{"id":13579,"date":"2012-08-01T08:45:15","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T12:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=13579"},"modified":"2012-08-21T11:27:30","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T15:27:30","slug":"emu-athletic-director-to-speak-on-shaping-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/emu-athletic-director-to-speak-on-shaping-families\/","title":{"rendered":"EMU Director of Athletics to Speak on ShapingFamilies.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/dak529\">Dave King<\/a>, director of athletics at Eastern Mennonite University, is concerned for the way competitive sports can take over family life from a young age.<\/p>\n<p>As the father of three children who competed at high school and college levels and who was personally involved in education and sports most of his life, King is obviously not against participation in sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand that coaches are putting a lot of pressure on, but I think it\u2019s time families stand up and say wait a minute, enough is enough\u201d King says in the program. King has spoken in numerous churches about this issue and was specially licensed by <a href=\"http:\/\/virginiaconference.org\/\">Virginia Mennonite Conference<\/a> for a speaking ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Two interview programs with King air the weekends of August 11 and 18, 2012, and will be available online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shapingfamilies.com\/\">ShapingFamilies.com<\/a> a day earlier than those dates.<\/p>\n<p>Both programs can also be heard online at ShapingFamilies.com, now airing on 21 stations including two in Canada. The program is produced by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mennomedia.org\/\">MennoMedia<\/a> on behalf of Mennonite Churches. A station listing can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shapingfamilies.com\/stations.asp\">ShapingFamilies.com\/stations.asp<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave King, director of athletics at Eastern Mennonite University, is concerned for the way competitive sports can take over family life from a young age. 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