1. Centre Bounce Teams SCA's Methodology for Growing Our Network of Chaplains to Sport in Australia Sports Chaplaincy Australia

2. Our networks vision is… To have a chaplain serving in every sports club in Australia.

3. The question is How can we do this? (When were a volunteer network?)

4. Circles. Or to use a sports comparison…

5. Centre Bounce Teams

6. In Australian Rules Football the game begins with only 4 players from each team in the centre square. There is a tall ruckman and 3 on-ballers all who get the ball moving in the right direction

7. Centre Bounce Teams is SCAs strategy to help move our vision in the right direction

8. Moving in the Right Direction… The SCA network is committed to and gives permission to start countless Centre Bounce Teams throughout Australia The SCA network is committed to and gives permission to start countless Centre Bounce Teams throughout Australia In regions or shires In specific sports or leagues In church denominations or networks In mission agencies Even in a local church Their focus is getting chaplains into sport Once they get the ball moving other players get involved; like trainers & senior chaplains Centre Bounce Teams will likely start other Centre Bounce Teams

9. They have Reach They have Reach There are a few important characteristics of Centre Bounce Teams to note… Centre Bounce Teams will typically consist of people with reach in their sport, league, community or church networks

10. Have reach Have reach Work Hard Work Hard They also… Centre Bounce Teams (in sync with SCAs values) will work hard at appointing chaplains to clubs

11. Have reach Have reach Work Hard Work Hard Make Contact Make Contact They also… CBTs will contact clubs & church networks to find suitable people to be chaplains and find clubs that want a chaplain

12. Have reach Have reach Work Hard Work Hard Make Contact Make Contact Get Others Involved Get Others Involved They also… Once they get the ball rolling they make it easy for the rest of the SCA team to get involved – eg,training

13. Have reach Have reach Work hard Work hard Make contact Make contact Get others involved Get others involved They dont need to be the Captains They dont need to be the Captains And finally… The pressure is off. Centre Bounce Teams dont need to know or do it all – just help get the game started in their region or sport.

14. Strategically SCA is seeking to empower a movement of rapidly growing circles of sports chaplaincy networks in regions and sports that are governed by core guiding principles and trusted people.

15. We would like to invite you to see… Men and Women serving Christ as sports chaplains in every sports community in your region or sport.

16. Register a Centre Bounce Team today… Download your CBT PDF and register at www.centrebounceteams.com.au Copyright © 2012 Sports Chaplaincy Australia Inc. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".