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Leonberg Camp 2020

2020 presented challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It was not known until the end of June if it would be possible to do anything with the refuge children we normally serve. Because of Corona, all activities with the refugee children had to shut down. This camp would be our first interaction with them since AprilContinue reading “Leonberg Camp 2020”

Baseball in Croatia

This year Corona could not stop what was to be an amazing work God is doing through the sport of baseball in the region of Zadar, Croatia. The Zadar region of Croatia is a beautiful region surrounded by mountains and bordered by the Adriatic Sea. It is a region that was once thriving but was hurt economically after the war. Many people and businesses left the region. ThereContinue reading “Baseball in Croatia”

Summer School Malta 2019

Over the summer, one of our teams served alongside a local school with various activities. The students learned and experienced all kinds of sports. Each day a story time was held to share different values and encourage the young people to apply them to their lives. This was just one of the stations in theContinue reading “Summer School Malta 2019”

Volley for the Ultimate Goal

Todd Pruitt sat down with Sarah Parsons, pro Volleyball player to discuss life and faith as an elite athlete. In the fall of 2018, SRS-International was contacted by a partnering organization about the arrival of a young Christian female volleyball player and her husband to Stuttgart. One of the greater privileges SRS-International has is toContinue reading “Volley for the Ultimate Goal”

Football Coaches Trip 2019

An American Football coaches tour travelled from the states to Germany to serve as part of our development project within the GFL. These coaches were top level coaches in collegiate American football, and they came from several universities across the US. The trip focused on GFL teams and youth teams and took place across southernContinue reading “Football Coaches Trip 2019”

RSG Training

All kinds of freestylers and believers meet once a year at the “freakstock festival” in Germany. Beside concerts, worship and meetings, it’s common to visit a workshop. The Actionsport Team of SRS offered a “Ready- Set- Go Training” about how to start an action sports ministry. The team’s goal was to equip and empower ChristiansContinue reading “RSG Training”

GFL Project Spring 2019

Coaching Development within the German Football League In March of 2019 SRS-International teamed up with the University of Alabama. A small group of American football athletes from the university came and spent a week touring Germany and the serving the GFL. For the athletes of the University of Alabama, this was a first trip to Germany andContinue reading “GFL Project Spring 2019”

Shred and Spread 2019

After a very sunny week at Kitzsteinhorn, I am sitting at home, editing photos, and reliving “Shred & Spread-2019”: One week with… … 25 hungry Shreddudes and -ladies … lots of sun and great action in the Snowpark … spiritual inputs and exciting small group discussions … the best food from Borkowski/Jesgarek … Freestyle coachingContinue reading “Shred and Spread 2019”

SRS back in Romania

For the fourth summer in a row an SRS team went to Curtici, Romania as they continued to come alongside a local church and help provide two sports camps. One took place in the morning for children between six and eleven and the other one for teenagers between 12 and 18 in the evening. AContinue reading “SRS back in Romania”

Softball – An American sport in Hungary

The SRS team along with an active female softball player and coach from the US, had the opportunity to come alongside the Erd Wildcats softball team to run a camp. We went there to serve God and the girls in any capacity we could. While there. the team was able to cut the grass onContinue reading “Softball – An American sport in Hungary”