I have the privilege of serving the schools in the following communities: Coppell, Little Elm, Frisco, Wylie, Rowlett, Rockwall, Royse City, Farmersville, Community, Blue Ridge, and Merit (Bland ISD).  I also serve as the Director of Coaches Ministry, and I have witnessed the lives of so many coaches and athletes that have been impacted for Jesus Christ through our ministry.  It has truly been a blessing to serve our Lord in this capacity for the last year and a half.

In Coppell this fall, we witnessed a coach make a profession of faith at our annual FCA-SMU Game Day rally and join over 500 middle and high school athletes on the floor of Moody Coliseum as they declared their belief in Jesus Christ.  I have seen hundreds of One Way 2 Play commitments from my area schools, where athletes commit to play drug and alcohol free through Faith, Commitment, and Accountability.  In addition to the hundreds of decisions that we saw at Game Day, I saw 7 athletes trust in Jesus at a kickoff huddle meeting in Frisco, and I saw 2 more kids make decisions for Christ at Frisco’s Fields of Faith Rally in October. 

I have seen a huddle go from 1 coach with 8 kids to a huddle lead and supported by 3 coaches, 1 teacher, and the school resource officer that now attracted more than 30 students each Friday at 6:45am.  I had a conversation with another student who is now a believer, in part because of his coach who leads their FCA at their high school.  This senior is from a single parent home for the second time, and recently lost an 8-year-old sibling due to heart complications.  This coach has been there for this student because she loves Christ and kids on her campus.  Another huddle in my area moved their meeting time from Monday nights to Thursday mornings and has seen their group go from 2 to 10 kids, to now attracting more than 40 student-athletes to worship and grow spiritually together.  I have another huddle that is lead by a teacher and a local youth minister that has grown from a 9-kid huddle to now more than 40 who meet every Wednesday morning at 6:45am at the flag pole to pray and invite students to FCA. 

I had 4 athletes attend FCA Leadership Camp this past summer and watched them grow in their love for God and His people.  They are now taking their campus huddles to new heights because of the investment that has been made in them.  I receive text messages, e-mails, and phone calls almost daily to ask for prayer, spiritual direction, and/or to say thank you.  They thank us for visiting them, praying for them, writing them, texting them, and serving them professionally, personally, and/or spiritually.  These relationships are the secret to what we do as a ministry. 

We have a coaches program for nearly everything we do, because we believe that our best chance at impacting a campus is to impact the coaches on that campus.  We had a wonderful coaches program at our Weekend of Champions in February, a Coaches Enrichment Retreat in Frisco this summer, and a Coaches Appreciation Dinner this fall.  These are just a few ways to say “thank you” to those who give so much to our students and athletes.  Thank you for your support and for allowing us to enter the lives of these coaches and athletes for the sole purpose of sharing the great love and message of Jesus Christ.