Football players holding hands and praying in a downtown square and asking shoppers to donate food to local food banks. Soccer players and golfers praying with children and their parents during free clinics. Local volleyball teams attending the praise and prayer time of the National Volleyball Championship. NCCAA student-athletes and coaches ministering around the world. It’s what sets the NCCAA apart.

Annually, NCCAA staff, student-athletes and coaches perform approximately 2,000 hours of Christian outreach at NCCAA National Championships! Over 4,000 NCCAA student-athletes and coaches have received NCCAA funding for sports ministry trips. Lives are being changed!

A single mother writes of her son’s experience at an NCCAA Christian Service Project for Soccer (Jamilla, Kissimmee, Florida):

"Through the NCCAA clinic, my 10 year old son received more quality time with a positive male role model than at any time in his life. Not only did the young man teach my son some new soccer skills, but he also prayed with him to receive Christ. The smile on my son’s face was priceless. Thank you for exposing our kids to such incredible young people. Only eternity will be able to display the true impact of your service."
 

From Dan Dunn, Men’s Basketball Coach, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, IL:

"Thank you for the generous financial support of our men’s basketball missions trip to Alaska. We worked with Native Americans and the local missionaries and pastors. The Lord helped us as we gave clinics, played games and let our light shine in a very spiritually needy area. God blessed the trip as the natives and Christian workers were excited about what the Lord was doing for them and in their lives. We were very blessed!"

From Mark Williams II, NCCAA Student-Athlete, Men’s Basketball Team, Dallas Christian College

My words cannot express how much I appreciate your prayers and financial support through the NCCAA for my mission trip to The Philippines. For two and a half weeks, we shared the gospel with over 25,000 people all over Panay Island. Over 6,700 people responded to the message of Christ and their information has been given to area churches for discipleship. This trip caused me to come out of my comfort zone and rely on God more. In return, I experienced God in a new and exciting way. Lives were changed forever because you supported the Lord’s work.

Northwestern College Athletes Invade the Twin Cities to Lend Helping Hand

April 12, St. Paul, Minn. – Lending a helping hand in the Twin Cities area, over 100 Northwestern College athletes recently took part in the sixth-annual Northwestern College Day of Prayer and Service on Thursday, April 7.

The event, which is coordinated by the school’s Student Development Department, consists of students, faculty, and staff uniting in prayer and service to the community.  Over 650 students from Northwestern College took part in the service projects, which involved 32 different sites in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.

Five varsity teams from the athletic department led their own individual service projects and are listed below with a brief description of their responsibilities:

·   Football Team – painted gymnasium at the Jordan New Life Community Church (Minneapolis, Minn.)

·   Women’s Soccer Team – cleaned toys, painted, landscaped around playground, and picked up garbage at Messiah’s Childcare (St. Paul, Minn.)

·   Volleyball Team – general spring cleaning, painted, and organized supplies at El Milagro Church (Minneapolis, Minn.)

·   Men’s Basketball Team – general spring cleaning, general maintenance, yard work, trash removal, and landscaping at Bethel Lutheran Church (Minneapolis, Minn.)

·   Women’s Basketball Team – general cleaning, trash removal, yard work, and washed windows at St. Olaf Retirement Community (Minneapolis, Minn.)