John is experienced in major sports event chaplaincy, organisation and training, hence the request to work to prepare potential chaplains for next summer.

"I was one of three guys asked to contribute , the others being Roger Lipe from the USA, and Armenio Anjos from Portugal. We know each other from sports events and conferences around the world, but it was the first time I'd contributed as part of a team with them, but it did work well"

Over 60 delegates attended two days (tuesday & wednesday ) of basic chaplaincy training, and two days (thursday & friday ) of more advanced training in preparation for the 2010 Youth Olympics. John also did some speaking on the first sunday, and lead a seminar about sports ministry and football club chaplaincy on the monday!  It was a busy schedule, but shows how SCORE's experience in Sports chaplaincy is appreciated around the world.