Hoops and Relationship

I have had the privelege to serve with my friend Donny in an organization called Hoops Church.

It started because a couple of guys from North Minneapolis wanted a place to play hoops but really couldn't find somewhere to play that was cheap and close to North. So, Donny opened up the church on Sunday evenenings and Hoops Church was born.

Fast forward to today, we now have 40-50 guys coming every Sunday, a variety of speakers and fellow church members coming in and sharing a little bit of the Word, and in general, having a great time.

The purpose is simple: Make friends, tell our story, and introduce them to Christ. Whatever happens after that is up to them, but they have been an extreme blessing in my life and I am lucky to have friends like Ed, Carey, Roofsie, Cal, Duan, Mike, Jerome, Rob, Herb, Billy D., etc. (I don't have the time to name them all but you know who you are).

Jesus said, 'It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance ' (Luke 5:31-32).

Romans says, 'For we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God' (Romans 3:23).

Sin keeps us from the holiness of God. It is precisely because of God's love for each of us, however, that He had to send His son to die for us in order that we may once again have relationship with Him. It's THIS relationship that will indeed change your life and bring meaning and purpose behind everything you do.

Grace & Peace

PLW