A) Full-time Chaplain on a university campus. (100% in chaplain role)
a. 1 or more sports per season.
b. Coaches Ministry:
i. Mentoring coaches
ii. Studies with coaches
iii. Assist the staff with the team
c. Campus Ministry:
i. Lead the campus huddle
ii. Attend practices and games as permitted/assigned
iii. Team chapels
iv. Player studies / meetings
v. Roles of service to the team as assigned
vi. Travel with team as assigned by coaching staff
d. Community:
i. FCA events
ii. Game Days, etc…
e. Camps:
i. Serve as Camp staff
ii. Network players to camps as huddle leaders
iii. Network coaches to camps as staff / clinicians
B) Area Representative / Director and Part-time Chaplain (50% in chaplain role)
a. 1 or more sports per season. (Similar opportunities, but with less time invested.)
b. Coaches Ministry:
i. Mentoring coaches
ii. Studies with coaches
iii. Assist the staff with the team
c. Campus Ministry:
i. Lead the campus huddle
ii. Attend practices and games as permitted/assigned
iii. Team chapels
iv. Player studies / meetings
v. Roles of service to the team as assigned
vi. Travel with team as assigned by coaching staff
d. Community:
i. FCA events
ii. Game Days, etc…
e. Camps:
i. Serve as Camp staff
ii. Network players to camps as huddle leaders
iii. Network coaches to camps as staff / clinicians
C) Area Representative / Director and Chaplain (10% of time in chaplain role)
a. 1 sport per season.
b. Coaches Ministry:
i. Mentoring coaches
ii. Studies with coaches
iii. Assist the staff with the team
c. Campus Ministry:
i. Lead the campus huddle
ii. Attend practices and games as permitted/assigned
iii. Team chapels
iv. Player studies / meetings
d. Community:
i. FCA events
ii. Game Days, etc…
e. Camps:
i. Serve as Camp staff
ii. Network players to camps as huddle leaders
iii. Network coaches to camps as staff / clinicians
Note: All opportunities, strategies and resources must be shaped by the chaplain’s gifts, passions, and personality as well as by the Head Coach’s level of interest, values, the amount of access granted, the Athletic Director and NCAA compliance officer’s attitudes, the local culture and more…
This is a blog for my colleagues who are engaged in ministry with people of sport. In particular it is for those of us who refer to our roles as "Character Coach" or “Sports Chaplain."
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