{"id":4559,"date":"2022-09-08T14:05:12","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T13:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estatechurches.org\/?p=4559"},"modified":"2022-09-13T11:02:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T10:02:59","slug":"sports-ministry-at-st-andrews-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estatechurches.org\/2022\/09\/sports-ministry-at-st-andrews-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Ministry at St Andrew’s Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This week, to give you a taster before our workshop day, Sport For All<\/a> on 20th October at St Andrew\u2019s Church<\/a> in Leyland, we spoke with some of the sports ministry team there to find out about the fantastic work their church is doing in the community and some tips from them to help grow a successful sports ministry. Many thanks to Calvin, Deborah and Keith for sharing with us about what they do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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St Andrew\u2019s church has a thriving sports ministry, with running, badminton and football groups among the activities they offer as well as walking, rambling and table tennis for those who prefer a slower pace and a specialist over 55s programme.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The church sports groups provide lots of opportunities for people to invite friends and family to join them at events and activities, to build strong relationships with the community over time and to witness to people just by sharing life with them. Calvin told us about an especially popular event when Bill Bygroves (Liverpool FC club chaplain) came to speak at a football tournament which was a brilliant opportunity to invite many people to come and hear the good news of Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n