While some Outdoor Sports Ministry events will just focus on fun and Christian fellowship, some events will be suitable for incorporating spiritual activities.
Here's some ideas to get you thinking:
Outdoor worship services
Short devotions (prayer & scripture) to open or close an outdoor adventure
A hiking or back-packing retreat that includes time for solitude and spiritual reflection
A nature walk with pauses to meditate on a musical selection
Study of our role as stewards of God's creation (environmental issues)
Mini-sermons or spiritual exercises that relate to an outdoor adventure (such as light in the darkness as part of a caving adventure, or our different gifts and interdependence as part of an obstacle course adventure)
Ways to help with the ministry
Help gather a library/list of relevant spiritual songs, scripture references, spiritual stories or anecdotes that other Outdoor Sports Ministry participants could draw from
Lead an event with a more spiritual focus such as a backpacking retreat
Work with leaders of other Outdoor Sports Ministry events to incorporate a devotion
Simply offer to pray at events (some people are comfortable leading prayer or devotions; others aren't -- it's not uncommon for event participants to want a spiritual component but wish someone else would lead it!)
Click to read the sermon from the 2009 Lake Edge campout worship
Other Ways to Help
Lead an event (or several!). It's easy!
