Flag Football

For the first time this year I had a chance to attend all of the Highlands Flag Football camp. In previous years, work commitments prevented me from being a part of the camp. But having heard so much about it, I was looking forward to seeing this year's camp.

I wasn't disappointed. Burnt to a crisp, but not disappointed.

For three days, tons of kids and tons of volunteers gathered on the fields at Sherwood Park. There was plenty of drills and times to learn football skills, but just as important were the life lessons learned during the three days. One of the things I like best about sports is its power to teach you the skills you need to relate to others in our daily lives. This year's flag football camp offered the same.

Each day campers and coaches emphasized another aspect of sportsmanship — moving from kindness, to teamwork, to leadership. Those skills help you succeed on the field, but they're also critical for succeeding on the field of life. One of the reasons I feel blessed to be part of the staff at Highlands Church is because we are a kind and loving group, we are a group that has no trouble putting ego aside to work together toward common goals, and we are blessed to have great leadership. That doesn't happen by accident.

The skills the kids learned over those three days are essential to demonstrating our Christian walk to others in life. Showing others kindness, developing a team-first attitude, and displaying graceful leadership helps you demonstrate there is something different about you. Jesus modeled all those things for us, and we should certainly be modeling them in our daily lives if we're serious about our walk with him.

That was also demonstrated by the great work of the volunteer coaches. More than 40 volunteers, many of them high school students, gave up three mornings to come out and model sportsmanship to kids in this community. I was proud to play a small part in this group and I know many young lives were touched through this camp.

One thing was very clear to me Saturday, Jesus Christ is alive and moving in this community!

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