Sportsman’s Dinners
Spreading The Gospel Through
Partnering with Pastors and Churches
to Connect Sportsmen to Christ
SPORTSMAN’S
DINNERS
The US Department of the Interior estimates that nearly 14 million Americans hunt, 33 million fish. The majority of those are men and Chris Wells, Chaplain of the National Bass Elite Fishing Series shares these statistics at many of the sportsman’s dinners he frequently speaks at:
“Reach a child for Christ and there’s a 4% chance that child’s family will begin attending church.
Reach a woman for Christ, there’s a 17% chance her family will attend church.
But reach a man for Christ, there’s a 94% chance his entire family will begin attending church!”
Trophies of Grace partners with pastors by bringing an amazing display of world-class whitetail deer that allows churches and faith based organizations to offer a powerful cost effective sportsman’s dinner outreach event that draws people that otherwise may never attend a regular church service. Our experience shows that the outdoors enthusiast audience is more receptive to the gospel message than the general public as a whole.
4%
Chance that child’s family will
begin attending church if you
reach a child for Christ
17%
Chance the family will
attend church if you reach
a woman for Christ
94%
Chance the entire family will
begin attending church if
you reach a man for Christ
WHAT DOES A
DINNER INCLUDE?
A typical sportsman’s dinner outreach event includes the trophy display, dinner, outdoor themed door prizes, seminars, a presentation on several of the trophy deer and a clear gospel presentation by a guest speaker.
Our amazing collection of free-range whitetail bucks score between 176 5/8 and 334 0/8 using the Boone & Crockett Club scoring system and they provide a huge draw for the event. Christians who sometimes find it difficult to invite non-Christians to church have little difficulty inviting their non-Christian outdoors friends and acquaintances to a sportsman’s dinner event.
Trophies of Grace offers more than world class trophies. We’re anxious to share years of experience gained from coordinating hundreds of events of all sizes to help make sportsman’s outreach events successful and cost effective. We’re a 501C-3 all-volunteer non-profit that makes it as reasonable as possible for churches and faith based organizations to use our mounts and services.
OUR GOAL
Our goal is to draw outdoor enthusiasts to events where they not only see the wonders of nature but where they’re introduced to its Designer and Creator. The true Trophies of Grace are not the deer mounts…the true Trophies of Grace are those whose lives have been redeemed by accepting God’s free gift of His son, Jesus Christ as Savior.
Read our client
TESTIMONIALS
A.J. Dudek
"The team at Trophies of Grace has enhanced our banquet event over the years, giving our outreach event additional credibility. The mounts and stories allow for countless opportunities for strangers to strike up conversations. The team is flexible and able to work with virtually any church/facility setting. We will have them back year after year."
Roger Brown
“Trophies of Grace made the events amazing. When the word got out that Trophies of Grace were going to be there again the second year we hardly had to invite a guest, they were approaching us looking for tickets. The amazing part is the number of people that wanted to learn more about Christ after the dinners. My coworkers were looking forward to inviting more friends to see the mounts that Trophies of Grace had to display, and hear the message."
Dr. Mark Pietscher
Trophies of Grace are a great draw for your sportsperson event. Either stand alone or paired up with a guest speaker and easily the best quality event in the area. They are great to partner with and they are passionately and compassionately committed to their clear purpose; "Spreading the Gospel through God's Great Outdoors".
Maury DeYoung
“Last year Trophies of Grace were at the church where I am a member. One memory that stands out was a Dad with a young son admiring God's Amazing creatures. You could see the look on their faces how much they were enjoying the evening together. The display helped to create a "safe atmosphere" for unchurched people who attended. After the event was over, everyone on our planning asked if we could have them back again next year.”
Lee Dudek
“For the past 10 years TOGN partnered with us hosting our event. They added a powerful component of reaching outdoor men and women with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This team did a very professional job with the incredible display of mounts and the presentations in their program. It was a big draw to bring men and women in to be reached with the Good News! TOGN will provide the same impact for your event!”
Pastor Doug Moorhead
"Trophies of Grace made it easy for our men and women to invite friends and co-workers to see this incredible display of mounts. People talked about it for weeks at work and about who they were going to invite next year. It helped create a great atmosphere where sportsmen were open to hearing the gospel."
Rev. Paul Carlson
“Trophies of Grace have been a huge blessing to our Annual Wild Game Banquet. Their display of huge bucks helps set the stage for our banquet table of wild game and the special seminars and speakers who come to share their testimony about what our creator has done in their personal life.”