Sunday March 6, 2011

 

 

Part 2

Sportsmen’s Dinner

Worship Center, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Friday Evening, March 4

 

By the time we had visited each of the vendors, the floor became quite full.

 

 

This vendor demonstrated a duck call.

 

 

Someone spent a lot of time decorating the auditorium.

 

 

 

 

The stage looked like a camp site in a mountain.

 

 

The items in the front are just a few of the many door prizes. You can’t see what the bear is doing because of the door prizes. He is raiding an ice chest. The ice box is on its side with hamburger rolls spilled on the floor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We enjoyed hunting videos while we waited for the program to start.

 

 

When I looked up, I saw a Canada goose above my head.

 

 

Cerwin thought there were between seventy-five and one hundred door prizes.

The Master of Ceremonies said, “If your ticket number is called, shout or do something. Act like you won a prize!” The first number that was called was Joram’s – and he made noise!  There were about a dozen people delivering prizes. That’s why they needed to know where you were. There were more than 1,000 people in the audience.

You can see a picture of Joram on yesterday’s post.

He won a really nice muzzle loader gun. Cerwin, Jeff, and Diana also won prizes – though not quite as valuable. Cerwin got a Buck folding tree saw and a $25 gift card to Lancaster Archey. Jeff won a coffee cup, hat, and a $25 gift card to Weaver’s Store. Each of the children age twelve and under won prizes if they shot their first buck during the past season. Diana won a $20.00 gift card to Cabela’s for getting a four-point buck.

 

 

Though I enjoyed the entire evening, my favorite part was listening to Steve Chapman speak and sing.

 

 

He has a great sense of humor and timing in storytelling. He also used a lot of hunting terms to share the gospel.

 

 

This was a song about turkey hunting. The young man on the left had a turkey caller and was supposed to keep rhythm with the guitar when Steve looked at him. The girl’s caller sounded like gobble-gobble-gobble when she shook it. She was also supposed to shake it when Steve looked at her. They were both from the audience and did a great job.

 

 

During the early part of his program, he shared that the saddest part of a hunt is when it is over. That was his final challenge to the audience. “When your life-hunt is over, will you be ready to meet God?