27 January 2007

The EDGE Inaugural Event






Today, 68 guys met for the inaugural event put-on by The EDGE men’s ministry. Of these, 15 arrived an hour early to do the cooking. Members from two different Cell Groups had joined together the night before to complete the set-up that our custodian Brad McKay had done. We had a great man’s breakfast—eggs, pancakes, sausage, sausage gravy and biscuits (pretty darn good in the taste of this man with family in Kentucky), and coffee. That alone would have been enough, but there was more.

Mike Hall, Jamie Twigg, and Eric Schermerhorn led us in some acoustic guitar worship. Jim Bedor served as emcee. The guest speaker was Tom Harmon. Tom’s message was about The Profile of a Godly Man. What does a godly man look like? The description was pretty simple: “He’s TRYING to be godly. Don’t try, and you’ll certainly accomplish it. Try, and you may fail. But, at least you were trying. You can always try again!” The application he offered was equally straightforward: “Do SOMETHING!” Offering a range of options that marked his own attempts—failures and successes—there was something that everyone could try.

Tom’s energy was contagious. And, the whole day went smoothly thanks the leadership of Tony Callan & Jeff Majchrzak. In addition, Steve Johns and Jim Bedor helped to execute plans for this event.

This was a good challenge at any point in-time, especially at the beginning of a year. And, especially at the beginning of this ministry to men that aims to cut men to the core. I hope you can’t wait for the next quarterly breakfast. Next time, consider bringing a friend or getting-involved making the event happen.

Thanks to Rick Sotolongo's photography, you can checkout these photos.

2 comments:

GUNNY said...

"We had a great man’s breakfast—eggs, pancakes, sausage, sausage gravy and biscuits (pretty darn good in the taste of this man with family in Kentucky), and coffee."

Uh ... what about bacon? How can it be "great" without bacon?

No bacon? I'm out.

etoc said...

What are you doing way back here!? I really had to hunt for this thing! Alright, I'll accept your rebuke. "Great" may be a hard sell since there admittedly was no bacon. Alas, I don't know what I'll be able to say about the next one which has a Mexican theme and is on your Cinco de Mayo.