On September 10th, 2005, Van McCall of "God In The Hunt" Ministries joined with the Macedonia Church of God of Denton, GA to sponsor the first "God In the Hunt" shooting field day. The event was held in the Snipesville, GA community. The day was a great success with 150 adults and youth in attendance. "God in the Hunt" is a new outreach ministry of Van McCall and McCall Ministries using hunting as a platform for Christian outreach ministry.
The field-day event featured 8 shooting / hunter education stations that the adult / youth teams rotated through. The stations included a trophy room, trapping demonstration, skeet, BB gun, turkey calling, .22-rifle and archery instruction. The youth were taught basic shooting and hunting skills in each station. Hunter safety was also reinforced by presentation of the 10 rules of shooting by Officer Barry Britt of Georgia DNR.
Each station also included Biblical instruction that was designed to apply a Biblical principle to the theme of the station being experienced. Themes of the stations were: Trophy room - spiritual rewards; Trapping - temptations; Skeet - Vision; BB gun - Biblical Foundation; Turkey Calling - The Gobbler is King of the Spring and Jesus is King of Kings; .22 rifle - Vigilance and Archery - God's will for each youth's life. One of the highlights of the day was the last event in which the youth sat back and watched the adults have fun in a shooting event that tested their shooting skills by targeting a raw egg at 100 yards. The theme of the Egg Shoot was setting a Godly example for our kids. The ladies took the day in the raw egg shoot with 3 of the individuals in the final round being women. The winner of the raw egg shoot was the youth minister of Macedonia Church of God - Shelia Wilcox. The day ended with prize drawings in which each youth was a winner.
"God in the Hunt"'s mission is to teach and reinforce Biblical principles through the platform of the sports of hunting and fishing. This mission will be carried out through the following ministries: Various hunting and shooting activities which incorporate ministry; guiding Adult-Youth hunts, Monthly Hunter Camp community fellowship cook-outs, Hunter Church services at our lodge in Snipesville and upcoming "God In The Hunt" TV (local Hazlehurst TV cable channel).
We would like to thank the following sponsors for making this first "God In The Hunt" field day a great success : Googes Inc - Hazlehurst, GA; Wal-Mart- Hazlehurst, GA; Macedonia Church of God - Denton, GA; Broxton Church of God - Broxton, GA; Simmons Tree Farm- Denton, GA, Vance McCall- Denton, GA; George Fletcher- Broxton, GA and Jim Girtman - Denton, GA, and others.
If your church, civic group or other gathering would like to hear more about "God In The Hunt", please give Van McCall a call at 912-222-2840 to discuss booking a "God In The Hunt" Rally. Van McCall is an Ordained minister with 22 years experience as an evangelist. Brother McCall uses many hunting stories and everyday object lessons (with a flavor of southern humor) as a tool for delivering the life changing Gospel of Jesus Christ.
| If you know of a child that you would like to book a hunting trip, give us a call at (912) 222-2840. We do have a limited number of dates that we are guiding hunts, so please call early to book your date. All hunts will be Friday afternoon - Saturday morning hunts, with meals and lodge provided. All youth who book a hunting trip, will be entered into a drawing for one free deer mount sponsored by Mr. Ronnie Haskins of Outdoor Dreams Taxidermy.
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