Dear Rio Texas,

Over 100,000 people will be visiting San Antonio from April 5-7th for the 2025 NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four. Several of us in Las Misiones District have prayed over a way to be good neighbors and spread the Gospel during this exciting event.

We would like to invite you to participate in United Methodist Madness! Laity, clergy, everyone! It’s simple: We invite you to spend time around San Antonio on these dates, enjoying the food, events, parties and games. While doing so, we encourage you to meet someone new and have an openness to spiritual conversations and prayer if the opportunity arises. You can order a t-shirt we have designed that has a QR code on the back, so our new friends can scan it with their phones and find a local church here, or in their hometown, or submit a prayer request. Can’t attend in person? Join in as a prayer partner, asking God to move in creative ways throughout these conversations. 

This is designed to be de-centralized. Coordinate with your friends, spread out around the city, have fun! The only planned gathering for us will be a free lunch at St. Paul UMC in San Antonio, located near the Alamodome, on Saturday, April 5th at 12pm. We will be prayed over and sent out to do our ministry. Don’t worry if you cannot attend the lunch. In fact, feel free to participate for one hour, one day, or all weekend – whatever works for you. 

After the Final Four, all participants will be sent a feedback form via email so you can share how many friends you made, conversations you had, and times you prayed with others. We are excited to hear stories of the Spirit moving, big and small, and celebrate the fruit of being intentional with our interactions.

Click this link to register, order a t-shirt (by March 18th to guarantee timely delivery), find the links to two zoom trainings, and see a helpful list of events throughout the city. Please register even if you plan to only participate through prayer.

The zoom trainings, on Sunday, March 9th at 4pm and Monday, March 17th at 10am, are opportunities to ask questions, meet others who are participating, and think through how to start spiritual conversations.

Let’s get excited for United Methodist Madness!

In Christ,
Las Misiones District