March 2024 — Breakaway Outreach

25Mar, 2024

Community Awards Recipients Honored at NOC Banquet

2024 Night of Celebration: Community Awards Recipients

March 21, 2024, was Breakaway’s “Night of Celebration” missions banquet in Cleveland, Tennessee. Oh, what a night it was! Thanks to the entire Breakaway community for making this evening such a festive and heartfelt time of storytelling, vision casting, and most importantly, celebrating God’s life-changing work through this ministry. The following are the recipients of community awards during the banquet.

Community Awards

Compassion in Action Award: Lacey Peck
Jr. Leader Rising Award: Preston Robinson
Resilience in Motion Award: Zachary Evans
Jr. Leader Coaching Award: Axl Alderman
Courage in Leadership Award: Emma Newman
Perseverance in Pain Award: Vova Maslov
Excellence in Leadership: Kobie Smith
Excellence in Missions: Matt and Bonnie Burton
Veteran Leadership in the Trenches: Al and Nancy Miller
Extra Mile Award: Dale and Janice Miller
Annie Ruth Living Legacy Award: Bob and Margie Perez

14Mar, 2024

From Prison to Purpose: “You’re only as sick as your secrets”

From Prison to Purpose

“You’re only as sick as your secrets,” says Regi. If you’ve ever heard Regi’s story, it’s worth hearing again. In the latest Breakaway Talk podcast episode, we hear from “Sure Shot Regi” about sports rivalries, basketball life, drug addiction, prison time, finding redemption, the “Juvie Globetrotters,” missionary passion, mentoring takeaways, and endurance for youth workers.

We call this “The Old School Mix Tape #1”

Regi was part of the birth of the Breakaway Outreach sports ministry over 28 years ago when he was released from prison and started volunteering with a Breakaway basketball program in juvenile detention centers. The podcast conversation is a fun and encouraging discussion down memory lane as well as takeaways on the importance of youth mentorship in today’s world.

4Mar, 2024

West Africa Sports Ministry Reaching Youth in Mali

A message from one of our West Africa representatives…

“I’m one of the youth leaders in my region here in San Pedro [Ivory Coast]. The Lord allowed me to be in contact with pastor Jimmy [Breakaway Outreach] and by the grace of God, last year in November, the pastor invited me to Ghana, Accra, to be part of the team to really learn through the ministry of sport. It is my first time to see that putting youth together to play sport, we can share the gospel with them. I [also] noticed through the sport, we can be in contact with Muslim youth and share the gospel with them. I have a colleague in Mali. Mali is one of the countries here in West Africa, but Mali is Muslim country [95% Muslim]. The brother in Mali really appreciated the idea, and invited me to be in Mali to have five or six days with them, pulling the youth for sport activity, and sharing the great love of Jesus. I want for you to pray for our countries here, especially in Africa, where a lot of youth, they love sport and I believe through the ministry of sport, we can win many souls to the kingdom of God. That’s the reason I’m very, very happy. Every day I’m telling the Lord, thank you for the contact He gave me through pastor Jimmy, and I’m learning from him to also apply the same ministry here in my country, Ivory Coast, and also in Mali and different countries. By the grace of God, we’ll see many youth be connected to the kingdom of God. Pray for our country. Pray for our youth. Thank you very much. May God bless you.”