Below
is a link to a YouTube video by FCA Ukraine that will give you a glimpse
of the ministry that took place during the FCA Ukraine Sport Chaplain School
in Kiev, in early June. Please take a moment to look it over and to lift a
prayer of thanksgiving for our Ukrainian teammates, for this outstanding set of
volunteer chaplains, and for the donor from Nebraska whose donation covered the
expenses. Thank you.
Today marks the official beginning of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London with the Opening Ceremony this evening. Among the thousands of people in the Olympic Village throughout the event is a collection of our colleagues from around the globe. There are sports chaplains, carefully selected from a wide variety of ethnic, national and sport backgrounds, speaking many different languages and from both genders, who are officially recognized by the London Organizing Committee and provided uniforms and credentials. They work through the Olympic Village’s Religious Services Center and have already been in London for over a week. They will also stay beyond the Olympic Games to serve in the Paralympic Games. Please pray for these, our colleagues and fellow-servants, as they serve our Lord and the people in sport in these days of exhilarating triumph, painful defeat and even crippling despair. Some of these people were themselves Olympic competitors in past years and are thereby...
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