Good Evening FCA Families!!
I wanted to send each of you a quick recap about our last huddle....
We had even a bigger turnout than our first huddle, and despite a few hiccups with the pizza, we had a great time.
After eating pizza, the kids faced off in a game of “Rock Paper Scissor Train”....ask your kids for a better explanation, I am sure they can explain it better than me :-)
I had Josh Nordstrom, the FCA leadership president write a short description of our speaker, Bryce Turi;
“Bryce, the speaker at the last FCA huddle, did a phenomenal job sharing his story with the 200 high schoolers present at the huddle. He willingly shared his story about how he was lost in abusing drugs and as far away from God as possible. He described his life by comparing it to walking in quicksand. But then one night, he was invited to a youth group. That night he heard the gospel and accepted Christ right there. While he was sharing this story, he was very real and honest with us which showed the kids that no matter how “gone” you are, God can still save you. At the end of the talk, he asked if anybody wanted to make the same decision he made and had those people raise their hand while everybody else had their eyes shut. I don’t know how many raised their hands but it sounded like quite a few people did. It was a great time and I think God really used Bryce.”
In addition to having a great speaker, we had several youth pastors from the area come and just ‘hang’ with the kids. It was so awesome!! In attendance were, Joey Fiktarz (Voyagers), Steven Johnson (Good Shepherd), John Olsen (Good Shepherd), Eric Smith (Irvine Pres.) and Ryan Zuelner (Grace Fellowship). We would love to have more, so please extend an invitation to your youth pastor.
Of course, our huddles could not happen with out your help....here is who stepped up to the plate this week:
I wanted to send each of you a quick recap about our last huddle....
We had even a bigger turnout than our first huddle, and despite a few hiccups with the pizza, we had a great time.
After eating pizza, the kids faced off in a game of “Rock Paper Scissor Train”....ask your kids for a better explanation, I am sure they can explain it better than me :-)
I had Josh Nordstrom, the FCA leadership president write a short description of our speaker, Bryce Turi;
“Bryce, the speaker at the last FCA huddle, did a phenomenal job sharing his story with the 200 high schoolers present at the huddle. He willingly shared his story about how he was lost in abusing drugs and as far away from God as possible. He described his life by comparing it to walking in quicksand. But then one night, he was invited to a youth group. That night he heard the gospel and accepted Christ right there. While he was sharing this story, he was very real and honest with us which showed the kids that no matter how “gone” you are, God can still save you. At the end of the talk, he asked if anybody wanted to make the same decision he made and had those people raise their hand while everybody else had their eyes shut. I don’t know how many raised their hands but it sounded like quite a few people did. It was a great time and I think God really used Bryce.”
In addition to having a great speaker, we had several youth pastors from the area come and just ‘hang’ with the kids. It was so awesome!! In attendance were, Joey Fiktarz (Voyagers), Steven Johnson (Good Shepherd), John Olsen (Good Shepherd), Eric Smith (Irvine Pres.) and Ryan Zuelner (Grace Fellowship). We would love to have more, so please extend an invitation to your youth pastor.
Of course, our huddles could not happen with out your help....here is who stepped up to the plate this week:
- Pizza – Wendy and Jason Lee sponsored our huddle and graciously paid for all of the pizza. (25 XL Pizzas!!!)
- Baked Goods were lovingly prepared by the these families:
Kenney
- Water bottles were provided by the Dossett family
- Our amazing sound system is provided by the Alayra family.
Thank you, also to the dads and moms who rolled up their sleeves during their lunch break to help serve water and pizza. We are so grateful for your help as this ministry continues to expand.
Your continued generosity will make it possible for us to be continue to provide the students with hot pizza, homemade treats and a drink... all while hearing an inspirational message. If you are interested in sponsoring a Huddle, please contact me via email – jmnordy@cox.net As you can see this club is growing and will only stay afloat with all of our help! (Your financial donations are tax deductible!!)
If you are able to donate waters or baked good on the day of the Huddle, please email me. You can either drop them off at the school gym the day of the huddle or beforehand at my house. If you are able to help serve these hungry students, please show up at the gym at 11:30 on the day of the Huddle. And most of all, we ask that everyone please pray for this ministry as kids continue to come with a curiosity and a hunger for meaningful inspiration!
THANK YOU PARENTS for your support!!! Attached are some fun pictures from the day!
Our next Huddle is Thursday, November 18th!!! Here are the dates of all of our huddles for this year.....
12/9/10, 1/20/11, 2/3/11, 2/17/11, 3/3/11, 3/17/11, 3/31/11, 4/14/11, 5/5/11, 5/26/11, 6/2/11
Blessings.......
Jodi Nordstrom
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