C4C CLINICS & WORKSHOPS Posted by C4C under WORKSHOPS You are invited to attend any or all of the CROSSHAIRS for CHRIST workshops and clinics, on the third Monday of each month. The ministry offers free hunting, fishing and camping skills workshops beginning at 6:30 pm at Soul Rio Church, 2003 Southern Blvd SE, Suite 128-131, Rio Rancho, NM. Read the rest of this entry

HOPE & STRENGTH Posted by C4C under STUDY I love teaching Hunter Education because it is so humbling. Just when you think you’ve become a real expert on hunting, some 10-year-old kid teaches you that your not. God often does the same with us in everyday life.   How often do we take for granted our families as we trudge along comfortable with [...] Read the rest of this entry

LISTEN AS THE SPIRIT SPEAKS IN THE WOODS Posted by C4C under STUDY The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit. – John 3:8   This verse literally means: The Holy Spirit is able to move freely and unexpectedly, making itself noticed through it’s [...] Read the rest of this entry

BE STILL, & KNOW THAT I AM GOD… Posted by C4C under STUDY “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” – Psalms 46:10 What does God mean be still?   Literally and historically, he meant to warn to those who persecuted the Church to immediately stop their cruelty.   But, have you ever [...] Read the rest of this entry

PSALMS 42:1 Posted by C4C under STUDY Lately I find I can’t get Psalm 42:1 out of my mind. I’m sure you’ve seen it on the deer page of our website and I know I must have recited it to others a couple dozen times. Because of my personal conviction I sought to find a greater understanding of the verse, the book [...] Read the rest of this entry

A WOMAN’S HEART HAS A PLACE FOR ADVENTURE Posted by C4C under WOMEN The desire for adventure is at the core of every soul and most often found in the outdoors. Growing up as a kid, camping was regularly the big annual vacation. I remember loving it. Not knowing kids did anything else for a vacation. What could possibly be more fun than sleeping in a tent? Read the rest of this entry

SPORTSMAN’S DEVOTIONAL.COM Posted by C4C under STUDY Sportsman’s Devotional.com is free and provides the Christian outdoorsman a daily email Bible study that Sportsmen can relate to. The study is short and to the point and it has a new photograph and outdoor tip each day. Read the rest of this entry

CHILDREN’S OUTDOOR ADVENTURE FOUNDATION Posted by C4C under HUNTING The Children’s Outdoor Adventure Foundation was established in August 2008 to help fulfill the dreams of children with physical disabilities or life-threatening medical conditions. Some of the activities the non-profit foundation offers are camping, fishing, hunting, field trips, train rides, and visits to State and National Parks. Read the rest of this entry

HUNT OF A LIFETIME FOUNDATION Posted by C4C under HUNTING It began with a mother’s determination to make her son’s dream of going on a Canadian moose hunt come true. Tina Pattison’s son Matt was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease. Tina knew if she was going to give her son this gift she had little time left. She began by making a call to the Make-A-Wish Foundation only to learn that after intense harassment from animal-rights groups when it granted an Alaskan brown bear hunt, the foundation no longer granted those types of requests. Still Tina would not give up. Read the rest of this entry

BASIC DUCK CALLING Posted by C4C under HUNTING   The key to calling ducks is practice, practice, practice. Good callers learn to master the techniques used to make quacking sounds on a call, but great callers study real ducks in their natural environment and learn to mimic the quack. Volume, tone, rhythm and technique are critical to your success. Before you blow your [...] Read the rest of this entry