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.
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.
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.
On Saturday June 12th, WSM Bath partnered with Bath City Church to help stage ‘Kidzone’ where volunteers from WSM Bath and different churches worked together to reach and impact 50 children through a fun and co-ordinated day of games, quizzes, sports, arts, dance and music.
