FCA Endurance "Huddles" (Adult Chapters)

“Huddle” is a term FCA has used since 1966 to describe a small local group or chapter of individuals who have a heart for Christ, athletics, and the mission and vision of FCA.  Huddles are a group of people who unite and gather locally for Fellowship, Spiritual Growth, and Outreach.  They provide an opportunity for people to come together regularly to strengthen each other, accomplish things that individuals couldn’t alone, and provide a base group to bring others into, both Christian and non-. 

Because Huddles provide so many growth and ministry opportunities, FCA and FCA-E highly encourage their formation and development.  As a small local group tied and working together in your community, you will experience more, accomplish more, have a much bigger impact on everyone (both saved and non-), and just have more fun!

 

Currently Certified Endurance Huddles:

State, Location, & Huddle Leader | Scroll down to contact a huddle leader

Alabama:

Huntsville - Tom Gale

Arizona:

Phoenix - Debbie Foster

California:

Fresno - David Kurtze
Sonora - John Wilson

Colorado:
Boulder - Kirk Nelson  
Florida:

Clearwater - Bob Brubaker
Ft. Lauderdale - Tina Reeder
Lakeland - Brian Carroll
Orlando - Roy McConnell, Don Patton
NE Florida (Fleming Island) - Tracy, Dawson
Tallahassee - Robert Palmer

Georgia:

North Atlanta - Dave Sawyer, Dave Hicks
Savannah - Steve White, Jonathan Beckman 
South Atlanta - Mike Roby

Hawaii:
    Oahu - Evelyn Cabradilla

Idaho:
Boise - Mike Harvey
Coeur d'Alene - Scott Burkhardt
Kentucky:
   Hopkins County - Kevin Patterson
Louisiana:

Lake Charles - Clint Sanford

Michigan:
Detroit - Doug Fowler, Carl Rundell
Minnesota:
Minneapolis - Doug Barkema
Missouri:

    Kansas City - Chris Hemmen
    St. Charles County - Rev. Lance Swearengin

Nebraska:

Omaha - Travis Kuster

New Mexico

         Albuquerque - Hector Tovar

New York:

Upstate NY - Dan Jarecke

North Carolina:
Charlotte - Nick White, Ryan Werner
Raleigh - Matt Ciancarelli
Winston-Salem - Mike Huddleston
Oklahoma:
Oklahoma City - Brent Clowers, Nicole Westbrook
South Carolina:
Columbia - Nick Brunson, Bob Wright
Greenville - Clay Driggers, Joe Dannelly, Larry Nolan
Tennessee:

Murfreesboro - Chris Jones, John & Allison Baker

Texas:
    El Paso - Christy Jones, Rubin Crespo
    Temple - Seth Chambliss
Utah:
Salt Lake County - Chris Roper, Sarah White
Northern UT (Farr West) - Jeremy Jahn
Virginia:

Waynesboro/Shenandoah Valley - Joe Fleming, Tom Daniels, Susy Willetts
Southwest - Ryan Day, Mike Medlin, Mark Long
Virginia Beach - Jason Baross

Wisconsin:

Grafton - Andy Ashenden
Racine - Toby Mueller
Waukesha - Gregg Eberhardt
Wausau - Marty Olson

How to start a Huddle:

1.  Pray.  Seek the Lord's will for your area and the calling God has put in your heart.  Pray for His ministry in your area, and for those he would bring to serve and be ministered to/through this Huddle.

2.  Investigate FCA Endurance and Endurance Huddles.  Explore this website, FCA's website, and read the Huddle Guide (download below).  While we don't expect anyone to be an "expert" right out of the blocks, it would be beneficial to explore what you are prayerfully considering committing to.

Huddle Guide Download

3.  Research Existing Huddles.  It obviously makes sense to join a Huddle that’s already going if one exists.  This saves time and other resources, as well as unites more individuals under one banner.  This includes both FCA-E Huddles and other Adult Huddles.  If there is already an Adult Huddle in your area, talk to its leaders about joining.  Perhaps you could run an endurance component to what they are already doing.  Again, we’re just trying to unite people interested in ministry through sports.  To see if there are any regular adult Huddles in your area, contact your local FCA staff person.  If you don’t know who this is, their contact information is available by going to http://www.fca.org/ and clicking on “Find Local FCA Staff” on the right side.  To see if there are any FCA Endurance Huddles in your area, click here.

4.  Have all of the Leaders (or potential Leaders) fill out a FCA Ministry Leader Application (MLA).  This can be done easily online at www.fca.org/hotpicks/mla.lsp  Once you have completed the MLA, please let Chris Anderson know.

5.  Contact Chris Anderson (through the form below) to discuss your heart, calling, and local vision.

6.  Certify the Huddle.  This can be done by calling FCA Ministry Services at  1-800-289-0909  1-800-289-0909 .  Once you have certified the Huddle, please let Chris Anderson know.

 
To become a certified Huddle costs $10.00.  This fee covers the Huddle Manual you will receive (full of resources to help you lead and develop your Huddle), FCA Huddle resource development, and very importantly, FCA liability insurance for Huddle events.  Certification lasts 1-year and expires on July 31.  Any Huddle certified after April 1 is certified through the end of the next year (get 4 months free), but won’t receive its Ministry Kit until the next year (roughly August 15).