Holy Smoke #15
The fifteenth annual Holy Smoke Christian Grilling Competition was held Saturday April 7, 2018 at the old school in the Centerpoint community of Preston Ga. The event is sponsored by Macedonia Baptist Church and supported by other area churches. (listed below)
It was an iffy day all day long as far as rain goes, but the weather didn't dampen the spirits of the eleven Christian oriented teams that competed at the Holy Smoke. The teams themselves donated a total of $1,025.00 to the cause. There were several personal donations and donations from some other churches that raised the total of donations alone to well over $2,000.00
Gospel singing began at 10:15 a.m. and lasted until 5 p.m. with well-known singers from the surrounding area and as far away as Jacksonville Fl. Each of these individuals or groups gave of their time to help in this mission project. They were: (1st) Dick Gill & Eric Sinn (2nd) Young Spirit, (3rd)Dayspring Trio, (4th)William Herndon, (5th)Jessica Welch, (6th) Bubba Cobb, Harvey Wills , (7th) Wayne Veal and last but not least(8th) was Midway.
Bar-B-Que plates were sold for the noon and evening meals with all proceeds of the day being divided equally between the Ga. Baptist Children’s home in Meansville Ga. and the Methodist Children’s home in Americus.
The judging totals were tallied soon after the last meat turn in which was at 5:00 and it was time for some fun with the cake auction. Local auctioneer Billy Black took the floor for about 20 minutes and added to the entertainment of the day with his witty and superb auctioning skills. This part of the event itself raised $3,955.00 (thank you Mr. Billy) making a GRAND TOTAL of $10,581.77 that will be divided between the homes. Praise the Lord!
After the cake auction the judging totals were announced with trophies being given for the first three places in each category and for Grand Champion.
The Grand Champion of the 2018 BBQ competition (that included all entries except cakes) was Oakland Baptist Church with 1st & 2nd runners up being Lumpkin Methodist and Weston Baptist, respectively.
What a great day of fellowship and fun with brothers and sisters in Christ and a GREAT collective effort from all for this mission. (THANK YOU)
We thank each of the cooking teams, singers, judges, workers and supporters that made this year’s Holy Smoke another huge success.
We also give a special thank you outside of the Macedonia family to Terry @ Adams Food Center for his continued support and to Paul Stull @ Sunrise Graphics for the trophy decals and the many individuals for their personal donations.
2018
