Sports Chaplain & A Friend of REFUGEES and Immigrants
Sports Chaplain
One wonders how David could find time, in a very busy life, to be a Sports Chaplain as well
as everything else. Being with the players whilst training mid-week, at their matches, during the intervals, and also when they have been interviewed by journalists afterwards, is a demanding task, even if you have nothing else to do! This is not a job that a busy person should seek! The book ‘Off the Ball’ vividly tells the story of David’s involvement with sport, and is necessary reading for those who did not know that sport can have a religious (and even a Christian) emphasis! John Motson’s ‘Foreword’ is an eye-opener. He obviously understood David better than many others!
A Friend of Refugees and Immigrants
When David was still at school, and only ten years of age, he was asked by his teacher to make a special friend of a boy who had just joined the class. Why he was chosen, David never knew, but it led to a ministry which has helped very large numbers. The boy turned out to be the son in a Jewish family, which had just fled from Nazi Germany. This was David's first experience of helping an refugee immigrant, but it was not to be the last.
Even in his eighties, David was still giving assistance to genuine refugees and immigrants from many countries, including
David’s style of evangelism is very social-orientated, and so (as with others) he does not try to introduce the Christian Faith to refugees without first befriending them. This takes time, but – despite his schedule – David has found time for each one. Since the majority of the refugees and immigrants who have arrived in
