Wrapping up FCA for the year

We just wanted to say thanks for coming every week and worshiping the Lord Almighty with us. We had a great year, and if you are interested, we will be meeting at West Market Park through the summer for a little prayer time and then some fun games (Ultimate Frisbee, Soccer, etc.) on Tuesday nights at 6:45 starting June 9. Next year's theme is "Inside Out." We'll see you then!

Pics from Coaches Appreciation Banquet

Sorry we didn't get these up sooner :D

Music Playlist

Coaches Appreciation Banquet

Last night, we invited all of the coaches and their spouses to come to Vermeer Pavilion for a formal dinner. We thanked them for everything they do for us and our school. After dinner, we had an amazing speaker, Rick Nielsen, who touched the hearts of everyone that attended. The coaches had a delicious dinner thanks to the catering business that served. It was a great experience being able to serve our coaches and to thank them for everything they do for us and our school.

Olympic Night 3/24/09

Last night we had a great time competing in the "Winter Olympics"

Our two events included "Snowflake Catching" and "Cross Country Skiing"

They were both very very close competitions and we all had a great time.

We'll get the pics and videos uploaded as soon as possible.

LSD #2

Love, Sex, & Dating
(LSD)

At the last FCA meeting, the guys went with lady leaders and the girls went with the guys leaders to ask any questions about love, sex, and dating. There were some great questions answered in both groups and we all had a great time.

This week there were more guys than girls so the guys did get to eat Mrs. Reasland's brownies.

We will wrap up this series on LSD next week with the guys leaders talking with the guys and the girls going back with the lady leaders.

See ya then!

Last Week at FCA

Love, Sex, and Dating
(LSD)

This is probably our most intense challenge delivered to us this year at FCA.

Last Wednesday, the girls and the guys split up into two groups with their leaders (male leaders went with the guys and female leaders went with the ladies) to talk about God's approach to love, sex and dating and ask anonymous questions related to LS&D.

Next week, we will swap leaders but remain in the same groups to ask the opposite gender leaders any questions about LS&D.

We would strongly encourage you to come next week. (whichever gender has more attendants will get a plate of Mrs. Reasland's famous brownies)

See you guys next week!

Opening Ceremony and Day 1 of the FCA Olympics

After creating our team names, flags, and bandannas, we all gathered in the arena. We watched the Opening Ceremony and then the first event was announced. We were given bed sheets to as "chariots" and one person pulled the other while the other lay on the bed sheet. This was a very competitive game and hopefully this pictures give you a better understanding of what happened.

Pella FCA Can Drive

Pella FCA drove around Pella asking people for their empty cans. We used the proceeds to support a young wrestler from Sloan-Westwood who was in a car crash and is paralyzed from the neck down. Our prayer was that God would multiply the cans we had collected in order that we might bless that family. 14,000 cans later there was no mistake it was a God send. WOW is our God good!

Wednesday, Jan. 14

This week at FCA, We were privileged to have Coach Creighton, head football coach for the Drake Bulldogs football team, come and challenge us tonight. Coach Creighton used the Indianapolis 500 as his analogy for his presentation.

He gave us examples for where our relationship with Jesus stands.
He had a big Chrysler car that was the Christ car on the track; he then gave the possible situations that our relationship with Jesus could be in.

A. You are not even in the stadium (You have no idea who Jesus is and that he died for you)
B. You are in the grandstands as an observer (You know who Jesus is but you don't have a relationship with him)
C. You work in the pit crew (You work with Christians but you still don't have a very good relationship with Christ)
D. You could be ON the race track, but going the wrong way (You know who God is but you are running from Him)
E. You could be on the racetrack, but you are stuck in a tailspin (You were following Jesus and everything was going fine when, BAM! you run into the wall and you are spinning like crazy)
F. You could be drifting behind the Chrysler car (You are following Christ but from a safe distance)
G. You could be trying to PASS the Chrysler car (You are trying to pass God and tell him what YOU want to do with your life)
H. You are drafting behind the Chrysler car (Coach Crayton said this is the point where God wants us to be. Having this status for your relationship with Jesus should be our goal in life. Letting Jesus take on all the air and following him bumper to bumper the whole way wherever He takes us)

2nd semester of FCA!!!

Tonight we all worshiped the Lord together and then we went and played a competitive, fun game of capture the flag in the arena at Vermeer Pavilion.
We split up into four different teams; then, we split up onto separate courts. (two teams to one court( Then began our first round, after the first games were done, Mr. Reasland asked us if we fell into one of the four categories listed below.

1. The Fence sitters (these team members were the players who frolicked around the boundary line and acted like they were going to sprint to get the flag, but they never do)

2. The Care-Free Players (these teammates would run across to get the flag, but when they realized they were going to get tagged, they just gave up and didn't care)

3. The Fakers (The "Faker" players were the players who stood right by the boundary line and pretended like at any moment, they sprint and retrieve the flag. Really though,they never even cross the line; they only pretend like they are a threat)

4. The Flag Guards (these teammates were the kind of player that stood way back, away from the border line, and guarded the flag)

After this challenge, Mr. Reasland asked to play the last round as a different type of team member that what we played as in the first game.

The idea was to get us all out of "comfort zones" and act. Mr. Reasland talked about how we can have these types of Christians as well and that we should get out of our comfort zones and live up to the standards that God has set for us.

Mr. Reasland and the entire FCA leadership are really excited about the new semester and all the new and exciting things that we are going to do.

(We will hopefully have a poll going soon for which songs we would like the worship team to play which will be really neat. Drew Nelson has also asked everyone to pray about high school students leading worship for FCA)