OUR STORY

FNC at it's conception, was an acronym for Friday Night Church. We took a shot gun approach at our area God had called us to providing several platforms of ministry which included: "The Fire Place" (a once a month corporate worship gathering for the entire community), Bible Studies for both men and women, "World Changers", (our teens ministry) which still goes on today, and Joy Club, an after school program geared toward the little ones. All of these were going well, but the one area we saw the most traction in was Joy Club. The numbers began with 67 on the first week, then climbed above 500 after just 6 short months. We knew God was trying to get our attention, for what, we really didn't know. Until a little girl named Christine decided to take a step of faith and write my wife Wendy a small note... FNC at it's conception, was an acronym for Friday Night Church. We took a shot gun approach at our area God had called us to providing several platforms of ministry which included: "The Fire Place" (a once a month corporate worship gathering for the entire community), Bible Studies for both men and women, "World Changers", (our teens ministry) which still goes on today, and Joy Club, an after school program geared toward the little ones. All of these were going well, but the one area we saw the most traction in was Joy Club. The numbers began with 67 on the first week, then climbed above 500 after just 6 short months. We knew God was trying to get our attention, for what, we really didn't know. Until a little girl named Christine decided to take a step of faith and write my wife Wendy a small note...
What all of us didn't know, and probably not even Christine herself, was what God was about ready to unleash...It was shortly after reading this note, FNC Academy was birthed. Like most endeavors, our beginnings were humbling; learning mostly as we went. But with our eyes on Jesus, He made it happen. Day by day it became less of a dream and more of a reality. Today, FNC Academy has more than 160 students, Pre-K through 6th grade, and employs more than 32 full time Ugandans. As FNC has evolved, we had to let go to most of our other platforms of ministry. It takes everything you've got to make a school run properly, especially in a developing country. And our name and logo, well, that has taken on a whole new meaning as well. FNC, formally known as "Friday Night Church", now stands for "Faithfully Nurturing Children." And have you ever looked at our FNC logo closely? Do you see the child, his/her head, feet, arched back, kneeling down? Do you see her, do you see him? And that small star, it's in the perfect position of a child's heart. Yes, God wanted for each child that walked into FNC's gates, to walk out with a changed heart, a star!
What all of us didn't know, and probably not even Christine herself, was what God was about ready to unleash...It was shortly after reading this note, FNC Academy was birthed. Like most endeavors, our beginnings were humbling; learning mostly as we went. But with our eyes on Jesus, He made it happen. Day by day it became less of a dream and more of a reality. Today, FNC Academy has more than 160 students, Pre-K through 6th grade, and employs more than 32 full time Ugandans. As FNC has evolved, we had to let go to most of our other platforms of ministry. It takes everything you've got to make a school run properly, especially in a developing country. And our name and logo, well, that has taken on a whole new meaning as well. FNC, formally known as "Friday Night Church", now stands for "Faithfully Nurturing Children." And have you ever looked at our FNC logo closely? Do you see the child, his/her head, feet, arched back, kneeling down? Do you see her, do you see him? And that small star, it's in the perfect position of a child's heart. Yes, God wanted for each child that walked into FNC's gates, to walk out with a changed heart, a star!
This logo was created by a special girl named Hope. And can you believe our entire mission statement "Hope to the Hopeless" has her name in it TWICE! Hope was one of our very first worship leaders for the FNC band. FNC was never supposed to be about children, it was OUR plan to be a ministry that reached out to adults period. Children were never really on the radar, much less a school...but God had a different view, a different plan, and even was trying to tell us in this logo which had no intentions of revealing a child inside. This logo was created by a special girl named Hope. And can you believe our entire mission statement "Hope to the Hopeless" has her name in it TWICE! Hope was one of our very first worship leaders for the FNC band. FNC was never supposed to be about children, it was OUR plan to be a ministry that reached out to adults period. Children were never really on the radar, much less a school...but God had a different view, a different plan, and even was trying to tell us in this logo which had no intentions of revealing a child inside.

Although God planted FNC Academy in Kampala, the simple truth is that we are growing at such a rate that we have to think about the future.  We need a home which will provide an environment of sustaining Hope.  Currently, we rent two compounds which sit adjacent to the one another.  Both compounds are full.  And on top of that, we have been warned against building any other structures on the premises.  We have scanned the surrounding community for other compounds to rent.  The responses we have received go something like this: not available, we want this much money (which is entirely out of line), or the compound needs serious renovation, which we've learned isn't a wise investment.  While renting an additional compound is possible, it isn't a permanent or long sustaining solution.

In June 2018, God graciously provided FNC Academy with 13 acres of land.  For the record, we are not abandoning where we are, just expanding into what we will become, Lord willing.  Simply put, FNC Academy will continue to run our day school here in Kampala, grades Pre-K through 3rd grade, then 4th-12th grade will expand into our new location.  This new campus will include boarding as well.  The new land God so graciously provided is located 17 miles north of Kampala in a small village area called Busika.  It is approximately 13.15 acres and has several structures already built on site.  A huge blessing as we intend to occupy them with our 7th and 8th graders beginning in January 2019.

As planned, we began 2019 with the 7th and 8th graders at Busika, but it was time to get to work updating the current buildings and constructing new ones.  "Educating Today...Building for Tomorrow" (Thanks to Connie Benson and Becky Mosley) is the title for FNC's latest building campaign.  A soft launch has begun.  Since 2018, FNC has raised more than 220,000 US Dollars!  To date because of your generosity, FNC has been able to accomplish the following...

 

1.  The purchase of 13 plus acres, inclusive of a house and a few out buildings.

2.  A well was drilled and existing facilities underwent a facelift, providing the space needed to begin.

3.  NEW CONSTRUCTION of PHASE 1 IS UNDERWAY!

 

For more information on our Construction campaign, click here.

Faithfully

Nurturing

Children

Academy

Kampala, Uganda

FNC Academy is a ministry of

The Kissing Well, a 501(c)(3) organization.

All contributions are tax deductible.

Bringing HOPE to the HOPELESS

FNC at it's conception, was an acronym for Friday Night Church. We took a shot gun approach at our area God had called us to providing several platforms of ministry which included: "The Fire Place" (a once a month corporate worship gathering for the entire community), Bible Studies for both men and women, "World Changers", (our teens ministry) which still goes on today, and Joy Club, an after school program geared toward the little ones. All of these were going well, but the one area we saw the most traction in was Joy Club. The numbers began with 67 on the first week, then climbed above 500 after just 6 short months. We knew God was trying to get our attention, for what, we really didn't know. Until a little girl named Christine decided to take a step of faith and write my wife Wendy a small note...
What all of us didn't know, and probably not even Christine herself, was what God was about ready to unleash...It was shortly after reading this note, FNC Academy was birthed. Like most endeavors, our beginnings were humbling; learning mostly as we went. But with our eyes on Jesus, He made it happen. Day by day it became less of a dream and more of a reality. Today, FNC Academy has more than 160 students, Pre-K through 6th grade, and employs more than 32 full time Ugandans. As FNC has evolved, we had to let go to most of our other platforms of ministry. It takes everything you've got to make a school run properly, especially in a developing country. And our name and logo, well, that has taken on a whole new meaning as well. FNC, formally known as "Friday Night Church", now stands for "Faithfully Nurturing Children." And have you ever looked at our FNC logo closely? Do you see the child, his/her head, feet, arched back, kneeling down? Do you see her, do you see him? And that small star, it's in the perfect position of a child's heart. Yes, God wanted for each child that walked into FNC's gates, to walk out with a changed heart, a star!
FNC at it's conception, was an acronym for Friday Night Church. We took a shot gun approach at our area God had called us to providing several platforms of ministry which included: "The Fire Place" (a once a month corporate worship gathering for the entire community), Bible Studies for both men and women, "World Changers", (our teens ministry) which still goes on today, and Joy Club, an after school program geared toward the little ones. All of these were going well, but the one area we saw the most traction in was Joy Club. The numbers began with 67 on the first week, then climbed above 500 after just 6 short months. We knew God was trying to get our attention, for what, we really didn't know. Until a little girl named Christine decided to take a step of faith and write my wife Wendy a small note...
What all of us didn't know, and probably not even Christine herself, was what God was about ready to unleash...It was shortly after reading this note, FNC Academy was birthed. Like most endeavors, our beginnings were humbling; learning mostly as we went. But with our eyes on Jesus, He made it happen. Day by day it became less of a dream and more of a reality. Today, FNC Academy has more than 160 students, Pre-K through 6th grade, and employs more than 32 full time Ugandans. As FNC has evolved, we had to let go to most of our other platforms of ministry. It takes everything you've got to make a school run properly, especially in a developing country. And our name and logo, well, that has taken on a whole new meaning as well. FNC, formally known as "Friday Night Church", now stands for "Faithfully Nurturing Children." And have you ever looked at our FNC logo closely? Do you see the child, his/her head, feet, arched back, kneeling down? Do you see her, do you see him? And that small star, it's in the perfect position of a child's heart. Yes, God wanted for each child that walked into FNC's gates, to walk out with a changed heart, a star!
This logo was created by a special girl named Hope. And can you believe our entire mission statement "Hope to the Hopeless" has her name in it TWICE! Hope was one of our very first worship leaders for the FNC band. FNC was never supposed to be about children, it was OUR plan to be a ministry that reached out to adults period. Children were never really on the radar, much less a school...but God had a different view, a different plan, and even was trying to tell us in this logo which had no intentions of revealing a child inside. This logo was created by a special girl named Hope. And can you believe our entire mission statement "Hope to the Hopeless" has her name in it TWICE! Hope was one of our very first worship leaders for the FNC band. FNC was never supposed to be about children, it was OUR plan to be a ministry that reached out to adults period. Children were never really on the radar, much less a school...but God had a different view, a different plan, and even was trying to tell us in this logo which had no intentions of revealing a child inside.
FNC at it's conception, was an acronym for Friday Night Church. We took a shot gun approach at our area God had called us to providing several platforms of ministry which included: "The Fire Place" (a once a month corporate worship gathering for the entire community), Bible Studies for both men and women, "World Changers", (our teens ministry) which still goes on today, and Joy Club, an after school program geared toward the little ones. All of these were going well, but the one area we saw the most traction in was Joy Club. The numbers began with 67 on the first week, then climbed above 500 after just 6 short months. We knew God was trying to get our attention, for what, we really didn't know. Until a little girl named Christine decided to take a step of faith and write my wife Wendy a small note...
What all of us didn't know, and probably not even Christine herself, was what God was about ready to unleash...It was shortly after reading this note, FNC Academy was birthed. Like most endeavors, our beginnings were humbling; learning mostly as we went. But with our eyes on Jesus, He made it happen. Day by day it became less of a dream and more of a reality. Today, FNC Academy has more than 160 students, Pre-K through 6th grade, and employs more than 32 full time Ugandans. As FNC has evolved, we had to let go to most of our other platforms of ministry. It takes everything you've got to make a school run properly, especially in a developing country. And our name and logo, well, that has taken on a whole new meaning as well. FNC, formally known as "Friday Night Church", now stands for "Faithfully Nurturing Children." And have you ever looked at our FNC logo closely? Do you see the child, his/her head, feet, arched back, kneeling down? Do you see her, do you see him? And that small star, it's in the perfect position of a child's heart. Yes, God wanted for each child that walked into FNC's gates, to walk out with a changed heart, a star!
FNC at it's conception, was an acronym for Friday Night Church. We took a shot gun approach at our area God had called us to providing several platforms of ministry which included: "The Fire Place" (a once a month corporate worship gathering for the entire community), Bible Studies for both men and women, "World Changers", (our teens ministry) which still goes on today, and Joy Club, an after school program geared toward the little ones. All of these were going well, but the one area we saw the most traction in was Joy Club. The numbers began with 67 on the first week, then climbed above 500 after just 6 short months. We knew God was trying to get our attention, for what, we really didn't know. Until a little girl named Christine decided to take a step of faith and write my wife Wendy a small note...
What all of us didn't know, and probably not even Christine herself, was what God was about ready to unleash...It was shortly after reading this note, FNC Academy was birthed. Like most endeavors, our beginnings were humbling; learning mostly as we went. But with our eyes on Jesus, He made it happen. Day by day it became less of a dream and more of a reality. Today, FNC Academy has more than 160 students, Pre-K through 6th grade, and employs more than 32 full time Ugandans. As FNC has evolved, we had to let go to most of our other platforms of ministry. It takes everything you've got to make a school run properly, especially in a developing country. And our name and logo, well, that has taken on a whole new meaning as well. FNC, formally known as "Friday Night Church", now stands for "Faithfully Nurturing Children." And have you ever looked at our FNC logo closely? Do you see the child, his/her head, feet, arched back, kneeling down? Do you see her, do you see him? And that small star, it's in the perfect position of a child's heart. Yes, God wanted for each child that walked into FNC's gates, to walk out with a changed heart, a star!
This logo was created by a special girl named Hope. And can you believe our entire mission statement "Hope to the Hopeless" has her name in it TWICE! Hope was one of our very first worship leaders for the FNC band. FNC was never supposed to be about children, it was OUR plan to be a ministry that reached out to adults period. Children were never really on the radar, much less a school...but God had a different view, a different plan, and even was trying to tell us in this logo which had no intentions of revealing a child inside. This logo was created by a special girl named Hope. And can you believe our entire mission statement "Hope to the Hopeless" has her name in it TWICE! Hope was one of our very first worship leaders for the FNC band. FNC was never supposed to be about children, it was OUR plan to be a ministry that reached out to adults period. Children were never really on the radar, much less a school...but God had a different view, a different plan, and even was trying to tell us in this logo which had no intentions of revealing a child inside.

Bringing HOPE

to the HOPELESS

FNC at it's conception, was an acronym for Friday Night Church. We took a shot gun approach at our area God had called us to providing several platforms of ministry which included: "The Fire Place" (a once a month corporate worship gathering for the entire community), Bible Studies for both men and women, "World Changers", (our teens ministry) which still goes on today, and Joy Club, an after school program geared toward the little ones. All of these were going well, but the one area we saw the most traction in was Joy Club. The numbers began with 67 on the first week, then climbed above 500 after just 6 short months. We knew God was trying to get our attention, for what, we really didn't know. Until a little girl named Christine decided to take a step of faith and write my wife Wendy a small note...
What all of us didn't know, and probably not even Christine herself, was what God was about ready to unleash...It was shortly after reading this note, FNC Academy was birthed. Like most endeavors, our beginnings were humbling; learning mostly as we went. But with our eyes on Jesus, He made it happen. Day by day it became less of a dream and more of a reality. Today, FNC Academy has more than 160 students, Pre-K through 6th grade, and employs more than 32 full time Ugandans. As FNC has evolved, we had to let go to most of our other platforms of ministry. It takes everything you've got to make a school run properly, especially in a developing country. And our name and logo, well, that has taken on a whole new meaning as well. FNC, formally known as "Friday Night Church", now stands for "Faithfully Nurturing Children." And have you ever looked at our FNC logo closely? Do you see the child, his/her head, feet, arched back, kneeling down? Do you see her, do you see him? And that small star, it's in the perfect position of a child's heart. Yes, God wanted for each child that walked into FNC's gates, to walk out with a changed heart, a star!
FNC at it's conception, was an acronym for Friday Night Church. We took a shot gun approach at our area God had called us to providing several platforms of ministry which included: "The Fire Place" (a once a month corporate worship gathering for the entire community), Bible Studies for both men and women, "World Changers", (our teens ministry) which still goes on today, and Joy Club, an after school program geared toward the little ones. All of these were going well, but the one area we saw the most traction in was Joy Club. The numbers began with 67 on the first week, then climbed above 500 after just 6 short months. We knew God was trying to get our attention, for what, we really didn't know. Until a little girl named Christine decided to take a step of faith and write my wife Wendy a small note...
What all of us didn't know, and probably not even Christine herself, was what God was about ready to unleash...It was shortly after reading this note, FNC Academy was birthed. Like most endeavors, our beginnings were humbling; learning mostly as we went. But with our eyes on Jesus, He made it happen. Day by day it became less of a dream and more of a reality. Today, FNC Academy has more than 160 students, Pre-K through 6th grade, and employs more than 32 full time Ugandans. As FNC has evolved, we had to let go to most of our other platforms of ministry. It takes everything you've got to make a school run properly, especially in a developing country. And our name and logo, well, that has taken on a whole new meaning as well. FNC, formally known as "Friday Night Church", now stands for "Faithfully Nurturing Children." And have you ever looked at our FNC logo closely? Do you see the child, his/her head, feet, arched back, kneeling down? Do you see her, do you see him? And that small star, it's in the perfect position of a child's heart. Yes, God wanted for each child that walked into FNC's gates, to walk out with a changed heart, a star!
This logo was created by a special girl named Hope. And can you believe our entire mission statement "Hope to the Hopeless" has her name in it TWICE! Hope was one of our very first worship leaders for the FNC band. FNC was never supposed to be about children, it was OUR plan to be a ministry that reached out to adults period. Children were never really on the radar, much less a school...but God had a different view, a different plan, and even was trying to tell us in this logo which had no intentions of revealing a child inside. This logo was created by a special girl named Hope. And can you believe our entire mission statement "Hope to the Hopeless" has her name in it TWICE! Hope was one of our very first worship leaders for the FNC band. FNC was never supposed to be about children, it was OUR plan to be a ministry that reached out to adults period. Children were never really on the radar, much less a school...but God had a different view, a different plan, and even was trying to tell us in this logo which had no intentions of revealing a child inside.

Faithfully

Nurturing

Children

Academy

Kampala, Uganda

FNC Academy

is a ministry of

The Kissing Well,

a 501(c)(3)

organization.

All contributions

are tax deductible.

webmaster@fncacademy.org
FNC at it's conception, was an acronym for Friday Night Church. We took a shot gun approach at our area God had called us to providing several platforms of ministry which included: "The Fire Place" (a once a month corporate worship gathering for the entire community), Bible Studies for both men and women, "World Changers", (our teens ministry) which still goes on today, and Joy Club, an after school program geared toward the little ones. All of these were going well, but the one area we saw the most traction in was Joy Club. The numbers began with 67 on the first week, then climbed above 500 after just 6 short months. We knew God was trying to get our attention, for what, we really didn't know. Until a little girl named Christine decided to take a step of faith and write my wife Wendy a small note...
What all of us didn't know, and probably not even Christine herself, was what God was about ready to unleash...It was shortly after reading this note, FNC Academy was birthed. Like most endeavors, our beginnings were humbling; learning mostly as we went. But with our eyes on Jesus, He made it happen. Day by day it became less of a dream and more of a reality. Today, FNC Academy has more than 160 students, Pre-K through 6th grade, and employs more than 32 full time Ugandans. As FNC has evolved, we had to let go to most of our other platforms of ministry. It takes everything you've got to make a school run properly, especially in a developing country. And our name and logo, well, that has taken on a whole new meaning as well. FNC, formally known as "Friday Night Church", now stands for "Faithfully Nurturing Children." And have you ever looked at our FNC logo closely? Do you see the child, his/her head, feet, arched back, kneeling down? Do you see her, do you see him? And that small star, it's in the perfect position of a child's heart. Yes, God wanted for each child that walked into FNC's gates, to walk out with a changed heart, a star!
This logo was created by a special girl named Hope. And can you believe our entire mission statement "Hope to the Hopeless" has her name in it TWICE! Hope was one of our very first worship leaders for the FNC band. FNC was never supposed to be about children, it was OUR plan to be a ministry that reached out to adults period. Children were never really on the radar, much less a school...but God had a different view, a different plan, and even was trying to tell us in this logo which had no intentions of revealing a child inside. This logo was created by a special girl named Hope. And can you believe our entire mission statement "Hope to the Hopeless" has her name in it TWICE! Hope was one of our very first worship leaders for the FNC band. FNC was never supposed to be about children, it was OUR plan to be a ministry that reached out to adults period. Children were never really on the radar, much less a school...but God had a different view, a different plan, and even was trying to tell us in this logo which had no intentions of revealing a child inside.
FNC at it's conception, was an acronym for Friday Night Church. We took a shot gun approach at our area God had called us to providing several platforms of ministry which included: "The Fire Place" (a once a month corporate worship gathering for the entire community), Bible Studies for both men and women, "World Changers", (our teens ministry) which still goes on today, and Joy Club, an after school program geared toward the little ones. All of these were going well, but the one area we saw the most traction in was Joy Club. The numbers began with 67 on the first week, then climbed above 500 after just 6 short months. We knew God was trying to get our attention, for what, we really didn't know. Until a little girl named Christine decided to take a step of faith and write my wife Wendy a small note...
What all of us didn't know, and probably not even Christine herself, was what God was about ready to unleash...It was shortly after reading this note, FNC Academy was birthed. Like most endeavors, our beginnings were humbling; learning mostly as we went. But with our eyes on Jesus, He made it happen. Day by day it became less of a dream and more of a reality. Today, FNC Academy has more than 160 students, Pre-K through 6th grade, and employs more than 32 full time Ugandans. As FNC has evolved, we had to let go to most of our other platforms of ministry. It takes everything you've got to make a school run properly, especially in a developing country. And our name and logo, well, that has taken on a whole new meaning as well. FNC, formally known as "Friday Night Church", now stands for "Faithfully Nurturing Children." And have you ever looked at our FNC logo closely? Do you see the child, his/her head, feet, arched back, kneeling down? Do you see her, do you see him? And that small star, it's in the perfect position of a child's heart. Yes, God wanted for each child that walked into FNC's gates, to walk out with a changed heart, a star!