Foothill Huddle Recap 12/5

Dear Foothill FCA Parents and Supporters,

Thank you for your help in feeding the huge crowd that came to hear Nate Schwegman speak in the cafeteria last Wednesday, December 5th!  
If your kids are the talkative type, they certainly shared with you how amazing the Huddle was!  Nate spoke with a passion that had the students keyed in from the very start!  This young man shared about his life of money, sex, drug and alcohol abuse.  A life he thought he was living to the fullest even though he'd accepted Christ as his Savior as a young child.  A terrible car accident, a hard look at his life and the realization that he wasn't being fulfilled living his way brought him back to Christ. 
But he told the kids, "being a Christian doesn't mean things will be easy."  Shortly after re-dedicating his life, Nate was diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma.  He recovered only to fight stage 4 melanoma!   "What would you do if you had only one year to live?" Nate challenged.  He showed the students his x-rays outlining the several cancerous growths in his body--the cancer that was going to take his life in 6 to 12 months!  God, however, had different plans, and after a miraculous healing from his excruciating pain, Nate's next x-rays in April of 2011 showed his body was cancer free!!  

View December 5th Huddle pictures. 
The kids were deeply effected by this story, and Nate asked those who wanted the Christ who changes lives and gives hope, to raise their hands!  All joined in a prayer for salvation, and Nate closed with a special prayer for those currently going through major difficulties in their lives.

This was another powerful Huddle!  Thank you for your prayers!  There were some challenges faced to pull this one off, but God is faithful, and He certainly blessed the students (and the parents) who came!

Please continue to pray for the FCA student leadership as they are on the front lines working out their salvation daily.  Pray also for our new believers to get connected with a church group or Bible study so they can grow in wisdom and strength.  What a great time of year to know the One who gives hope and still performs miracles!

Blessings to you all!

In His service,
Linda and Cherie
FCA Parent Volunteer Coordinators
Phone contact info: Linda 714-838-9000 or Cherie 714-501-5775
The dates of our remaining 2012-2013 Huddles are:
December 19
January 16
February 13 and 27
March 13 and 27
April 17
May 1, 15, 29
June 12

Woodbridge Huddle Recap-12/3

How can you follow a rousing game of "Simon Says"?

With a great message from New Song's youth pastor!...

Not raised in a Christian home, Mike talked about hearing "God loves you" from time to time before he gave his life to Christ at the age of eighteen.

"God loves you"... No one can convince us of this truth. We may know it in our head, but that's very different from feeling it in our heart. We need to experience God's love, but sometimes hearts are hard and walls are high.

Mike shared the story of Matt... Ask your favorite pizza-eating, FCA-attending Warrior to fill in the details, but after an accident, Mike and Matt ended up in a God-ordained and God-guided conversation. At one point Matt confessed--with tears--that he didn't have friends, he wasn't very good at school, he was kinda fat, he wished he were better at sports... Hear Matt's answer when Mike asked him "If you could have one thing, what would it be?"  Matt's response: "For someone to really love me."

We trust that God used Mike's telling of Matt's story to bless students in that room who are also looking for someone/Someone to really love them.

Thank you for all you do so faithfully to enable FCA to love on the WHS kids!

Special thanks to the Huddle #4 team of Mellor, Prock, Haney, Hood, Van Peursem, Klopfer, Greenberg, Torrey, Werderman, Coyle, Suiste, Moore, and Gaultiere!

Huddle #5 will be on Monday, December 17, right before we break for Christmas!

With gratitude to God for each of you!

Kris Gibbs and Lisa Guest

Irvine High-Huddle Recap-11/15

Our last huddle went extremely well. The speaker was Bryce Turi from Calvary Chapel. He was very relatable to all high school students, especially the ones who might have a drug or alcohol problem. It was amazing hearing how he early he got into all these bad habits, such as stealing and drinking. The even more amazing part was when Bryce told us that he quit by finding Jesus. We have been having a lot of students attending the huddles this year, which is very encouraging for all the leaders. It makes me feel like we have an impact with over 200 people coming to see what we put together. Our games committee put together a few “minute-to-win-it” games which are always fun to play as well as watch. It was our first huddle this year with Jared not in attendance and I believe it went very well.

After speaking to the kids, Bryce informed all of us that he and His family are moving to South Africa to be missionaries, in fact they are already there.   I am sure he would love for all of us to keep them in our prayers.

I attached a photos from our last huddle)

We had several families that sponsored Pizza for our Huddle, our sponsors were the Alayra Family, the Bolland Family, the Terry Family, the Hobbs Family, and the Filia  Family.   THANKS TO ALL OF OUR SPONSORS!!

Waters were provide by the Johnson and Lee Families.  Cookies were provided by Annie Hobbs, Annie Terry and Jana Alayra.  Thank you!!! Thanks you!!! Thank you!!

Huddle Dates for this school year are (all Huddles are on Thursdays during lunch):

December 20th   Extended Lunch 11:20-12:10

January 17th

January 31st        CANCELLED

February 14th      Extended Lunch 11:20-12:10

February 28th      Assembly      12:00-12:40       Move to Practice Gym

March 14th      Assembly      12:00-12:40       Move to Practice Gym

March 28th

April 18th

May 9th

May 23rd

June 4th (Tuesday)   Set up for banquet       Move to Practice Gym

 Also, many thanks to Coach, Erik Terry, for taking time out of his busy schedule to be the FCA club advisor.

Thank you!

Jodi Nordstrom &  Michelle Carter

Huddle Recap November 5th- Woodbridge HS

Huddle #3 was attended by approximately 185 students.

Answered prayer!  David Hughes, the youth pastor at The Village Church, attended the Huddle and brought with him a portable sound system!  Thank you, David!  What a blessing that sound system is as it raises the energy level and enables everyone in the room to hear our speaker.

Christ-follower and former NFL player Egypt McKee spoke—starting with a falsetto voice that definitely got everyone’s attention.  And he was definitely worth listening to!

·                              It costs to follow Jesus!

·                              Many of us would do well to have a bell dog collar that keeps us from chasing our tail, that keeps us focused only on Christ.

·                               We’re all running around with two words on our t-shirt: “Affirm me!”

·                              Our value is not in what we do but in what Jesus did for us on the cross.

·                              Who do you walk by every day without saying, “Hey! What’s up? My name’s ____”?  Folks like that may wonder, “How can Jesus love me if His followers don’t seem to?”

·                               Life is not about being comfortable; it’s about being available.

·                               How much are you willing to give up to be a Christ follower?

·                               Find an accountability partner!  Get rooted in a church!  Get involved in serving! 

·                              Choose to be a slave to Christ. Yes, a slave!  And everyone in this room is already a slave to something!

·                                God loves you.  God knows all your secrets, and He loves you… in spite of yourself.

·         This isn’t a sermon!  I’m lighting a fire under your butt!

Thank you for these families who supported the Huddle with donations of cookies, water, pizza dollars, plates, napkins, time, and/or prayer:  Avazian, Babb, Coyle, Gaultiere, Gibbs, Grijalva, Haney, Hood, Mellor, Meyers, Moore, Prock, Torrey, and Valentine.

And just when we were settling into a pattern…

·         The next Huddle will be on December 3. (There is no school on November 19, which would have been the next date for a WHS Huddle.)

·         An email signup sheet will be sent out Thanksgiving weekend.

·         Reminder: We order and purchase the pizzas on the Friday before the Huddle.  If you are able and willing to support FCA with a pizza donation, please mail a check to Kris Gibbs, 7 East Yale Loop, 92604 right after you sign up so that we have the money we need when we need it!

Happy Thanksgiving—and know that as we count our blessings this year, we are thanking God for your support of FCA at WHS!

Kris Gibbs and Lisa Guest

Huddle Recap- November 1st- Irvine HS

 FCA Families!!
Here is a quick recap from our huddle last week on November 1st.

Our speaker for the huddle was Jarrod Davidoff.  Jarrod is the founder of  "Save the world foundation."   He is from South Africa and loves to share the gospel!    I had Trent Williams, our FCA Co-President write a quick recap of what Jarrod shared with the kids.....

“This weeks speaker was a guy named Jarrod from South Africa. He told us his amazing story of how he came from a life of sin and found Jesus. Its awesome to see how Jesus can make a broken life into a beautiful story. At the end of his testimony he asked people to raise their hands if they wanted to accept Jesus into their lives. So many people rose their hands. It is such an amazing feeling to know that all the leaders had helped in such a life changing decision.”
It was an awesome huddle....lots students in attendance, lots of pizza and lots of fun!!!

Our Huddles of course could not happen with out the support of our wonderful parents:
Our Pizza sponsor for this huddle was the Searl family.   
Baked Goods were lovingly prepared by the Alayra and Kenney families.

Water bottles were provided by the Lee, DeKlotz, Tom and Blevins families.

Thank you, also to all the moms who rolled up their sleeves during their lunch break to help serve water and pizza...see the attached picture.  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!!) 
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 15th!!!
Blessings.......
Jodi Nordstrom
Michelle Carter

Huddle Recap October 11th -Mater Dei!

Dear FCA parent group,

We are so excited about the amazing first huddle we had at FAM, and are thanking God for all of your incredible sacrifice and support!  We had over 100 kids at the upper lunch huddle, and about 80 at the lower lunch huddle, great numbers for the first meetings.  The kids heard an amazing talk, and were encouraged by being together and feeling welcomed.  I can only imagine what God will do this year with such a great start, so many awesome new, young leaders, and a parent support team so willing to help.  We know without a doubt that each student who walked in the doors was encouraged by God's word and reminded that God waits to reach out a hand to help us up!  Yess!!!

Thank you so much Devon, Trisha, Sandy, Juliet, Elizabeth, Stacey, Mary Anne, and Mindy for your helping hands, water, and precious home-baked treats!  Thank you Kathleen for getting us off to such a great start, and of course Jared for your leadership and enthusiasm and contagious love for our kids and Jesus.  I am so pumped to see what God is going to unfold at Mater dei FAM!

Paula Boyer

paboyer@cox.net

Huddle Recap- October 11th-Beckman!

Hello Parents!

 

We had our first Huddle in the school gym last Thursday. We had about 200 students come hear Creg Darby from Free Chapel Church speak about Christ. There were a number of students who prayed to accept Christ as their Lord and Savior. Many of the students took home free Bibles and filled out prayer request cards asking that the FCA students could pray for them.

 

The pizza was donated by the Korb and Mannas families. Thank you to the many families who helped set up and serve pizza. Thank you, to those of you who donated cookies for the students! They were eagerly devoured!

 

Please pray about being involved with FCA. Would you consider donating a portion or even all of the pizzas for one of the Huddles? The next one is 10/25.

 

Blessings,

 

Nancy Korb

(714) 328-3883