STS Year Kicks Off...

Hey Everybody,

This past week has been another exciting one for the ministry!

We found out last Friday that our grant application through the Barnabas Way Foundation has officially been approved! They even exceeded their standard giving amount for Sports That Serve. It is so encouraging to have an organization like Barnabas Way recognize and support our vision. This grant will be a tremendous help in meeting some of our biggest expenses for the coming year!

In other news, we are excited to announce the development of our Financial Advisory Board. In order to make the most sound financial decisions with the money that people have so faithfully entrusted to STS, we have assembled a three person board, each with their own unique insights and abilities, that will meet once a month to analyze our finances and ensure we are on the right track.

We are also in the midst of contacting high schools in the Triangle area with the hopes of finding two schools who share our passion for reaching the local community and will allow us to host a camp using their facilities. It is often a difficult process to get in touch with the school administrators responsible for OK’ing such a decision. Please pray that the Lord would open the doors at the schools where He wants us!

And last but not least, we are currently preparing for our first official Sports That Serve Interest Meeting of Fall 2009 this Wednesday night (September 9th)! As we have seen the Lord grow STS over the past year, there are now many new and exciting ways to get involved. Wednesday night we will be having a Pizza party at our newly dubbed Director of Operations apartment (i.e. Nicole Keegan) to offer more information about these unique opportunities. (Sidenote: Feel free to contact us if you are interested in coming and hearing more about how you can get involved.) Please pray that the Lord would bring the people that He wants to use, and that He would assemble a team of volunteers who love the Lord and are passionate about Sports That Serve’s vision for loving and serving His children!

-Rob