A smorgasbord.

 

Last Saturday, members of the Evangelical Country Church in Foley held their annual Wild Game Feed at the Becker Community Center featuring delicacies mentioned at the beginning of this article.

 

The room capacity for the gymnasium at the BCC is listed at 250 and the room Saturday was packed. The event featured the doors opening at 5:30 p.m., the serving of the meal at 6 p.m. and a rousing speech from their guest speaker, Roger Skogen.

 

The wild boar entree featured a baked-on sauce that was succulent, yet sort of crispy. The venison “prime rib” was cooked in an au jus that wet the appetite.

 

One of the tastiest treats was the venison meatballs cooked in a sweet-and-sour sauce with pineapple chunks. Delicious!

 

They also had BBQ wild boar ribs, duck meat from North Dakota wrapped in bacon and baked, some wild rice stuffing that included chunks of South Dakotan pheasant meat and there was a platter filled with tender Alaskan salmon bites for those who enjoy fresh fish. Chicken was also on the menu as well as potatoes and green beans.

 

Water and coffee were also served to all the attendees.

 

The night also featured a silent auction, raffles and a table display featuring a stuffed turkey, a mounted white squirrel, a mount of two perch on driftwood, several fox furs and beaver tails and a skull of a pig.

 

Guest speaker Skogen spoke of the time in 1975 where he moved to the State of Alaska after getting his teaching degree from SCSU. Skogen also served in the Navy and when he and his wife, Yvonne settled in their Alaskan homestead, they began living off the land — hunting and fishing and enjoying the country life.

 

“It all seemed ideal, but something was missing,” Skogen said.

 

Skogen described the times he was out moose hunting and so he bellowed out a couple calls in the microphone that captured the audience’s attention — especially the youngsters. Skogen explained how he could hear the moose in the forest so he used moose antlers to simulate a fight.

 

Then he “mooed” again and the kids watching laughed hysterically.

 

Skogen explained that right there amidst all of God’s beautiful glory, he felt he didn’t really have a purpose in life.

 

“But God had a plan for me,” he said to the game feed gallery. “What it was was I needed to be receptive to God. I needed to accept and receive the free gift God was giving me in His Son, Jesus Christ.”

 

Skogen then took out a five dollar bill, extended his arm to a young boy in the audience and asked him if he wanted it. The elated boy said, “yes” and received the bill from the hand of Skogen.

 

“That’s all yours young man. That’s what the gift of Jesus Christ is. A free gift to you as long as you are willing to receive.”

 

Skogen’s message was received well by all his listeners.

 

The silent auction — with proceeds benefitting Teen Challenge — featured a youth bow and arrow set, a knife designed from an antler, a 6” lure, a ceramic Indian and a log bench.

 

Some of the main prizes were a youth Remington air rifle, an adult .22 rifle and youth bow sets for both boys and girls. Other items included sweatshirts, outdoor fire pit and BBQ-ing kits, ball caps, bird feeders, grills and BBQ tools.

 

The Country Church in Foley is located at 16999 Glendorado Rd. and their Pastor is Paul DeVall. Sunday worship is at 10:30 a.m. and they have a hymn sing at 6 p.m. every third Sunday of each month.