The dramatic growth of club, league and church sports, presents a significant opportunity for FCA. The FCA Community Ministry includes our non-school-based FCA Ministries which are made possible through partnerships with local churches, businesses, parents and volunteers. To address this opportunity, we've established many sports-specific ministries with FCA including golf, lacrosse, baseball, motocross, fitness and endurance.
These ministries not only reach out to the community, but also allow the community to invest in athletes and coaches.
Community Ministries include: Stewardship Ministries, Adult Ministries, Sport-Specific Ministries, Membership, Urban Initiatives, Global Sports Development, Clinics, Product and Resource Development, and Professional Athlete Ministries.
HOMESTRETCH My Story: Zach Johnson, PGA Golfer
I’ll try to give you the condensed version… I grew up in Iowa in a great Christian household where church was very important. I went to a Catholic school, so I had religion classes from first through 12th grade.
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OW2P Drug Free! Assemblies October 2009
15,000.That’s the number of One Way to Play Drug Free commitments that have been made by students in southern Alabama schools since January 2008!In partnership once again with the Drug Education Council of Mobile and Red Ribbon Week, Steve Fitzhugh, FCA’s national spokesmen for OW2P, spoke at assemblies in the following schools:Clarke County HS, Thomasville HS, Jackson HS, Robertsdale, Daphne HS, Daphne Middle, Mary G. Montgomery, Fairhope Middle, BC Rain, Leflore and Davidson.During the week approximately 4600 commitment cards were signed by students in those schools pledging to live alcohol and drug free.
2008 OW2P Assemblies...
In partnership with the Drug Education Council of Mobile and Red Ribbon Week, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes of Southern Alabama held ten One Way to Play Drug Free! assemblies in Mobile County schools the week of October 20-23. Schools included in the OW2P schedule were Blount, St. Paul's Episcopal, UMS Wright, Baker, Faith Academy, Satsuma, McGill-Toolen and Vigor. Over 4800 commitment cards were signed by students pledging to be alcohol and drug free.
“One Way 2 Play is a challenge to young people to make firm decisions about how they are going to do life, how they are going to play life,” says Steve Fitzhugh who was the guest speaker. “It’s not just for athletes…it’s for all kids.”
Reflecting on the success of the program, Cary Lowery commented, "One Way 2 Play gives our youth a way to be accountable to themselves and their peers. Since January 2008 over 10,000 students, athletes and coaches in Southern Alabama have drawn the line to live and play clean! It's exciting to know that this program is growing in Southern Alabama and making a difference one school at a time." Special thanks goes to the Drug Education Council for sponsoring the assemblies.
