Marching Toward MLS — Season Starts Tomorrow

Published: Fri, 03/02/18

Soccer Chaplains United

United by a common code and a shared vision to provide spiritual care, wise counsel, and meaningful service for soccer.

Dear friends, the 2018 Major League Soccer season is upon us and the United Soccer League will begin play soon, as well. Please join our chaplains today in prayer and fasting as we ready ourselves for the season that lies ahead. Thanks for your support of our work.

Chaplain News

Soccer Chaplains United team serving Colorado Rapids adds Bilingual Assistant Chaplain

Meet Gerardo Alvarez, the new assistant chaplain that will help serve the Rapids organization.

Nashville SC Development

We're not quite ready to announce the new Nashville chaplain, but Director Brad Kenney spent the past week in Nashville with the chaplain candidate and the club. Using the first-ever game against Atlanta United for training and getting the chaplaincy setup. You can read more about the trip went.

Community News

The community aspect of Soccer Chaplains United includes things like mission trips which are taking soccer gear to make an impact on vulnerable and less fortunate communities. We will also highlight needs within the soccer community that we become aware of.

Timothy Project: Valor Costa Rica 2018 features a return to Tamarindo

Valor Christian High School returns for a second year with a service project for the village of Tamarindo, Costa Rica. Building projects and soccer camps and clinics will be part of the trip this year. You can donate specifically to help fund their project request as they look to take several 100 lbs of soccer gear — donate through PushPay and select the Timothy Project fund!

Timothy Project: Valor India 2018

We last supported a trip to Kolkata, India when a Valor High School student took a bag or two of soccer gear back in 2014. Read about how that little bag has grown into a larger vision and begun to spread and grow by using soccer to affect the boys living in the slums of Kolkata. Your donations toward this project — through PushPay — will continue to help grow the vehicle for impact in this difficult environment.

Soccer Community Needs

Soccer Chaplains United has become aware of two specific needs that have impacted former a player and a former coach. We present these as opportunities to pray and offer your financial support if you feel compelled through Go Fund Me campaigns. Soccer Chaplains United will be considering developing an Emergency Fund Assistance program for the future. Pray as we deliberate on how to best help those in our community that face difficult life situations such as these.

Galileo Percovich — family car accident (donations no longer being accepted, story link only)
Melissa Gatt — wife of former Rapids player, Josh, recently diagnosed with Thymic Carcinoma

Help Support Soccer Chaplains United

Soccer Chaplains United is a 501(c)3 organization and your donations are tax-deductible. We rely on the gifts and donations that are made by individuals donors as well as business and church partners to cover the expenses and expenditures of serving the soccer community. Consider making a donation today though PushPay or by mailing a check to: Soccer Chaplains United, PO Box 102081, Denver, CO 80250. Contact us at info@soccerchaplainsunited.org for more information on Donor-Advised Funds or other legacy giving options.