Upcoming Encounter...EVENT?

A recent quote I found in Comment Magazine's December 08 issue reads, “Hearing Jesus speak was an encounter, a collision of one human presence with another. So powerful was this encounter that it became an event in the lives of those who experienced it.”

With that said, we hope to host an encounter which becomes an event in the lives of those who will attend. This encounter is our Lamppost Farm Spring Harvest weekend. I have pasted the business card sized invite we are handing out to folks.

Here are the details of the encounter. We will start at 5pm on Friday with dinner. Mel will prepare chicken from our farm and from the grocery store. Ever compare the broth from a pastured bird with that of a factory raised animal? We will!

Then, Friday evening, weather permitting, we will slaughter two pigs (one raised on pasture and one from a local pig farm). Will we find these to be different? We don't know, but we are excited to find out.

Saturday morning, we will collect sap from the maple trees on our property and being to cook it into syrup. After the fire is going, we will cut, wrap, and freeze the pork. We will begin the process of making bacon and ham. We will grind sausage and attempt our hand at stuffing it into casings. Then, after the syrup is finished, we will use the kettle to render the lard for soap making and the delight of cracklins'.

To top off the weekend, we will end with a fresh sausage gravy and biscuit dinner. Trust me when I say, "Sausage is never better than the day it is made."

If interested, call us at (330)-482-3246 or email us at lamppostfarm@gmail.com The cost for students is $20. Scholarships are available.

Ok. So now the question is, How does this encounter become an event? I am glad you asked.

Briefly, encounters become events when people are touched deeply in relationship to themselves, one another, God, or God's wonder-filled creation. When people met Jesus, they collided with the God of the universe. Our hope is that Lamppost Farm is a place where Jesus lives through us and those who visit in ways that our lives "collide" and we are forever changed. It is true that relationships foster these encounters. And, encounters become EVENTS because in those relationships Christ is present.

Come. Create and encounter with us. And, watch it become an EVENT.

One other upcoming encounter that I wanted to let you know about: We are hosting our first Agri-Culture Summer Project. More info on that to come.