Huddles

Huddles


We are excited about the new school year and all that God has in store for our campuses!  


FCA MUST stand out from all other clubs and organizations, because we are the living body of Jesus Christ with a powerful mission! This year, we are asking all FCA Campus Huddles to fully engage and participate in making sure that the message of Jesus Christ is clear, our mission is clear, and that we are intentional about making an eternal impact.

 

I'm pumped about what God will do in NW Ohio and Southern Michigan this year! Let's all join in praying that God gets all the glory!


What Makes A Campus Huddle Successful?


Huddle Leader and Student Leader Training

Every Fall and Spring we encourage Huddle Leaders to attend our area training. Unfortunately, busy schedules and conflicts arise and not everyone can attend our training opportunities. So, at this website we hope to encourage you with two resources.

 

  • Local Training: Contact our office or staff to set up a personal training time in your school

 

  • Online Help: FCA resources are available in one place, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. You can now browse over 1,700+ free FCA resources, share the resources for free with friends via text, email or post to your profile. Find devotional challenges, Bible studies, icebreakers, outreach ideas, videos, podcasts skits, wallpaper, articles, and more! Visit http://www.fcaresources.com/home now! Find online training, social networking, and a discipleship program for athletes and coaches at http://fcacampus101.com.

 

What Makes a Campus Huddle Successful?

You should have a team of adults and students working together. If you are the only adult – recruit a few more! You should have 2-3 students minimum on your leadership team. Then what?

 

  • Prayer:  Always begin your Leader’s meetings and Huddles with prayer. Prayer is not the last thing we do, it’s the first thing we do!

 

  • Prepare:  You should have a team that prepares together. Make a commitment to be ALL IN!

 

  • Are you all in? 
  • Are you committed to Jesus Christ?
  • Are you committed to your Huddle?
  • Are you committed to share with your teammates and peers?

 

  • Our leaders should:
  • Seek God’s direction for the Huddle Ministry through personal prayer and Bible study.
  • Demonstrate leadership and live a consistent Christian life that models Jesus to your peers.
  • Complete Student Leader Application and return it to Adult Huddle Leader. (Optional)
  • Use personal gifts and talents to help plan and implement FCA ministry on your campus.

 

 

  • Keep your leadership meetings focused and productive (what are you trying to accomplish?)
  • Use Planning Sheets to stay organized.
  • Use our great websites to help with training and leadership:
  • FCA Resources
  • Campus 101
  • FCA Huddle Tools

 

  • When preparing your lesson, ask “What is God doing in your life right now?” What is God teaching you? Make it your lesson…own it. Just repeating someone else’s lesson is okay…but sharing what God is whispering (or shouting) into your life is better.

 

  • When praying and preparing for your Huddle lesson, ask:
  • What do you believe?
  • What are you going to do about it?
  • What can you do together?

 

  • The last few minutes of your Huddle is crucial! Make sure you “Break the Huddle!” Like football, you huddled up to call a play. What is the play call of your FCA Huddle? There must always be a call to action. The challenge is to believe it, do it, and…DO it together! That is the Huddle!

 

  • Make sure your Huddles are Student-Led, or at least student-initiated.

 

  • Send me your pictures and stories! I love sharing those on our website, weekly emails, and social media.

 

  • Finally, promote!
  • Look at FCA Resources website to creatively promote your Huddle.
  • Keep a consistent time for your Huddle meetings and have a plan for bad weather.

 

Want to get involved with FCA?

Want to start a Huddle or find a Huddle?

Click HERE for more information!

How to Volunteer!

Volunteers are a critical and important aspect of the FCA ministry. As we give the ministry away to volunteers, we see more and more coaches and athletes impacted and our vision and mission being fulfilled. To better mobilize our volunteers, we encourage you to visit our Volunteer Landing Page.

 

The Volunteer Landing Page is designed to provide prominent visibility on FCA.org and easy access as we can now better inform and connect volunteers with local staff and opportunities to serve than ever before. It highlights the importance of volunteers to FCA and introduces potential volunteers to three of our greatest opportunities to serve:

 

· Huddle Leader

· Character Coach (Team Time)

· Board Member

 

If you are planning to volunteer, you must fill out a Ministry Leader Application (MLA).


Click here to view the Volunteer Landing Page

 

Click here to fill out the Ministry Leader Application (MLA).

 

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