What we do...
Our Mission.
Uptime Outreach exists to seek and save the lost for Jesus Christ.
Uptime Volleyball (click here)
One area we have found successful is teaching others how to reach up to God and reach out to others through the game of volleyball. We host clinics, camps and even have teams that compete throughout the year. Please let us know if you would like more information UptimeVolleyball@gmail.com
How We Reach Out?
We love to help you realize church is not limited to the walls of a church but can be lived out everywhere, especially as athletes. For example, we found ways to helps thousands of volleyball players come to faith in Christ by teaching these principles:
Receive Christ (John 1:12).
Set your mind on things above (Colossians 3:1).
Attack obstacles to your faith (Ephesians 3:12).
Block your spiritual opponent (Ephesians 6:12).
Dig deeply into God’s word (Mark 4:1-20).
Serve others (1 Peter 4:10-11).
Rest (Matthew 11:28-30).
Where We Reach Out?
Currently our primary location is Nashville, TN, which is one of the fastest growing cities in the USA, highly diverse and filled with people from around the world. We also have reached out have also reached out to people all over the USA, Brazil, Iceland, Poland, Peru, Mexico, Afghanistan, Botswana, Albania, and Portugal.
Today’s students.
Tomorrow’s leaders.
TESTIMONIALS
Braeden CAREI
Braden is a pole vaulter from Belmont University who was reached as a student. He has continued to build his faith while also winning the OVC championship at the same time.
Dave & Tish OSEGUERA
Dave was reached as a college student at UCLA. He now continues to build his faith with his precious wife Tish, his two boys, and as a LA county firefighter for 20 years.
SPENCEr & Ashli Richardson
Spencer was reached as a basketball coach and has continued to build his faith with his dynamic wife Ashli and their four children. Spencer continues to train athletes from beginners to NBA players.
WHO WE ARE
Dave and Mandy DeRocher, Southern Operations, Nashville, TN
Dave graduated from the University of Southern California where he was a member of the NCAA Championship Volleyball Team and was deeply impacted by Jesus Christ at a college outreach his junior year . Since graduating in 1994, he felt called to ministry and began to reach out to others around the world. For 27 years, he served as a college missionary, youth pastor and a volleyball coach with Every Nation Ministries & Fellowship of Christian Athletes. In 2018 he co-founded Uptime Outreach while serving in Brazil on a mission trip.
Mandy grew up in the "Bible Belt" in Franklin, TN but her faith did not truly grow until she heard the gospel on the college campus. That summer, she felt a strong call to become a nurse while on a mission trip in Albania. Then, she graduated from the Belmont University Nursing program and traveled around the world to many "unreached people groups," such as Afghanistan and Botswana.
They have been married for 21 years and live in Nashville, TN with their four children, two boys (ages 20 and 14) and two girls (ages 18 and 17).
Dave and Tracey Goss, West Coast Operations, Santa Barbara, California.
Dave Goss was a two-time First-Team All-American volleyball player at Stanford University. The team finished as NCAA runner-up twice while Dave was there (1989, 1992). In 1992, Dave set the NCAA record for most kills in a match (55) and received the prestigious Block "S" award for most outstanding athlete in the junior class. After college, Dave had stints with the US National Team and professionally with team Nossa Caixa in Suzano, Brazil.
Dave has served as a volleyball coach in many settings, from graduate assistant coach at Stanford to middle schools, high schools, girls' and boys ' teams, and club teams. His San Marcos High School teams continue to win Channel League and tournament titles, and he was named Coach of the Year in 2025. He ran the Dave Goss Beach Volleyball Camps in Redondo Beach, CA, from 1996 to 2001.
From 2007 to 2023, Dave served as the pastor of Light & Life Isla Vista church, with the Free Methodist denomination. He has been happily married to Tracey since 2000, and they have three sons: Noah (24), Caleb (22), and Micah (20).
Dave is extremely excited to join the team at Uptime Outreach. He can be reached for speaking events, coaching clinics, volleyball camps, outreaches, short-term missions trips, and leadership training.
Our Leadership Board:
Dave and Mandy DeRocher
Wesley Lankford
Josh & Sandy Cherry
Dave Deloach
Brian McDonald
Our Officers:
Dave DeRocher: President
Mandy DeRocher: Vice President
Josh Cherry: Secretary
