What a great time of food and fellowship at our October Men's Meeting! A huge Thank You goes out to the cooking team for preparing such a wonderful meal. It is my understanding they cooked 135 steaks for this event...along with baked potatoes, green beans, coleslaw, and brownies.
A special thanks to Jimmy Thomas for unselfishly stepping up and facilitating the Cornhole Tournament. We had 50 teams participate in this event and and it was no easy task to oversee and announce all of the pairings. I don't think anyone anticipated the tournament lasting quite as long as it did...but at 10:30pm Josh Sanders and Don Genco defeated Guy Stuckey and Iler Stoe for the title. I believe everyone who participated had an absolute blast.
Our plans are to have another one of these fellowship events in January (an Oyster Roast). I received a lot of positive feedback and would like to encourage our leaders to follow up with new men they may have met at the event. Thank you, men, for being faithful to the call of Jesus Christ on your lives!
It was great fun and yes we are planning for similar activities in the future. If you have any suggestion to make it better or you saw an area we could improve then I ask you to contact me and share your thoughts..... again congrats to Josh and Don for first place Guy and Iler for taking second place and Kevin Eakes and Jason Burke for taking third place.
ReplyDeleteIn reflecting back on last Monday evening, this evening, I was immediately reminded of Psalms 133. A familiar passage to many, we know it says that it is a good thing for us "brethern" to "dwell" and hang out together "in unity"! Monday nite was a "meeting" but there was also some "dwelling" going on...it was very refreshing!
ReplyDeleteAlthough no oil was runnning down anyone's beard---there was some sour cream---but I can not attest as to its being "refreshing". I think I also noted some cole slaw in a beard.
Ron Alber recently spent a couple weeks in the Rocky Mountains at around 9,500'. He was telling me just how refreshing the air was---and of course the morning dew was close to frost.
Mount Hermon, mentioned in verse 3, is the highest mountain in Israel, forms part of the northern border, and has three peaks all at about 9,200'. Covered in snow most of the year, the snow melt forms several streams that form the Jordan river, where our Lord Christ was baptised. The runoff also produces rich fertile valleys where vinyards, farms and timber are abundant. The dew of Hermon.
So we need to have these "Mount Hermon" experiences on a regular basis. We need to go to the high places in God together, and as individuals, and be refreshed by the dew of Mount Hermon! Be refreshed by our unity in the spirit, by our comaraderie and fellowship! It is not something you get with talk...you get with the walk...the trek to the high country.
Steak and potatoes, even brownies, are not necessary, although they were a WOW experience. It is the dwelling together in unity...the desire and even intention to just hang out together...that is the refreshing...that is the dew of Hermon, that commends the blessing, even life forever more.