FOUNDER / DIRECTORJohn S



|December 2004 |TEAM JAM . . . Jesus’ Athletic Ministry |

| PRAY FOR US ! |Address: 1005 Alden Drive, Streetsboro, Ohio 44241 Ph: (330)626-2614 c- (330)352-4231 |

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|FOUNDER / DIRECTOR |THE GLASS IS HALF FULL - NOT HALF EMPTY !!! |

| |Just this past week a kindergarten boy at school with my own kindergarten age daughter, died of a virus that attacked his heart – |

|John S. Saucier |within a two day period. A very well liked 16 yr. old basketball and baseball player at a neighboring high school, died in a car|

| |accident last week, when he should have still been at his workouts at school. Last year’s “Mr. Football” was sentenced last month|

|BOARD OF DIRECTORS |to five years probation for second degree murder. A Cleveland area high school homecoming king and football/basketball star was |

|Tim Loney - Chairman |convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison for a string of carjackings – just three weeks after inviting me to his last high|

|TRBL Mktg, Columbus,O |school football game. |

|Dan Cagwin |Sometimes it feels as though we are barely a couple of drops in the ocean! However, especially with a greater emphasis on prayer,|

|Warrensville Hts. Police |these “drops” are creating big waves. In spite of employing no full time staff in this ministry, God has raised up an |

|Pat Gould |unbelievable network of young men having the “TEAM JAM” effect on other communities. TEAM JAM young men are leading many kids to |

|Accountant, |Christ in places I may never even visit. No longer are we dependent on John “the one-armed paper hanger”. On the contrary, these|

|Deloitte & Touche |men are actively impacting others and reporting in with news or for advice. Our opportunities stretch from grade schools to every |

|Marshall Jennings |professional team sport. |

|Jennings Htg.and Air, Akron | |

|Terry Lawrence | |

|Sales, Kings Medical, Hudson | |

|Joe Lazor | |

|Lazor & Associates, Medina | |

|John E. Saucier | |

|Retired, Medina Teacher | |

|Kevin Sunde | |

|Owner, MGM, Medina,O. | |

|John Wells | |

|Attorney, Progressive Ins. | |

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|ADVISORY BOARD | |

|George Barna | |

|Barna Research, LTD. | |

|Dave Cunningham | |

|Southern View Chapel | |

|Springfield, Illinois | |

|Rich Dauer | |

|Milwaukee Brewers coach | |

|Bob Dehart | |

|Retired,Bridgestone/Firestone | |

|Tim Drew | |

|Atlanta Braves | |

|Rob Eggers | |

|Sales, Merck Pharmaceuticals | |

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|Andy McCollum | |

|St. Louis Rams | |

|George Mitchell | |

|Owner, | |

|Jimmy Oliver | |

|Pro Basketball, Europe | |

|Jim Smith | |

|Retired, Ohio Highway Patrol | |

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|Virginia U.’s Brian Barthelmes | |

|taking time out with Josh Saucier| |

| |UNSUNG HEROES | UNSUNG - continued |MOVE OVER “P-DIDDY”. . . HERE COMES SAUCE DADDY AND T-LONE. |

| |Here are some of our athletes |Ben Flossie (Akron Garfield) is |Sean “P-Diddy” Combs is the foremost “Hip-Hop” name in the |

| |who do the work but don’t get |ministering to teens in Missouri|world. But, now there is John Saucier and Tim Loney! |

| |the headlines: |while furthering his ministry |Scary thought, we know. However, while mentoring Jason and |

| |Gary Beckley (Hudson) is |training. Jerome Moss (Akron |Brandon Wallace the last two years, we’ve watched them minister |

| |ministering to disadvantaged |Firestone) helps with Bible |to almost 10,000 people with hundreds of decisions for Christ. |

| |youth in Los Angeles, Josh |studies with teammates at Malone|Their ministry even goes beyond that as they interact personally|

| |Bostick (Kent St. football) is a|College and is playing a major |after concerts, by email, by phone, and even through leading |

| |juvenile officer at the Youth |role in re-establishing the |their home church’s youth group. Their personal walk with |

| |Development Center in Hudson. |Fellowship of Christian Athletes|Christ and the special anointing God has blessed them with takes|

| |Mike DeRienzo (Hudson) is the |at Canton McKinley H.S. during |their exceptional talents past entertainment and to ministry. |

| |youth pastor on a military base |his internship with their |[pic] |

| |in Arizona, and Matt DeRienzo |athletic department. Jason |Brandon W., Damien Wilkins, Tim Murphy, Jason W., & John |

| |(Hudson) is a G.M. of a local |Wallace (Nyack College / St.V -|Damien now plays in the NBA and Tim plays FB for Pittsburgh U. |

| |Longhorn Steakhouse Restaurant –|St.Mary) is still leading his |These combined efforts have led the Divine Soldiers to the brink|

| |honored as #1 in the country for|Christian Hip Hop music ministry|of national music outreach. Originally rejected by music labels|

| |customer service and has |(the Divine Soldiers) with his |because of their evangelistic emphasis, they recently were |

| |instituted his own employee |brother Brandon Wallace |offered a deal with a national distribution company. We are now|

| |“character” training program. |(Central-Hower), who also |raising the $2500 investment needed to complete this deal. This |

| |Rob Eggers (Indiana, Cuyahoga |simultaneously volunteers as a |will result in musical evangelism to approximately 200 national |

| |Falls) leads men’s Bible Studies|youth pastor at his home church |markets . . . or around $12.50 per market for daily evangelistic|

| |at his house, as well as his |in Akron. The Divine Soldiers |airplay for several months. Would it be fun for you to donate |

| |wife and children, while |Ministry leads well over 200 |toward this, knowing that you ”aired” the gospel to major cities|

| |continuing a fine career as a |young people to Christ each |for months? |

| |frequently awarded |year. Steve Culp (Stow H.S. |Here are sample lyrics that will go out over the airwaves: |

| |pharmaceutical salesman. Johnny |assistant basketball coach) is |It ain’t enough to be born once, you need to be born again |

| |King (St. V-St. Mary) has been|leading a weekly basketball |Washed in the blood a new creation in him |

| |running outreach basketball |instruction clinic sponsored by |Think it’s a joke then I hope that you like the smoke |

| |tourneys (Alabama, Ohio, and |TEAM JAM in Streetsboro, during |Or be cute you be beggin for a fire suit |

| |Tennessee) Ryan Faulkner |which we also teach Godly |Think of the worst horror flick |

| |(Revere) received his doctorate |character. Brian Barthelmes |The time you were scared stiff |

| |in clinical psychology and works|(Virginia U. football/ Kenston |When the hairs on your neck stood up a little bit |

| |for a community mental health |HS) just received the national |And that will not compare not one degree |

| |center in Northern Kentucky |“Good Guy” award. Brian was |When you hear these three words said, “depart from me” |

| |counseling adults, children (and|honored as one of the top 11 | |

| |their parents) through |football players in the nation | |

| |psychiatric and drug abuse |who were impacting their | |

| |issues. Adam Flossie (Akron |community through charitable | |

| |Garfield) is ministering as a |efforts. He also excels as the | |

| |high school coach in Akron. |starting guard for the | |

| | |nationally ranked Cavaliers. | |

| | | . . . Aiding parents, schools and the community in developing youth – since 1991. |

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| | |. . . Aiding parents, schools the community in developing youth – since 1991. |

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|[pic] |SO WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN? |

|Dante Booker – during a game |Praying for us and donations to TEAM JAM are reaching out beyond local youth! |

| |The Lord’s favor combined with mentoring permits ministry that costs less but has NATIONAL impact!! We trust these details only |

|OUR WEBSITE () |emphasize the value of your past involvement. God intends on multiplying our impact AND your calling in YOUR life. Continue to |

|costs around $300 to maintain and|pray. It is the only true way we can maintain our effectiveness. And if you would like, continue to support us. We hope that it |

|$600 per year in other service |is fun for you to see what God is doing with your “loaves and fishes” and our “fishing”. |

|costs. With 500 web visitors a | |

|day(180,000 visitors a year) | |

|exposed to testimony and | |

|directions for salvation – and | |

|another 1500 personal email | |

|letters – our expense is less | |

|than a penny per contact. | |

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|In the Miami Dolphin locker room | |

| |SEMINOLE INDIANS IN FLA. |PRO BASEBALL MINISTRY |John Edwards, Damien Wilkins & LeBron James |

| |Tim Loney has had some business dealings|For the price of a few tanks of gas we |John is a rookie with the Indiana Pacers, |

| |with the Seminole Indians in Florida and|were able to minister as a baseball |Damien is a rookie with Seattle and LeBron is in|

| |inquired about us ministering with their|chaplain (with Baseball Chapel) to one |his second year in the NBA. Damien has |

| |local church. Representatives from our |of the Cleveland Indians minor league |especially been vocal about his relationship |

| |ministry and the Divine Soldiers were |teams (Mahoning Valley). Not only did |with Christ Of course, LeBron is making |

| |then invited to their reservation in |we have great response and attendance, |headlines with his maturity and performance on |

| |Hollywood, Fla. for a ministry weekend |but we also have a number of healthy |the court and leadership off the court. Please |

| |in June. Using only $250 of our own |relationships that will continue to |pray for him to desire to please God with his |

| |ministry funds, we were able to |develop with Cleveland Indian players |dating relationship and honor his pledge to be a|

| |establish trust and outreach among the |as they progress through the system – |great father. It literally can be said that the|

| |Seminole youth. Dave Harris (Brunswick |prayerfully helping them to know Christ|“whole world is watching him.” These are |

| |HS / Cincinnati U.), Greg Lewis (Akron |as Savior or stay faithful to Him. |ridiculously difficult burdens. Josh Holden |

| |East, Medina Christian / Winthrop U.), |Meanwhile, Tim Drew (now with the |(Hudson HS / West Point). was a two sport star |

| |Jake Coyle (Padua H.S.), the Divine |Atlanta Braves), continues to serve |(football / baseball) who signed with the |

| |Soldiers, Barclay Radebaugh (U. of |Christ on his own through team studies,|Cincinnati Reds a year after graduation. The |

| |Miami, Fla. basketball coach) and Miami |mission trips, and special speaking |Reds convinced the Army to let Josh play |

| |Dolphin General Manager, Rick Spielman |opportunities. |baseball instead of sending him to Iraq. He |

| |all shared testimony and provided | |batted over .350 and being described as a “young|

| |personal attention to children of all | |Kenny Lofton” and a sure #1 draft pick if he |

| |ages. Several made decisions for Christ.| |wasn’t in the military. Josh was featured on |

| |We continue to be sought out for further| |the ESPN web site and made sure he used his |

| |ministry development, with requests to | |“platform” to honor Christ. |

| |come back there and to many other | | |

| |Reservations | | |

| |HOCKEY CAMP |DANTE BOOKER |MINISTRY EXPANSION |

|NOW THE MOVIES? |Thanks to Tom Goebel and his Cleveland |Auburn in 2002, Indianapolis Colts in |Matt Gsellman has created a Christian Youth |

|The videographer and editor doing|Barons Hockey Arena, as well Hockey |2003, Arena Football in Florida in the |Hockey Organization that he manages and |

|a documentary on the 2002-03 |Ministries International, we have helped|winter of 2004 and British Columbia, |coaches, while we provide spiritual support. |

|Akron St. V.-St. Mary H.S. team |host a Christian Hockey camp the past |Canada for the 2004 Canadian Football |Matt is literally doing all the work in |

|with LeBron James, determined |three summers. This summer will be our |league season – have been Dante’s |establish these teams but he desires to provide |

|that the central theme of the |fourth one and will be run |recent stops. After establishing |a hockey experience built around God’s |

|season was built on the team’s |independently. The last two camps |himself as a starter the local |expectations and better balance for the family. |

|faith and relationship with |averaged 35 campers, with at least 10 |Vancouver paper decided to do a feature|Thanks to Tom Goebel and the Cepis’, we also |

|Christ. They interviewed the |young people dramatically altering their|story on him. His life story and |have regular Hockey Chapels during the hockey |

|seniors, coaches and even myself.|lives because of their commitment to |testimony was recorded on three full |season at the Barons rink. Dru Joyce is |

|Both men were eager to know |Christ. This camp benefited from Mr. |pages and read by several hundred |dramatically broadening his youth basketball |

|Christ as Savior and learn more |Goebel’s donation of the facilities and |thousand people (plus those reading on |() programs to impact and |

|about this faith. We will soon |the volunteer hours of Kevin Sunde, Ed |the internet). This “Divinely” arranged|develop more youth and a local trainer is using |

|have our own copy of this special|and Patty Cepis, Joe Szeker, Mark and |witness cost our ministry nothing, but |his training sessions to introduce Christ to his|

|documentary . . . at no cost!! |Laura Bassen, and NHL’er Mike Rupp. The|the reporter informed me caused quite a|athletes. These four groups impact youth in |

|The impact of these testimonies |camp has also spurred on men like Matt |positive response from the community. |facilities that influence hundreds of great |

|on video will be spread without |Gsellman who has created the Christian | |young athletes. They require none of our |

|any cost to us. This is |Youth Hockey Organization. Beginning | |financial support, just our investment in their |

|something we would have never |with a team in the spring, Matt now has | |leadership and youth. |

|attempted, but God made possible.|a year round organization that you can | | |

| |read more about on our web site. | | |

|This was our twelfth year as chaplain with Hudson HS’s football team. Averaging around 20 in attendance this season, we were privileged to be a part of their |

|state playoff qualifying team – for the third time. Head Coach Tom Narducci is responsible for the opportunity and support and sets the example by attending all of|

|these voluntarily attended meetings. |

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Chapel “on the road” with Akron St. V – St. Mary HS 2003 Hockey Chapel with the AAA Barons amateur club

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LeBron James donates new basketball courts in Akron In Canada, we visit our own Dante Booker, now playing in the Canadian Football League. Joining us was local

hockey stars Jake Cepis and Tom Staltari.

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TEAM JAM outreach at the Beulah Beach Sports Day, including Pro basketball star Greg Lewis and Jason Wallace (Divine

including foreign pro basketball star Greg Lewis (2nd from left) Soldiers) speak to the Seminole Indian youth in Hollywood, Fla.

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