Upward Basketball

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New! Upward Basketball 2008 Schedules
Upward Newsletter January 12 February 16

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NEW! An Upwards Award Night program is set for next Monday, March 3, at 6:00 pm for all Upward players and their families in the Worship Center.
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Every year in December excitement begins to build as another season of Upward Basketball at Mayfair gets ready to tip off. The excitement comes from the fact that Mayfair has an opportunity to touch the lives of hundreds of children and family members with what has become one of our largest local outreach ministries. But the reason Upward qualifies as an outreach is not just the fact it brings in families from our community. At the halftime of every game, basketball play is stopped and a devotional message is presented and closed in prayer. Our guests, from the moment they walk into our building, are exposed to Mayfair volunteers, some of whom are coaching their children, others refereeing the games, and Mayfair youth serving in concessions.

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During every practice (Monday, Tuesday, & Thursday nights) coaches stop practice and hold a devotional with their players. A memory verse is assigned for each weekly practice for children to recite. When our season closes out in late February, an Awards Night Ceremony is held in our Worship Center with hundreds of people from our community present. Our Upward ministry allows us to take something that everyone is familiar with, namely basketball, and use it as a ministry outreach tool to families.