that made decisions to local churches for discipleship and spiritual growth. God’s Spirit is stirring on the campuses, too. We have launched a few new Club Huddles this year and are expecting continued growth in attendance. God is truly doing a work on and through this generation. There is a hunger that only His Spirit can quench, and I am so humbled He is using FCA as a tool to reach this generation. As we begin the new school year and close out the last, I am thrilled to share with you the impact God has made through North/Northwest AL FCA. From August 2017-July 2018 we had 475 decisions for Christ; 48 school Hud-dles reporting an average of 5,124 students/athletes at-

tending monthly meet-ings; 534 Sport Specific and Community activities with 19,936 coaches and students attending to hear the Word of God; and, 1,949 Bibles given away to coaches and stu-dents. We give GOD all the Glory! To see one soul saved makes all the effort worth it and to see this many is simply God’s blessing and favor. Thank you for choos-ing to be a part of TEAM FCA. Your fingerprints are on the lives of all these we are touching as you partner with FCA in ministry. Praying God’s richest blessings on you and your family. Serving Him, Scott

Hello FCA Teammates in Christ, September is here, and school is back in full swing! We have had a wonderful start to the school year and we are very excited to share with you how God is moving on the campuses and in the communities we serve! As we continue the STRONG camp theme with school teams, we have focused on Family Strong. Romans 12:5b “We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.” Unity is such a critical part of team sports as well as the body of Christ. God wants us to be uni-fied, but Satan is doing everything he can to bring division. We kicked off the school year with three events in August; two Night of Champions (Team Night) events and

Power Leadership Training (a partnership camp with Northeast AL FCA). We had over 2,600 coaches and students at these events with 409 de-cisions for Christ. Yes, you read that correctly, 409! Praise God!! We had Devin Wyman, former New England Patriot, and Inky Johnson, former Tennes-see Volunteer, speak at these events. These two events over the last two years have proven to be powerful ways to share the gospel. It has been amaz-ing to watch God work through these events and see life change. These events have opened many doors as we connect those

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AREA DIRECTOR (Left) Power Sports Camp at the Von Braun Center. (Below) Devin Wyman, former New England Super Bowl Champion, demon-strates his strength during the Northwest AL Night of Champions at Highland Park Bap-tist Church in Muscle Shoals.

East Lawrence HS football team members with Inky Johnson, former University of Tennessee player, at the North AL Night of Champions.

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We finished the sum-mer Strong, and God’s definitely working in our area!! Our 2nd Annual FCA 7on7 Football Tour-nament was very success-ful this year! God more than doubled the number of teams from our previ-ous year bringing 29 teams from 19 schools across North Alabama came to Decatur’s Jack Allen Soccer Complex to

compete in July. There were al- most 800 players and coach- es attend-

ing this event for FCA staff and volunteers to share the love of Jesus Christ with by serving them and praying for them. Former Auburn football player, Nate Farrow, shared his testimony of playing at Auburn, and his brother, Caleb Farrow-Youth Pastor at First Bap-tist Church, Decatur, shared the Gospel mes-sage which resulted in 35 players raising their hands signifying they trusted in Jesus Christ to be their Savior on the football field that day. We could not have done this event without the 30 volunteers that came out to help us. A huge shout out goes to Decatur Parks and Rec staff, our sponsors, stu-dent pastors, board mem-bers, students, and adults that made this event the success that it was.

Camp. He did an amazing job!

August in Florence means one great thing: UNA is back in session! The fall se-mester has started with a bang, and God is on the move! Coming off our two Night of Champions events where we saw so many salvations, and our athletes are starting the Division 1 transition successfully, on the field as well as off of it. We are preparing to launch a Huddle on campus as well as a couple Bible studies for student athletes. These Bible studies have come at the request of student ath-letes and will be led by them as well! How cool is that? UNA athletes also had the opportunity to serve at two welcome back events for in-coming freshmen. Some of our leaders and myself helped with "Unpack The Pride" which is UNA's move in day, and "The Big

Deal" where we walked around and promoted the new launch of FCA on campus! The Lord is faithful and we are seeing that in our coaches at UNA! We have many coaches involved in our Bible study, but more importantly, we are on campus with them every day. On top of all this, we have two coaches that sought out and are participating in one-on-one weekly discipleship! The Spirit is stirring in the hearts of these coaches and it is incredible to watch the Lord work! Thank you for sowing into this ministry and the Great Commission! Continue to pray for UNA and that we would be faithful

to reap the harvest! If you would like to invest in the UNA Campus Minis-try, call Matt-334.685.2963, or visit nwalfca.org/donate/Matt Daniels. Thanks,

Matt Daniels

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Matt Daniels teaching a disciple class to UNA athletes this fall.

All the coaches were very impressed with the tourna-ment and had nothing but good things to say about how we conducted the event. The presence of God was

so overwhelming as I looked over the complex and hum-bly wept at God’s blessing of all the people He brought to the tournament that day to hear the hope of eternal life in Jesus Christ!!

Thank you all for your prayers and partnership as we reach coaches and ath-letes with the Gospel!! In Christ, David Mote

Nathan Farrow (right) shares his Auburn Football career testimony before turning the mic over to his brother, Caleb Farrow, (left) First Baptist Church-Decatur, Youth Pastor, so he can invite coaches and athletes to ac-cept Jesus as their Lord and Savior.

Camp. He did an amazing job!

The school year has begun and the Lord is blessing us with more opportunities to speak into the lives of our young people and the coaches and teachers that lead them.

I started this school year with a focus on our coaches wives and female ath-

letes, and began a weekly blog for coaches wives. I have already had the oppor-tunity to be on 21 school campuses sharing popsi-cles and devotions with our volleyball, basketball, and cheer teams. During one of our recent campus Huddles, I was re-minded that what we do through this ministry is so important as I heard a table of students respond to a question asked them about goals and plans for their life. So many students didn’t even believe there was a point in making plans because they were stuck where they were. Our campus ministries, pop-sicle blasts, and events allow us the opportunity to speak into the lives of these students and let them know God has a future and hope for them

(Jeremiah 29:11), and their mind cannot even conceive the plans that the Lord has for them (1 Corinthians 2:9) if they will just trust Him. We are also excited about our upcoming Aspire More event with former LSU Soccer Champion, Mo Isom. We can’t wait to see how the Lord is going to move in this all-female athletes event. Thank you for partnering with us in order to make it possible for the Word of God to be poured into the hearts of our coaches wives as well as our stu-dents, athletes, and coach-es. Serving Him, Nicole Vaughn

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Top clockwise: Deshler HS girls sports teams; David Mote, FCA Staff Member, praying with Hartselle JHS football team before a popsicle blast; UNA volleyball team; praying at NAL Night of Champions; Addison HS Football team players with Inky John-son at NAL Night of Champions.

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Upcoming Events

Oct. 2 Aspire More All-Female Sports Event, Moulton Nov. 13 Iron Bowl Breakfast, Decatur Jan. 18-20 Coach & Spouse Time-Out Weekend, Huntsville Mar. 12 STEER Partner Appreciation Dinner

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Lucia Claborn, Admin. Assistant - 256.566.7181 Matt Daniels, NWAL Area Rep. - 334.685.2963 David Mote, NAL Area Rep. - 256.445.0604

Nicole Vaughn, Women’s Ministry Dir. - 256.318.6936 Roger Tarver, Volunteer - 337.581.0787

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STEER Partners Help Impact FCA Huddles

Above: FCA Board Members Brian Legg and John England share Steer Partner brochures and applications with guests l-r, Jimmy Parker, Chris Wisner, and John Sims, from the Alabama Farmers Co-op. Right: FCA Staff Members, guests, and STEER Partners enjoy lunch at Court Street Grill in Moulton.

FCA STEER partners, guests and staff met at the Court Street Grill in Moulton for an appreciation luncheon. Nicole Vaughn, gave an update on the Women’s Ministry and David Mote shared what is happening with the coaches ministry and the suc-cessful 7on7 Football Tournament.

Scott Tarver shared the 2017-18 North/Northwest AL FCA Ministry Im-pact Report, and gave an update on the STEER Program. The STEER program has doubled over the past three years thanks to the efforts of Brian Legg and Roger Morris. Scott told the partners, “We

want to say ’thank you!’ for being a part of the pro-gram and helping

us impact our coaches and athletes. We appreciate you and your partner-ship! You’re fingerprint is on the lives we touch because of your partner-ship.” During the last school year, STEER partners contributed more than $10,000 to N/NWAL FCA through calf sales. We now have 26 farmers with 29 cows in the program. Our goal is to have 150 cows in both areas.

The FCA Vision: To see the world transformed by Jesus Christ through

the influence of coaches and athletes.

The FCA Mission: To lead every coaches and athletes into a

relationship with Jesus Christ and his church.

The FCA Values Our relationships will demonstrate steadfast

commitment to Jesus Christ and His Word through Integrity, Serving, Teamwork and Excellence.

Integrity We will demonstrate Christ-like wholeness, privately,

and publicly. (Proverbs 11:3) Serving

We will model Jesus’ example of serving. (John 13:1-17)Teamwork

We will express our unity in Christ in all our relationships. (Philippians 2:1-4)

Excellence We will honor and glorify God in all we do.

(Colossians 3:23-24)

The 4 C’s of Ministry: Coaches - Campus - Camp - Community