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Happy New Year! 2024 is “The Year of Trips” for Sports Outreach Institute (SOI)—and with good reason! It’s easy to see that many lives have been changed by trips to Sports Outreach locations around the world, but allow me to tell you from firsthand experience how that happens.
Read MoreIt’s official! On December 7, 2023, SOI celebrated 35 years of ministry! We are excited that after 35 years, SOI is still impacting lives through hope in the promise of eternal life through Jesus Christ. . .As we come to the close of another year, we invited several people to share how they saw impact in their roles at SOI.
Read MoreYou may be surprised to learn that after our Lord Jesus Christ and the service of Sports Outreach Institute (SOI) staff members, outreach trips are the foundation of our ministry. SOI CEO, Sal Ferlise, calls trips “the lifeblood of our organization,”. . .
Read MoreWhen we move into the last quarter of the year, It means we shift our focus to “year-end’ topics. This month we’ll take a look at 2023 highlights from our fields, which have continued to be active in ministry during the previous months when we’ve been sharing SOI milestones.
Read MoreWe are so thankful for the way God has blessed “the work of the hands” of SOI. As we look to the next five years, exciting plans are in the works that we want to highlight in this month’s newsletter.
Read MoreSports Outreach Institute was built upon the foundation of Russ Carr’s leadership and passion to share Christ through sports.
Read MoreThe Queen of Katwe movie release in September 2016 was the watershed moment, but it has left its mark on the ministry.
Read MoreMinistry is born of tragedy.. As we look back at the 2008-2013 era, we see God’s redemption in so many tragic situations—what may have originally been meant for evil, God meant for good!
Read MoreWe continue our look at Sports Outrach institute and the faithfulness of God from 2003-2008. Land for a ministry center in Gulu, a new chess ministry, and fruitful outreach trips were some of the highlights from that era.
Read MoreIf one were to capture the 1998-2003 era with a verse, Isaiah 54:2 comes to mind, “Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes.” SOI has always had a rich tapestry of staff members, men and women who pour out their lives to see people reached with the Gospel.
Read MoreThis month we continue our “Countdown to 35,” and as mentioned in the January 2023 newsletter, the years 1993-1998 were indeed ones of growth and encouragement. God used Russ Carr and others to strengthen the budding Sports Outreach ministry, facilitate sports clinics, and share the gospel in many sites around Uganda, and even neighboring Rwanda!
Read MoreDecember 2023 will mark 35 years since Sports Outreach Institute was incorporated- Throughout the year we will be sharing impact stories and ministry mile-markers that highlight the people and places that have propelled SOI along its 35-year journey. Our hope is that you will be prompted to praise God for His faithfulness that “continues through all generations.” (Psalms 100:5b)
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