MONROE – Jerry Price hopes an upcoming bass tournament hooks some lost souls for Christ.
By Brian Blackwell
Staff Writer
MONROE – Jerry Price hopes an upcoming bass tournament hooks some lost souls for Christ.
Scheduled for July 7-8, the Northeast Louisiana
Baptist Association Bass Tournament will feature a fish fry, pro angler
Glenn Chappelear and the tournament itself.
“Since we began this event four years ago, we’ve
seen men saved,” Director of Missions Jerry Price said. “When you put
two men in a boat – one who’s Christian and one who’s lost – hopefully
the Christian will witness to that lost person.
“And that’s the whole purpose of this event.”
A 6:15 p.m. fish fry meal at Loch Arbor Baptist
Church in Monroe kicks off the weekend festivities. The featured
speaker for the event will be Chappelear, who will share his latest
fishing techniques as well as share outdoor experiences.
“He’s an excellent speaker and fun to watch,” said
Jerry Price, NLBA director of missions. “It’s amazing how he can do
such things as cast a lure from your specific pocket at a long
distance.”
A professional bass fisherman on the Bassmaster Tour
and the Forest L. Wood tour, Chappelear’s accolades include the largest
one-day stringer of the 2001 EverStart Trail of 29.3 pounds, and the
1999 Bassmaster’s Tournament Big Fish Award at 7.1 pounds. In 1997,
Chappelear started Sportsman Outreach Ministry, which reaches sportsmen
with gospel.
He does so as a Mission Service Corps volunteer for the North American Mission Board.
The tournament itself will begin thirty minutes
before sunrise Saturday, July 8, on Lake D’Arbonne, north of Ruston.
The weigh-in of fish will take place at 3 p.m. Saturday at D’Arbonne
Marina in Farmerville.
The $50 entry fee for the tournament includes boat
registration and the Friday meal. Those only eating the Friday evening
meal will pay $10.
For more information about the tournament, call (318) 343-1558 or (318) 322-6760.