PATIENT LOVE (2 OF 7)
by Steve Jones
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
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Title: Patient Love (2 of 7)
Series: Family Matters / Love Matters
Author: Steve Jones
Text: 1 Corinthians 13
SERMON SUMMARY:
1) Patience slows down.
2) Patience Waits.
3) Patience Calms.
4) Patience Waits (again).
INTRODUCTION: Referees in youth sports are frequently subject to nasty jeers and even violence. One of them is fighting back, using videos meant to publicly shame. In one video, a fan at a youth soccer game bellows profanities and violently kicks a ball that slams into a teenage referee standing nearby. She disagreed with a penalty called. Another video captures parents at a youth basketball game charging the court to hurl punches at the referee. Another shows parents berating game officials as they walk to their cars after a soccer game for 8-year-olds players. The videos were posted on the Facebook page, "Offside" (100,000 followers), created by an Oklahoma youth soccer referee, Brian Barlow, who offers a $100 bounty for each clip to shame the rising tide of unruly parents and spectators at youth sports events. "I do it to hold people accountable. It's a very visual deterrent, and not just to the person caught on video but to others who ask themselves: Do I look like that jerk?" In fact, many do. The harassment has grown so rampant that more than 70 percent of new referees in all sports quit the job within three years, according to the National Association of Sports Officials. The chief cause for the attrition, based on a survey conducted by the association, was pervasive abuse from parents and coaches. Here's an email Brian Barlow received from a new referee: ? "I recently reffed my first few games. The best way to describe my experience would be disgusting. This was one of the worst experiences of my life. I felt harassed and mistreated. It cost me $200 for training and so much time looking at videos and reading, etc. My first games were all back-to-back to back and I was the only ref there. I had people cursing me out and stayin ...
Series: Family Matters / Love Matters
Author: Steve Jones
Text: 1 Corinthians 13
SERMON SUMMARY:
1) Patience slows down.
2) Patience Waits.
3) Patience Calms.
4) Patience Waits (again).
INTRODUCTION: Referees in youth sports are frequently subject to nasty jeers and even violence. One of them is fighting back, using videos meant to publicly shame. In one video, a fan at a youth soccer game bellows profanities and violently kicks a ball that slams into a teenage referee standing nearby. She disagreed with a penalty called. Another video captures parents at a youth basketball game charging the court to hurl punches at the referee. Another shows parents berating game officials as they walk to their cars after a soccer game for 8-year-olds players. The videos were posted on the Facebook page, "Offside" (100,000 followers), created by an Oklahoma youth soccer referee, Brian Barlow, who offers a $100 bounty for each clip to shame the rising tide of unruly parents and spectators at youth sports events. "I do it to hold people accountable. It's a very visual deterrent, and not just to the person caught on video but to others who ask themselves: Do I look like that jerk?" In fact, many do. The harassment has grown so rampant that more than 70 percent of new referees in all sports quit the job within three years, according to the National Association of Sports Officials. The chief cause for the attrition, based on a survey conducted by the association, was pervasive abuse from parents and coaches. Here's an email Brian Barlow received from a new referee: ? "I recently reffed my first few games. The best way to describe my experience would be disgusting. This was one of the worst experiences of my life. I felt harassed and mistreated. It cost me $200 for training and so much time looking at videos and reading, etc. My first games were all back-to-back to back and I was the only ref there. I had people cursing me out and stayin ...
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