Monthly Archives: May 2010

Upward Ball Hockey Camp 2010

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During the week of April 19 – 23, Southwinds Church sponsored its second annual Upward Ball Hockey Camp. Last year’s camp was the first ever Upward Ball Hockey Camp in the Province of Alberta. 30 boys & girls came out to Lake Chaparral’s upper rink (without the ice) to run around, learn hockey skills and rules, and hear and lessons from the Bible. Over 20 volunteers from Southwinds Church, Trinity Baptist Church, and even friends from outside the church came to help. God blessed us with great weather and no injuries.

On Friday night, we held a family BBQ event serving hot dogs, chips, pop and a giant Dairy Queen ice cream cake, which was donated by a parent. Afterwards, the kids were back out on the rink for their last games. The kids received their own pro-style hockey stick decorated with their Upward award star stickers, hockey ball, Upward water bottle, and Upward Ball Hockey Camp tee shirt. Most importantly, these children now know that Jesus loves them.

Thank you for your prayers for the children, the volunteers, and the weather.

Enjoy the photos, and don’t forget to watch the brief video clip!

View 2010 Upward Ball Hockey Photos


We Need Bibles! Thank you!

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This summer, we will have the opportunity to minister to over 300 children and youth with our summer camp programs.  We were honored last year to give Bibles to dozens of children who had never owned their own Bible, some who did not even own a family Bible in their home.

The Bibles we need are specific:

The Beginner’s Bible: Timeless Children’s Stories    (Zonderkidz, $16.95 USD)

Teen Study Bible NIV (Zonderkidz, $22.95 USD)

VBS New Testament with Psalms & Proverbs, Holman Translation (Holman Bible Publishers, $2.49 USD)

We are pleased to have many churches who will be sending mission teams to assist us this summer.  We are asking that if you are willing to purchase a few of these Bibles, that you would send these with the summer mission teams, as this is the least expensive way to transport these across the border.  We have found that many Christian Book Stores offer excellent sale prices, and sometimes the books are less than half the normal retail price listed.

Please email us at whitesides_tim@yahoo.com or andreawhitesides@yahoo.com if you would like to send us Bibles or if you have further questions.  Even if you can only afford to send one Bible, we will be grateful, because the life of one child or adult could be changed forever.
THANK YOU For the Bibles.  We have 150 Bibles coming on the way to us from some friends in Georgia.  We thank you for answering this much needed prayer request.