Record attendance

Just a quick update after the fourth session of the third season of Summer Soccer at Trinity Lime Rock.

Today we broke -- shattered, really -- our previous attendance record, with 41 people in the field. We also had several people who had previously not taken the plunge venture into church for Communion as the soccer session wound down.

Interesting that we succeeded in breaking the record on a Sunday when few of our own faithful year-round kids were present (this was the first Sunday of that ten day July 4th weekend that you get when the 4th falls in the middle of the week, and most of our own were off on vacation, or in summer camp, or visiting family elsewhere).

Assuming that most of these people return, won't the kids who regularly come be surprised to find that they've been invaded! It will be interesting to see the dynamics of this.

Two weeks into the third season -- progress report

I said I'd report back after the first session, but I guess I missed that target.

Well, the first Sunday we had 24 people in the field (about 19 kids) which probably is as many as we had had last summer at our high point. The picture on the left, which is Coach Richard Kirby talking to some of the kids, was taken that first Sunday.

You can also get a peek at the 2007 soccer shirts. Neat, huh?

Then, last Sunday (the second Sunday of Summer Soccer this year, and Fathers Day to booot) we had 31 people in the field, mostly kids -- we were a little hard pressed for coaches in fact. We had two simultaneous scrimmages going on, and some of the littlest kids still pretty much entertaining themselves -- not where I want to be with this.

Fact is, we were so busy that I didn't even get to take any pictures! The high points included the return to Trinity of one boy who I last saw three years ago (and didn't recognize when I saw him Sunday). Also, when we gathered in a circle for the Lord's Prayer, having to consciously project my voice due to the size of the circle.

The local paper, the one that rarely prints our stuff, has now printed something about our Summer Soccer program for FOUR consecutive weeks. I'm dreading the inevitable requests from the chairs of the various programs at Trinity for me to exercise my influence with the local paper to get THEIR activities publicized. I guess I will have to suggest to them that they do something really different -- and then the journalists will beat a path to their doors.

Well, this Sunday I hereby promise to take a lot more pictures. Maybe even some video so I can put a more current video on the Trinity website (courtesy of YouTube, of course).

Here's a question: do you think it makes any sense to put an activity on the Trinity Lime Rock group in FaceBook for soccer? All thoughts welcome......