We spent some of the practice time Thursday getting focused on what we were aiming for this season. I was impressed by the participation of the group, and the maturity shown in their answers. Coach Dugener took note of what the team agreed on would be good goals for the team. These goals will be summarized into a mission statement that we will discuss at a later time.
Below you can see a picture of the notes we took down, and some highlights from this discussion.
We could all agree that it was important to play for the glory of God. What was really beneficial was talking about what that meant or how that would look. A verse that came up was, I Thessalonians 5:16-18 “Rejoice always, pray
continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this
is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” This was a verse I remember discussing with the seniors as they were freshman as our triple threat against the challenges we face.
We will talk more about the challenges we face, but in our discussion we talked about how basketball's challenges can give us an opportunity to test our faith. Two good things can come from faith testing situations, a strengthening of confidence in God/Self/Relationship with God (See Abraham's Testing), or it can show that ones faith is not strong enough to rule their actions, and they must rethink their priorities.
This discussion was a great start to further discussions that I hope will help aid these young men grow in their faith walk and help our team be unified in our efforts and mission. From our team meeting, I can see that these guys "get it" about the importance of being unified in our efforts. This was demonstrated by another thing we talked about, "characteristics of great teams."
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