Messiah Lutheran: Messiah Men Work - Fish and Explore at Lutheranch

The Men’s retreat was held October 24-26, 2013 at Lutherranch. The theme was “Fish, Work, Explore” and all these were accomplished! We probably should have added fellowship to the theme! Nine fellows went on the retreat. We fished, we worked, we studied, we ate, and we explored.

Our work project included removing significant amounts of dead wood from around Holy Trinity House at Lutherranch. Everyone at the retreat pitched in on the task to pile the dead wood.

Then, a crack team of hired muscle (Pastor Scott, Martin Campbell, Ed Brunner, Mark Zesinger, and Greg Kilby) hauled the wood away. It will make an impressive bonfire for a future group at Lutherranch. What did we learn from the task?

You get what you pay for…. and when you need a huge pile of wood moved fast, you hope Martin Campbell’s on your (free) labor force!

Our other task was to “organize” building materials in the Lutherranch shed. The Messiah team’s skilled labor force, headed by Richard Webb, decided to construct a much needed wood crib for the ranch. Lee Smith, Bill Murphy and Bob Loshuertos built the set of shelves seen in the shed photos.

Our host, Mark Allen, greatly appreciated the efforts of the team!

Our study for the weekend consisted of a brief look at Simon Peter’s ministry. Of course it culminated with the great fishing story from John: 21.

Despite all the productive work, we had plenty of time to fish, eat, and explore Lutherranch. What a facility! For our Friday dinner, we were treated to Pastor Scott’s blackened fish (prepared from his 3^rd place (still pretty big…) fish from a summer fishing trip). No doubt, it was better than Walter! If you don’t know who Walter is … come to Pastor Scott’s annual Fishing Sermon.