Sports Recognition Sunday

Sunday morning we celebrated our 2008 Sports Ministries during worship. The service was nice and it included recognition of all who played in our bowling league, our softball team or basketball teams over the years.

Steve Moon, Mike Staron, Ken Kreger, George Rezendes and I were present from this year's softball team that finished the year with a 6-15 record. Mike Staron was named the MVP of the 2008 team with .727 batting average. Chip Chaffee was the best defensive player, Sean Wilding the Most Improved player, Eric Poore was named the Eleventh Player and Eric Larsen was the Rookie of the Year.

We then recognized the 2008 class of Sports Ministry Hall of Fame Inductees. The class included Jeremiah Lee, Nancy Girardin and Mike Staron for their accomplishments on and off the field of play and James Brown and Brian Goldin for the contributions they made to our programs.

Our Praise Team added some special music and my message pointed out seven things we need to do to stand out in the crowd as Christians. Afterwards we were able to look at some of the historical displays and enjoy some refreshments that George Rezendes and Don Walberg prepared.