Overwhelming Victory

📧 We invite you to join us as we celebrate 32 Years of ministry.

Date: August 31

Time: Hors d’œuvres at 6:00; meal and program to follow

Location: First Friends Church
5455 Market Ave N, Canton, OH 44714

RSVP by: August 21

Throughout the evening, you'll hear stories of lives changed through the ministry of CSRM, learn about exciting opportunities ahead, and discover how God is using sports ministry to reach people of all ages and cultures with the hope of Christ.

Our prayer is that every guest leaves encouraged by what God is doing and inspired to become part of His work through CSRM.

🔗 Register Today: https://csrm.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=%2Fportal%2Fevents%2F53513

At REACHGathering, we're always looking for resources that help churches and sports leaders serve their communities well. We wanted to bring this opportunity to your attention.

🛡️ FREE SafeSport® Training - August 3–9

In recognition of International Safe Sport Day, the U.S. Center for SafeSport is offering its SafeSport® Trained Core Course FREE for a limited time.

This course will help you:
✅ Recognize risk factors that make athletes vulnerable to abuse
✅ Learn research-based strategies to protect athletes
✅ Understand when and how to report abuse or misconduct
✅ See why following the SafeSport Code matters for a safer sport environment

Here's how to claim your free spot:
📅 Register August 3–8 (first-come, first-served)
🎟️ Use promo code: SAFESPORTDAY26 at checkout
⏰ Complete the course by August 9

Whether you're a coach, parent, volunteer, or anyone who works with young athletes, this is a great opportunity to deepen your awareness and help create safer spaces for kids in sports.

❓Did you know the word athlete can be found in the Bible?

Yes, God inspired the Apostle Paul to communicate spiritual lessons that are based on the athletic experience! In a letter he wrote to his protégé Timothy, Paul wrote: athletes are not crowned unless they compete according to the rules.”

The spiritual lesson he was inspired to communicate to his young ministry student was: “Live your life according to the biblical rules.”

There’s a good chance that if you’re seeing this, you are a sports minister, athlete or coach... and you know that you can be disqualified from winning any sports championship unless you compete by the rules. Similarly, the spiritual lesson for all Christians and any sports minister who may be watching… is that unless we live our lives according to the biblical mandates, our witness and ministry will be greatly hampered if not completely nullified.

So commit today to "compete" according to the rules in your sport, but more importantly, live according to the biblical mandates!

📖 Want to receive more devotions like this? You can view our library of recent devotions or sign up now at https://www.csrm.org/dailydevotionals

❓ Did you know CSRM works worldwide to equip the local church sports, rec, and fitness ministers to reach their communities?

🌍 We have an international team of staff and GNPs in over 20 countries across 5 continents. And one of the distinctives of CSRM’s international strategy is that also them are indigenous ministers in their home countries. This presents both enormous benefits and challenges for efficient and effective ministry, including finding Christocentric SRF resources in their native tongues.

❤️ We want to help!

📚 Check out one of the newest additions to the CSRM website, the International Training Library. Look through the collection of FREE SRF Ministry resources available for download in 23 different language groups.

🔗 link in the comments ⬇️

❓ What if you could start every weekday with a short devotional designed specifically for people serving in Sports, Recreation, and Fitness Ministry?

📖 We're excited to introduce a brand-new resource from CSRM and ! Each weekday, Dr. Greg Linville and other experienced SRF ministry leaders will share a brief, Christ-centered devotional to encourage your walk with Christ and equip you to serve athletes, teams, leagues, and your community.

🏀 Whether you're leading a church league, coaching, serving in recreation ministry, or using fitness as a ministry platform, these devotionals are created with you in mind.

🙌 Want to receive them?

⬇ Comment "I WANT IN!" below, and a member of our team will reach out with all the details.

✅ Tag a friend who serves in Sports, Recreation, or Fitness Ministry—they won't want to miss this!

💙 to all the dads, coaches, teachers, and mentors out there working to encourage, develop, and disciple those God has entrusted to you.

⚽ The begins today! Who are you cheering for? Let us know in the comments ⬇

This is why, since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, I never stop giving thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers. I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, would give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. I pray that the perception of your mind may be enlightened so you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the glorious riches of His inheritance among the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of His power to us who believe, according to the working of His vast strength.