Project Contempo Blog » 2009

I recently had lunch with Lorne Korol who has spoken at one of our dinner- with-a-theme events in Winnipeg. He shared with me his passion to serve God through serving the pros in various sports. He mentioned some of the special temptations of being in professional sports.

The speaker for the Vancouver Contempo this year will be Leonard Buhler who is the national president of Power to Change. Hence I thought it would be appropriate to share part of Lorne’s recent newsletter here.

My name is Lorne Korol…. My vision is to bring God to the athletes, not only to win over the lost, but also to help Christian players experience the power of the Holy Spirit as they help their fellow teammates discover Jesus. These athletes in turn use their platform to influence and impact our community for Christ.I have been blessed with the opportunity to serve as an Associate Staff for Power To Change (formerly Campus Crusade For Christ) with their Athletes In Action Ministry. I have gone through the Power To Change training and have joined their staff on a part-time basis. I am now able to raise financial support to allow me to reach my goal of serving on a full-time basis.

I currently deliver a chapel program for the Winnipeg Goldeyes Baseball Club each weekend they are home during the summer (May to September). I also deliver a weekly bible study and game day chapel program with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Football Club each week of their season (June to November). In addition, the CFL Pro Ministry requires that I meet with the players outside of chapel and bible study where possible to develop relationships. This sums up my current duties for Athletes In Action. In addition, this fall/winter I look forward to developing and delivering a ministry program with the Manitoba Moose Hockey Club.

My ultimate goal is to serve this ministry in a full-time capacity I would then be able to greatly expand my role with the Goldeyes, Bombers and the Moose. I would also like to develop sports ministry/chapel programs in amateur sport. Currently there is very little sports ministry activity in amateur sports in Manitoba. My heart is to reach these young athletes with the good news of our Lord. I feel that God has prepared me to reach these athletes as I have an extensive network at the local, provincial and national levels that has developed over my twenty plus years working in amateur sport..

Please pray for Lorne and his family. If you want to know more about his ministry, he may be reached at lkorol@mts.net

Clement Yeung

June 2009

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