Champions of Faith Breakfast
Speaker: Jake Bates, Detroit Lions Place Kicker
MaRCH 14th, 2025
9-11AM
Calvary Church
707 E Beltline Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525
We invite any coaches or student athletes to come together with your team to our 2026 FCA Champions of Faith Breakfast.
Please only one person per group or team fill this form out!
Although we are blessed by businesses that help sponsor tables for teams to come for free, we ask that you would share with any parents, coaches, businesses, etc. and invite them to sponsor a table for your team. They can do so under "sponsor registration" below. This helps support our FCA ministry and cover the cost for the breakfast. Thank you!
Please understand that teams who have a table sponsor for their table will ensure a spot at the breakfast. If tables fill up and your team does not have a sponsor and we are unable to provide one for you, your team may be unable to attend.
*NOTE TABELS SEAT 8. We have some tables that seat 12, but these will be reserved for teams who have sponsors.
Spots are limited. Please click the button to the right to register your group or provide sponsorship for tables. Thank you for your generous support. We look forward to seeing you at our 2026 Champions of Faith Breakfast!
What is the Champions of Faith Breakfast?
Formerly the "Pro Athlete Breakfast", the Champions of Faith Breakfast is a time to gather sports teams, FCA supporters, and the community for a great meal, a panel of athletes and coaches, and an awesome speaker to share their Faith.
You will hear amazing testimonies of what God is doing through FCA in Kent County, along with having a chance to help support our ministry in various ways.
We hope to see you there!
2026 Speaker: Jake Bates, Detroit Lions Place Kicker
Jake Bates has an incredible story culminating in becoming one of the best kickers in the NFL. Bates was a college soccer player and when he transitioned over to football, only handled kickoffs. In 2022, he was named All-SEC at Arkansas as a kickoff specialist.
Bates still had to go the non-traditional route to the NFL, going to the UFL, where he set a league record with a 64-yard field foal and was named to the All-UFL Team in 2024. That got the attention of the Detroit Lions, who signed him that summer and he became one of just two UFL players to make a team's final roster in the league.
In the first eight weeks of his rookie season, Bates had two game-winning field goals and was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week once. He went on to break the Lions team record for points scored set by Jason Hanson in 2012.
