2012 Elk Hunt

It's about that time to start thinking about our annual Colorado Elk Hunt. It's been a tough three years on the hunting front, but as the eternal optimist I know that this will be the year! Plus we'll have a great time of fellowship in the woods near West Cliffe. Interested? Call or email for more information.

On a Mower Mission

We have a critical need for a ZTR lawnmower or a tractor with a finish mower attachment. We have more than 35 acres of grass to mow on a weekly basis and the used riding mower we purchased last year just wasn’t up to the task and has since gone kaput!

We would prefer the tractor with an attachment since we could use the it for several other needs on the property but either one will be so much appreciated. The grass is a growin’ fast!

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).