Lady Eagles Volleyball

FCA's Heiskell Huddle is so proud of our girls' volleyball team in their inaugural season. Cheer them on this Thursday at their last home game as they take on Heritage Preparatory School at 4:30 p.m. 

Go Lady Eagles!

I WANT YOU! (to be an FCA leader)

It is time for The Heiskell School FCA to step it up! FCA is a student-led campus ministry, so our students met today to discuss what those leaders will look like and what their responsibilities will be in FCA. Attached is the link to the FCA Student Leadership Application that must be filled out and turned in so the adult leaders can prayerfully consider where you can best serve. Please sit down with mom and dad to discuss this commitment because they have to commit to doing this along with you. Return the application by our meeting on Wednesday, September 28. 2011. I've also attached an outline of the leadership opportunities available this year, so answer the call and step up to lead!

FCA Student Leadership Application

2011-2012 Leadership Responsibilities

2 Co-Presidents (8th grade only):        

                                    Announcements

                                    Keeping up with prayer requests and praises

                                    Coordinate with speakers

                                    Reminder call to speakers

                                    Personal thank you note to speakers

                                    Check in with other “officers”

                                    Help with our blog and newsletter articles

                                    Remind others about FCA meetings (email, text,

                                                                                    word-of-mouth)

1 Vice President:       Support presidents and their responsibilities

                                    Support other officers

                                    Help with blog and newsletter article

1 Social Director:       Make sure breakfast is covered

                                    Make sure paper products are in supply

                                    Prepare a game/ice breaker

                                    Greeter at meetings

2 Service Coordinators:        Design and coordinate service projects throughout the

                                                            Year

3 Leadership Team:  Be of service to other officers

                                    Commit to getting volunteers for service projects, write cards                                       Prayer warriors

Don't forget...next week we will NOT meet due to "See You at the Pole".

A few pictures from this morning's (unsuccessful) Human Knot Competition:

In the beginning we thought it would be so easy.

We obviously thought wrong!

SALT!

Our first FCA meeting of the year was a huge success with 24 junior high students in attendance. We had a great time getting to know each other again and fellowshipping over some yummy Chick-Fil-A biscuits. That must be why there is an image of a salt shaker on this page, right? Actually, no, salt was our topic of conversation for our morning devotion led by Marist Athletic Director, Tommy Marshall.

Coach Marshall explained that salt does four things:

• It flavors. Sprinkle a little salt into your conversations and flavor them with Christ.
• It heals. When you're hurting, physically, emotionally, or spiritually, sprinkle the salt that is Christ onto your situation and begin to watch it heal.
• It preserves. Think country ham with this one. Not only does Christ preserve us until the day of His return, but when we taste what He has to offer (salty, of course, like the ham) we desire water, in this case living water through Christ.
• It uplifts. When you swim in the Great Salt Lake what happens? You float. Christ lifts us up in any situation in life. 

The next time you're in a restaurant, grab an extra salt packet and keep it in your Bible as a reminder that "You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless." Matthew 5:13 NLT

Coach Tommy Marshall (right)

Coach Marshall has been the A.D. at Marist School for over ten years now and is their adult leader of FCA. A native of Atlanta and graduate of and former football player, coach, and assistant Athletic Director at Furman University, Coach Marshall tells us he was raised to be the "best alter boy around". In his junior year of high school through FCA, however, he was saved finding out what it means to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. He and his wife, Dana, reside in Dunwoody, Georgia.

On a personal note, he was also Miss Gretchen's Sunday school teacher in college back home in Greenville, South Carolina where he once taught this same lesson on salt. She still carries her salt packet in her Bible today.

"Let's Get It Started"

Do you recognize these athletes who were wondering the Heiskell halls?

It is time for FCA to begin again and we are so excited! Coach Tommy Marshall from Marist is returning as our inaugural speaker again this year and you know there will be biscuits there! 

Join us at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 in the cafeteria and be ready for an awesome time!

Merry Christmas!

Get jolly and join us this Wednesday morning for our Christmas FCA!! We'll have a Christmas-y breakfast (without the mincemeat pie), play some reindeer games and worship the One that gives us cause to celebrate on His birthday and every day! Be ready to be blessed by our speaker, Adrienne Saxon. A 2006 graduate of Whitfield Academy and a 2010 graduate of Covenant College where she played soccer with our own Miss Mackie, she'll be sharing with us about her own love of the Savior and how He is now using her in ministry through FCA here in Atlanta.

Over the River and Through the Woods...

Well, we're not exactly headed to "Grandmother's House", but the Junior High at Heiskell are definitely setting off on some adventures! On Monday, November 15 the sixth grade will be leaving for Rock Eagle and the seventh and eighth grades will be heading for Williamsburg, Virginia and Washington, D. C.

This, of course, means there will be no FCA that week...how could we possibly compete?!? We will, however, be praying for each of you while you're away and we can't wait to hear all about your trips when you return. We will see you back at FCA on Wednesday morning, December 1.

By the way, thanks for all of the Leadership Applications that were submitted. We will be discussing your new roles after you return!

Shootin' Hoops

FCA is pretty sure we have a "slam dunk" of a speaker for this week's meeting! Join us as we welcome Katie Feenstra-Mattera as our special guest on Wednesday, November 3 at 7:30 a.m. Mrs. Mattera was the eighth overall draft pick in the women's NBA in 2005. She is a graduate of Liberty University where she became a three-time Big South Conference Player of the Year as well as the Big South's all-time shot blocker.

Standing 6 feet, 8 inches tall, Mrs. Mattera boasts that her height is a gift from the Lord which has served her well in her professional career including playing for the San Antonio Silver Stars, Detroit Shock, and our city's very own Atlanta Dream.

Please don't throw an air ball and miss out on her testimony! Help us give her a great Heiskell welcome as she comes to share with us this week.