The 61st St A's

(Deanna, Nikki, Brittney, and Taniya at WMBI!)


(Deanna & Taniya in the booth!)

The "61st Street A’s"

The 61st Street A’s are buckling down and ready to win! Our middle school girls here at Sunshine have been playing their first year of little league softball this summer. Coached by myself and our high school intern,Nikki Blodgett, our season started off about 2 months ago. Most, if not all, of our girls had never played the game before. We even had girls ask if they could wear gloves on both hands so they could be more likely to catch the ball! Yet, after smoothing out the kinks and finding our groove, our team is beginning to truly look like a team.

Every game we’ve played we have grown in our competitiveness. We recently lost only by one run! It is so exciting to see the unity within our team of teen girls. They have truly grown together, become amazing friends, and developed softball skills and even skills for life. We have not only worked with the girls on hitting and fielding the ball, but on representing Christ with their attitudes, and on responsibility, and teamwork.

Some of my favorite times with the girls are the long drives through traffic to the West Side games as sing our favorite songs at the top of our lungs, laugh, and share our hearts with one another. The relationships that this season has facilitated couldn’t be forced in any other way, but have come together by the grace of God.

As the season started, I was able to go on WMBI Moody Radio and talk about our season and the needs that we had as far as equipment. Not only did we receive a plentiful amount of items to be able to be supplied for the season, today we (Nikki and I) were able to go back on the radio show with two of our players- Taniya and Deanna. Though we were all a little nervous, we had an amazing time sharing with listening ears about our team and Sunshine.

Continue to pray for relationships, discipleship, and even a win for the 61st Street A’s!!

Brittney Rost
HS Ministry Coordinator
Brittney also has a personal blog called "A City Light" that you can check out here.