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Ministry Update of Buckeye Border FCA Teachers, students, administrators, custodians, kitchen crews, aides, and more have flocked back to the school buildings a8er a brief summer vaca:on. There are mixed emo:ons as everyone returns to engage in a new school year. Our FCA staff is excited about geCng back into a rou:ne, but we are even more excited for all our students who went to FCA Leadership Camp. We pray that the fire, passion, and courage they received at camp will carry on into the school year! God’s Holy Spirit that indwells these students, coaches, and adults SHOULD shine with boldness and love. They are spiritually equipped and ready to lead every coach and athlete into a growing rela:onship with Jesus Christ and His church! But will they….will we? In Luke, the disciples went back to school and wanted to learn how to pray. Maybe they realized that knowledge was power… or maybe that prayer was powerful! Teach us Jesus! Teach us! I love that aCtude! I understand school may not be the most fun place, but it is a natural mission field that God has given school staff and students to shine and share. No fund-raising required, no plane :ckets, visa, or ridiculously long road trips. I have been on dozens of mission trips – loved each one! But right now…today, our mission field is in our community, and we must be prepared to share God’s love. So, Jesus…teach us! Teach us how to pray, how to share our faith, how to read God’s Word so that we are empowered with truth, grace, and love. Not only should we have the aCtude of wan:ng Jesus to teach us…we need to put what we learn into prac:ce. Our hope is that our FCA students go back to school and courageously lead their Huddles, their teams, and their locker rooms in prayer. We don’t pray for the scoreboard victory, we pray for other things. We pray that we give our best and that our best reflects our faith. We pray for great aCtudes, safety from injury, or healing for those injured. We pray for coaches to make great decisions. We pray that when things don’t go our way, we will reflect a godly response. We pray that our prac:ce and game :me ac:ons bring honor and glory to God. How about this first month of school we just focus on pu6ng into prac8ce one thing – prayer. Would you please join us in praying daily for our FCA staff, leaders, and volunteers? Pray for our students to live out their faith. Pray for the Huddles as they start in the next few weeks. Pray that we purse our mission – to lead every coach and athlete into a growing rela1onship with Jesus Christ and His church! Pray for our students to courageously lead their peers in prayer! We are excited about the new school year! Let us begin this school year with an aCtude of learning more about prayer and puCng it into prac:ce every day! We are thankful for you, and we do pray for you! We pray for your families, your businesses, and your churches. Thank you for praying for us! Thank you for your con:nued support to the Buckeye Border FCA staff and ministry! August, 2019 - Rex Stump, Area Director Back To School! Lesson 1 - Prayer Once Jesus was in a certain place praying. As he 5inished, one of his disciples came to him and said, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” - Luke 11:1 • Sunday, September 15, 2019 FCA Huddle Leader Training - See Back Page For More Informa8on • Tuesday, September 17, 2019 FCA Huddle Leader Training - See Back Page For More Informa8on • Wednesday, October 2, 2019 Fields of Faith - Fairview • Wednesday, October 9, 2019 Fields of Faith - Wauseon, Hicksville, Clinton, Sand Creek • Tuesday, December 3, 2019 #GivingTuesday NWO Event - Fundraising opportunity for FCA • July 18-22, 2020 FCA Leadership Camp

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MinistryUpdateofBuckeyeBorderFCA

Teachers,students,administrators,custodians,kitchencrews,aides,andmorehaveflockedbacktotheschoolbuildingsa8erabriefsummervaca:on.Therearemixedemo:onsaseveryonereturnstoengageinanewschoolyear.OurFCAstaffisexcitedaboutgeCngbackintoarou:ne,butweareevenmoreexcitedforallourstudentswhowenttoFCALeadershipCamp.Wepraythatthefire,passion,andcouragetheyreceivedatcampwillcarryonintotheschoolyear!God’sHolySpiritthatindwellsthesestudents,coaches,andadultsSHOULDshinewithboldnessandlove.Theyarespirituallyequippedandreadytoleadeverycoachandathleteintoagrowingrela:onshipwithJesusChristandHischurch!Butwillthey….willwe?

InLuke,thediscipleswentbacktoschoolandwantedtolearnhowtopray.Maybetheyrealizedthatknowledgewaspower…ormaybethatprayerwaspowerful!TeachusJesus!Teachus!IlovethataCtude!Iunderstandschoolmaynotbethemostfunplace,butitisanaturalmissionfieldthatGodhasgivenschoolstaffandstudentstoshineandshare.Nofund-raisingrequired,noplane:ckets,visa,orridiculouslylongroadtrips.Ihavebeenondozensofmissiontrips–lovedeachone!Butrightnow…today,ourmissionfieldisinourcommunity,andwemustbepreparedtoshareGod’slove.So,Jesus…teachus!Teachushowtopray,howtoshareourfaith,howtoreadGod’sWordsothatweareempoweredwithtruth,grace,andlove.

NotonlyshouldwehavetheaCtudeofwan:ngJesustoteachus…weneedtoputwhatwelearnintoprac:ce.OurhopeisthatourFCAstudentsgobacktoschoolandcourageouslyleadtheirHuddles,theirteams,andtheirlockerroomsinprayer.Wedon’tprayforthescoreboardvictory,weprayforotherthings.Wepraythatwegiveourbestandthatourbestreflectsourfaith.WeprayforgreataCtudes,safetyfrominjury,orhealingforthoseinjured.Weprayforcoachestomakegreatdecisions.Wepraythatwhenthingsdon’tgoourway,wewillreflectagodlyresponse.Wepraythatourprac:ceandgame:meac:onsbringhonorandglorytoGod.

Howaboutthisfirstmonthofschoolwejustfocusonpu6ngintoprac8ceonething–prayer.WouldyoupleasejoinusinprayingdailyforourFCAstaff,leaders,andvolunteers?Prayforourstudentstoliveouttheirfaith.PrayfortheHuddlesastheystartinthenextfewweeks.Praythatwepurseourmission–toleadeverycoachandathleteintoagrowingrela1onshipwithJesusChristandHischurch!Prayforourstudentstocourageouslyleadtheirpeersinprayer!

Weareexcitedaboutthenewschoolyear!LetusbeginthisschoolyearwithanaCtudeoflearningmoreaboutprayerandpuCngitintoprac:ceeveryday!Wearethankfulforyou,andwedoprayforyou!Weprayforyourfamilies,yourbusinesses,andyourchurches.Thankyouforprayingforus!Thankyouforyourcon:nuedsupporttotheBuckeyeBorderFCAstaffandministry!

August,2019

-Rex Stump, Area Director

BackToSchool!Lesson1-PrayerOnceJesuswasinacertainplacepraying.Ashe5inished,oneofhisdisciplescametohimandsaid,“Lord,teachus

topray,justasJohntaughthisdisciples.”-Luke11:1

• Sunday,September15,2019 FCAHuddleLeaderTraining-SeeBackPageForMoreInforma8on

• Tuesday,September17,2019 FCAHuddleLeaderTraining-SeeBackPageForMoreInforma8on

• Wednesday,October2,2019 FieldsofFaith-Fairview

• Wednesday,October9,2019 FieldsofFaith-Wauseon,Hicksville,Clinton,SandCreek

• Tuesday,December3,2019 #GivingTuesdayNWOEvent-FundraisingopportunityforFCA

• July18-22,2020 FCALeadershipCamp

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BuckeyeBorderFCA•1111ArrowheadTrail•Wauseon,OH43567•419-583-7013•[email protected]•www.bbfca.orgRexStump,AreaDirector•RickStraley,AreaRepresenta8ve•EricSteinke,FieldAmbassador

JennyStump,Administra8veAssistant

OnJuly20th,TheHicksvilleAcesfootballteamhosteda7on7StrongmanCompe88onwithnineareafootballteamspar8cipa8ngtowarmuptheirfootballskills.Forthe10thyear,FCAbroughtinaChris8anfootballplayertosharetheirstorywiththeplayersandcoachesandtheimportanceofhavingJesusChristasLordtonavigatethemthroughthechaosanduncertain8esofsportsandlife.Thisyear’sspeakerwasformerBowlingGreenOffensiveLineman(1982-85)PastorVicCales.Vicspoketoover300areafootballplayersandcoachesonthepowerofJesusChristtochangelivesandcarrythemthroughthegreatvictoriesandlossesoflife.HesharedhowGodhadledhimandhiswifeShellyintofull-8meministryandsomeofthemiraculousthingsHehasdone.VicemphasizedthatthroughalltherollercoastersofsportsandlifeGodhasneverleghimnorforsakenhimandthatthroughJesusChrist,ourheavenlyFathermakesthesamepromisetoeachofthem.PastorVicconcludedbychallengingtheplayersandcoachestocourageouslycomeandkneelwithhimasheprayedforthemtomakeaseriouscommitmenttofollowJesus.AllbutafewoftheplayerscameandprayedwithPastorVic.Itwasaverypowerfulmoment!PraythatGodwillguardandguidetheseyoungmenthroughtheseasonandtheirhighschoolcareers,makinghispresenceknowninuniqueandwonderfulwaystoeach.

HuddleLeader/ChaplainTraining(Adults&Students)

TheBuckeyeBorderFCAofficeplanstoholdourannualHuddleLeaderandChaplainTrainingforadultsand

students.Thetrainingwillbea"handson"opportunityforourleaderstolearn,prepare,andgrow!Inorderto

"Cer:fy"ourFCAHuddles(makeitlegal),weneedanadultrepresenta:vefromeachschoolpresentattraining.OurFCALeadershipCampinJulywasincredibleanditfiredup150+ofustoimpactourschoolsandcommuni:esfor

JesusChrist!WearepumpedandreadytoseewhatGodisgoingtodothroughourvolunteeradultsandthestudentsthisnewschoolyear!Thisisagreatopportunitytoget

inspired,meetotherHuddleleaders,pickupnewresources,enjoysomefoodandfun!Weareofferingtwodifferenttrainingdatesandloca:onstochoosefrom.

FieldsofFaithisanannualandNa:onalFCAstudent-ledevent.Studentsinvite,prayfor,sharewith,andchallengetheirpeerstoreadtheBibleandfollowJesusChrist.Anathle:cfieldprovidesaneutral,rallypointwhereacommunitycancome

together.MarkyourcalendarsnowforWednesday,October9th!Youthpastors,churches,andFCAareencouragedtoworktogetherinunitytoprovideaneveningofsharingtheGospelandworship!Checkouttheofficialwebsite,

www.fieldsoffaith.com.

HuddleLeader/ChaplainTraining-Wauseon

•Date:Sunday,September15,2019•Time:3:30-5:30pm

•Loca8on:TrueNorthChurch

850W.ElmSt.•Wauseon,OH43567

HuddleLeader/ChaplainTraining-Adrian•Date:Tuesday,September17,2019

•Time:6:30-8:30pm•Loca8on:

St.John'sLutheranChurch3448N.AdrianHwy.•Adrian,MI49921

2019Hicksville7On7