Love in LoCo

Today was the first day of school for Loudoun County Public Schools and for the first time in 8 years, I am not at Potomac Falls High School, setting rules and expectations for the year with a new group of students.  It’s a very strange feeling.  I knew it would hit me sooner or later, this big change in my life.  But to be honest, most of the summer just felt like a normal summer.  As I watched the school buses out on the roads this morning, reality set in a little more deeply.  I will really miss being in the classroom this year, getting to know a new group of 150 or so students, coaching them through the inner workings of the Unit Circle, many minor dramas, and perhaps a few major ones, along the way.  So, if I’m getting so sentimental about not being there, why did I leave?  In a word, OBEDIENCE.  Although I made the decision to follow Christ with my life when I was eleven, I still lived much of my life following the steps to my own plan....

I’ve had the opportunity to talk to so many already about my transition from teaching to full time ministry with FCA, but wanted to take a moment to detail the “Who, What, When, Where, and Why” of my new women’s ministry role. WHO will I be serving? Primarily Loudoun County Public Schools coaches, teams, and students. WHAT will I be doing? Although my role with the middle school huddles in my area is still not fully decided, my involvement with the high schools will include partnering with, and ministering to, coaches of girls’ sports teams, connecting them with character coaches, and starting coaches’ and team huddles.  As far as the on-campus huddles (school clubs that usually meet weekly for games, fellowship, and devotional studies), I will be working to train student leaders and equip them with resources to run their school huddles, because for these huddles to be legally allowed on public school campuses they have to be student led. WHEN will I start? Hopefully ...

Welcome to my new FCA blog!  I can't wait to share how the Lord is working in the lives of coaches and athletes in Loudoun County.  Here are a few highlights of the past few months as I've been working to raise support and transition into this new women's ministry role on the Loudoun FCA staff: Women's Ministry teammates, Rebekah and Noelle at the NSC in April In April I traveled to FCA’s National Support Center in Kansas City, MO to attend Fundraising Bootcamp.  I flew out with two other amazing women who are also prospective women’s ministry staff for Northern VA FCA.  We were given about 20 hours of prep work before coming to bootcamp, all related with understanding the Biblical model of support raising in ministry and being able to share our personal stories of how the Lord brought us to this desire to work for FCA.  The prep work was so helpful and the information I learned at bootcamp has been invaluable as I started raising support.  La...