Ridley Associate Graham Daniels featured on Songs of Praise

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Faith and Sport

Are you a sports person and a Christian? Are you interested in being involved in sport for mission and ministry? Listen to Ridley Associate and General Director of Christians in Sport, Graham Daniels, being interviewed on Songs of Praise as part of their Faith and Sport series. The programme is available online for August 2020.

Graham reflects on the importance of sport in society today and his work supporting competitive and elite athletes as they strive to live out their Christian lives and their vocations as sports people. The series also highlights the community work undertaken in these unprecedented times by our very own Cambridge United of which Graham is also a director.

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Excited about what you hear? Do you have a calling for sports ministry? We still have two places on our Sports Ministry training programme for this September. Apply now or contact us and we would be happy to talk with you.

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Watch the full episode here (available online until the end of August 2020)

Click to find out more about training for sports ministry at Ridley Hall

A sports chaplain's point of view

"The chaplain is there to say: You matter. We are really about affirming people, encouraging people, empowering people." In the clip below, from the same Songs of Praise episode, Leo Orobor, Club Chaplain at Cambridge United, speaks about his chaplaincy role, providing support during the pandemic to the club's manager and all the club staff and players.