A Note From Brian...
As a missionary with FCA, my full effort is focused on leading coaches and athletes into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and His church to see the world transformed!
This is my full time job and God's call on my life.
Every year I am responsible for raising financial support to meet my annual budget. This includes my salary, taxes, health benefits and all ministry resources. Many do not realize my entire budget is funded by donations! It takes a lot of faith & trust in the Lord and partnership from people like YOU to help me direct this ministry. Would you help close out 2025 in a healthy financial position?
63%
Currently funded through monthly contributions.
37%
To be raised through funding events and year-end campaign.
More from Jamie...
Coaching has always been a passion of mine and sharing what it has done in and through me is a privilege.
My faith in Jesus has profoundly impacted the way I coach, as it has transformed my life in ways I never could have imagined. As a coach, I have been blessed to lead many young people in our area of Cecil County from as early as age 5 through the college-age young adults. Our faith is the one thing we can never leave on the bench. Our faith needs to show through our actions, attitudes, and efforts on the field. We can't always control how a game turns out, but we can control how we played it. I have always strived to lead by example and let my faith shine through in my interactions with the athletes. They will forget the games one day, but the actions of a coach can leave an eternal impact.
There was a time when I coached, and winning was what mattered, but that all changed when I was coaching a younger baseball team in the 1990s. While watching what was going on around the league, I realized it was about way more than wins and losses. From that day on, God changed not my coaching style, but my heart as to how I was being used through that style. The Lord saw me through more games than I can count, from Little League to travel ball, and various High School sports, with great success. However, the greatest success was seeing lives changed and the fact that God, through the Holy Spirit, allowed me to be a part of it, and the realization that being a good Coach can and does make an eternal difference.
A win in my eyes is when you see a player finally "get it". Most count wins and losses by the scoreboard, and it's always nice to come out on top, but if a player gives their very best and doesn't come out on top, that's okay! A win to me as a Christian coach is when a player (or coach for that matter) truly understands that they played to the best of their God-given abilities and gives God the glory regardless of the outcome. That's a player who "gets it".
That's a win.
