And the Word became flesh
and dwelt among us, and we
have seen his glory, glory as of
the only Son from the Father,
full of grace and truth. For
from his fullness we have all
received, grace upon grace.
John 1:14, 16
THE BREVARD COUNTY FELLOWSHIP
OF
Run to
Win…
by
Dan Carter
C H R I S T I A N AT H L E T E S
SEPTEMBER 2016 | I SSUE 3
venture of knowing Jesus Christ as
God tug on my heart about leaving the
their Savior and serving Him in their
field of education, a job that I loved,
schools.
and serving Him fulltime. As part of His
plan at this time, Mr. Wave Robinson
I first came to know about FCA in the
fall of 1998 as a sophomore at Palm
Wow, what a year! It was a tremendous
Bay High School when a guest speaker
blessing to see God at work in our county
came and shared with our football
throughout the 2015-2016 school year. It
team. In a fleeting moment in that old
is only by God’s grace that I am able to
cafeteria I remember thinking to my-
serve our community as a worker for
self, “how cool it would be to be the
God’s Kingdom through the ministry of
FCA guy.”
and Jason Schack took me to lunch to
cast the vision for the potential for FCA
in our community. As a result of God’s
calling and that lunch meeting I have
the humbling, undeserving privilege,
and honor of being called the “FCA
guy” here in our community.
FCA.
As I continued in my curvy path of life
During this year, God blessed us with
this thought would resurface from
tremendous growth both in numbers and
time to time, but without any real con-
in depth across our county. I was able to
sideration until the summer of 2013. It
witness students experiencing the ad-
was at this time when I was feeling
Stone Magnetic Middle School FCA
Ministry Highlights
CAMPUS
In two short years we have seen God grow the ministry of FCA in Brevard county from just a handful to 40 Huddles (FCA meet-
ings on school campus). This has truly been evident of God’s favor and fruit of the labor of many teachers, students, coaches,
and pastors.
These Huddles have provided students with the opportunity to live out their faith on their school campuses. I am always encouraged when I walk on a campus and see students sharing Christ’s love for one another. This year we were blessed to have
nearly 1,000 students involved in our weekly huddles. One of many highlights was seeing students who attended a supplemental small group that was set up for discipleship. These students walked through the book of John verse by verse and dove
into a deeper understanding of who our Savior is.
Ministry Highlights continued
put on three Collision events. These events are worship gatherings of several hundred
Looking
Forward to
2016-2017
students where they are challenged and encouraged with God’s word as they “collide”
As we look forward to what God is go-
COMMUNITY
During the 2015-2016 school year we were able to join with a large group of churches and
with Biblical truths and how they impact our lives. We will be hosting four Collision
events this year September 25th, November 13th, January 29th, and April 3rd.
CAMPS
ing to do here in Brevard County during
the 2016-2017 school year and we ask
for your prayers.
 Please pray for protection and fa-
We had the incredible opportunity to host a camp of our own right here in Brevard coun-
vor from God during this year. We
ty again this year. The camp that we host is called a Power Camp and we focus on serving 3rd thru 8th graders. Power Camp 2016 consisted of 85 campers and 45 volunteers
are always aware of the fact that
who received great Biblical teaching as well as high quality sports instruction, not to
we are only able to do what we do
mention the campers had a
because of God’s protection and
ton of fun! Matt Helmintol-
favor.
ler served as our camp Pas-
 Please pray for our students, both
tor this year and God used
this gifted communicator to
the students that do not yet know
share His word to draw sev-
the love of Jesus and the one who
eral students into a saving
know Him as their Savior.
knowledge of who Jesus is.
 Pray that the Christian students’
Additionally, every student
lights would shine on their campus-
at camp said that God used
this week of camp to grow
them closer to Jesus. We
es. Pray for our teachers and
Brevard FCA Power Camp 2016
coaches as they work so incredibly
look forward to expanding our camp ministry in the coming years.
hard and serve Jesus in their areas
COACHES
of influence.
 Pray for FCA; without your uplifting
Coaches Timeout is our opportunity to participate in the annual gathering of 300-400
we would not be able to experience
people from Central and South Florida. At this event coaches bring their spouse and are
the wonderful growth we have wit-
treated to a wonderful weekend. The event is part weekend getaway and part marriage
nessed over the past two years!
conference. This year we were able to have five couples from Brevard county attend.
In His Service,
Each year Coaches Timeout enables us to minister to the coaches and to the volunteers
that serve our community; and is truly a blessing.
Dan
Brevard County FCA Board Members
Bill Kennedy - Chairman, North County
Rick Furtney - Co-Chairman, South County
Jason Schack - Co-Chairman, South County
Lori Riesen - Administrative Assistant
Jason Arnold - North County
Len Barrow - South County
Dale Carter - South County
Ed Enochs - South County
Matt Helmintoller - South County
Owen Hughes - South County
Rob Jones - North County
Debbie Keller - South County
John Leathers - North County
Glen Outlaw - North County
James Phillips - South County
Tom & Laura Sokoloff - South County
Scott & Sandy Washburn - South County
Sherriff Wayne Ivey - (Advisory Member)
TO DONATE: https://my.fca.org/5110-carter-dan.aspx