Family and Recreation

St. Luke’s Family and Recreational Ministries enables families to grow their mind, body, and spirit through sports, fitness, and family events.

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SPORTS LEAGUES FOR CHILDREN

St. Luke’s Sports offers “non-competitive” leagues for boys and girls where scores and stats are not recorded.

Soccer Spring PreK through 8th grade

Basketball Fall Kindergarten through 8th grade

Welcome to the Fall season of St. Luke’s Sports Basketball! We are very excited to get this season started and can’t wait for you to join us. St. Luke’s Sports promotes fun and fellowship for all while we learn about our faith and the sport of basketball.

Basketball 2024 Registration cost: $150

Early Bird registration will take place July 15th-July 31st! Register early and get $25 off of your child’s registration! (No code required; price automatically adjusted at checkout.)

Registration will be open from July 15th through August 15th. This is a firm deadline and will allow us the time needed to form teams and ensure an organized start to the season.

Basketball is open to all genders and we will have co-ed teams for each age division from Kindergarten to 8th grade. Our season begins with practices the week of Monday, September 2nd, and goes through the week of Friday, October 25th. Registration includes a jersey and a medal.

Each age group will have a specific night of the week and will practice and play on that night, using the I-9 format. Practices will be 30 minutes followed by the game.

Monday: Middle School Division at 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday: K-1st Grade Division at 6:00 p.m.

Thursday: 2nd-3rd Grade Division at 6:00 p.m.

Friday: 4th-5th Grade Division at 6:00 p.m.

Returning players who don’t need a new jersey can use Discount Code: UNIFORM to save $20.

We are always looking for coaches- Adults who will be a positive, fun, and safe influence on the children of our community! If you are interested in coaching/being part of a coaching team, please select the appropriate boxes in the registration when signing up your child. If you are registering multiple children, fill out the coaching questions on the child’s registration you wish to coach. Coaches’ meeting will take place on Thursday, August 22nd @ 7 pm.

As an added bonus, those who serve as a coach during the Fall 2024 basketball season can use the code: COACH and their registration fee (for the child’s team they are coaching) will be waived!

While we accept special requests, we cannot honor all requests. Thank you for your understanding.

Registration opens on July 15!

SPORTS AND FITNESS GROUPS FOR ALL AGES

St. Luke’s offers a variety of fitness and sports experiences throughout the week including:

Fitness Classes:

Boot Camp with Dave Smith in the Gymnasium of Building C on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:00-7:00 p.m. This is a total body workout for all fitness levels. (18 and over welcome)
Tai Chi is outside under the Torrance Pavilion the Sanctuary and the Youth Center with Sifu Al Aki. Meets on Wednesdays at 9:00 a.m., $2 per class. Tai Chi is about meditation through movement and is a relaxing and gentle form of exercise for all ages and abilities.

Contact Jad Denmark, Minister of Congregational Life, for more information.

COMMUNITY SUMMER CAMPS

These Summer Camps are run by Razea LLC – St. Luke’s UMC has opened our campus to host them for the summer!

Looking for a fun-filled summer for your kids? Come for a week or the entire summer. We look forward to games, sports, crafts & making friends with your camper!

· Camp hours: 9am-4pm

· Summer Day Camp is for ages 6-13

· Pay weekly or for all summer.*

· Extended day program available from 8am-9am.

· Sibling discount available.

· Campers are divided by age groups.

*Online payments accepted; credit card convenience fee of 3.95% or electronic check fee of 1.5% applies.

Our leadership & camp counselor team is excited to spend the summer with you!

Camp Windermere will be supervised by Coach Ed Custodio. He is a former Division 1 college coach who loves basketball & softball. Coach Ed has worked at OCPS as a high school dean, elementary classroom teacher & program director.

Counselors: Age groups will have a counselor to camper ratio of 1::10 at a minimum. Campers will have activities throughout the day to entertain & keep active. Counselors are selected from area high schools & college students returning for the summer.

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/campwindermere/

Website – https://campwindermere.com/