Before Your Event
Here are some steps you should complete before your event. These steps might be the same for everyone in your Leadership Team, but your Youth Pastor or Adult Leader might will have additional tasks.
Familiarize yourself with Fields of Faith.
Know the history and heart of this ministry. Ask God for a renewed passion for His word in your own life. People will follow passion...
Host regular planning meetings
These meetings should bring all of your Leadership Team together, give updates during the planning process and make sure tasks are getting accomplished. Make sure to delegate specific tasks on this page to individuals or groups.
Reserve a Field and Indoor Facility
Reserve a field and an indoor facility (preferably a school gym on the same campus). An FCA Huddle sponsor many times is the best person to make this request.
Plan Your Program
Use the list on the What to Expect page as a guide in planning your event. The message is the same, but programs can be different. Some rallies had students break into groups and pray together on the field as part of the program. One rally had multiple schools attend, so they took time to break up into schools on different parts of the field/stadium and allow the campus Christian organizations to introduce their leaders and inform the students when and where they met. Others simply gathered at the field, shared testimonies & prayed together.
Choose
- Impact Students - These middle school, high school or college students will be chosen by your leadership team. Youth leaders/Teachers/Coaches in your area will know who the leadership students are on campus. These are the students and athletes that command attention when they speak, especially from their peers. Many times these are athletes, but not always. Any student who has God's hand on him\her is who needs to speak. These students will complete a devotional study which will help them formulate what they will say at the event.
- A Single Impact Adult - This adult will be someone who will be able to wrap up the evening and give an invitation to allow students to commit to a renewed fervor for God's word, and to become a Christian if they haven't made that decision before. Again, this person needs to walk with God and be able to communicate with teens. It might be a teacher, a coach, or businessman in the community. This person will also complete a message devotional to help keep the message coordinated.
Invite/Partner with Churches
Invite all churches/ministries in the area to the rally. (some rallies created a packet and had students hand-deliver it to all the churches with youth programs in the area).
Invite/Partner with Other Schools in the Area
Not every school needs to have it's own Field. By inviting/partnering with other schools you can unite your community, bring more people to one single Field and give you and your Team less work.
Promote Your Field
- Use many of our resources
Order the T-Shirt
Visit http://www.fcagear.com
Student Testimony Guide
If you are a student leader and will be sharing your testimony at the Fields of Faith event in your area we suggest you take a look at the Fields of Faith Testimony Manual.