by Larry Oskin, Marketing Solutions
Fellowship of Christian Athletes’ Ministry Camp Programs are now in progress involving students and coaches from all local South Lake County colleges, universities, high schools and middle schools.
Each camp event will share comprehensive athletic, spiritual and leadership training as a very positive life-changing experience. These inspirational summer camp programs have been designed to celebrate local athletic youth through a commitment to integrity, community service, teamwork, and excellence. They proudly shared their ministry with the FCA Mission, Vision, and Core Values. Registration is still open for their late June to July 2026 summer camps, including the FCA Champions Camp, Charge Camp, Coaches Family Camp and the Florida Leadership Camp. For needy families, FCA students can earn camp scholarships.
FCA Area Director, Tim Hancock noted, ” Our FCA Champions Camps are designed to help our coaches and our student athletes to be Champions for Christ on and off their field of competition. This year’s FCA camps theme is ‘Proven’. We are working to help our students learn what it looks like to go from proving their own worth to be proven in Jesus.”
The first one-day camp was held at the Family Christian Center in Clermont, FL. This camp was designed for young students. This diverse program had 116 student athletes attend with numerous inspiring prayers, motivating breakout discussion groups, tiger ball team competition, indoor Olympic games, ‘slamma jamma’ cheering, coaches’ sessions and motivating presentations led by Tim Hancock, Khalil ‘Tuck’ Tucket, Katrina Cox, Amanda Palomares, Pastor Hector Ilarraza, Pastor Bobby Crespo and the Family Christian Worship Band. The speakers shared interactive themes about how to lead a better life, how to stay connected to Jesus, how to build your own identity with cultivated connections, obedience and joy. Palomares shared, “What we choose in our lives matters. You need to learn how to plant the seeds for your future growth. It’s always a great time to read your bibles to learn from the scriptures, so you can get a head start on your life by learning the best lessons and ways.”
The June 4 to 7 FCA Camp was a 3-day experience was held at the Lake Yale Conference Center, Leesburg, for all FCA coaches and their families. They shared how coaches spend their valuable time and energy focused on all of their young FCA students. This camp was aimed at providing their FCA coaches, their spouses, and children with a weekend getaway spend quality time together through fellowship, competition, worship, and huddles, with some free time to grow their relationships with the Lord, their families, local FCA staff, and peers.
June 22-26, 2026 FCA Charge Camp & Donor Night: This 3-day camp will be hosted at Southeastern University, in Lakeland. This camp is now full.
July 3-6, 2026 FCA Florida Leadership Camp: This 4-day program will be held at Camp Lake Swan in Melrose, FL for incoming 6th graders to graduating 12th graders. There will be a huddle specifically designed to equip and ready each student for their college experience. This camp is only $375 per student and $150 per adult. Registration cutoff is June 14.
July 2026 — FCA Football Camp: With 20 participating teams from across Central Florida, FCA will help each team in their pre-season preparations on how to best launch their most successful new football seasons.
FCA has developed an inspired community that works with their students and coaches to see the world transformed in a very positive manner through shared Christianity. Fellowship of Christian Athletes’ programs strive to help their participating students to be inspired to become better individuals and teammates. They work to consistently engage, equip and empower everyone to achieve success through their ministry. FCA Coaches travel to each of the South Lake schools while coaching, teaching, and instructing student athletes. FCA Leadership Huddles are held regularly year-round to encourage athletes, coaches, and campuses to live and compete using biblical principles through the platform of athletic competition.
For more information about South Lake County of Fellowship of Christian Athletes, visit: www.SouthLakeCountyFCA.org. For more information and to register online for the FCA Camps, visit: https://www.southlakecountyfca.org/summer-camp. Volunteers, donors and sponsors are always appreciated. Follow them on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/southlakecountyfca.
