Salvos launch Commonwealth Games ministry campaign
Salvos launch Commonwealth Games ministry campaign
21 June 2017
The Salvation Army's Commonwealth Games ministry campaign for Gold Coast 2018 is now looking for volunteers.
The Salvation Army is partnering with local South East Queensland corps, and other churches, to provide volunteers and activities for the community and its visitors during the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast next April.
The city will host the XXI Commonwealth Games, an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth, from 4-15 April 2018.
Major Trevor Nicol, Assistant Personnel Officer for the NSW and ACT Division, will lead the team of Salvos volunteers, who are coming from all over Australia and the world.
The official logo of The Salvation Army's Commonwealth Games Mission.
The Salvos team will join with Beyond Gold – a partnership between local churches and Christian sports and mission organisations in an endeavour to maximise the legacy and benefits of the Games event both in the Gold Coast community and further afield.
“The Salvation Army is eager to send teams of passionate Christians to share the love of Jesus with those who gather for this event,” said Major Nicol. “The teams will run sports clinics for children in local parks and schools, kids’ clubs, creative arts classes, anti-human trafficking initiatives, cultural festivals and more.
“Our mission is, as always, to work closely with local corps and to build relationships with people who had some contact with these corps, so that the corps could continue to work with those people after the Games. Much of what we do will depend on the skills of those in the volunteer teams.”
Volunteers can apply to serve during Block A, which runs from 4-9 April, or Block B from 10-15 April – or both.
Major Nicol has led Salvation Army sports ministry teams at Commonwealth Games, Olympic Games and World Cup soccer events for 34 years. This includes Olympic Games in Atlanta, Sydney and London, and World Cups in Germany, South Africa and Brazil.
Major Nicol is a self-confessed sports fanatic with a passion for evangelism. So when he gets the chance to combine the two he is, as he puts it, “in heaven”.
“I love sport. No doubt about it. And using sport as a tool to bringing people to Jesus is a wonderful thing,” he says.
Salvation Army volunteer teams will stay at corps facilities, or be billeted with local corps members, during their stay on the Gold Coast.
For more information, and for application and registration forms, please contact Major Nicol at trevor.nicol@aue.salvationarmy.org
Applications close Friday 1 December, 2017.
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