The RACE is a unique outreach program designed to reach students with the truth of Jesus Christ. Through intense games, weekly challenges, and most importantly, relationship building, students get a visual of what it means to live a Christian life. Every week, students are challenged and stretched in their personal walk with Jesus Christ.

The purpose of the RACE is to reach youth with the truth of Christ by challenging them to live a life for Him, building relationships between students and leaders and also using healthy competition to get youth connected to the ministry. The RACE takes place over the 5 weeks in August and September each year.

 

And now...here are the FINAL SCORES [finally!]

 

Congratulations to the 2011 RACE CHAMPIONS:

BLU CRU!

Come back next year when we do it all again!!

 

 

 

So, what is the RACE?…

1.     Will I have to actually play any games?

        A: No. You will not be asked to do anything you don’t want to do. I think that you’ll have a lot more fun if you really get involved, but that doesn’t mean that you have to play the games. Many points will also be rewarded for cheering and team spirit. The RACE, as with many things in life, will be as fun as you make it.  It could be a highlight of the year if you let it be!

2.     So we’re just playing games over those weeks?

        A:  No. The RACE isn’t just a program about games or competition. The RACE is an outreach program that is designed to bring friends to and build relationships with other students and adults. There are also team building times and devotional times which connects The RACE we are supposed to run in our lives to the games which we’re playing.  This is far from “just games."

3.     Why should I invite my friends?

        A: You should invite your friends because they’ll have a blast, they’ll build new relationships, they’ll experience ‘church’ in a different way, they'll help your team and they’ll hear weekly about the God that loves them and wants a relationship with them. If you’re friends aren’t involved in a church, they need to be at The RACE!

 

Rules and Points

Spirit Points

Points will be awarded to each team every time they go beyond normal cheering for their team. Points can be awarded during competitions and outside competitions.  Example: coming up with a song and dance to root on your team during a game will probably get you spirit points. Also, creating a web site dedicated to your team will also get you spirit points.

Visitor Points

Points will be awarded for each visitor that you get to join your team (a visitor is anyone who is not yet on a team yet. Make sure someone doesn’t sign up as a visitor for one team when they are already on another). This is the best way to earn points for your team. Each friend you bring gets a team t-shirt and is an official part of your team and can compete. Each week the visitor comes past their first week, that team will receive more points. So, if you bring a friend the first week and they come back the final 3 weeks, that friend alone will earn your team 14 total points.

Absentee Penalty

Each team member who is absent loses points for their team. A team member must have been present at least one week in order for them to lose points for their team.

Shirt Points

Points will be awarded to team members who wear their RACE shirt to the 9:30 hour of corporate worship on Sundays during The Race.  For your points to count, you must be there BEFORE 9:30 and check in with The Race table to earn your points. 

SNO Points

Points will be awarded to team members who show up for SNO with their team shirt on.  SNO is our Saturday night programming from 6:45-8 p.m. in the youth center. SNO is a fun evening of different theme nights, games and other fun.

Other Penalties

Everyone must sign a code of conduct agreeing to be good sports, to behave properly, to be respectful and to not get too aggressive. Team members not following these and the other rules of the game will be penalized by having points removed from their teams overall score. We’re all out here trying to have fun, so let’s not try and ruin that for everyone.

Special Challenges

Throughout the week, there may be special challenges that can be received on golove.org/therace. These challenges will vary and the points earned will vary.