Thursday, October 29, 2009

We are now on Facebook

Check us out on Facebook. We now have an East Texas Sports Reach Facebook page that you can become a fan of. On the page, you will find updates, testimonials, pictures, etc... Come join us.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Trip #6 - Last trip of the year

On Thursday, October 22 there will be a Sports Reach Family Dinner. This will be a time to bring your family and come celebrate Sports Reach. There will also be a time of appreciation for everyone who participates and supports this ministry. Please mark your calendars and make every effort to attend…it will be a great night of fellowship. We have a room reserved at the new Bruno’s on Old Jacksonville Hwy at 6:30pm.

Also, we have one trip remaining for this year. It is on Sunday, October 25 to the Coefield unit in Palestine. Please let Josh know if you want to go by Friday, October 16. We will be leaving around 7am and returning around 4-5pm. It will be a great way to finish the year.

Monday, June 15, 2009

Trip #4 Coming Up

Our next trip is a two-day trip to the Wade Unit in Homer, LA. We will be leaving Saturday, June 27th in the morning and will return Sunday, June 28th in the evening. Depending on how many people that go on the trip, we are planning some really great activities including a church service, awards ceremony, music, etc. I hope you can make it! Let Josh know if you can make it by Thursday, June 18th so he can get you approved.

If you are going on this trip, then he will need your Drivers License, Date of Birth and Social Security # since this is an out-of-state unit.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Trip #3 Thursday Night Meeting

Our upcoming trip to the Coeffield unit is quickly approaching. Thursday night, May 28th we are going to meet at Rudy’s at 6:30pm to talk about the trip and pray.

Just a reminder, our trip is this Sunday, the 31st, at the Coeffield unit in Tennessee Colony.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Trip #2 - Powledge Unit


We had a great trip to the Powledge Unit in Tennessee Colony on Sunday. The weather turned off great despite all the rain that they had the day before. Once again, we were blessed with a great group of guys making the trip; sixteen of them to be exact, with two of our guys going on their first ever prison trip. As usual, the competition at Powledge was great and we were able to play several of their teams, including their Trustee Camp "A" Team.


Here is a picture of the group that went on this trip.


If any of the Sports Reach guys would like to post a few words from their experience on the trip, just click on the "comment" link below.


Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Thursday Night Meeting

This Thursday, April 23rd, we are going to meet at Spring Creek at 6:30 pm to discuss the details of the trip this Sunday (the 26th) to the Powledge Unit and to pray. Even if you are not going on the trip, come and eat with us.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Next Prison Trip (Trip #2)

It’s now time for trip #2. On Sunday, April 26th we will be playing at the Powledge Unit in Tennessee Colony. This unit is about 1 hour away from Tyler so we would leave town around 7 or 8 am and return around 5 pm. We went to this unit last year and it was a great trip…they have some pretty good players too.

Please email or call Josh back by Friday, April 17 and let him know if you want to go.

Monday, March 30, 2009

Trip #1 - Telford Unit

We were truly blessed with a great trip Sunday to the Telford Unit in New Boston, TX. We had a great group of 16 guys that made the trip. Not to mention it was the first trip ever for three of our guys. We left a little earlier than normal to be able to make it to the unit's Chapel service, and let me tell you it was well worth leaving Tyler at 5:15 am to be able to be a part such a special time of worship. All I can say is WOW! You could definitely feel the Holy Spirit at work as we worshiped with approximately 130 inmates. We were so blessed by the talented musicians, singers, and speakers that they had in their service. It is good to know that God is at work within these prison walls and using these men to create a bond of brothers in Christ that are sharing the Gospel to their fellow inmates.

It is always amazing at how unique each trip is and how different it is from the last. The Telford Unit does not have a recreation league established and it seemed that there were very few that had privileges to be able to come out and participate in the softball games. My prayer is that this trip will encourage the rest of the inmates (over 2,000 of them) to do what is necessary to be allowed to come out and participate the next time we come back. We had a great time with the inmates that were able to come out and play. We even split the teams up, for the last few games, and played 5 Sports Reach guys and 5 inmates to a team. Some of the inmates had very little experience playing, and it was neat to see our guys teach and coach them on how to play the game in such an encouraging way.

Any of you guys that went on the trip that would like to say a few words about your experience, please comment below by clicking on the "comment" tab, or if you would like to email it to me, I will post it for you.

Here are a couple of pictures from the trip.


Our team captain Josh Gentry with Chaplain Spencer


Thursday, March 26, 2009

Thursday Night Meeting

Our meeting went well tonight. We had 13 guys show up to Spring Creek for a time of fellowship and prayer for our upcoming trip this Sunday to the Telford Unit in New Boston. We missed you guys that weren't able to make it and look forward to seeing you this Sunday.

We will meet Sunday morning at GABC at 7:45 am, and we will be leaving at 8:00 am and returning sometime around 6:00-7:00 pm. We will be meeting in the parking lot by the maintenance building (where they store the church vans), which is just north of the 110 Student Center basketball/volleyball courts.

Like Josh said tonight, please be in prayer for the prisoners, the guards, the warden, our safety (both traveling and while playing), and that the holy spirit would stir and prepare the hearts and ears to "The Message" we will be bringing. Also pray for the new members of our ministry, and for peace for the unknown of what they will encounter on their first trip. We all know what it was like on our first trip so let us keep this in mind and encourage these guys throughout the day Sunday.

See you Sunday!

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Great Start to 2009!























2009 is off to a great start for Sports Reach. We had two successful weeks at our booth in the GABC foyer. Thanks, to all of the guys who worked one or both weeks. Thanks to Brandon Gooding for coordinating both weeks.

We also had a beautiful day at the ROC on Sunday. 14 guys showed up to scrimmage and practice including 3 new players, JD Weathers, Dustin Upton and Charlie Sizemore. Here are a few pics of the action. It is exciting to see new people get involved in the ministry and we welcome you!

Our first trip is this Sunday, March 29th to the Telford Unit in New Boston. This Thursday, March 26th at 6:30pm, we will meet at Spring Creek BBQ to go over some trip details and pray together. If you are signed up for this trip, please try to attend. This is an important time as we prepare to go. Even if you are not going on this trip, you can come pray with us.