Adult League Devotions

A Whole Season's Worth!

Hey sports fans, have you ever thought about what happens when sports, our faith and life all come together?  It's an awesome thing to think about.  Have you ever thought about the Theology of Sports as a possible devotional topic for all your Adult Sports Leagues?  Every season I'm confronted with the challenge to bring something new and different to the table as I deal, as I'm sure you do, with both believers and non-believers in my leagues.  The information I found through the ministry and writings of Stuart Weir, who for many years has been involved in both Christians In Sport (in England) as well as CSRM, turned out to be invaluable, eye opening and inspiring to Christians and non-Christians alike.

What I simply did was take Stuart's writings and craft them for my ministry, and for the people I would be dealing with.  You know the old saying, "There's nothing new under the sun," well, take this material and make it your own.  I hope you'll find it as useful to what you are trying to accomplish with the men and women you are ministering to in your leagues as I did.

As a side note...we always put our devotional material in a booklet format and pass the entire season of devotions out at the first game.  We challenge our participants to consider these booklets an important part of the equipment they need as they participate in our league and we have found that it really helps the men and women engage in the process when they can follow along.

Rich Green
Connections and Sports & Recreation Pastor
Mount Pleasant Christian Church, Greenwood, Indiana
President, CSRM Board of Directors