Speaking Louder ...To Reach This Generation

Have you ever gotten someone’s attention by whispering?  The next time your son or daughter needs correcting just walk over to them and whisper….”Johnny please stop that.” My guess is the impact will not go over near as strong as if you spoke in a clear firm (louder) voice.  I’m not saying that you have to yell at people to get their attention but there is something powerful about being direct, bold and clear on what you want to accomplish. 

Here at Greater Dallas FCA we are involved in 40 plus Independent School Districts.  Currently we are in 200 campuses where we are invited to serve over 250 coaches who help transform the lives of students by going beyond the “call of duty.”  As a result of these coaches (and some teachers) we were able to IMPACT over 6500 students in these 200 campuses.

This year we had fewer FCA staff than in many previous years and still over 900 students (that we know of) decided to follow Christ.   Since October of 2008, over 1700 students have signed a contract to be drug and alcohol free through our OneWay2Play-Drug Free! initiative right here in Greater Dallas. 

I’ve asked the Staff and Board of Directors to “tell the story” of how FCA is changing hearts.  We’ve been blessed to have key media join us in partnership to help do this.  ESPN radio and EspnDallas.com highlights our FCA Student Athlete of the Month while 90.9 FM KCBI provides a monthly feature of our outstanding Huddle Groups.  VYPE-The High School Magazine has allowed me to share about FCA each month in their publication and Lamar Billboards has provided outdoor advertising to promote OneWay2Play-Drug Free!  We start a new partnership with the DFW Christian Family Magazine that starts in 2010.  We are constantly updating our website with valuable information.

I want to thank all of our friends who support the Greater Dallas FCA. We appreciate you! Please pray with us that 2010 will be a banner year for His glory.