FCA is for more than just athletes
Cory Smith
Issue date: 2/3/10 Section: Sports
This week's column was not easy to write. This is the week to write about the NFL playoffs, the senior bowl or even the Super Bowl if I was feeling really lazy. However, this week I chose to write about something that is much more important than any of those. Yes, even the Super Bowl. I chose to give a shoutout to Samford's chapter of Fellowship of Christian Athletes, which I have been active in since my freshman year.
According to their website, FCA began in 1954 to challenge coaches and athletes on the professional, college, high school, junior high and youth levels to use the powerful medium of athletics to impact the world for Jesus Christ. FCA is the largest Christian sports organization in America. It focuses on serving local communities by equipping, empowering and encouraging people to make a difference for Christ.
However, FCA is not just for athletes.
The Samford chapter is led by assistant football coach Chris Brasfield and his wife Sheresa as well as Samford's FCA representative Juan Ford. Meetings are in the hospitality room of Pete Hanna each Tuesday night at 8:30. The weekly meetings usually consist of fellowship time followed by a testimony from one of the athletes and a Bible study led by Coach Brasfield, Mrs. Sheresa or Juan. However, FCA is much more than a weekly Bible study.
The things that I find to be the most incredible about FCA are the relationships developed and bonds built between brothers and sisters in Christ. The best example of this was the FCA meeting theld on Sept. 8, 2009. This will be remembered as one of the darkest days in Samford's long history. One of our brothers, Jim Griffin, had been taken from us far too soon, and despite the horrible events of that day a small bright spot was shining for the Lord from our campus. It was the group of nearly 150 students and student-athletes that assembled in that seminar room in Pete Hanna.
There were stories, laughter and tears filling the room, but much more importantly, our savior was in our midst. Some found him as a friend's shoulder to cry on. Some rediscovered him as a rock to stand on, and a few found him for the first time as a peace they had never known in such turbulent times. FCA brought together God's children to lean on him when there seemed to be no other way to stand alone.
FCA is not just for athletes. It is for everyone running the race that Paul described in his letter to the Corinthians, and certainly none of us will succeed in this race without teammates. If you feel like you're just floating along with no real purpose in life, if you feel like you cannot possibly summon the strength to make it through tomorrow, or if you are just feeling lonely on a Tuesday night and wanting a new friend, come out and worship, fellowship and grow with us.
We would be more than glad to have you on our team.
According to their website, FCA began in 1954 to challenge coaches and athletes on the professional, college, high school, junior high and youth levels to use the powerful medium of athletics to impact the world for Jesus Christ. FCA is the largest Christian sports organization in America. It focuses on serving local communities by equipping, empowering and encouraging people to make a difference for Christ.
However, FCA is not just for athletes.
The Samford chapter is led by assistant football coach Chris Brasfield and his wife Sheresa as well as Samford's FCA representative Juan Ford. Meetings are in the hospitality room of Pete Hanna each Tuesday night at 8:30. The weekly meetings usually consist of fellowship time followed by a testimony from one of the athletes and a Bible study led by Coach Brasfield, Mrs. Sheresa or Juan. However, FCA is much more than a weekly Bible study.
The things that I find to be the most incredible about FCA are the relationships developed and bonds built between brothers and sisters in Christ. The best example of this was the FCA meeting theld on Sept. 8, 2009. This will be remembered as one of the darkest days in Samford's long history. One of our brothers, Jim Griffin, had been taken from us far too soon, and despite the horrible events of that day a small bright spot was shining for the Lord from our campus. It was the group of nearly 150 students and student-athletes that assembled in that seminar room in Pete Hanna.
There were stories, laughter and tears filling the room, but much more importantly, our savior was in our midst. Some found him as a friend's shoulder to cry on. Some rediscovered him as a rock to stand on, and a few found him for the first time as a peace they had never known in such turbulent times. FCA brought together God's children to lean on him when there seemed to be no other way to stand alone.
FCA is not just for athletes. It is for everyone running the race that Paul described in his letter to the Corinthians, and certainly none of us will succeed in this race without teammates. If you feel like you're just floating along with no real purpose in life, if you feel like you cannot possibly summon the strength to make it through tomorrow, or if you are just feeling lonely on a Tuesday night and wanting a new friend, come out and worship, fellowship and grow with us.
We would be more than glad to have you on our team.
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