SGM Golf Outing 2011 ~ Blessed Beyond Words!!!

Saturday, June 4, 2011, we held the fourth annual Sufficient Grace Ministries Golf Outing at the Country Acres Golf Club in Kalida, Ohio. There were more than fifty people in attendance at the outing and dinner following. Thirteen teams of golfers participated and several people joined us for dinner, including a very special family, The Vollmers. There were more than thirty hole sponsors and co-sponsors, a beverage sponsor, and a dinner sponsor. Many great door prizes were donated as well.

The golf outing itself raised about $3,000. But, there was another surprise in store for us. In addition to the golf festivities, Dan and Nancy Vollmer hosted a raffle in memory of their son, Michael. And we had the privilege of their attendance at the golf outing and the announcement of the raffle winners. The Michael Clifford "Peanut" Vollmer Memorial Raffle was supposed to benefit Sufficient Grace Ministries and The Nathan Michael King SIDS Foundation. However, Bradley King sent a letter to the Vollmers and requested that all of the money from the raffle would go solely to Sufficient Grace, since we are local to the Vollmer family. Dan and Nancy are such amazing parents, and have done so much to honor the memory of their son, Michael. So many families have been helped already by this generous family....but the past several weeks, they have been working to do more.

And, they did...much more. Above and beyond anything we could have imagined...

After Nancy shared the touching story of Michael's life, and some equally touching words about how Sufficient Grace ministered to their family during their time of grief, we drew the names for the winners of the awesome prizes donated by the Vollmer family:

1st place Archie Griffin autographed jersey: Val Schulze
2nd place Archie Griffin autographed OSU football: Denise Doenges  
3rd place restaurant gift card: Summer Banks

So, would you like to know how much the raffle raised to support SGM?

$3,365!!!!!!!!!

We have a big God...and wonderful friends. The Vollmers and their beautiful friends and family blessed our socks off, along with all of our own generous friends. It left me speechless...for a few seconds at least! ;)

So...combining the golf outing and the raffle, $6,365 was earned for Sufficient Grace this weekend! Woot!

It didn't rain on our parade. In fact, quite the opposite. The sun was hot and bright. The skies were blue. And our cups overflowed with blessing (and strawberry lemonade of course), as laughter continually spilled from our mouths...and just a few sweet tears fell as we remembered. After an opening prayer, the golfing and goofing were on!

Team Sufficient Grace was on par this year.

There was Raechel "Watch out for that pothole" Feehan...

And Nicki "Yeah, I golfed 18 holes with the same ball - what!" Strunk...

Dude...where's my ball? I dunno dude...

Kelly "Drink your own pop" Gerken

Brooke "Clutch Hitter" Amspoker

                                                    And James..."I'll be your caddy and hit great shots to save the team"

My Tims (in the middle) and their team, coach Kyle McGraw and Paul Wright...

First place winners...Mark, Mike, Denny, and Ben

Second Place...Jimmy, Wally, Dave, and Gary

Third Place went to Mike Gilsdorf's team...only two are pictured here, though...

Special thanks to the men who joined us from our Harvest Fellowship Family...

I didn't get to see Holly and Kristina a bunch, but I did get a quick hug...and a whole lot of laughs from viewing their pictures. I don't know what was going on, but these girls looked like they were getting their fun ON!

                                                                                 

                                                                                         

To view many more pictures, visit the Sufficient Grace Facebook Page.

It was another great SGM Golf Outing...and we can't say thank you enough to all of you who made this amazing event possible.

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SGM Golf Outing 2011

We are so thankful to everyone who has given their time, talent, abilities, financial resources, and most of all prayers to help support Sufficient Grace Ministries and to help make this outing a success. Thank you for helping us offer comfort and hope to grieving parents all over the country and beyond. ~ Tim, Kelly, Becki, & Holly ~ SGM

Special Thanks to:

The Russ and Renee Wenzinger and our Harvest Fellowship Church family

All of today’s golf teams

Greg Klausing and the wonderful staff at Country Acres Golf Course

Becki Burner for the delicious strawberry cake and all of her support throughout the year

Melissa Hill for taking pictures at the event

The Micheal Clifford "Peanut" Vollmer Family ~ Dan & Nancy Vollmer

                                                           
Beverage Sponsor ~ Deitering Landscaping, Inc.

Dinner Sponsor ~ Ned & Tracy Sponsler

Hole Sponsors

In Loving Memory of Kathy Rutter

In Loving Memory of Faith, Grace,and Thomas Gerken

In Loving Memory of Kelly Michelle Sponsler Daughter of Tracy and Ned Sponsler

Haas Family ~ In Loving Memory of Carleigh and Jordan Haas
In Loving Memory of Jordan Bodey
In Memory of Michael Clifford "Peanut" Vollmer
Sufficient Grace Ministries
Rodenberger Funeral Home
Floral Art ~ YourHome Decorating Store ~ Downtown Napoleon
Teresa Rohrs ~ Optometrist
State Farm Insurance – DarleneSteiner
B.A. Miller & Sons Trucking
Avina Specialties Inc. ~Embroidery and Silk Screening ~ Napoleon
Pro-Tec Coating Company ~ Leipsic, Ohio
The Parry Family
My Forever Child
Davis Farm Services
Dave and Brooke Amspoker
Brian and Nicki Strunk
Glenn and Toni Christiansen
TNT Body Shop ~ Deshler, Ohio
Mark and Tracey Schwiebert
Corn City State Bank
D.S. Nickels Inc. ~ ElectricalContractors ~ Dave Nickels
Isaac Delisle Foundation
Zachrich Funeral Home
Richard and Sue Souvenier
Jimmy and Lisa Niese
Madge Schmidt ~ In Memory of Dekar Ezri Schmidt
Verhoff Machine & Welding Inc.
Sunderman & Rode ~ Attorneys at Law
James Kieffer

Door Prizes & Donations

Subway ~Deshler
Ron’s Super Valu
NAPA Auto ~ Deshler
10K Korner Mart
My Image Salon
Marathon~ Deshler
Defiance Regional Medical
Roses & Ribbons
Christman Brothers
WalMart~ Findlay
Meijer~Findlay
Blue Flame
Sufficient Grace Ministries
Country Acres
Deborah Pucci
Russ & Renee Wenzinger
Candy Creations Bouquet~
Teresa Brown
Henry County Hospital
Widewater