Sunday, November 17, 2002
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Sunday, November 17, 2002 |
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Turkey Shoot 2002 By
REV. DR. KNOX HERNDON It's that time of the year again, when we pause as a nation and thank the Almighty for all the blessings of life. Thanksgiving 2002 will be here shortly and we truly have much for which to be thankful. As I write this article I am in a fast. This fast is not, I'm sorry to say, a spiritual fast but one imposed by the doctor. It's the protocol one must endure before many different medical procedures age foists upon us. I thank God, and I say that reverently, for my history of good health. There have been very few times I have had to go under the knife in any surgical procedure. I did have the childhood tonsillectomy and a hernia repaired from the two-week Grenada operation in 1983 when the 82nd Airborne Division paid Castro's Cubans a surprise visit very early one morning. Anyway, tomorrow morning I will have the procedure many of you may have had in a heart catherization. As you know, they will go in through the leg area with a tiny camera up into the heart area and look around. They tell me the operation only takes about 30 minutes but you have to go through the fast and are not supposed to drive, etc. And the worst part is that you are supposed to wait there for six hours. By the time you read this, it will all be over and I will be oiling the shotgun for our second annual turkey shoot at our church in Senoia. By this time the fast will be over and the games will begin. Wasn't that a slick way to advertise our Annual Church Turkey Shoot? If you have never been to a turkey shoot, you are missing a lot of fun. Turkey shoots are not as popular as they were in yesteryear but the sport is returning with renewed vigor. Our very own Tommy Duncan will be running the shoot again this year. First you need to have the desire to win a nice Thanksgiving turkey or a nice holiday ham. You then need to get some cash together and attend one of three Saturdays Nov. 16, 23, or 30 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Next you need to bring your own 20-, 16- or 12-gauge shotgun. If you don't have one and want to shoot, we will provide one for you. You then pay $3 a shot to shoot at a target. The one closest to the "X" in the center wins the turkey or ham. It is truly funny to see several shooters hovering over Tommy Duncan's shoulder watching him with a compass and a magnifying glass measuring the distance between several different holes in the targets and to see who won the turkey! It is equally funny to listen to all the "boasters" as to how good they "used to shoot" or "why this gun isn't shooting too well these days." I will never forget last year when this "good ole boy" who had a wad of "Redman" in his jaw, who walked up with one of the rattiest single-shot shotguns I had seen in a long time. He quietly paid his $3 and walked up to the firing line and loaded his half rusted & trusted shotgun and won four turkeys in a row! Now here is one of the several rules. If you bring a "ringer" shotgun, you must allow anyone else to shoot your shotgun and everyone must use our ammunition no special home "super loads." This is truly a lot of fun and it will help support our building fund. Thank God for the freedom we still enjoy in Thanksgiving and in being able to host a turkey shoot. For additional information call 770-719-2365. The Rev. Dr. Knox Herndon is pastor of His House Community Church (SBC). The Rev. Greg Mausz is senior associate pastor. The Rev. Dr. Lydia Herndon is the Sunday School superintendent, Bible study coordinator and teacher. The church is just below Fayetteville, on Ga. Highway 85, a mile south of Ga. Highway 16, just below the fire station. Visitors welcome. Church office and prayer line 770-719-2365; e-mail KHERN2365@aol.com. The church's new Web site is www.hishousecommunitychurch.com.
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