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Okontoe Hockey Missions are short-term mission trips to northern
Canada, focusing on using hockey to meet and reach people who might otherwise avoid church and religion. Aaron and I
plan on going to northern Manitoba to an isolated Ojibwe community with this team in late February. I will post more
details as I learn them. Here is a quote from their mission site:
" For over 20 years Okontoe Sports Ministries has been bringing the Gospel
of Jesus Christ to ice rinks all over Minnesota, as well as northern Ontario and Manitoba, Canada. This unique ministry uses
the gift of hockey to gain common ground with people from all walks of life and spiritual conditions. Hockey allows us to
become friends with people who would usually never see the inside of a church. Once these friendships are established, we
are able to share the message of reconciliation to God, through Jesus Christ and His undying love for us all.
Another important focus is short term ministry trips to native communities
in northern Ontario and Manitoba. Since it's inception in 1980, Okontoe Sports Ministries has brought teams of Christian hockey
players, musicians, and other soldiers of God to seven different native communities on over thirty-four different trips..."
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