10/07/2025
A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL THE COM FAITHFUL!
What an extraordinary night we had at the 2025 Christian Outdoor Ministry Wild Game Dinner, Banquet, and Auction on Thursday, September 25! It was COM's biggest and most special night of the year and for the nearly 200 people in the room, it will be a night to remember!
We were blessed to honor Greg and Becky Ogden and Gib Lewis as our Ranchers of the Year! A blessing to honor Koda, Douglas, and Sheilah Barksdale as our Youth and Family of the Year! An exceptional blessing to honor our great friends Jim and Debbie Breaux for all their years of committed service to COM as guides, volunteers, and supporters!
Many thanks to Bruce Dunai for the fantastic music before dinner and there are no words for the mouthwatering BBQ and Banana Pudding from Mark Sherrin with Sherrin My Meat BBQ. Dinner was incredible and thanks to Mark, no one left hungry!
For all of us in the room, what a pleasure it was to watch Big Billy Kinder and Doug Rogers show us how auctions are done! We had our best live auction lineup yet with 22 items including amazing domestic and international hunts, art, furniture, boots, and more and we are forever grateful for everyone who bid on and won all the auction items. The same goes for our Silent Auction and especially this year's raffles! Special thanks to Julie Freeman and her team for all you did to make our raffles successful.
Thanks to all of your generosity at this year's banquet, COM can continue to deliver a love of the outdoors and Jesus Christ to youth and families across Texas in 2026! We can continue building this ministry and sharing the Good News with many of those who need to hear it most. We couldn't have done it without all of you and without all of the generous sponsors, vendors, ranchers, and donors who made this year's banquet an incredible success! Thank you!
We'd like to offer special thanks to Luke Leissner with Leissner Firearm Appraisals LLC & Boxhead Enterprises, and Gerard Kardonsky with Black Tie Guns for helping us set up our gun raffle. This year's collection of fi****ms was exceptional and we are grateful for your support.
Finally, thank you to Bruce Quernemoen with Stonebridge Videography for taking pictures and video at the event, to Tim Holland for help with the AV, and to pastor Ronnie, Robin Marriott, and eveyone at First Baptist Church Richardson for the use of the church and for all your help making this year's banquet our best ever! We appreciate you and are thankful for your support.
Blessings to you all! See you next year!
Dr. Danny Souder, Founder & President
Cody Thompson, Board Member & Chair of the 2025 WGD Banquet & Auction
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