'Surfing
For Jesus is Pura Vida' - 'Pure Life' is the translation from this
classic Costa Rican saying and the conference was a taste of that!
Clearly focused on Jesus with beautiful unity amongst the 220 people
from 26 nations of all cultural, socio-economic and Christian
backgrounds - a taste of heaven. There was awesome teaching from Britt
Merrick, warm waves out front, hilarious cultural presentations,
inspiring stories from the field and more. Large crosses with CS-badged
logo on garbage bins were erected as a gift to multiple beaches in the
area. Special thanks to Dustin Miller and Damian Boza with the amazing
Costa Rican team who headed up the whole conference. Stay tuned for the
next conference to be held in Australia 2016! Check out photos, reports
and audio from the main sessions on our website.
The next CS International Conference will be in Hawaii during the week of November 4-9, with the full CSI representative Council meeting on November 3. Plan to be there! Limited to CS leadership as approved by your National Director.
High School senior Luke Harris (Justin Schwan) dreams of just one thing... pro surfing. With his best friend Casey (Angel Cruz) at his side, they have two goals: surf and party! But Luke's Mom (Raquel Gardner) and especially Dad (Greg Carlson) have other ideas: pick a college and grow up!
When Luke learns that a spot is opening up on the local surf team, he see's his big chance to prove to his parents that he can make it as a surfer and avoid being shipped off to school. Only two things stand in Luke's way: new-surfer-in-town Matt (Andy Shephard) who has his own eyes set on the surf team opening, and his Dad, who insists he give up his surfing dreams and get an education.
When a devastating tragedy strikes, Luke is forced to take a hard look at his life and with the help of beautiful "church-girl" Emily (Kelsey Sanders) and his Youth Pastor (Danny Smith), he learns that there's much more to life than riding waves.
Jojo de Olivença started this work of evangelism, discipleship and initiation in the surf with 216 children in an orphanage in EKET TOWN - AKWA IBON STATE - NIGERIA .
Jojo de Olivença, he is coming to Nigeria , day 03 of June to second stage of this work.( have a Home for Children, with a structure of education and sports).
What does he need ? He needs help with some surfboard used like ( FunBoard and LongBoard ) and Jojo de Olivença will take clothes for donation too.
If someone wish to be a volunteer to help him with surf lessons and other skills, will be excellent.
Jojo de Olivença wants to return to Nigeria and continue, this mission with 216 children in an orphanage, but he needs help to accomplish this important mission. Jojo needs around U.S $ 2000 to cover his needs and keep this hard work in Africa.
Support him Through:
Jocelio de Jesus Skype: jojodeolivenca Home Phone: 55+13+3017.2424 Mobile Phone: 55+13+8115.7902
The ASP (Association of Surfing Professionals) chaplaincy project has been progressing very well and a number of key initiatives have been realised.
Abe Andrews (Men's Tour Chaplain) had a big year setting into his role and wrote from South Africa, "I have spent the past two days at the contest in freezing conditions supporting the surfers in whatever capacity I can. I guess sometimes the World Tour family feels like a tribe and I am the explorer, or outsider hoping to be accepted into the tribe. I just hope my fate is not like some early explorers who got eaten by the tribe."
Liselle Wilsnaugh has also made steady progress in her role as (Women's Tour Chaplain) and writes from Portugal, "It's been a pretty amazing few days as far as the chaplaincy is concerned... I got loads of time to chat to some of the surfers and their families. After my experiences at the previous two contests, God blessed me by giving me loads of favour with everyone. They all greeted me and actually seemed to be okay with me being there. I was able to have really good conversations with a bunch of the girls and their families and friends. It definitely felt like the prayes had kicked in."
Establishing a key chaplain for each ASP region was also a high priority in 2009. Currently Mike Stangel is looking after Hawaii, Lyle Castellaw, North America and Andy Pitt, South Africa. They have been developing event chaplains, building relationships with ASP Staffand providing essential support for Abe and Liselle when travelling in their region.
Mike Stangel comments on the upcoming Hawaiian Triple Crown "I was blown away by the open doors I received as chaplain last year. Randy Rarick has appointed a guy from our church as his successor to develop the pro events so we anticipate even better reception this year."
The Randy Rarick Story
CSI is seeking chaplaincy coordinators for the remaining ASP regions of Australasia , Europe, Japan and South America. Christian Surfers International is continuing to progress chaplaincy as a key initiative globally and along with the service for ASP are also looking into how we can support the ISA in a similar capacity.
Brad Whittaker who pioneered the project in 2008 has continued in a coordination role for the team this year. In addition he has also covered key events in Australasia pending the appointment of a suitable regional chaplains.
If you are interested in supporting our current chaplains or even being a chaplain, Brad will be happy to field your questions and interest.
'On the Rocks' is a surf evangelism video resource currently being produced by Son Surf South Africa. Imagine a surfer friendly Alpha course style DVD with solid gospel content delivered by surfers for surfers. Last month in Capetown the first of 7 videos had a trial run at a youth outreach concert. Of the 250 largely unsaved guys, some 120 came forward at the end of the appeal given by the DVD.
Gifted evangelist and surfer Terryn Williams delivers the material. Go to www.ontherocksdvd.info to learn more. Our South African brothers need some $USD12,000 to finalise this and have it ready for world distribution. Would you consider being one of the 12 giving $1000 or 24 giving $500 each? We want to see this completed by June 2010! Click here to donate.
In association with: JC Epidemic, Tooth and Nail Records, Solrx Sunscreen, Milne Sufboards, Christian Surfers International, Sel Surfboards, Hamo surfboards and Da Royal Order.
LifeSupport cuts through the exterior facades of the modern day surf culture and like a heart attack unveils surfings raw new skool talent.
A surfing film guaranteed to bring more then just quality entertainment, arresting it's viewers releasing them from mental enslavement. Watch it :
Featuring: Mick Fanning, Clay Marzo, Bobby Martinez, Joel Parkinson, Mitch Coleborne, Dean Morrison, Brent Dorrington, Jack Freestone, Taj Burrows, Mitch Crews, Dale richards, Teal Vanner, Chris Chippa Wilson, Dan Pryor, Blake Ainsworth, Asher Pacey, Josh Kerr, Bede Durbidge and any other crew that brought somin serious to the table.
Music From: Tooth and Nail Records, Underoath, Norma Jean, Da Royal Order, Kingdom Label, Precise, Corey Red, St Matthew, Josh Garrels, White Apple Tree, The Paper And The Plane, The Mash Unit and Sharp Skills.
No começo do mês de Junho, fui convidada pela missionária Kelly do Espírito Santo para estar por alguns dias por lá visitando as igrejas e conhecendo mais sobre a Missão Surfistas de Cristo.
Foi um momento de grande alegria poder rever alguns amigos abençoados de lá e claro conhecer pessoas muitos especiais que estão em meu coração.
Posso te dizer que foi uma semana que aprendi muito sobre o sobrenatural de Deus. Acredito que foi muito especial para minha amiga Kelly....Jesus realmente nesta semana que passou transformou nossas vidas, endireitou nossas veredas para o que Ele tem mais do que possamos imaginar mesmo. Nunca fui em tanta igreja na minha vida ,(risos), foi show mesmo!!!
Rolou um campeonato enquanto, estive por lá de Longboard Profissional, fiquei muito feliz de saber que existem atletas neste meio que estão proclamando o evangelho.
Fizemos um som por lá e a oração rolou solta por lá!!! ó Glóriaaaa fogo de Jesus. Somente surfei neste dia porque as ondas depois sumirão só ficou as ondas de Jesusss uhuhuhu.
SURF TREINO REVIVER
Edição: ANTI-DROGAS
No Guarujá rolou no último Domingo do mês de Junho, um surf treino na praia do Tombo, e foi show, tinha altas ondas, muito tubo e muita palavra de Deus.
Pude servir ao Senhor na somatória das baterias que momento bom com os irmãos.
Esse surf treino tem sido uma benção, muitos surfistas tem sido alcançados para honra e glória de Nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo.
As premiações rolam lá na Cristo Salva Guarujá e sempre tem um video do campeonato.
Surf Treino Reviver
Surf Treino
A Galera no Palanque
Os Juízes
Surfboards
The Surfers
Keep Smiling
Los Amigos
Shaka !!!
Brah !!!
Gravando o Evento
Surfista: Alessandra Morimoto , trabalhando no Surf Treino como Juiz.
Surfista Kaipo , (Filho do Jojo de Olivença)
The Crew at the Beach
Julião and Lucas
Meus irmãos e irmãs que a paz de Jesus que excede todo entendimento estejam sempre com vocês.
Monday, June 22, Ryan Dobson will be interviewing Dean Plumlee the National Director of Christian Surfers United States at Kor Kast on Castle Rock Radio. Ryan heads up an exciting ministry call Kor with a weekly radio show. Check out Kor online. Also, be sure to tune in Monday at noon PST or 3pm for those east coasters. You can catch it all at Castle Rock Radio.
Oh, by the way, this isn't Monday's Devo it's just an email template.
Sometimes I find that I get very focused on the the small dot in front of me and miss the bigger picture. Sometimes I forget that Jesus said, HE would build HIS church and that nothing would stop it. HE went on to say that I'm simply to "remain" in HIM. It's not my job to draw the lost but merely to love them and share the Good News with them. Sometimes my days don't go so well and I think, "is Christian Surfers doing enough or doing anything for that matter?"
This week I was working on the praise reports from 2008. To me, those numbers represent faces and stories, opportunities and the "brick and mortar" of God glorifying Himself and man enjoying it. I was blessed as I added up simply one catagory - outreaches and chapter meetings. These are event where CSUS members intentionally love on people and truth goes forth. In 2008 this scenario occured1,369times all over the United States. Wow! Godisbuilding HIS Kingdom. I'm just glad I get be a part of it.
CS Video
Christian Surfers will be shooting a videocoming soon to awebsitenear you! This will be our new promotional video for you as a CS member to show to your churches, chapters, donors and anyone else who wants to know more about Christian Surfers. We need donors for this project, pleaseCLICK HERE,and fill inVideo Projectfor the fund to support this crucial project financially!
Sponsorship Opportunity!
Christian Surfers is excited to announceadvertising opportunitieson our website! For more information about rates, location, traffic etc., contact Stan Bryson atstan@christiansurfers.com.
Chapter in Focus: Jacksonville
Hailing from N. Florida along with Gabe Kling and Asher Nolan, CS Jacksonville is a diverse group that ensures that every surfer they come across is reached with the love of Jesus.
Started back in 1996 by Jon Culbreth and Donny Oxley, original members still serve with passion and commitment while discipling a new generation such as interim director Trey Brunson. Involved in outreaches with Life Rolls On, the National Kidney Foundation and mission trips to Cuba, CS Jacksonville has a lot to share. CLICK HEREfor the whole story!
Prep School
There is still time to be involvedin either the East Coast (Hatteras) or West Coast (Huntington Beach) Prep Schools! Leaders needed! CLICK HEREto sign up or emailinfo@christiansurfers.comfor more info!
US Open Outreach coming!
CS Huntington Beach and Newport Beach are organizing this year's outreach opportunity. This year's contest runs from July 18th-26th.
A surfista brasileira Samia Carolina, 25 anos, estreiou o projeto internacional Surf Solidário, na Ilha Lembongan, na última temporada indonesiana. Por 2 meses, a atleta desenvolveu aulas de inglês e de surf, instruções de higiene básica e preservação do meio abiente, orientações relacionais e morais, distribuição de doações (roupas, brinquedos e alimentos), nos vilarejos locais. Surfar e servir é o lema de Samia que visa o encentivo da prática da compaixão e solidariedade na comunidade do surf.
Arte em madeira, Lembongan
"Descobri que o esporte e a solidariedade formam uma dupla de sucesso. Meu objetivo é ajudar as comunidades carentes dos países que nos proporcionam um surf espetacular mas, infelizmente, sofrem com desastres naturais e falta de recursos básicos para sobrevivência", explica Samia.
Costa da Ilha Lembongan
As conecções na indonésia iniciaram em 2006, quando a brasileira esteve pela primeira vez na ilha de Bali com um grupo de 120 pessoas de várias partes do mundo para um projeto social de um mês, sendo uma semana em Lembongan. Desde então, foram mais de um ano investidos na elaboração do projeto que agora está apenas iniciando.
Diversão das crianças, Lembongan
Para estréia do Projeto em Lembongan, Samia teve que encarar a radical mudança de viver sozinha, na Ilha com cerca de 3 mil habitantes, sem saber o idioma local. "Foram muitas horas por dia estudando indonésio para conseguir melhor comunicação e aprender a cultura hinduista local. 2 horas de todas minhas tardes eram dedicadas para o grupo de 15 a 25 criancas e familiares lembonguenses."
Samia Surfing, Changu
"Mesmo com tanto estudo, consegui administrar o dia para também aproveitar surf nas ótimas ondas da Ilha, mergulhos, belezas naturais e outras atividades de lazer que Lembongan proporciona."
Criança no trabalho com algas marinhas
Qualquer pessoa pode fazer parte do Projeto Surf Solidário. O projeto faz a ponte entre quem pode ajudar e quem necessita. É a porta aberta para contribuição com sua habilidade e criatividade em qualquer lugar do mundo.
Se você está planejando suas férias de surf em Bali não perca a oportunidade de demostrar solidariedade. "Você pode contribuir financeiramente ou com o seu "tempo".
Trabalho com algas marinhas em Lembongan
Algumas necessidades observadas através dos relacionamentos que Samia estabeleceu com os locais da Ilha e idéias para o Projeto Surf Solidário em Lembongan são:
• Professionais da área da saúde e ensino;
• Trabalho de conscientização para preservação do meio ambiente, lixo reciclavel, e reaproveitamento com artes: Instruções de higiene pessoal, bucal, alimentar e no trabalho;
• Nutricionismo e culinária;
• Construções de casas e estabelecimentos comerciais;
• Ajudas gerais com limpezas, reformas, pinturas, etc;
• Habilidade para o ensino de artes plásticas, dança, música, incenação, e desenho;
• Cortes de cabelos, penteados, cuidado com as unhas, massagem e estética em geral;
• Corte e costura, croche, trico, bordado, etc.
Tudo isso e aquilo o que você faz de melhor que ainda não está listado acima.
No Brasil, há 10 anos Samia desenvolve trabalhos sociais com crianças e adolescentes, usando música, dança, teatro e o esporte para reintegração social, relacionamento familiar, prevenção as drogas e sexo seguro.
"Como podemos amar a Deus, quem não vemos, se não amarmos ao próximo a quem vemos!"
Apoio: Hot Water Surf Shop, Ripwave Surfboards e Rubber Stick.
