• Search for:

    Yearly Archives: 2023

    1. Home  - 
    2. 2023
    4Dec, 2023
    Youth Winter Camp Registration is Now Open

    Youth Winter Camp for ages 7-14

    Dates: January 12-15
    Location: Lake Junaluska, North Carolina

    Our students will be enriched with dynamic group activities, live music, a guest speaker and energized worship services. Other amenities include hiking, game room, snow tubing, choice time activities, lots of hot chocolate, and delicious meals.

    *Scholarships are available based on eligibility, on a first come, first served basis. Availability is limited. Contact us for more details about registration: call/text (423) 400-1358

    1Dec, 2023
    Keep Calm Coffee Mug, Year-End Appreciation Gift

    In appreciation of any year-end $20+ donation to Breakaway Outreach, we want to send you a KEEP CALM and GIVE a KID HOPE coffee mug. Wake up to your favorite brew along with a daily reminder that no matter how bad things get in the world today, we can keep calm in the peace of Christ and bless the world with hope.


    24Nov, 2023
    GivingTuesday to Bless Kids in the Dominican Republic
    GivingTuesday to bless Dominican children

    Our GivingTuesday campaign is designated to provide Christmas blessings for under-resourced children that Breakaway serves through our partnerships in the Dominican Republic. These programs include ministries for orphans, Haitian migrant/refugee children, and families impacted by severe poverty. Thank you for considering our Dominican friends and families with your GivingTuesday generosity.

    DONATE HERE

    21Nov, 2023
    Short Term Mission Trips: Serve with Us!

    Breakaway Short Term Mission Trips

    Join us on a mission trip in 2024:

    • Domestic USA, Tennessee (sports ministry and camps for kids facing hardship)
    • Dominican Republic (sports ministry, youth and children’s ministry)
    • West Africa (sports ministry, youth and young adult ministry)
    • Europe (sports ministry, English camps)
    • South Korea (sports ministry, English camps, prison/juvenile ministry)

    Fill out the short term mission trips inquiry form below or contact us for more details.

    Mission Trip Inquiry Form 

    Missions Partnership Opportunities

    Your missional goals are important to us! Let’s set up a chat to discuss putting some strategies behind them.

    • Use sports such as baseball, basketball, Frisbee, football, volleyball, or any game as a platform for building relationships and sharing the gospel.
    • Minister to children through leading kids’ clubs, Vacation Bible School, puppet shows, crafts, Bible stories, sports, skits, and games.
    • Be the hands and feet of Christ as you visit and minister to those that others may have forgotten in orphanages, hospitals, prisons (juvenile center ministry), and migrant/refugee communities.
    • Assist the local church in outreach by handing out Bibles, street evangelism, door-to-door visits, or sharing the gospel through community movie nights.
    • Provide tangible support through your work on various projects from painting, roofing, cement work, tiling, or whatever projects your local partner identifies in the community.

    We would love to get to know you and learn more about how Breakaway can customize a short term mission trip tailored around the gifts and talents of your team. Breakaway can help you or your church experience a mission trip that is built on pillars of gospel-centeredness, long term relationships, and sustainable ministry partnership.

    Because your group will be partnered with a local church or ministry, they will have the opportunity to meet the needs that local leaders have identified in their communities. By working alongside a local church, you can be assured that the work they are doing will be done with sustainability in mind.

    We desire to see long term relationships formed between Breakaway sending teams and the communities we are serving in. To that end, we encourage our teams to return year after year to deepen the relationships formed during that first mission trip. Contact us today to connect with one of our missions consultants and begin planning the mission trip of a lifetime for you or your group!

    Get Short Term Mission Trips resources.

    18Oct, 2023
    Playing for an Audience of One: Sports Ministry Devotional


    Most of us have heard of Babe Ruth, but few have heard of Babe Pinelli? Pinelli was an umpire in Major League Baseball who once called The Great Bambino out on strikes. When the crowd began booing in disapproval of the call, Babe turned to the umpire and said, “There’s 40,000 people here who know that the last pitch was a ball.” Pinelli responded coolly, “Maybe so, Babe, but mine is the only opinion that counts.”

    Read More
    15Aug, 2023
    Chattanooga Charity Golf Tournament

    Breakaway’s 14th annual Champions Fore Kids Chattanooga golf tournament is coming up at WindStone golf club!

    Chattanooga Golf Event: September 30, 2024

    We are seeking “champions” with a BIG heart and a sweet stroke to tee it up for our annual Champions Fore Kids Chattanooga golf tourney. Proceeds from this golf event benefit our Breakaway Outreach ministries. By teeing it up with Breakaway, you are championing the GOSPEL for the next generation and shaping brighter futures through communities of faith, hope, and love.

    Register a foursome, become a “Dream Team” partner, or sponsor a hole for the event… GO TO THE GOLF EVENT WEBSITE FOR REGISTRATION DETAILS

    Maybe you cannot join us for the event but would still like to champion the mission. Here are some ways that you can be a part of our CHAMPIONS event, even if you cannot be there in person…

    1. DONATE: Mail a check payable to “Breakaway Outreach,” or give securely online. You can also give in honor or memoriam of a personal “champion” in your life. We can recognize that person publicly or keep it private at your request.

    2. SERVE: Sign up to volunteer as an individual or organize a mission team to champion the Spirit of Christmas among underserved children and at-risk youth during our upcoming holiday outreaches.

    3. HOST: Invite us to visit your church, small group, missions conference, etc., to do a presentation about how to partner with Breakaway to champion HOPE at home or abroad in 2024. Domestic projects and international mission trips are available, too!

    Thank you for your partnership!!!

    About WindStone Golf Club

    WindStone Golf Club is a private club owned and operated by Tim & Wes Gilbert since 1993. The Club first opened as a fully functional 18-hole public golf course in 1989. The Gilberts took over operations in 1993 and continued in the public market. WindStone has become the premiere all inclusive private club in town.

    9Aug, 2023
    Baseball5™ Sports Ministry and Youth Outreach

    Baseball5™ has seen explosive international growth since its launch by the WBSC in 2017, and will make its debut in the Youth Olympic Games in 2026.

    What is Baseball5?

    Baseball5™ is a simple urban version of the classic games of baseball and softball, where only a rubber ball is required to play the game. This faster paced street discipline of the sport has been designed to appeal to youngsters and other fans across the world. The variant eliminates the need for traditional baseball equipment such as bats, gloves, helmets, etc. No pitcher is needed as hitting is done by hand. The sport maintains the uniqueness of baseball/softball while eliminating the structural complexities, thus making the game playable anywhere.

    Read More
    9Aug, 2023
    SOH 2023: Help Us Finish Strong!

    Help us finish Summer of Hope 2023 strong!!!

    In August, we are running three sports camps in England and Germany. Young people are getting the opportunity to hear and respond to the life-changing message of Jesus Christ. These camps are creating sustainable discipleship pathways for youth to build relationships in gospel-centered community, and take next steps in following Jesus beyond the camps. Please consider making a one time financial gift to help these summer camps finish strong.

    Simply click on the DONATE link in the menu to make a secure online donation. Thank you for partnering with us to give gospel-destitute young people the opportunity to encounter Jesus through the universal language of sports.

    8Aug, 2023
    Vova’s Prayer and The D.R.E.A.M. Initiative

    Vova grew up in an orphanage in Ukraine. He was adopted and brought to America when he was 15-years old. In 2021, he had the opportunity to go on a mission trip to the Dominican Republic, where he shared his testimony at an orphanage and worked with a sports ministry for underserved children. That experience captured Vova’s heart for the Dominican people and he’s never been the same since. On another visit to the DR, Vova asked God for a vision of how he can help give opportunities to less fortunate children in the region. The D.R.E.A.M. initiative was born as an answer to Vova’s prayer.

    The D.R.E.A.M. (Dominican Republic Equipping Athletic Ministries) initiative aims to equip local Dominican leaders/coaches with resources to help develop young athletes through gospel-centered programs, and to mobilize sports ministry mission teams to go and serve in the DR.

    Some of the D.R.E.A.M. goals include:

    • Providing sports equipment for faith-based athletic programs
    • Funding construction and renovation projects for sports fields/venues
    • Equipping Dominican leaders/coaches/mentors with essential ministry tools for sports development and spiritual formation (discipleship)
    • Mobilizing mission teams to go and serve in the DR

    Here are some ways that you can partner with the D.R.E.A.M. initiative:

    GIVE: You can support the D.R.E.A.M. initiative by making a monetary donation or donating sports equipment.

    GO: You can go and serve with our partners in the DR, bringing gospel-centered sports ministry to youth and children.

    PRAY: You can pray for God’s work in the DR. Pray for the leaders we are resourcing, the youth/children being served, and the local churches we partner with to multiply disciple-making movements through sports ministry.