12/02/2010
FCA Video
Huddle Recap 11-18 Irvine High School
Good Evening FCA Families!!
Happy Thanksgiving!! I wanted to send out a quick recap from our last huddle before the start of our Thanksgiving break.
We had an even a bigger turnout than our first two huddles, over 140 kids!!!
After eating pizza, the kids played a quick game .... Something to do with Hula Hoops and holding hands. I don’t know if we ever figured out who the winners were, but the kids still had lots of fun.
I had Josh Nordstrom, the FCA leadership president write a short description of our speaker, Josh Saenz;
Hey fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. The FCA huddle this Thursday went great. We had the High School pastor from the Pacific Church of Irvine, Josh, speak at the huddle. The message he gave was phenomenal. His life was completely different from the speaker at our last huddle. Josh was raised in a perfect Christian home and he built his whole life around being the perfect achiever. He thought of himself as God’s gift to the world. But then his world fell apart, when his mom left his family. Josh grew to realize that we as humans aren’t perfect and that is why we need God’s perfect love. His message encouraged me as a believer to live my life for God because of His perfect love. The turnout for the huddle was awesome, we had about 150 kids show up and all of them were fixated on Josh as he spoke. Thanks again for all the support.
Until Next Time,
Josh Nordstrom
In addition to having a great speaker, Steven Johnson from Good Shepherd Church in Irvine came and just ‘hang’ with the kids. He also brought a couple of large boxes of chips for the kids to have with their pizza!! We would love to have your youth pastor come to our huddles, so please extend them an invitation.
Of course, our huddles could not happen with out your help....here is who stepped up to the plate this week:
Happy Thanksgiving!! I wanted to send out a quick recap from our last huddle before the start of our Thanksgiving break.
We had an even a bigger turnout than our first two huddles, over 140 kids!!!
After eating pizza, the kids played a quick game .... Something to do with Hula Hoops and holding hands. I don’t know if we ever figured out who the winners were, but the kids still had lots of fun.
I had Josh Nordstrom, the FCA leadership president write a short description of our speaker, Josh Saenz;
Hey fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. The FCA huddle this Thursday went great. We had the High School pastor from the Pacific Church of Irvine, Josh, speak at the huddle. The message he gave was phenomenal. His life was completely different from the speaker at our last huddle. Josh was raised in a perfect Christian home and he built his whole life around being the perfect achiever. He thought of himself as God’s gift to the world. But then his world fell apart, when his mom left his family. Josh grew to realize that we as humans aren’t perfect and that is why we need God’s perfect love. His message encouraged me as a believer to live my life for God because of His perfect love. The turnout for the huddle was awesome, we had about 150 kids show up and all of them were fixated on Josh as he spoke. Thanks again for all the support.
Until Next Time,
Josh Nordstrom
In addition to having a great speaker, Steven Johnson from Good Shepherd Church in Irvine came and just ‘hang’ with the kids. He also brought a couple of large boxes of chips for the kids to have with their pizza!! We would love to have your youth pastor come to our huddles, so please extend them an invitation.
Of course, our huddles could not happen with out your help....here is who stepped up to the plate this week:
- Pizza – Provided by one of our faithful FCA families. They sponsored our huddle and graciously paid for all of the pizza. (26 XL Pizzas!!!)
- Baked Goods were lovingly prepared by the these families:
Carter
Kenney
- Water bottles were provided by the Harker family
- Our amazing sound system is provided by the Alayra family.
Thank you, also to the 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, December 9th!!! 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
Michelle Carter
12/01/2010
FCA Huddle Recap: Irvine High School: 10-28
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
FCA Huddle Recap-10-14: Irvine High School
Good Morning FCA Families!!
Parents, to our amazement our first IHS Huddle of the year was a huge success with over 140 students in attendance!! Luckily we had extra pizza and everyone had a great time.
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.
Our guest speaker was Barry Martinez as he typically is our kick-off speaker for the new school year. Barry spoke of his experience as the starting quarterback in high school, to being demoted one week later to third string quarterback due to a poor performance. He shared about the dejection and humiliation he felt and how he wrestled with feelings of not wanting to return to school due to the embarrassment of being benched. He shared how his faith in Jesus helped him gain his confidence back and told the students that Jesus is looking to heal their hurts if they are feeling like they don’t measure up or if they have made bad choices. It was very inspiring!
A big thank you to Dave Ballinger, my dad, for paying for all the pizza. When he heard about the club and its impact at Irvine High, he wanted to help. Thanks Dad!!
Baked Goods were lovingly prepared by the these families:
Alayra
Kenney
Water bottles were provided by the Garmon 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.
As you can see this club is growing and will only stay afloat with all of our help! If you are able, in these tough times, to donate financially, please send a check made to IHS Athletic Boosters-FCA to: Jodi Nordstrom, 9 Redrock, Irvine, Ca. 92604. (Your 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, October 28th!!!
Blessings.......
Jodi Nordstrom
Michelle Carter
Parents, to our amazement our first IHS Huddle of the year was a huge success with over 140 students in attendance!! Luckily we had extra pizza and everyone had a great time.
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.
Our guest speaker was Barry Martinez as he typically is our kick-off speaker for the new school year. Barry spoke of his experience as the starting quarterback in high school, to being demoted one week later to third string quarterback due to a poor performance. He shared about the dejection and humiliation he felt and how he wrestled with feelings of not wanting to return to school due to the embarrassment of being benched. He shared how his faith in Jesus helped him gain his confidence back and told the students that Jesus is looking to heal their hurts if they are feeling like they don’t measure up or if they have made bad choices. It was very inspiring!
A big thank you to Dave Ballinger, my dad, for paying for all the pizza. When he heard about the club and its impact at Irvine High, he wanted to help. Thanks Dad!!
Baked Goods were lovingly prepared by the these families:
Alayra
Kenney
Water bottles were provided by the Garmon 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.
As you can see this club is growing and will only stay afloat with all of our help! If you are able, in these tough times, to donate financially, please send a check made to IHS Athletic Boosters-FCA to: Jodi Nordstrom, 9 Redrock, Irvine, Ca. 92604. (Your 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, October 28th!!!
Blessings.......
Jodi Nordstrom
Michelle Carter
FCA Huddle Recap--We are Thankful November 16th
Good Afternoon FCA Families!
The NHS FCA Family has much for which to be thankful for!! As we pause to thank God for His gracious bounty, we are compelled to thank Him for you!
As so many families continue to be stretched financially we are thankful you have chosen to give generously to FCA as EVERY dollar donated goes directly to fund the Huddles. We are thankful for all of the moms and dads who FAITHFULLY show up to sling pizza and bring homemade baked goods for our students to enjoy. We are thankful for our dedicated Coaches and Administrators who fully support the work of FCA and pull strings for us when we need a favor (Thank you Tim, Rick and Saul!!). We are thankful for MIT who pray faithfully for our students and teachers and for our new YoungLife staff as they walk our campus at 6:30 A.M. to pray for God’s blessing and protection over our school. We are thankful for our guest speakers who continue to bring a challenging and relevant message to our students. We are thankful for our Leadership team of students and “Team FCA” as a lot of planning goes on behind the scenes to have a successful Huddle. Lastly, we are THANKFUL for Jared Hall our Irvine FCA Leader as he is wise beyond his years and dedicated to reaching our kids with the Gospel message. Give thanks to the Lord for He is good!!
Finally, we must mention that our last Huddle was a full house as our guest speaker Sean Afable spoke of his actingexperience in the movie “To Save a Life”. Our students had the opportunity to see the movie trailer followed by a question and answer time with Sean. Sean emphasized the importance of being in the company of like mindedChristian friends as he relied on the Christian cast of the movie for encouragement as his parents announced they were filing for divorce while filming. Sean’s message was honest and relevant because he shared from his heart about his real life experiences that related directly to the movie storyline. We concluded the Huddle with a raffle giveaway of a signed copy of the movie “To Save a Life”, popcorn and movie candy. We hope you will support our efforts to show the movie again by encouraging your student and their friends to attend one last showing in the month of January. We will keep you updated!!
A BIG thanks to the following, and please forgive us if we have forgotten anyone:
Pizza Fund:
Roeske
Counts
Swerdfeger
Bowers
Fox
Bakers:
Skelly
Dougherty
Nagel
Bowers
Flanagan
Aviles
We must mention a big THANK YOU to Kate Gisch. As you will see in the photos this week, she joyfully packs the back of her car with all of the pizzas for the students for every Huddle!! I can assure you, the aroma in her car reminds her of our students and the Huddle all day long!!
Our next Huddle is next Tuesday, December 7th. If you would like to donate money for the pizzas, please send a check made out to Monica Younger to: Monica Younger, 26 Rincon, Irvine, Ca. 92620. Thank you in advance for your incredible generosity, especially at this time of year!
Blessings to you and your family!!
Kate Gisch
Torre Murray
Rosalyn Reasor
Monica Younger
FCA Huddle Recap--Breakdancer November 2nd
Dear FCA Parents,
We continue to be blessed with a growing Huddle each week (650+) and generous donations for pizza, cases and cases of water bottles; a beautiful spread of baked goods and a growing number of parents who faithfully serve our students with LOVE at each Huddle!! There is no doubt that the NHS gym becomes a sanctuary of Truth and SAFETY when FCA meets for a Huddle. The word is out…FCA ROCKS!!!
Our guest speaker Josh entertained the kids with some great break dance moves and a bold message relating to the sacrifice Jesus made at the Cross for ALL to be saved. He also gave three NHS students the opportunity to bust out some of their own moves on the dance floor (see pictures). It was very entertaining and inspiring as two students asked Jared for Bibles after the message!
If ever we inadvertently forget to thank any families for their donations, please forgive us as you know our Heavenly Father knows who you are! J
Donations:
Dougherty
Weyand
Perkins
Baked goods/water:
Rutland
Skelly
Gregerson
Sharpe
Thomas
McMains
Campbell
Dougherty
Nagel
McCombs
Ostler
Muir
Gubernick
As our ministry grows, so does the cost to provide for the students at the Huddles. Please, if you can, send in a monetary donation made out to Monica Younger to: Monica Younger, 26 Rincon, Irvine, 92620.
Please continue to PRAY for this ministry and its effectiveness as our students struggle with peer pressure on many levels. Thank you again to our fatihful prayer warriors...there is power in prayer, and it is benefiting our NHS campus!
Our next Huddle is Nov. 16. Enjoy this long weekend!!
Blessings......
Kate Gisch
Torre Murray
Rosalyn Reasor
Monica Younger
Huddle Recap for 10/19/10- Northwood High School
Rejoice parents as we thank the Lord for yet ANOTHER FCA growth spurt and most importantly--- more kids than ever before are hearing the Gospel of Jesus Christ being preached at FCA Huddles!! Our crowd was so large this week that we had to move to a larger section of the gym to accommodate the 600 plus students who were present to hear our guest speaker Twiggs Reed’s message of encouragement. Our morning was filled with a lot of parents, both mom and dad helpers, serving 46 pizzas and amazing homemade baked goods. We are blessed with great support from our coaches Tim O’Brien and Rick Curtis, and Assistant Principal Saul Glasser. Thank you, to ALL of you for your faithfulness and for loving on ALL of our students as they enter the gym for our meeting!! We serve an Awesome God, don’t we??!!
Our program got started with Young Life leaders Justin and Jason performing a ballet skit (see pictures) which followed with a message from Young Life director Twiggs Reed’s testimony as to how he came to find Jesus his senior year of high school. His testimony is the fruit of what we are trying to accomplish through these two ministries. We feel so privileged to of had the opportunity to introduce our students to Young Life as they partner with FCA to disciple and impact the NHS campus for Jesus Christ. You’ll be hearing more about Young Life in the future.
Donations were received from the following families:
Seidler
Edwards
Asciuto
Bowers
Pierce
Glorioso
Mason-Little
Gusikoski
Dellamaggiore
Hammeras
Baked Goods were lovingly prepared by:
MacDonald
Skelly
Dellamaggiore
Stofko
Aviles
Bowers
May
Coleman
Thomas
Roeske
Nagel
This Huddle cost us $600, so thank you to all of the families that have donated money!! If you would like to make a donation, please make a check out to Monica Younger and send it to Monica Younger, 26 Rincon, Irvine 92620. If you would like to donate waters, you can either drop them off the morning of the Huddle to the gym, or you can drop them off at any of our homes prior to the Huddle. Just respond to this email and let us know if you can help with water donations and we will send you an address for the drop off. Check out the attached pictures to see some of the yummy desserts our kids are treated to at the Huddle!
The dates for the next few Huddles are: Nov. 2, Nov. 16, Dec. 7, Jan. 18, Feb. 1, and Feb. 15. We will send out the dates for the remainder of the year after the beginning of the year.
Thanks again to all of you for your donations and your prayers for this amazing club at NHS!!!
Blessings....
Kate Gisch
Torre Murray
Rosalyn Reasor
Monica Younger
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