Vancouver 2010
Daily Coverage of the Olympic Outreach in BC
can be found here. Also check out these links.
Using the Olympic Games as a Local Congregational Community Outreach Event!
Olympic “fever” will be spreading all across Canada with the advent of the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. The Winter Olympics provides us with an excellent opportunity to connect with our communities and share the Good News of our Lord!
How might the Olympic Games provide your congregation with local outreach opportunities in your own community?
Host a sports outreach event (i.e. block party) at your local park or your gym.
Host an open crowd and big screen community festival (e.g. the Opening Ceremonies and/or the Gold Medal hockey game might be projected on a large screen in your gym or fellowship hall)
Organize a weekend sports camp for kids, similar to a VBS;
Distribute sports specific Christian literature in your community.
You might want to visit the website More Than Gold. More Than Gold is a network of Christian churches and organizations that are working together to provide a Christian witness at the Olympics. More Than Gold is looking for people to serve in the area of creative and performing arts or on mission teams or in internet cafés or at sports camps or in social ministry initiatives. More Than Gold can also provide you with ideas/resources of how to organize and host local outreach events. You can sign up on the More Than Gold Website as a participating church and then request information. More Than Gold has inexpensive outreach resources that you can purchase (E.g. a Gospel of Mark is $1.00; a copy of the New Testament is @2.00). More Than Gold also supplies a Outreach Manual that is useful for ideas.
