Hip.Hop & Hoops

The Crossover Courts were built a few years ago and have served thousands in our community. We have open court nights on Tuesday and Thursday’s after school. Wednesday night is our Men’s Basketball league (ages 18 & up) where we have open court and our very own street ball league. About 30-40 guys attend each Wednesday night. The evening starts out with warm up time and several pick up games. There have been some special nights where we’ve had a DJ spin some hot Christian hip-hop during this time. Everyone then takes a break and gets into a short Bible Study where one of the leaders shares from his heart as they tie it in with sports and every day life. Occasionally some of the MC’s from the church will also come and drop some lyrics on the players and speak some words of encouragement.

The second part of the night then kicks in as everyone hits the courts for the actual league games. The set up is official- complete with referees, a game-clock, score board, camera man, and stat recorder. The league even produces a weekly newsletter with the player of the week, stats, standings and a brief summary of each game that highlights some of the key plays and players. This has been a great outreach ministry as several guys who just came to play ball have now come to know Christ and have started attending our services.

A three on three tournament is also held during each one of our tri-monthly concerts. Several teams from all over come to compete on the courts as the concert is rocking inside and activity is popping all over the campus. Hip-Hop and Hoops has been an incredible outreach and it’s also created great fellowship and exercise opportunities.

To get involved – just come out on a Wednesday night!

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