On Wednesday, the Athletic Department held the annual Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) in Golden Gymnasium. Each athlete from every team came to the gym to hear a testimony from a special speaker, Josh Canales. Canales was a one-time major league baseball player with the Los Angles Dodgers. However, he spoke much more of his college years where he attended University of Florida and later transferred to UCLA.
Canales spoke of the questions he had about his faith during his college years. He grew up a pastor’s kid from California, however he constantly asked the question, “Do I believe?” He shared his struggle about being a Christian athlete at one of the biggest party schools in the nation. He also shared the importance for student-athletes to set apart time from their busy schedules to spend time with Christ, saying, “Between the term papers, and the tests, and the practice, we get tired. However, it is necessary to set apart times of with the Lord in order to really grow.” At the end of Canales’ message, he gave a call for people to come to Christ for the first time, or renew their relationship with Him.
After Canales spoke the athletes broke up into groups with their respective teams and talked about the message that they had just heard. Coaches of each team asked questions from a sheet of paper to stimulate conversation. The athletes were impressed. Junior girl’s basketball player, Danielle Ariolla said “FCA is one of very few events where all the athletes get together and fellowship together. It’s a cool event and a chance to hear from great speakers who have been where we are right now.” Sophomore girl’s tennis player, Isabella Tumini agrees saying, “It’s a time for student-athletes to just come together and hear a good message.”
For more information please visit the Fellowship of Christian Athletes website:
http://www.fca.org/
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