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What happens after FCA Camps?

mmoon@fca.org (Mary Moon) — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 00:23:28 GMT

We're ready to spring into our post-camp season!

The shirts and gear are packed up, the volunteers and staff head home, and we all take at least 3-4 days to recover from each FCA Camp. :) But for our FCA missionaries, the work is just beginning!

We say, "Camps are a springboard for ministry." So where do we spring? What happens when FCA Camps are over?

Our FCA mission is to see the world transformed by Jesus Christ through the influence of coaches and athletes. Our FCA vision is to lead every coach and athlete into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and His Church.

After camp season, East GA FCA accomplishes our mission and vision by pursuing our E3 Discipleship strategy (read more about our strategy here ). This year, we will work towards the following goals:

Goal #1 - We want every coach or athlete to find a church home.

Our missionaries make our coaches aware of the coaches and/or athletes who indicated during camp they would like help finding a church home. We will also personally reach out to the athletes or coaches who indicated during camp that they would like help finding a church home.

Goal #2 - We want every coach and athlete to grow in their walk with Christ.

One way we help accomplish this is to give every coach and athlete in the East GA FCA area access to tools to grow personally and through an FCA Huddle. We do this by:

Helping our coaches and athletes create and lead Team Huddles.

Helping our coaches get plugged into a Coach’s Huddle.

Helping our coaches and athletes disciple other coaches and athletes.

Resourcing our coaches and athletes with Bibles, devotion books, and daily reminders to grow in their own quiet time.

You could be a vital part of discipling our local coaches and athletes by serving as an Adult Volunteer with FCA! Shoot us an email to learn more - mmoon@fca.org!

Your Teammate in Christ,

Mary Moon

Area Director, East GA FCA

Meet Michael Sapp!

Mon, 23 Mar 2020 05:00:00 GMT

Meet Michael Sapp of Glennville, GA!

EGAFCA: "Michael, what's your role with East Georgia FCA?"

Michael: "I currently serve as an FCA Character Coach for the Baseball, Softball, Tennis, and Soccer Teams at Tattnall County High School."

E: "How long have you been served in this role as an FCA Character Coach?"

M: "Since 2016!"

E: " What's your occupation?"

M: "I am the Youth, Student, & Associate Pastor of Watermelon Creek Baptist Church in Glennville, GA."

E: " What are a few of your favorite things? Food, restaurants, Bible verses?"

M: "This is easy. Humanly speaking, the greatest combination known to mankind is peanut butter & chocolate, so without a doubt, my go to snack is a Reese's Cup & a Mountain Dew. I like Texas Roadhouse. I love all Scripture, but some of my favorite verses are Isaiah 26:3 & Proverbs 3:5-6."

E: "What's a fun fact about you that people probably don't know?

M: "I once got a major concussion while Ice Fishing in South Dakota (maybe I was goofing off and not fishing as much- lol)."

E: "What is the most exciting way you see God working through the FCA Character Coach role?"

M: “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. I have always strived in ministry to make things about relationships - the Christian life is about a personal relationship with Christ."

"When I first started serving through FCA, I was all about the student athletes, how I could share the Gospel and encouragement into their lives. But I begin to realize that as much as God had placed me here to pour into the students lives, He was opening the door for me to build relationships with the Coaches and to pour into their lives as well. If you think about it, sometimes the people who need us the most are the Coaches. They are giving so much of their time, energy, and effort to pour into the lives of their players. Billy Graham once said, 'A coach will impact more people in one year than the average person will in an entire lifetime.' If we are pouring the right things into the Coaches who are in turn pouring intoa the players, the impact will be magnified far beyond the reach of just one person."

We are so thankful for our Minsitry Partners and Volunteers! If you would like more information about serving as an FCA Character Coach, please contact East Georgia FCA at mmoon@fca.org !

Business as "usual" for East Georgia FCA

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 05:00:00 GMT

I recently shared a pic on Facebook that asked, "Has anyone tried unplugging 2020 and plugging it back in?" We have certainly seen a crazy start to 2020 across our region and world!

In the past week alone, our coaches and athletes, along with the rest of our country, have woken up to major changes. I'm sure you understand the feeling of decisions being made that impact you that you have no control over. Our athletes and coaches are no different.

To name just a few...our Seniors are dealing with an unexpected and abrupt end to their athletic career. Our Coaches poured countless hours and resources into their seasons only to have things change in the blink of an eye. Their normal day-to-day interaction with their teammates, classmates, faculty, and community, much like yours, changed overnight.

Several of you have asked, in light of recent campus and community closings and sports seasons ending, "What are y'all going to do?"

We are going to keep fulfilling our calling! We are called to lead every coach and athlete into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and His Church. People around us are hurting and concerned, and we are help to help however we can.

The best way to see what we are up to lately? Check out our Facebook page (click here). We started an online Bible Study for our Female Coaches, where we daily gather around a virtual table. We are supporting our local school systems and communities, asking how we can provide for those in need. We are asking for your prayers for local requests shared with us. We are still preparing for our FCA Camps that we hope will start in June. And at least one of our FCA Missionaries is preparing to welcome a new baby girl in just a few short weeks :)

Long story short, FCA Ministry will not stop even though the world around us has taken a bit of a pause.

Your generosity through your gifts to FCA is truly appreciated, yesterday, today, and in the days to come. Please know - we continually pray for you, your families, your businesses, your ministries and churches, and our world. You matter to us and we would love to know how we can specifically pray for you! (click here)

God has given us a mission. Through His favor and your partnerships, we will continue to impact the world for Jesus Christ through the influence of coaches and athletes.

Finally...in a Coaches Huddle last week, Hebrews 13:8 was in our reading..."Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever." No matter what is happening around us, we serve the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, the one who is, who always was, and who is STILL TO COME. Take heart, for HE has overcome the world!

If we can serve you, your community, or business, please do not hesitate to reach out to us! God bless you!

Trusting in Him ALONE,

Mary Moon

Area Director, East Georgia FCA

mmoon@fca.org

478-456-8517

Want to know how to start an virtual Bible Study? Click here!