the end is near… football is here!

It’s been a while, and we apologize for that. But we’ve been busy planning our THIRD annual PowderPuff Football tournament!

It will be Friday, April 23, beginning at 10:30am, at Forest Field on SW 20th Ave.

This year, we are implementing a new idea: it will take more than just the team to win. Here is the breakdown:

Details about the event can be found on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=110399205645446&ref=ts

Here are the rules:

Rules (http://recsports.ufl.edu/football_4on4_rules1.aspx)
1) There are rules for 4-on-4, but we will be playing 7-on-7
2) These rules will be enforced

VERBAL ABUSE (to refs, coaches, whoever)
1st offense – Suspended for 1 game/rest of game
2nd offense – No more games for you

PROFANITY (directed at anyone or anything: players, coaches, refs, the grass, the trees, the sun)
YOU WILL NOT PLAY ANY MORE GAMES THE REST OF THE DAY AND COULD BE ASKED TO LEAVE

Gameplay rules:
1) No tucking the ball (considered flag guarding)
- Proper way to hold the ball is with 2 hands and the ball out in front of you. Any arms or hands near the waistline will be called for flag guarding

2) Contact on the line will be strictly enforced. Watch the contact on the line. It will be called very often if it happens

3) Extra point is either 1 or 2. From the 3 yd line and the 10 yd line respectively.

Field Dimensions
40×40 yard field with 10 yard endzones
First down line at 20 yard line
- Ball starts at OWN 10 at the start of each half.
- 4 downs to score/reach 1st down mark at midfield
- Change of possession due to turnover takes place at where the ball is turned over

Timing Rules
2 pool games – 25 minutes no stoppage
Before Final 4 – 10 minutes to half, no stoppage
2nd half – 10 minutes with last 30 seconds of college rules
Final 4 – 10 minutes each half with 30 seconds college rules
Halftimes will be 2-3 minutes long, or if teams are ready to play before full time is over

Tiebreakers after pool play
7 minutes continuous clock
3-on-3 challenge
Flip coin/rock-paper-scissors to see who gets ball first
Ball is spotted on 20 yard line, offense has 3 plays to score – 15 second play clock when ball is spotted
Offense score – 1 pt, Defense stop – 1 pt

We are looking forward to this event and can’t wait to see everyone cheering on the field!

Stepping Into Spring

Jeremiah 10:23

“I know, O LORD, that a man’s life is not his own;
it is not for man to direct his steps.”

Thank you to everyone who came out and supported A Night for HOPE! We have a TON of textbooks to sell make money to send to the clinic.

Stephen Blazs and Kristina Swanson were our emcees for the night. Dr. Jon Eager spoke about his experiences over the past 4 years in Magambua working at the clinic with his family. Peter Lebhar, Nate Young and David “Benji” Kuriakose of Built To Be Broken provided the music throughout the night.

On another note, we have two major upcoming events this spring:

• HOPE Silent Auction

Saturday, Feb. 20 / 4:30-6:30 p.m. / Christian Study Center

• HOPE 5K Run

Saturday, March 20 / Time TBA / Location TBA

Please stay tuned for more updates about both, but mark your calendars and plan to attend both and support the clinic!

In steps of faith, the HOPE team

A Night for HOPE!

Check out our benefit concert this Friday night! ALL proceeds go to the clinic we support in Tanzania. Admission is $5 or an old school book.

We also have shirts for sale!!! $10 for new ones, $7 for old ones (limited supply).

We’ve Been Published!

Africa Inland Mission features HOPE in it’s publication, heartbeat Africa! Click the link below to read the story!

HOPE for Africa

What’s going on

We meet every Wednesday in Matherly, Room 4 from 5-6 p.m. Thanks for keeping up with us- each week we discuss events and ways to fundraise. We are currently working on a pancake breakfast, TCBY and Tijuana Flats benefit nights, and our third annual dodgeball tournament.

HOPE: Our Mission

HOPE is a student-run organization at the University of Florida that exists for the sole purpose of seeing lives saved and communities changed as a result of our efforts. We intend to fulfill this bold vision by raising funds to support the work of a rural medical clinic in Magambua, Tanzania, Africa, and then by going and working in that clinic ourselves. By focusing on one clinic in one community, we hope to see with our own eyes and touch with our own hands those Tanzanians whom our money and time are saving. The reason for the name HOPE is that we, as an organization and as individuals, have been radically changed by the hope given us by the person of Jesus Christ. Because of this hope, we are compelled to offer HOPE to others: not just physically and emotionally, but spiritually as well.

All the support that we raise is given directly to Africa Inland Mission (AIM) to support the medical clinic in purchasing supplies to treat the Tanzanians.

In the summer, some of us will go over to Magambua, Tanzania (the place where the medical clinic is located) or other various areas around Africa as part of a short term missions team partnered with AIM to help out in various projects around the area.