Good Samaritan Trust

Blessing Sports Coalition

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize. 1Cor. 9:24-27
Sport is one of the few activities that bring people together no matter where you are on the globe. Colour, race, language, religion, age and gender are all forgotten on the sporting field in the pool or on the court. Many sports organizations, agencies and local churches have long known of the benefit of being involved in sport and serving sports people as a way to build a bridge to connect with their cultures.
Sports is a vehicle which enables local churches to go outside their walls to connect with people who are not involved in a church by attracting them with one of their major interest gatherings. Large percentages of people attending sporting events in athletic stadiums have little or no association with a local church; while in contrast, the vast majority of people attending Church Evangelistic Campaigns are Churched.

Sports Ministry Includes.....

CYCAS: - Community Youth Children and Sport

It is a network of people and organizations that are committed to evangelizing and discipling young people in creative and relevant ways. One major way to connect with young people in communities all over the world is by involving them in the things they are passionate about such as sport and games.

Cycas strategies are

Education For Child

Kids Games is a worldwide phenomenon connecting children with Jesus using Sports &Games, the Bible, creativity and fun all integrated into an easy-to-run initiative. The Bible is communicated through experiential learning games, dramas, stories, discussion and the testimonies of famous athletes. It is a time for the children to experience and discover for themselves, in small groups, on the playing field or in a hall. Presenting an enjoyable integrated program of Bible teaching and sports/games involving athletes and participating in sport.

The main objectives include

Creating unity among the different churches/denominations/organizations and bringing the body of Christ together in united ministry.
Shows sensitivity towards children's culture, age, spiritual development depending on the Holy Spirit to bring a response to the teaching of God's Word.
Building a strengthened support system for kids by seeking involvement of their families and directing them towards the fellowship of the local multidenominational/multi-church.
Offering children who become believers appropriate discipleship resources or builds relationships pointing them to Christ.
Impacting the families and the whole community through the opening & closing ceremonies.

MAX 7

(Short for ‘Living life to the Max 7 days a week with Jesus”) is a serier of discipleship strategies and Bible materials to help in long-term discipleship of children and young people (www.max7.org)

UBABALO

A Leadership and Life Skills Program for youths and teens Through Whole Life Coaching. The best person to influence a sports man would be the coach. So training will be given to the coaches. Sports has the ability

To Change Lives

To Bridge Cultures

To Combat Diseases

To Transform Communities

Family games

Family Games is a sports and games initiative run on a community / church basis connecting with, supporting and empowering the whole family. Family Games spends quality time to strengthen the family unit through sports and values discovery. Sports, games and activities are used to encourage families to communicate and work together. They bring families together, connect families to one another and help build healthy communities.
Family Games focus on the whole family. Everyone from young to old takes part. It includes the extended and the corporate family. Family Games in one part of the world will be different from Family Games in another part of the world. In fact, Family Games will be different when more than one Family Games occurs in the same city. The activities you organize will depend on your culture, your sporting interests, as well as the facilities and resources available.
Family Games in some communities will begin with one church and expand into a partnership. In some communities Family Games will begin as à partnership of churches, community groups, businesses and local government. Family Games are intended to both build community partnering and serve the maximum number of families.

Teen games

Teen Games involves sports in two ways. Competition– Every sports person enjoys the opportunity to put their skills to the test therefore integral to the Teen Games is specific competition days.
Coaching – What will attract teenagers to this program will be the opportunity to be coached and refine their skills. That is why every bible time will also have a specific coaching time attached to it.

Edge games

CYCAS TOT Trainings

There are training events happening in different parts of the world all the time. Training strategy to equip pastors, adult leaders and younger leaders with the some of the world’s best children’s evangelism and discipleship strategies.
Training is fun and engaging, unlike anything you have ever experienced. The training follows a new paradigm of sharing everything freely and without copyright restriction to implement in their cities, towns, churches, schools and communities.
The training covers effective evangelism strategies, excellent discipleship techniques, training in sports ministry, skills in training of trainers, experiential learning, better communication to children and a lot more..

ISLT- International sports leadership training

ISLT is a strategy of 10 strategic programs under the International Sports Network, the biggest and most impacting sports ministry in the world in which 200 countries are being participated. 10 strategic programs are designed to serve the needs of each segment of the people of sports, from evangelism to chaplaincy and from discipleship to leadership.
ISLT consists of three levels of leadership trainings

Level 1: takes place in churches, cities and countries. Modules involved are

Building effective teams

Gospel training

Bible and sports

Leadership and management

Introduction to partnerships

Training on different missions of sports ministry.

Level 2: take place through different mini regions. Different modules involved are

Leading effective teams

Gospel training and overcoming barriers

Serving different people of sport

Advanced training on leadership and management

Advanced partnership training

Specialised training on 1 or 2 of the 10 strategic sports ministry programs of ISC.

Cultural studies and world view redemption.

Level 3: takes place in ISLS located in South Africa.

Church sports

The FEDA principle is the underlying reason for a sports ministry. The FEDA principle is as follows: (THE SPORTS MINISTRY OF THIS CHURCH EXISTS IN ORDER TO FULFILL GOD’S MANDATE TO “MAKE DISCIPLES.”
We Will Do This By Providing Activities And Events That Do The Following.

F = Providing opportunities for local church members to FELLOWSHIP (believer to believer and believer to unbeliever).

This fellowship will open the door for local church members to E = EVANGELISM (Lifestyle or incarnational evangelism that gives opportunity to live our faith out before people in order to have credibility when we declare our faith.

D = DISCIPLESHIP (Since Christians are in process, new believers or long-time believers need to grow in their faith. Sports and recreation activities will give opportunity to ground new believers in the local church and help growing believers become conformed to the image of Christ.)

As FED is embraced, ultimately they should lead to A = ASSIMILATION (Building relationships, seeing people saved and grow can end up not building a local church if we don’t build a bridge from the field of play to the place of worship.

Using Big Sporting Events – World Cup DVD

Through world cup DVDs, the testimonies of many top level football players have been able to reach to the common people. During the last world cup season, We could distribute around 3000 DVDs all around the state of Tamilnadu and had big screened the main events with proclamation of Gospel.
Believers are encouraged to grow more in faith through participating and teaching the biblical values of sports. Many Believers in the church are not really involved in Ministry. Many of them are interested in sports.
By training them they can be the leaders that lead the sport events and follow up on the new believers. Sport is a vehicle which enables local churches to go outside their walls to connect with people who are not involved in a church by attracting them with one of their major interest gatherings. Large percentages of people attending sporting events in athletic stadiums have little or no association with a local church, while in contrast, the vast majority of people attending Church Evangelistic Campaigns are Churched.
God wants us to develop the different talents he has given us. If we don’t use the talents properly in the proper time, he won’t bless us the way we deserve. Are you ready to run as if to win the prize?????