GREATNESS

"Really great people make you feel that you too can become great."
     Mark Twain

MONUMENTS

"I have never seen a monument erected to a pessimist."

     Paul Harvey

Third Place

Both Mark Otten and Mike Andaloro have played in the Broom Tree Annual Golf Tournament before but this year they took third place winning golf green fees for a fore some with cart at Lawsonia Golf Course in Green Lake Wisconsin.

Second Place

Mike Sanfilippo and John Sesolak won second place at the Broom Tree Golf Tournament September 23, 2011.  They choose the tasty prize of cold water lobster tails.

The annual golf outing is the only fund raising event for Broom Tree and has always been a fun event that helps Broom Tree provide retreats for many pastor couples.

GOLF TOURNAMENT

Winners of the Broom Tree Trophy were Kevin Monahan and Mike Malahy.  In addition to the cut glass crystal trophies they received dinner certificates for the Delafield Hotel.

14 men enjoyed a beautiful sunny day of golf Friday September 23 at Western Lakes Golf Course in Pewaukee, Wisconsin.  The course was in excellent condition as was the camaraderie.

 

What Do They Want?

"I am having the depressing experience of reading congregational descriptions of what churches want in a pastor.  With hardly an exception they don't want pastors at all, they want managers of their 'religious company'.  They want a pastor they can follow so they won't have to bother with following Jesus anymore."  Eugene Peterson

LOOP HOLES

This excerpt comes from Marva Dawn and Eugene Peterson's book, The Unnecessary Pastor:  "Long experience in this business [of being a pastor] makes us alert in detecting loopholes.  The loop hole, in this case, has to do with becoming so diligent in being a pastor, working for Jesus, that it crowds out the personal life of LIVING FOR JESUS.  The constant danger for those of us who enter the ranks of the ordained is that we take on a role, a professional religious role, that gradually obliterate the life of the soul."