A NOTE from NRB 2025

Dear Friends,

We are so grateful for the opportunity to travel around the world to play and teach the game we love, but also to build relationships off the court too.

News Release cherishes our time together because our bond is bigger than basketball. Each of the players and coaches on our team have been transformed by a shared commitment to live and love like Jesus, who incarnated a divine blend of humble service, honesty, forgiveness, compassion and solidarity with the most vulnerable.

We believe that after Jesus was crucified, God raised him from the dead – solidifying His humanity-saving work (John 3:16). We also believe that the same Spirit that raised Jesus has the power to live in us and release us from the dead weight of guilt and shame so that we, too, can walk in newness of life.

We invite you to join us on this spiritual journey – from now to eternity.

In Christ, Through Hoops, To the World!

ZAMBIA (Livingston, Kabwe, Lusaka & Kitwe)

(July 12 – August 10)

Michael Mai

Hamburg, Germany

Linda Mai

Hamburg, Germany

Dasia McByrd

Calumet Park, Illinois

Stephen Best

Molalla, Oregon

GERMANY (Munich)

(August 2 – August 16)

Caleb Lewis

Wooddale, Illinois

Kenan Schuler

Fort Collins, Colorado

Lauren

Lauren Zwetzig

Fort Collins, Colorado

Robert Clarke

Victorville, California

Shay Conn

Clarksville, Tennessee

Nijah Hillyard

Munich, Germany

Shantrell Moss

Stuttgart, Germany

Bieri Family

Gresham, Oregon

John Gilliland

Lörrach, Germany

Simi, Jerusalem

Simi Friedrich

Munich, Germany

Svenja Willershäuser

Munich, Germany

Andy Steinle

Munich, Germany

GERMANY (Lörrach)

(August 2 – August 10)

Emerson Hoffman

Ames, Iowa

Desiree Harris

Oakland, California

Megan DeRuyter

Boulder Creek, California

McKayla Williams

Grand Cane, Louisiana

Michael McAllister

Los Angeles, California

Bieri Family

Gresham, Oregon

John Gilliland

Lörrach, Germany

FAITH RESOURCES

BASKETBALL RESOURCES