AROUND THE STATE - 2021 NY FCA Motocross & Off-Road Family Training Camp

Another year in the books of FCA Motocross & Off-Road Training Camp NY is complete and what a year! This was year 7 of NY camp and year 2 of transitioning from a kids’ training camp to a training camp that included the whole family! FCAMX Camp is 4 days/3 nights every August up in Remsen, NY on a private training facility that property owners Dan & Jodi Hudon built just for FCA! 

The families stay overnight on site in their campers, train motocross and off-road during the day and attend our ministry program each evening. This year we had over 240 people in attendance that consisted of kids, moms and dads riding and over 60 volunteers. We brought in 22 top level trainers from all over the country to help in our training program. This consisted of local experts as well as pros that race on the national level. This year was special as Pro Free Style Pioneer Ronnie Faisst from Kansas joined us for training and ministry. Ronnie pioneered the sport of Freestyle MX back in the early 2000’s with Brian Deegan, Mike Metzger and Travis Pastrana. Ronnie was a several time medalists in the Gravity Games, XGames and traveled the world doing events with Tony Hawk, Metal Militia Nuclear Cowboys, and The Warped and Dew Tours. Ronnie was featured in many Freestyle MX videos and on ESPN. In 2008, he gave his heart to Jesus and now combines his love for Moto with his love for Jesus. Ronnie was a great addition to this year’s FCA MX & Off-Road NY Camp! 

Our ministry program is our purpose and focus. Each evening was filled with worship, testimony and great preaching with Pastor Frank Thomas and Ronnie Faisst sharing his testimony. The message of God’s love through Jesus was shared and a time of altar ministry with opportunity was given on the last night. It was a great time of ministry, and many responded to the Lord’s invitation on the last evening. Each year we collect comment cards on the last day with many questions but 3 specific questions to their time involved in the ministry program. 19 people commented they received Jesus as their personal savior for the first time, 31 recommitted their life and relationship with Jesus and 20 said they are now more aware of what God requires and the need for salvation but did not make a decision (seeds!). Over 240 people heard the Love message of our Lord!

We will finish the year with a few more events, attending year end award banquets for 3 different racing associations and we just finished with the Syracuse Stadium Cross at the NYS Fairgrounds. We are invited to these events and given the opportunity to pray for the event, share about the FCA ministry and specific events we are doing throughout the year. In the Spring, we will start up again with hauling the FCAMX trailer to area racing events where we set up, do track side ministry and have chapel services on weekends. We are very blessed and excited to be able to share the message of God’s love through His Son Jesus with well over a thousand people each year through FCA and the sport of Motocross! Thank You Jesus! 

For more information on FCA Motocross & Off-Road in NY contact Ed Stratton at estratton@fca.org