Pastor Jeff Marsh is encouraged when he hears the words, "make the world a better place!" As men's groups all around the country are picking their battles to do so, here's one way the men of St. Paul are making the world a better place. He reports...
"Out here in Colorado County, we're infested with deer. So many deer, that landowners who go through the proper application process can get doe permits from TPW. Many of these doe permits go unused each deer season. In a sermon before deer season opened, I asked my congregation--which has several landowners who get doe permits--to use them all and to give away their unwanted venison to the hungry in our community.
That sermon prompted a member to pony up the money for a freezer to store the venison. This same man also promised to pay for processing! And this same man gave away every deer he killed this past season (seven). Even his son gave away most of the meat from the deer he killed. Another man did the same with his deer.
We also are willing to take other wild game--feral hog, duck, geese; as well as fish. So far, we've given away several grocery bags of venison to folks in the community.
And I personally gave away four processed deer to church members who don't have it so well."
And as God always seems to have his way with us...he says this, too...
"Out here in Colorado County, we're infested with deer. So many deer, that landowners who go through the proper application process can get doe permits from TPW. Many of these doe permits go unused each deer season. In a sermon before deer season opened, I asked my congregation--which has several landowners who get doe permits--to use them all and to give away their unwanted venison to the hungry in our community.
That sermon prompted a member to pony up the money for a freezer to store the venison. This same man also promised to pay for processing! And this same man gave away every deer he killed this past season (seven). Even his son gave away most of the meat from the deer he killed. Another man did the same with his deer.
We also are willing to take other wild game--feral hog, duck, geese; as well as fish. So far, we've given away several grocery bags of venison to folks in the community.
And I personally gave away four processed deer to church members who don't have it so well."
And as God always seems to have his way with us...he says this, too...
"Now, we're planting a garden on church property so the hungry get vegetables as well as meat."
Do you have a good news story to share? Your ideas bless and energize the ideas of other men as we seek to be good and faithful servants of the gospel...
Brian
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