**NOC Cast is Newsong North Orange County‘s place to share how GOD is transforming *YOUR* life.**

Every Tuesdays and Fridays, portable basketball hoops are rolled out to a closed street at the corner of Truslow and Lawrence in the Maple District of Fullerton. About 15-25 kids, young adults, and volunteers come out to play ball. It may look like chaos on the streets, often playing eight-on-eight games with many uncalled fouls, turnovers galore, and much unintentional “crab walks.” However there is beauty in this chaos. This is what real community looks like when people come together to share in on the fun of life and sports.

Third Culture is a term often used at Newsong

Church for having the mindset and the will to love, learn, and serve people in any culture unlike our own. Like delicious food or good music, basketball is a universal activity, which can be enjoyed by people of all ages, cultures, races, and socioeconomic status. Finding the common interest in basketball, athletes, and the Lakers is just the bridge in building a relationship outside the courts. Image what greater things can come out of this.

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