Four Rochester area FCA huddles have come together to form something new. It started with a heart that was craving more, Leadership Camp, and a timely word from an FCA staff member.
Caleb Tiede grew up in a Christian home, but his relationship with Christ was not always a priority for him. He attended FCA Leadership Camp the summer before his junior year, and God started doing something in his heart. He and other student leaders worked to grow FCA on their campus, but they weren’t seeing a lot of fruit that first semester. They relaunched second semester and twenty people came to the first meeting. They were excited. And then Covid shut everything down, including FCA.
Caleb talked to Brian Koch, FCA Southeast Minnesota Area Representative. Brian suggested they consider bringing all four area huddles together on Fridays. Caleb said, “An idea clicked to create a discipleship group every Friday. I pitched it to the team, and we started brainstorming. GROW – Gather, Ready yourself, Outreach, Worship. That’s how Cultivate started.” The leadership team has created a mission, vision, and values statement along with goals and ministry leader descriptions.
And did we mention? These are high school students.
