{"id":15711,"date":"2025-10-31T13:54:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T13:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/?p=15711"},"modified":"2026-02-23T20:25:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:25:25","slug":"fca-provides-students-a-place-to-grow-in-faith-and-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2025\/10\/31\/fca-provides-students-a-place-to-grow-in-faith-and-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"FCA provides students a place to grow in faith and fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\">\n<p>By Lukas Bartek \u201926, staff writer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LVC student-athletes have an opportunity to connect both spiritually and socially through Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FCA provides a space for students to have fellowship, share experiences and explore their faith in a supportive environment. Jared Hostetter, FCA president, has been impacted personally by the organization.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFCA\u2019s mission is to bring any athletes and people close to God,&#8221; Hostetter said. &#8220;We want to provide a space where people feel safe to commune through fellowship, while connecting on a personal and spiritual level. Our goal is to encourage Christians in their walk with their faith as well as share the gospel with those who don\u2019t know it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For members, FCA has become more than just a club; it is a way to grow personally and spiritually while developing leadership skills.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFCA has really allowed me to develop both my personal faith and leadership,\u201d Hostetter said. \u201cAs a role model for our club members, I am encouraged to continuously grow in my faith in knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn addition, I have developed strong public speaking and communication skills from leading meetings and planning large events,&#8221; Hostetter said. &#8220;Overall, FCA has allowed me to grow in many great ways.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FCA meetings and events provide members with both spiritual guidance and fun social interaction. The club meets every Sunday from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Miller Chapel lobby. Members play games, have fellowship and participate in weekly devotionals that explore faith in the context of sports.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By Lukas Bartek \u201926, staff writer LVC student-athletes have an opportunity to connect both spiritually and socially through Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). FCA provides a space for students to have fellowship, share experiences and <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2025\/10\/31\/fca-provides-students-a-place-to-grow-in-faith-and-fellowship\/\" title=\"FCA provides students a place to grow in faith and fellowship\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15374,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15711","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news","8":"category-front-page","9":"category-homepage"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15711"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16407,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15711\/revisions\/16407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}