The Verse Our Pastor Gave Us for Colonial Outdoors

Today at Colonial, Pastor Davey gave the state of the Church sermon. He spoke of all the ministries. He mentioned Colonial Outdoors and said he wanted to be on the side of guys who go to Walmart in camo. I clapped at that.

Pastor Davey told us our theme verse should be Acts 10:13 where the Lord told Peter in a vision, "And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill and eat".

After all, as Jeremy told us at our kickoff meeting, we are guys that like to kill things and eat them, how prophetic.

Colonial Outdoors at the Dixie Deer Classic

This weekend was the Dixie Deer Classic. Some of our brothers including Ed Strickland and Todd Oleson helped out at the S.O.M.E. ministry Booth hosted by Mike Hayes. They got to see some awesome deer and speak to others on behalf of Mike's Ministry.

Pray For One of Our Own

We received a letter from one of our brothers, Matthew Lesher who is headed back oversea's. Please pray for his safe return to his family and to be able to enjoy the outdoors.

His letter to us:

Just wanted to let you guys know that I am doing well and hanging in there. We
are nearing the end of our training in Camp Shelby, Miss. and about to move onto
to Fort Irwin, California in about a week. I should be home for a brief visit
during the beginning of April before heading over seas. I hope all is well with
you guys. I sure do miss ya and can't wait to get back to the grind of serving
the Lord with you guys. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you. Take care.

In Him,

Matthew Lesher
U.S. Army National Guard
B. Co. 1/252 C.A.B.

Kick Off Meeting Information!

The first meeting of Colonial Outdoors will be held on March 4th at 7 PM in room FC217 at Colonial Baptist Church.

I know that Ed and Chris have put a lot of blood, sweat, tears and praying to make this happen, so let's get out there and support it.

Think of it as putting new lines on your rods or cutting lanes for your tree stand. Preparation is a big part of success.


Photo from: Darryl Rogers

Calling all Hunters and Fisherman

One of the first things we'd like to post is some of our trophies. As an example, here is one of the teenagers and his 8 point buck harvested 20 minutes into rifle season 2008 in Chatham County.










Here's the hunter's dad with 2 nice crappies caught in Central Florida in February.





God was good to both these members of the Outdoors Fellowship.

Please forward your trophy pictures to colonialoutdoors@gmail.com and we'll post them. Please include a brief story and how God has provided for your outdoors adventure.

Welcome to the Colonial Outdoorsman Ministry

Welcome to our blog. We are a new fellowship with the Colonial Baptist Church Sports Ministries.

We formed as a group of guys who like to hunt, fish and enjoy the outdoors just like many who like to golf or play tennis.

Our mission is to reach out to other outdoorsmen and share fellowship and our faith in Jesus Christ.

If you wish to find out more, you can contact Ed Strickland at estrick318@aol.com or colonialoutdoors@gmail.com.