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Sunday Morning News

California Minister Mixes Skateboarding and Spirituality

Aired February 13, 2000 - 8:58 a.m. ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Our last report here brings together the worlds of teenage sports and spirituality.

KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: For kids in Ventura who prefer the half pipe to the fellowship hall, one minister's cooked up a way to bring Sunday school to the skate pool.

Here's CNN's Jim Hill.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JIM HILL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Many parents might look at 175 teenage skateboarders and envision nothing but chaos.

UNIDENTIFIED TEENAGER: It's just that it's so fun once you start you cast off.

HILL: But the man who organized this apparent bedlam believes the kids are in god's hands.

REV. RYAN DELAMATER, FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD: And for the next couple moments, I want to ask you guys to tune in, OK? So let's all bow our heads real quick. We're going to pray.

HILL: First Assembly of God Minister Ryan Delamater calls his Tuesday night meetings boarding for the lord.

DELAMATER: I believe in the kids, you know? I don't, skateboarders, surfers, snow boarders, basketball players.

HILL: A surfer and skateboarder for nearly half his 25 years, Reverend Delamater says it's natural for him to minister to youngsters.

UNIDENTIFIED TEENAGER: The pastor is just like the best guy you could ever meet. He hangs out with all the kids.

HILL: Eight months ago, the owners of Ventura, California's Skate Street opened their doors for free each Tuesday night to any kids who'd listen to Delamater's 20 minute sermon.

DELAMATER: Are you ready to commit yourself to being a godly person and if you fall on your face and if you mess up are you willing to get back up and never quit? TIM GARRETY, SKATE STREET CO-OWNER: People are realizing, especially in the church culture, that they're way behind the times and people like Ryan are more cutting edge.

HILL: Of course, some kids are just there to save the normal admission fee. But there are plenty of helmeted heads bowed in prayer and attentive faces during the sermon.

DELAMATER: Being a godly person and being a person of, you know, integrity and stuff, that's the most important thing, you know? So that's what I guess I hope they walk away with.

HILL: Or skate away with.

Jim Hill, CNN, Ventura, California.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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