The Scouting Report
WEEKLY NEWS TO SERVE THE STAFF OF FCA
Announcing FCA's EVP of Club Sports

TeamNet Survey: First 25 Get $25!

Greater Handbooks

February Technology Accelerator

Coaches Conventions Award Nominations
SPORT PILLAR
Announcing FCA's EVP of Club Sports

FCA has expanded the leadership capacity of FCA Sports by hiring an EVP of Club to better equip us to serve the field in the growing ministry opportunities of club and league sports. 

Through prayer and an extensive search process, God has made it clear that Shaun Smithson is called to serve as our first EVP of Club Sports, effective March 1. Shaun has provided excellent spiritual leadership serving as State Director of Maryland and most recently as the Reigonal Talent Advancement Director for the Mid-Atlantic Region. Shaun’s club experience, leadership gifting, history of being intentional to grow as a Christ-centered leader, and his track record of providing relational care for donors, board members, and staff has been abundantly confirmed.
 
Please pray for Shaun’s transition into this role and for God to prepare him for what He has planned with Club Sports.
MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
TeamNet Survey: First 25 Get $25!

We need your honest feedback on TeamNet as we seek to improve FCA’s internal staff system. Please click the link below to fill out a quick survey on TeamNet.
***The first 25 staff to complete the survey will receive $25 to spend on FCAGear!*** (On Your Marks…Get Set…GO!)
FCA GEAR
Greater Handbooks

The Greater Handbooks are a fantastic resource designed to equip athletes and coaches with God’s word using the Greater Ministry Theme. These compact handbooks include: 4 Daily Meetings for camp, 16 Huddles for deeper study, Training Time devotionals, The FOUR Gospel presentation and more.

These are perfect resources for any FCA Huddles, Camps or any Event!
TRAINING
February Technology Accelerator

The next installment of the this year’s Technology Accelerator series is upon us. This month we’re going to cover FCA Gear and all the ways you can get your hands on our great gear and resources.

The February Technology Accelerator will take place on Friday, February 24th at 10:30 a.m. CST.

You can register for the February Technology Accelerator in FCA University here. And if you’d like to review of the previous Technology Accelerators you can do so here.
COACHES CONVENTIONS
Nominate Your Favorite Hockey Coach for the "John Olver FCA Character Coach Award"

The FCA Hockey John Olver Character Coach Award was named after John Olver who best exemplified the Christian principles of serving, excellence, dedication, and love, both on and off the ice. John Olver was a professional, collegiate, junior and prep coach whose coaching career spanned over 40 years during which he impacted thousands of players. John’s desire to impact lives was best demonstrated by his commitment to move to Alexandria MN in 2018 to start the Northstar Knights Prep Hockey Academy. While serving at Northstar and FCA Hockey he studied and led classes on the principles of transformational coaching. He believes that the first step to becoming a transformation coach is for the coach to experience transformational change in their own life.”

This award recognizes a transformational hockey coach who exemplifies strong Christian principles and has impacted the lives of countless players on and off the ice. It will be presented annually at the American Hockey Coaches Association’s (AHCA) National Convention in April.

Go to the link below to nominate a coach worthy of this award.

Eligibility Requirements:
  • Professional, college, junior or high school head coaching experience
  • Actively involved with FCA or another ministry
  • Not a past recipient of the award

Nominations need to be submitted by Monday, February 27, 2023 (recommendations suggested)
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