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Greater potential, Greater Promise, Greater Performance and Greater Purpose. Join us as we dive into these four key concepts throughout the year to understand God’s purpose for your life beyond your sport. As we go through the book of John together, expect God to transform your heart and mind and bring you into a closer relationship with Him.
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CO FCA Sports Overnight Camp 2023
Since 1954, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes has challenged athletes and coaches to impact the world for Jesus Christ. Camps are a time of “inspiration and perspiration” for athletes and coaches who want to reach their potential through comprehensive athletic, spiritual and leadership training.
FCA Sports Camps are for athletes and coaches seeking to develop their athletic and leadership skills by growing mentally, physically, and spiritually in their faith and sport.
This is an overnight, sport-specific camp in which the camper selects one sport (Boys: Football, Basketball, Soccer, Track & Field. (Girls: Volleyball, Basketball, Soccer, Track & Field, Softball) for the entire camp experience to practice and compete on the athletics facilities at UNC Greeley.
*At check-in, each camper will receive an FCA Bible, camp shirt, lanyard/name tag, and schedule.
More info on Camp 2023 to come soon!
When: July 6-9, 2023
Where: UNC Greeley (2323 11th Ave, Greeley, CO. 80631)
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For students entering grades 9th-12th in the fall of 2023
Cost: $500.00
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There is greater potential in my life than finding my identity in sports.
Jesus Christ’s promise of salvation gives me a new identity
My new identity in Christ gives me a new way to perform.
My purpose is to play for Someone greater.
Greater Overview
As competitors, we always dream of something Greater. We train tirelessly to reach our potential, seeking approval from teammates, coaches and fans. The promise of a trophy or praise pushes us to succeed. Our identity becomes about our performance—how well we play, not who we are. The pressure to succeed fuels our purpose to compete every day.
But what happens when our season ends, or we don’t perform well?
What does it say about our potential or our purpose? The world will say we’re not good enough—that we’ve failed.
But Jesus Christ says differently. In Christ, we have a Greater potential than what is on a scoreboard. Through His sacrifice on the cross, we have the promise of a new life. When we surrender our lives to Jesus, we give up the old expectations to gain a new identity in Christ. The pressure to perform evaporates, and our performance is transformed. We no longer compete for something Greater, but for Someone Greater. We play with a new purpose: He must become Greater, and we must become less.
There is greater potential in my life than finding my identity in sports.
Jesus Christ’s promise of salvation gives me a new identity
My new identity in Christ gives me a new way to perform.
My purpose is to play for Someone greater.
Northern Colorado FCA
A Whisper: The Love Language of God
By Haley Donaldson
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03 May, 2023
In our walks with the Lord, I find that there isn’t such a thing as luck or coincidence, but rather it’s God’s divine fingerprints all around us. Recently this month, I felt it in my heart to open my Bible to 1 Kings, and dive deep into the life of Elijah. Amid my early morning studies of Elijah, I happened to grab a book called Whisper by Mark Batterson while at a regular discount store. I merely picked it because I love Mark Batterson, and his writing language & saw it hanging on the edge of the bookshelf before checking out. Both the stories of Elijah and Mark Batterson’s book graciously talk about hearing the whisper of the Lord. The Holy Spirit is such an awesome teacher, and coaches us in different avenues to try to perk our attention. Clearly, I picked up that He wanted me to better understand the whispers of the Lord & I would love to pass it along to you all for encouragement! “The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.
(1 Kings 19:11-13, NIV).” Of all possibilities, the Lord chooses a gentle whisper to Elijah to present Himself. Not a great fire, wind, or earthquake, which He has the absolute power to do. But a gentle whisper. As Mark Batterson explains in his book Whisper, when someone speaks to us in a whisper, we must stand very close to understand. Mark’s point is that God whispers, so we purposefully have a deep intimacy to stand close to hear the voice of the Lord. The Lord is the Lord of all, and He is omnipresent and omniscient, however He chooses to whisper. So that we must draw near and sit still to hear the frequency of our Father. It requires us to act in obedience of stillness & void of daily distractions and busy to-do lists. As I was studying Elijah, the Holy Spirit illuminated this phrase “and the word of the Lord came to him” that is repeatedly found in Elijah’s journey as a prophet.
We see it when the Lord instructs Elijah to leave & go to the brook (1 Kings 17:2, NIV), when the Lord directs him to go to a widow for food (1 Kings 17:8, NIV), when Lord orders him to tell Ahab what he has done to Naboth (1 Kings 21:17, NIV). “The word of the Lord came to him.” Do you believe you have the Word of the Lord? The answer is a mere yes. The Bible is His Word. We may not always audibly hear the voice of the Lord, but in the power of His Word, we will recognize the gentle voice of our Shepard. His Word is already written out for us; poured out onto paper and the Holy Spirit will help bring it to life. Through our willingness to sit close with Him & know His Word intimately, we will be able to fine-tune to hear the whispering voice of the Lord amid the static of our lives.
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Fellowship of Christian Athletes ( FCA ) is an international non-profit Christian sports ministry founded in 1954 and based in Kansas City, Missouri. It has staff offices located throughout the United States and abroad. [1] [2]
FCA was founded in 1954 by Eastern Oklahoma A&M basketball coach Don McLanen, who later retired to become its permanent director. [3] After seeing how sports stars use fame to promote and sell general merchandise, McLanen wrote to 19 sports leaders asking for help in creating an organization that would use the same principle to spread the Christian faith. Early supporters included Baseball Hall of Famer Branch Rickey, [4] [5] , who was best known for breaking the MLB color barrier by signing Jackie Robinson with the Brooklyn Dodgers at 1945, and professional athletes including Otto Graham, Karl Erskine and Donn. Mumav. [3] [6] [7] The FCA held its first advisory board meeting in September 1954 and was officially registered as a non-profit organization in November. [6]
After two years in Oklahoma, McLanen moved the FCA headquarters to Kansas City, Missouri. That same year (1956), the FCA also held its first national camp, then called the National Conference, with 256 athletes and coaches in Estes Park, Colorado. The ministry continued its expansion by adding additional camp sites, establishing a national magazine, and creating school campus groups called “Huddles” within 10 years of the first camp. [7] In 1979, the FCA completed and dedicated a new headquarters overlooking Kansas City, the Truman Sports Complex, and in 2011 the building was officially renamed the FCA National Support Center. [7]
The Christian Athlete Fellowship operates according to an internal written statement of faith. This statement consists of nine points based on biblical teachings and Christian principles. Each point corresponds to the Holy Scripture. [1] All employees and heads of departments agree and act in accordance with the FCA’s statement of faith. [8] While all students may attend FCA Huddles meetings, students in leadership positions must sign statements of faith and sexual purity. [9] [10] [11]
In September 2015, public schools in Roanoke, Virginia, ceased serving the FCA to football players after at least two complaints. [12] During an FCA event called the Watermelon Ministry, the organization visited high school athletes in team practice to offer slices of watermelon and tell the players that all their talents come from God. [13] [14] The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national non-profit organization, called the activities “predatory”, “illegal” and “unconstitutional” [15] in letters sent to the superintendents of the two largest Virginia jurisdictions involved.
The school authorities replied that they did not know that the coaches were proselytizing and stopped it immediately. The Superintendent of Roanoke County stated, “Roanoke County Schools believe in separation of church and state. We want to preserve and enforce this practice.” A spokesman for the city of Roanoke said: “When this information came to our attention, we responded immediately. We met with the relevant people and made it clear that the separation of church and state is the law of the land. We feel that the issue is under control and we will be monitoring this very closely.” [12]
\”Colorado\” invites Latvian Skrastins to camp
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Colorado goalie José Teodor will miss part of his team’s training camp due to arthroscopic knee surgery. \”He needed to eliminate discomfort so that it would not become a problem during the season\”, – said the press attache\”Lavigne\” Jean Martineau. In the meantime, Avalanche’s general manager has been one of the first to announce the players invited to the training camp, which opens on September 13th. 30 experienced players and 27 beginners will work in it, and from hockey players from the post-Soviet space only Latvian Karlis Skrastinsh is invited, reports “Sport-Express” with reference to the Denver Post. |
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