off the following to return to Nigeria. James Faux from St Michaels was voted ‘Player of the Tournament’ and many teams brought guests that don’t currently attend church.

This month’s tournament is Thursday 26th August, 6.30pm at Ralph Allen School, Claverton Down Road, Bath. Please call Kick Off Co-ordinator Nelson on 07578 930942 if you would like to come and play or watch.

WSM Bath and Bristol partnered with volunteers from local churches to stage 8 different Get Sported Camps over four weeks of the school summer holidays in Frome, Bath, South Bristol and North Bristol. A brilliant time was had by all  including 15 different daily character qualities built into ‘Teamwork’, ‘Changing Teams’, and ‘Winning & Losing’ ministry curriculums plus great sports coaching and fun games through football, rugby, tennis, cricket, softball, athletics, baseball, volleyball, basketball, Ultimate Frisbee, Ringo, team building, dodgeball, handball, dance, arts and crafts and performing arts through a partnership with Freedom Theatre Company.

Over 300 different children between the ages of 5-12 attended the camps in total, all hearing the good news of Jesus and many making decisions to follow Him. It was wonderful to have so many volunteers from local churches helping on the camps including over 25 ‘Young Leaders’ who joined to assist and be mentored over the summer.

‘Kick Off’ July is next Thursday 29th July, 6.30pm at Ralph Allen School Bath.

This is the 2nd of WSM Bath’s monthly outreach football tournament for 16+ men. Churches with friends will be entering 5 a side teams and it should be a great night with football, fun and faith. The question is: Who will be July Champions??

For more information please call Co-ordinator Nelson Fawhole on: 07578 930942

Get Sported Summer Camps begin next week with workers and volunteers from WSM Bath, Bristol and local partnering churches trained, equipped and ready to serve.

The camps will involve great fun, fantastic sports coaching in a variety of sports such as football, cricket, basketball, rugby, baseball, softball, volleyball, tennis, swimming and other activities such as dance, arts and crafts, water games and performing arts through a theatre company partnership. Above all, there will be great character development with weekly curriculums and daily themes for the children to grow from God’s Word.

There is still space for children between the ages of 5 and 12 to attend on all camps which are listed below:

Mon 26- Fri 30th July – Get Sported Bath and Get Sported South Bristol

Mon 2- Fri 6th August – Get Sported Frome and Get Sported North Bristol

Mon 9-Fri 13th August – Get Sported Bath and Get Sported South Bristol

Mon 16 – Fri 20th August – Get Sported Frome and Get Sported Bath

For more information, prices, venues and a booking form please go to: www.getsported.org

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.