my new mission field
well this year
i am gonna get into futsal
which is five-a-side version of football
normally played inside on a basketball sized court
i used to be really involved in football
played from when i was knee high till i was 16yrs old
i was pretty good too
but my church life kinda got in the way of all that
this marginalised community in Australia is my new target
my new mission field
God gave me the ability
the heritage
and the passion
now i gotta go use it for him
thats really serving God
and thats where i want to be
thats partly why i want to go do the Sports DTS
i would love to plant a missional church community
either as or in a football club
depending on how that would work
i think i'd love to coach a junior side
as well as play in a senior side
what club and where
i dunno that yet
definantly something i will get into post YWAM though
posted by John M @ 2:43 pm
5 Comments:
At 02 February, 2005 01:11,
Tab said…
Hey yeah! Very happy to see you write that dude! Can't wait to see it happen :) Go the futsal! God go with u.
At 03 February, 2005 01:56,
Christop said…
Hey, Digger's doing something like that with Aussie rules.
At 03 February, 2005 12:40,
Tab said…
Interesting too, I remember Dave saying that he wants to "get into" the muslim community in Malawi, via setting up a soccer comp.
At 06 February, 2005 17:40,
Trav said…
Hey John, i did read it that's really really good. Sport speaks so loudly in Australia i don't know why we haven't used it as a tool to reach not yet Christians. After all its something some of us tend to have in common with those who don't go to church
At 11 February, 2005 00:57,
Kitty Cheng said…
oh yeah some people even say sports is one of the biggest religions besides consumerism. good on ya mate. make it happen in God's strength and grace.
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