The Impact of One!

            The following is a copy of a hand written letter we received from a girl in Rochelle who attended Fields of Faith. We send every student that makes a decision at Fields of Faith a follow up letter encouraging them to grow in their faith by getting involved in a local church and reaching their campus through FCA. This young lady re-committed her life to Christ this year and replied to us by saying:

            

            Today, Kayleigh is involved in her church and also a huddle leader of one of our newest and most active FCA Huddles that was planted on the campus of Rochelle High School last year. We not only were able to take her a new FCA Bible, but had the exciting privilege of providing 26 Bibles to Rochelle’s entire FCA huddle. God is at work on our campuses and impacting young lives everyday through the influence of coaches and athletes. 

Thank you for making this possible through your generosity and support of this vital ministry. Please continue to be in prayer for more and more student-athletes like Kayleigh to grow in their relationship with Christ! It is our desire to share the gospel with every kid, on every campus, in every community of our 7 county area.

Fields of Faith 2011

 

God continues to bless Fields of Faith and use this annual outreach event to draw students in our area to Him. In 2011 we saw the attendance grow to 3,000 packing out the home side of Gordon Wood Stadium.  288 of those students gave their life to Christ and received Jesus as their Lord and Savior for the first time. 236 students re-committed their life to Christ. 188 students committed to read their Bible daily and we were able to provide over 100 Bibles to students who needed a copy of God’s Word. We thank the 200 adult volunteers, 30 area schools and 96 local churches for partnering with us and we pray for these students as you follow up and provide them with essential discipleship throughout the year. Most of all, we praise Jesus and thank God for another incredible life-changing night at Fields of Faith!!! All Glory goes to our King!

            SAVE THE DATE! Go ahead and mark your calendars for this year’s Fields of Faith on OCTOBER 10, 2012. For more info please visit our national website http://www.fieldsoffaith.com/      

  

 



Sharing Christ - Ministry Highlight

Teammates,

Let me encourage you with an exciting FCA ministry highlight from around the area in fall 2011. Besides God moving in a powerful way at Fields of Faith in Brownwood this past October, there are also lives being changed daily on school campuses through weekly FCA huddle Bible studies. I want to share with you just one story in particular which reveals the impact of FCA and the influence of a coach. On September 30^th, I was invited to speak at a local middle school FCA huddle, in Brady, which meets every Friday at 3:30 p.m. after school in their cafeteria. The following is a letter I received from the Brady FCA huddle coach afterwards. 

“Corbin,

I just wanted you to know that after your visit with us here at the middle school FCA huddle last Friday there was a young man named Mark that stayed after and even helped clean up with the adults.

Mark comes from a not so great background and a very troubled home life. Mark is a great kid and seems to attract others in his grade with his room altering smile. (Really! This kid has a smile that can make even the meanest teacher loosen up).

While we were busy cleaning up, I had to go get ready for the Varsity game that Friday night and Mark asked if he could catch a ride to the game.  I said, “Sure let me get changed for the game and then we’ll go.”  But, while I was changing something told me that Mark was not just here for a ride to the ball game but was still here for another reason.  So after doing a little praying in the coaches’ office, I called Mark into the office and began to visit with him about Christ. I explained to him how prayers to God without Christ in your life have no power because Jesus is the only way, the truth and the life and no one is allowed to God but by Him. After about 10 minutes of heart to heart, we prayed a sinner’s prayer and Mark received Christ right there in the coaches’ office. And once again he lit up the room and gave me a great big Thank You!

Today Mark is active in our church and in our youth programs.

Thanks,

Coach Terry Bean

Brady FCA”

That is what FCA is all about! I am continually humbled and amazed by similar stories that take place through this vital ministry on a regular basis. God is awesome and mightily using FCA for His Glory!

Thank you for making this possible in our area. I appreciate your support, both financially and prayerfully. I hope this rekindles your flame or ignites a new one for those of you who are not yet a part of Team FCA.

We need more financial teammates who feel led to give to this non-profit sports ministry to help provide student-athletes and coaches with Bibles, ministry resources, FCA camp scholarships, and staff salary. Please prayerfully consider your contribution through a one-time gift to our local Brownwood Area FCA, or even better, by committing a regular monthly gift at any level. For more information please visit our website to donate online: http://bigcountryfca.org/donate