Weekly Insights
This week we invite ministry leaders to reflect upon the importance of sport in youth culture and how athletics can serve as an avenue of engagement for the church's work with young people.
Robust church rec leagues may seem like a thing of the past, but research indicates that athletics (both participating in sports and attending sporting events) maintain an important role in the lives of young people (ages 13-39). How can the church engage with sports culture to promote healthy lifestyles, social engagement with young people, and have fun all at the same time? What is the role of play (serious or otherwise) in ministry work? How can the church recover a sense of play in its work both with youth and young adults? Might such engagement have a significant impact on the declining involvement of young people in the church?
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