On Wednesday of this week, we participated in
the PowerUp Sports Ministry Conference in the Indianapolis, Indiana area. Bill
Houston and his team from Our Daily Bread Ministries (odb.org) hosted and
organized this excellent event.
The program featured presentations by LaMorris
Crawford, chaplain to the Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL, Dorothy Caldwell,
chaplain to the WNBA Chicago Sky, my son Jason Lipe and I, and a panel
discussion facilitated by Tom Rust of Face-2-Face Radio, and populated by Derick
Grant, formerly with the Harlem Globetrotters, David Wildman of Fully Packed
Adventure Sports Ministries, David Storvick, chaplain to the Indy Racing
League, Cameron Mills, former basketball player at Kentucky, and Tom Roy of
Unlimited Potential, Inc.
LaMorris Crawford delivered two excellent and
inspiring talks. Dorothy Caldwell did a very good job of sharing about her
service with WNBA players. Jason and I talked about growing up in sports
chaplaincy, how we have both learned as we served.
The panel did a tremendous job of sharing about
their respective ministries, their challenges, and their successes.
Our Daily Bread provided each of the attendees a
set of their resources, refreshments, and an excellent lunch. The presentations
were each recorded on video and will soon be available on line at – ourdailybread.org/powerup.
Four
PowerUp Sports Ministry Conferences are scheduled for 2016-2017:
November 29, 2016 in Lansing, Michigan at South
Church
March 1, 2017 in Knoxville, TN at Cedar Springs
Presbyterian Church
April 26, 2017 in Houston, TX at Crosspoint
Church
October 3, 2017 in Grand Rapids, Michigan at
Our Daily Bread Ministries
For more information and to register, please
visit: ourdailybread.org/powerup
As good as the presentations are, as inspiring
as the speakers are, as delicious as the lunch is, I believe the greatest asset
of these events is the gathering of like-minded, committed, but often isolated
sports chaplains. The fellowship we enjoy, the networking in which we engage,
the sharing of our lives together is of powerful effect, encouraging, and
enlightening. Please join us and many of your colleagues at a PowerUp Sports
Ministry Conference very soon.
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