{"id":8619,"date":"2026-02-04T14:42:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/?p=8619"},"modified":"2026-02-04T14:43:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:43:00","slug":"filament-for-the-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/filament-for-the-win\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Filament for the Win!<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For 13 years, the Wheelersburg Methodist Church in Ohio has hosted a back-to-school rally for local athletes complete with the school band, food, and this past year, Filament Bibles!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/SpiritSunday1-1024x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8624\" width=\"312\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/SpiritSunday1-1024x800.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/SpiritSunday1-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/SpiritSunday1-768x600.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/SpiritSunday1.jpg 1267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe invite athletes from the local high school by reaching out to coaches and schools. We have athletes from all kinds of sports, including football, volleyball, cross-country, soccer, tennis, and more. We have the cheerleaders and band too!\u201d said Kimberly Chaffin, one of the event coordinators and Bible donors.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/SpiritSunday2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8623\" width=\"235\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/SpiritSunday2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/SpiritSunday2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/SpiritSunday2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/SpiritSunday2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/SpiritSunday2-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Spirit Sunday, as it\u2019s called, begins with a breakfast just for the students. Then parents and members of the community come to the church sanctuary for the event that includes testimonies by student athletes, music by the band, and excitement for the year ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the service, members of the church and community commit to pray for the students for the entire school year. During the breakfast this past year, each student was given a Filament-enabled <em>Compact Bible<\/em> in the accurate, understandable, and audibly enjoyable New Living Translation. All parents and adults in attendance were offered a Bible as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe had 550 people at the event, and not one of the over 580 donated Filament Bibles was left. They were all gone. I don\u2019t know who created the Filament Bible app, but it\u2019s amazing, and they are responsible for a miracle that is taking place in our community,\u201d said Kimberly.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/SpiritSunday3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8622\" width=\"292\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/SpiritSunday3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/SpiritSunday3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/SpiritSunday3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/SpiritSunday3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/SpiritSunday3-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For 13 years, the Wheelersburg Methodist Church in Ohio has hosted a back-to-school rally for local athletes complete with the school band, food, and this past year, Filament Bibles! \u201cWe invite athletes from the local high school by reaching out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":8625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24,12,166,10,22],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8619"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8619"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8626,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8619\/revisions\/8626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}