Love is in the Air...

Today at FCA our theme was love.

We played love songs to Jesus, played a fun game and had an incredible message from Chad Cannon of West Cobb Baptist Church. Chad gave us three points to think about. First, middle school is a great time to observe the opposite sex and see how they treat others. Use that time to collect information and search for those who honor others with their words and actions. Second, all things are permissible, but all things are not beneficial. Chad challenged you to make sure your dress, language and treatment of others didn’t cause them to stumble in their Christian walk. Finally, he reminded us not to be unequally yoked (not like scrambled eggs or fried)- don’t tie yourself to another who isn’t a believer. Put these things into practice and life will be a lot easier for you.

Next week is our intercessory prayer day. Come prepared to go after the things of God as a group. You’ll be blessed. Also, remember, Chad challenged you to bring 125 bottles of water for Lovinggood on the Lawn before he could. We’re going to hold him to his challenge. We’re counting our water next week and we’re going to email him the total and see if he can meet the challenge.

Enjoy your three day weekend and we’ll see you on Thursday at Pit Crew.

FCA Benefit Ride

FCA is hosting a benefit ride on Saturday, May 9th. The ride will begin at Keller-Williams Realty on Dallas Highway and end at Harrison High School. There will be a full day of food, entertainment, prizes and fellowship. God's Warriors will be making an appearance and there is even a raffle for a Harley Davidson motorcycle.

All proceeds from the event will benefit FCA. Sponsorship opportunities are available as well. Registration will begin at 8:30am on the day of the event. Pre-registration will begin on February 1st. For more information, click here.

This should be an awesome event for those who ride and even those who don't!

Lovinggood on the Lawn...

It’s about that time and we need your help to make this year the best yet. We are collecting bottled water for the event. Please bring a case of bottled water to FCA on Friday. We want to see which grade level has the biggest turn out.

This Friday we’ll have our very on T-Mo in the house. You never know what he’ll come up with, so don’t miss it!

February 6th Jesse Stewart (Mr. Cali’s brother-in-law) will be in the house.

Nic Vujicic video clip

Hey, gang. I watched the video below and felt the need to share it with you all. Life is hard sometimes. Things don't always seem fair and sometimes it looks like God has forgotten you, but He hasn't. Take a few minutes and watch the video and be blessed! You never know how God is going to use your circumstances. He wastes NOTHING!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MslbhDZoniY

The ELF Olympics Are Coming...

December is coming and we are SO excited about the things we have planned for FCA to help us celebrate Christmas. We have the ELF Olympics that we’ll be kicking off on December 5th. It will involve some creative games where students will be eating a variety of interesting things. If you’d like to participate please download the form, print it, fill it out and bring it with you to FCA on Friday, December 5th. We must have a completed form for all students who wish to participate.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!

Walking it out for Jesus

We are SO blessed at Lovinggood to have had some wonderful speakers at FCA this year. This past Friday we had two great speakers, Bria Everett and James Morgan. Bria brought a strong message about materialism and letting other things become a God to you and knocking Jesus out of His rightful place in your life. Then James followed up with a message about being an example for Jesus in all things.

1 Timothy 4:12 says, “Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.” Bria and James demonstrated this on Friday. Each and every one of you has a sphere of influence. Are you using it for the Kingdom?

T-SHIRT Design Winner: Congratulations to Austin Creech for his design for the “Living It Out at Lovinggood” t-shirt design contest (design #1). We will get the design sent to the graphics artist and hopefully have the t-shirts available to you soon.

Don’t Forget:
1) Pit Crew: Every Thursday, 8 a.m. Mrs. Castleberry’s room
2) FCA next week: Intercessory Prayer Day: come and join us as we pray for our school and community.

That Just Happened...

Andrew Fillingim from Roswell Street Baptist Church was our speaker Friday. He had an awesome message about walking with the Lord. He told us if we will give ourselves totally to Jesus, then we will be able to say “That just happened!” and share stories of the great things of God.

“Living it out at Lovinggood” t-shirt designs were due this past Friday. The student leadership will review the designs and present the top 3 for FCA students to vote on.

“Operation Christmas Child” shoeboxes are due Friday, November 7th or 14th. Please help us provide Christmas for children around the world. Pick up your brochure from Mrs. Barry in the attendance office today.

Next week, our speaker will be Scott Maxwell from First Baptist Powder Springs. Come and learn what the Lord has to say to us through Scott.