Trusting in God amidst immense tragedy with Pastor Bill Orris
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Pastor Bill Orris is a high school official, pastor, father and husband. He is currently an associate pastor at Hillcrest Covenant Church in Illinois. He has a B.A. in Bible & Theology from Wheaton College and a Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and has been in full-time pastoral ministry since 1988.
Besides his role as a pastor, Orris is also a high school basketball and football referee and a high school baseball umpire for the Illinois High School Association. He’s worked three IHSA State Baseball Championships and four State Football Championships.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Pastor Bill about his unique role in ministry and sports and how being a high school referee can be a great place to live out your faith. Orris then discusses the tragedy of losing his son Billy to a tragic motorcycle accident in 2015 and how God has worked and moved in his life ever since.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, today's episode of Sports Spectrum is presented by our friends at Water Mission. |
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| 0:52.6 | Welcome into the Sports Spectrum podcast, where we bring Jesus into the sports |
| 1:02.0 | conversation. |
| 1:03.4 | Here's your host for today, Jason Romano. |
| 1:06.8 | Hi, everyone. |
| 1:07.7 | Welcome to the show. |
| 1:08.5 | I am Jason Romano, and this is Sports Spectrum. |
| 1:11.6 | We are the intersection of sports and faith. |
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