Our ministry to kids

I've been working on the September newsletter as well as preparing for our big service on Sunday. We will be recognizing our Sports Outreach Ministry and the participants of our softball team. We will also be honoring Chip Chaffee and Cameron Barnhill by inducting them into our Sports Ministry Hall of Fame.

In doing the background stuff to get ready for the service, I found a pretty complete list of all the participants in our softball program and the church bowling league. The one thing I had never done was put together a list of all the kids who have played in our basketball program. So I decided to do that tonight. I was pretty amazed at what I came up with before I was done. I remember so many of the kids and find it hard to believe that a good number of them have graduated and gone on to do great things with their lives.

Some of them bring tears to my eyes. Keith Heidtman died over in Iraq. Cole Chappelle and Eleazar Brayboy are in jail. I am so proud of Allison Walberg, Malik Champlain, Bethany Brown and Becky Lord who went into teaching. Several of the kids played ball in high school and did quite well. They include Daryl Alves, Ryan Jaziri, Malik Champlain, Terry Dunn and Wesley Murphy.

WE did a good thing when we started this basketball program and I believe we made a difference inn the lives of some of the kids. I hear from Jason Lavallee through Facebook and he is sold out for Christ. I like to think we planted a few seeds in his life.

Anyway here is the full list of all those who have participated in our basketball program and the men and women who coached them.

Basketball 1996 - 2009

Adam Allard, *Daryl Alves, Mike Alves, Douglas Babbitt, Raffy Baez, Dane Baird, *Cameron Barnhill, Jervis Bell, Brandon Bessette, JJ Biro, Justin Bohara, Joey Brachas, Eleazar Brayboy, *Amanda Brown, Bethany Brown, Chris Brown, Greg Brown, Tyrone Brown, Isam Bryant, Hassan Carney, Jean Celestin, Taylor Chaffee, Malik Champlain, *Shareef Champlain, Tecumseh Champlain, Cole Chappelle, Shawn Clang, Nick Clemons, Jaquim Cook, Henry Cordero, John Daly, Isham DeJesus, D J Depinci, Clodee Deshardouin, Buddy Dewaine, Marques Dorn, Adrian DosSantos, Devin Douglas, Dayna Drain, Paul Dreyer, Scott Dryer, Jeff Dugan, Ryan Dugan, *Terry Dunn, Mike Duntz, Irving Eggleston, Brian Emery, Carlos Esbri, Chad Estabrooks, Greg Estabrooks, Khaleed Exum, Matt Feraco, Darryl Ferguson, Tishawn Flanders, Marcus Fowler, *Ben Fuller, Ronald Floyd, Ben Galligan, Nick Giroux, Ben Golart, Chantalle Goodwater, Isaac Goodwater, A. J. Gomes, Ahmond Gomes, C J Gray, Richie Gray, Fred Green Jr., Jack Greenwood, Isiah Griffin, Brandon Haas, Victor Hall, Avery Hargrove, Craig Hauser, Keith Heidtman, DaRon Henry, Rondell Henry, Elvis Hernandez, George Hernandez, Jamar Howard, Jordan Hyde, Max Ingalls, Charlie Jarmon, Ryan Jaziri, Philip Jenks, *Joe Jensen, John John, Chris Johnson, Devon Johnson, Dorian Johnson, Troy Johnson, JJ Jones, Nico Jones, James Kantzios, James Kelly, Stephen Lampkin, Chris Larsen, Miles Laureano, Jason Lavallee, Joe LeBard, Austin Lee, Frankie Lee, *Jeremiah Lee, Eugene Lewis, Steven Loiler, Mike Lopes, John Lopresti Jr., Rebecca Lord, Sarah Lord, Ryan Lusk, Ryan Maddox, Donovan Matthews, Emily McFalls, Daniel Melendez, Desmond Miller, Izack Miller, Pete Mitev, Brandon Moffitt, Dylan Morris, Scott Morse, Jaquan Morton, David Murphy, *Wesley Murphy, Nicholas Muyres, Jim Nesselrode, Mitch Nesselrode, Andre Nicholas, Jordon Nicholas, Kaitlyn Niles, Chris Nott, Cebria Outlow, Marcus Outlow, Ross Page, Adam Paradis, Jahmaal Perez, Shawn Poirier, Igor Pontes, Joel Powell, Dane Proffitt, Steve Renzoni, Casey Rezendes, Danny Rivera, Edwin Rivera, Ibo Rivera, Brandon Robertson, Brent Robinson, Keith Robinson, Barbara Ruggs, Indio Sanchez, Julian Sanchez, Louis Sanchez, Ulyssa Sanchez, Christina Santana, Bill Seddon, Victor Sevilla, Isiah Smith, Jordan Souvenance, Bethany Stone, Deshaun Stonick, James Strick, Dwayne Sutton, Archeley Sylpha, Robert Thomas, Davon Thompson, Dashawn Thompson, Nick Thompson, Josh Tiller, Adam Tinsley, Joey Troniar, Jaquan Tucher, Jonathan Vanase, Zack Verley, Jason Volpe, Jordan Volpe, Allison Walberg, Dominic Walmsley, Kyle Walton, Michael Wanico, Tim Weidlich, Kyle White, Shane Wilcox, Ramel Williams, Mike Witherspoon, Isaac Yates, Josh Zinewicz

Coaches: Jack Thompson, Jim Estabrooks, *Cliff Vanase, Scot Rapoza, Joe Biro, Leslie Champlain, *Don Fuller, *Andy Miller, *Fred Green, *Bob Duntz, George Strouse, *Mark Ferguson, *James Brown, Julio Sanchez, Leonard Miller, Thomas Outlow