Students from North Lamar ISD will join thousands of other youth on athletic fields across the nation on Wednesday, October 18th, 2023, to share their Christian faith with fellow students during the 18th annual national Fellowship of Christian Athletes’ (FCA, www.fca.org) Fields of Faith event. This rapidly growing, interdenominational outreach event will be held at more than 500 locations throughout the nation.
While most Christian events are held by adult speakers or sponsors, FCA’s Fields of Faith is a student-to-student ministry, which means that the students themselves are meeting and organizing the whole event. Peers invite their own classmates and teammates to meet on their school’s athletic field to hear fellow students share their testimonies, challenge them to read the Bible, and to come to faith in Jesus Christ.
This years Fields of Faith will be the 8th one in Paris, Texas, but the first one ever at North Lamar ISD. Its going to look a little different to. FCA has worked on getting an FCA club up and running at all the locals schools at the same time for the first time ever. This means each schools local FCA will participate and make Fields of Faith happen. We are going to have speakers from North Lamar, Paris ISD, Chisum, and Prairiland. Each of these individual programs are all student led letting kids take ownership of their faith. The best thing about it is this is only the beginning. There are so many opportunities in FCA to come over the next few years.
Fields of Faith began with an idea from Jeff Martin, FCA’s Executive Director of Campus Sport Ministry, who longed to help today’s generation of students face spiritual battles and temptations. He felt that God was telling him that the answer lay in the students themselves—that they had the power of the Spirit to point the way to Christ for their peers as well as their communities.
“What started out as a thought and a prayer has turned into a huge national event, all through the power of Christ. It’s amazing that Fields of Faith has grown to welcome nearly a quarter of a million
people to athletic fields where they can pray and worship together,” Martin said. “We are so thankful for the students who feel passionate about sharing their faith with their fellow students so they, too, can see how Christ can impact their lives. There’s no doubt that God is working through these young people and will continue to do so for years to come.”
In 2004, Martin’s vision became reality when 6,000 students gathered on school athletic fields throughout three states for the first Fields of Faith event. That was the beginning of what has become one of the most significant faith-related gathering of students in a single day.
While Fields of Faith has its roots with FCA leadership, the event is designed to include multiple national Christian organizations, local churches and ministries. A local leadership team will determine the program of each Fields of Faith event.
More information about the 2023 Fields of Faith event is available at FieldsofFaith.com.
To keep up with Fields of Faith Updates, follow the North Lamar FCA page on Facebook and Instagram.
To learn more about the event in Paris, Texas this year or find ways to be involved with FCA, reach out to Cole Barker via Email at cbarker@northlamar.net
Fields of Faith Lamar County October 18th, 2023 @North Lamar R.L Maddox Football Stadium
5:30pm Youth Group Tailgate
(Sponsored by local churches)
6:30pm Gates open
(Free Event)
7:00pm Event Starts
Worship, Prayer, Testimonies, Guest speaker, Call to Action
8:30pm End
Targeted towards Middle school, High school, and college students but anyone is welcome to come. We recommend younger students be with a youth group or a parent.
