From Vicky Gentry
Enjoy a personal note from our long-time administrative assistant Vicky Gentry:
Who likes to have fun, meet people, and maybe enjoy a little competition? Is that you? Well then you need to participate in the upcoming Lord’s Gym Ministries Pickleball event on Thursday, June 20.
Because it is so much fun! I participated in a workshop in my community a year ago that taught me how to play. I learned how to play tennis when I was about 13 years old. I’ve always liked to play table tennis and I have fiddled around on a racquetball court a bit. So, pickleball is kind of like all three of these wrapped up in one.
It’s a fun challenge
Pickleball is challenging, it keeps you on your toes and it is great exercise. It also feeds my competitive side that comes out occasionally. It’s another way to keep me active and I have only played inside. So, it is not affected by the weather. I can still be active in the winter. I have even been taking lessons to improve my game. It has helped. I’m now not afraid to go up to the kitchen line to play where balls are coming at you sometimes rapidly. Recently, with lessons, I have been playing at least three times a week with each session about an hour and a half. Another great thing is that it is a great way to meet people. I now feel more a part of my local community.
We need you
Enough about me and how much I enjoy playing pickleball. I want to now tell you why you should be a part of the community of Lord’s Gym Ministries and come and be a part of the pickleball event on Thursday, June 20.
Lord’s Gym Ministries has been around for 31 years. It is a wonderful ministry that helps men, women and children who are in need, who may be struggling with addiction, on the streets and homeless or just down and out in one way or another. We love them with the love of Christ and help them where we can by feeding them, offering a safe place to come to, involving the children in sports and an after-school program to help them grow in relationships and at the same time sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ with them all. We all need Jesus. He is the Way, the Truth and the Life!
We need your help, and you need us!
We are commanded to make disciples of all nations. We cannot do all that we do without our partners and volunteers. Matthew 28:19-20 (ESV) says, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
So, come out to the Pickleball event and find out more details about the ministry and have a blast playing pickleball! Bring a friend so they can learn more too. I can’t wait to see you there! Register today: bit.ly/LGMpickball24