Cowboy Church Rodeo Draws Hundreds of Teams to Annual Competition
Chisholm Trail Cowboy Church of Duncan, Oklahoma, will hold its fourth annual "Open Team Roping" fundraising competition next month and is expected to draw hundreds of teams to the event.
Amy Linn Miller, spokeswoman for Chisholm Trail, explained to The Christian Post the origins of their annual roping competition and silent auction.
"This team roping and auction started as a fundraiser for our church building. We were building our current building without taking out a loan. We moved into that building in December of 2014. We have now out grown this building," said Miller.
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"We are using the money raised from this event to purchase and build classrooms. This event will be held for one day [Feb. 20 at the Stephens County Expo Center.] We combine the team roping and auction along with calf dummy roping to provide activities for the whole family."
In past years, the roping and auction event has drawn a sizable group. In 2015, approximately 300 teams entered the roping contest.
Miller told CP that preparations for the roping event begin not long after the year before, as much needs to be done to pull it off.
"We are currently working on gathering items from members and our community to put in the silent auction. We are also working on our concession menu and gathering items for that. We have people come from all over Oklahoma and surrounding states to participate," explained Miller.
"Many people come specifically to eat at our concession stand. We don't serve your typical concession food, and we make sure there is lots of it on your plate."
For all the fun and Southwestern plains culture that abound, Miller told CP that there is always a higher purpose to their annual event.
"If we can bring just one person closer to Jesus Christ then all of the hard work was worth it. Funds for our building project will be great, but really it's all about saving souls and taking as many to Heaven with us as we can," said Miller.
