Sunday Service Reaches The Lost

"I re-said this prayer. You have been what I needed to hear. I am so thankful to have let God’s voice be heard. I can’t express in words how much I needed it. I am raising two boys and I want them to be God’s!” — Name Withheld

That was just one quote we received following a tremendous Sunday Morning Service at the World’s Championship Duck Calling contest in Stuttgart, AR. In fact, seven people filled out cards indicating they wished to follow Christ and His will for their lives. At least one of those people inviting Jesus into their hearts was a contestant in the duck calling contest from California! And all the praise and glory and honor goes to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

We have delivered those cards to the churches in the areas where they are from and we pray that God’s people will help to inspire, encourage and motivate them to continue on the journey toward becoming the people God called them to be.

You never know what’s going to happen when you step out in faith in response to God’s calling. It rained, cold and constantly, the entire day Saturday and was just above freezing when we woke up Sunday morning. But we knew this was where God called us to be and once the praise band from Stuttgart’s The Lighthouse Church began singing the crowd of more than 60 hearty souls began to arrive and take their seats. Warmed by coffee, camo jackets and more than a few blankets they sat listening attentively to every word that came out of the mouth of our speaker, KingdomDog’s Hank Hough. As he and his fellow preacher, Bandera, began to demonstrate God’s love to them you could feel the power of the Holy Spirit moving through the crowd. It was an incredible time. Thank you for your prayers and your support of this ministry. It truly was a weekend of thanks. (To see more pictures of the event visit www.facebook.com/crossheirs)

Colorado Elk Hunt

It was nearly 70 degrees when the three of us, me, Clayton Newlin, Tim Molitor, started hiking up the hill toward what we hoped would be a happy hunting ground for massive bull elk. As steps turned into miles and minutes into hours we eventually made it to the top, 12-thousand plus feet, and 35-degrees and discovered not elk but …God. Clayton summarized it best when he said, “It’s hard to imagine how beautiful Heaven will be when you see how incredible this place is.”

And that’s why we go. No, we didn’t shoot an elk, for the third year running, in fact after all our hiking we didn’t SEE any, but we did draw some guys into a deeper relationship with the Creator. And that‘s priceless. We also took time to read and discuss the book, The Map, by David Murrow and I highly recommend you guys read it. I know, I know, you don’t like to read but it is that good and may change the way you live your life.

I also recommend you sign up NOW for next year’s hunt. We’re busy, right now, making sure we don’t get shut out again! It’s a great trip and we’d love to have you. If you’d like to see more pictures just visit our FB page at CrossHeirs Retreat Center.

Hank Hough Returns For Sunday Service

We’re so excited to welcome back to Arkansas Hank Hough and his Kingdom Dogs, Prophet and Bandera! Hank and his superbly trained dogs will share the gospel Sunday morning, November 27th right from the stage of the World Duck Calling Championships in downtown Stuttgart. If you’ve never heard Hank before this is a treat for the whole family… especially kids and those who aren’t very comfortable in a traditional church. The service begins at 10am. Last year we had nearly 200 people there so come early for a good seat!

Together We Grow — Year End Giving

“God is certainly surrounding this property. The Holy Spirit was in this place all weekend.
It was totally visible by the love and care that Paul & Donna showed us while we were here. It was relaxing and peaceful. We are so glad you heard the call of God.” — Jerry & Sandi KosowskiPace, FL

Henry Blackaby once encouraged believers to, “Find out where God is at work and join him there.” Well, as you can see from the statement above God certainly has his sleeves rolled up at Big Jim’s Lodge. If you want to be a part of something special we would love to have you join us in our mission to help others become the men and women God created them to be. We have monthly needs of roughly $10k/month. That includes taxes, insurance, salaries, food, utilities, and maintenance. We can’t meet those obligations by charging just $40 per person per night. So we would like to raise as much of that as possible through gifts and donations. This will allow us to do three things: Keep the prices for lodging at very affordable levels, make sure whether your group totals 4 or 40 you get the whole lodge to yourself and finally reinvest all of our profits to keep improving the facility. We still need to build a back porch, a storage shed, a fire pit, a sporting clay range, plus make additional repairs to Big Jim’s Lodge.

We sure would love your help so please pray about what God would have you give to help support the ministry of the CrossHeirs Retreat Center. Thank you so much!

Duck Hunts

Duck Hunting is about more than just ducks. It’s about a hearty breakfast after a cold morning in the woods. It’s about a good afternoon nap in a quiet room. It’s about good friends telling stories around a fire pit… some of them true. It’s about a dinner so good you’ll talk about it until you come back again next year.

Call today to book your overnight stay or men’s retreat!

CrossHeirs Dove Shoot 2011 Registration

Download the CrossHeirs Dove Shoot 2011 Registration Form (.doc).

The Blessing of Being Debt Free

Removing the burden of debt from a ministry is critically important. To quote an old mentor, “When you lose sight of your mission and focus on your survival you lose your authenticity.”

Being debt free allows us to do three things: First, it allows to keep our prices low. Right now we change just $40 per person per night. Our mission is to provide a facility for teaching, training and retreating and making that financially possible for as many people as possible is very important.

Next, removing a large chunk of overhead cost means we don’t have the pressure to fill each and every room. So whether your group is 4 or 40 you get the whole lodge to yourself. We will never combine retreats.

Finally, now everything we raise goes right back into the ministry to make this the kind of retreat center deserving of the One who created it. So make plans today to come and pay us a visit. The Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau did and they wrote, “I think it is safe to say that everyone was blown away with your wonderful facility and scrumptious luncheon!”

The PAY OFF!

Praise God from whom all blessings flow! Thanks to the generosity of ministry partners like you just seven months after we signed the papers the CrossHeirs Retreat Center is now totally, 110%, bought and paid for!

The board members and I are so thankful to Conway, Arkansas’ Jim Rankin of Trinity Development company for loaning us the initial $200,000. At the time we assured Jim that God would be able to meet our need according to His riches in glory and we would pay him back within the year. We paid off half the note in just two months and delivered another fifty thousand just a month ago which left us just $20,000 short of fulfilling our promise. That’s when we set a time table to have the rest of the money to him by the end of July.

An anonymous donor issued a $10,000 challenge to get the note paid off and you responded. We were so close at the end of the month before we ran into some unforeseen operating expenses but we never lost sight that God would provide.

I want you to know I truly believe each and every one of you played a role in this incredible victory but the story of the donation that put us over the top is pretty cool. Early in July I met with the charitable arm of a corporation here in Little Rock where I shared the story of the ministry, asked for a donation then gave them a copy of my book. A week or so later we received a check from them for $5,000! I mailed a handwritten note along with a thank you e-mail. A few days later I got a phone message from the director of the fund that said she’s just read my book and it was very important that I call here as soon as possible.

Initially, I was afraid I’d made her mad and she wanted her money back but I called anyway. After clarifying for her a few things I’d written the book she said, “Well I just want you to know we loved the book and what you stand for and we are totally on the same page so we’re sending you a check for another $5,000.” And THAT put us over the top! Faith is just so fun!

7th Annual Elk Hunt — Wed., Oct. 19th–Wed., Oct. 26th 2011

The deadline is rapidly approaching and we only have four spots left for this trip of a lifetime. Take a look at the information below, grab a buddy and send in your deposit today!

The 2011 CrossHeirs Elk Hunt has been scheduled for October 19th-26th. You don’t want to miss this exciting time of fellowship, study and great hunting in the mountains just outside of Canon City. CO.

Once again this year we will set up our 16 x 32 GPC Medium Army tent at an elevation of 8,000ft near Westcliffe, CO. Space is limited to 10 hunters so get your deposit in today!

Cost:

• $150 non-refundable deposit
• $550 Bull Elk tag (although there may be some leftover Cow Elk tags and Mule Deer tags which
  may be purchased over the counter in CO for about $354 & 329 respectively)
• Transportation costs which include gas and a hotel room on the return trip which averages to roughly $3-400 depending upon gas prices and the number of hunters per vehicle.
• You provide your own breakfast and lunch and supply groceries to our camp chef Paul Uher who will prepare dinner.

Make checks payable to:
Beautiful Feet Ministries
3 Trent Jones Cove
Sherwood, AR 72120

Directions:

We will caravan out of Little Rock, AR on the afternoon of Wed., Oct. 19th, drive all night until we arrive in Canon City where we will set up camp then sleep!

Friday we will go out in pairs and scout locations to hunt.

Saturday the season opens. We will hunt before dawn until dark and return for dinner and devotions each night...followed by some serious card games and fellowship!

We will break camp and begin the trip home on Tues., Oct. 25th and return on Wed., Oct. 26th.

Download the 2011 Elk Hunt Registration Form (PDF).