Rodear America- Cowdogs Pause For a Cause-Top Cowdog Competition

Cowboys and Cowgirls competed with their cowdogs at the "2012 Paws For A Cause-Top Cowdog Competition" at the Tehama District Fairgrounds in Red Bluff, Ca. The event was a benefit for the Back to School Project. www.backtoschoolproject.com of Tehama County, Ca.

The 2013 "Cowdogs Paws For A Cause" event will be Oct. 26th. Registration for this and other events at www.rodearamerica.com     

Clips from 2012.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPvwAwdLW14

Rodear America Cowdog Association Upcoming Events

June 22nd Redwood Acres Fairgrounds, Eureka Ca.

July 5th and 6th night runs at Crystal Rose Cowdog College, Red Bluff Ca.

Quincy Ca. Aug. 31 and Sept 1

September 21st Rodear Clinic, Prescot...t Az.

Oct 19 Cow Place, San Francisco Ca.

Oct. 26 "Paws for a Cause" Tehama County Fairgrounds Red Bluff Ca.

For more information on these and other Rodear activities call Merle Newton 530-529 3700 www.rodearamerica.com

2013 Cowdogs Paws For A Cause-Top Cowdog Competition

Our cowdog competition will be held Oct. 26th, 2013 at the Tehama District Fairgrounds in Red Bluff, Ca. Visit Facebook and follow us at "Cowdogs Paws For A Cause-Top Cowdog Competition". We are teaming up with the Crystal Rose Cowdog College and the Rodear America Association to raise money for the Back to School Project. www.backtoschoolproject.com www.cowdogtrainingonline.com

  We would like to meet to at The Bull Sale at the fairgrounds in Red Bluff the last week of January 2013.

Wild West Fest Oct. 1-7 Red Bluff, Ca.

2012 Wild West Fest Tentative Schedule: Monday, October 1, 2012 Cooking School and Private cow dog lessons. Daily Supernatural Ministry 10:00 AM Morning Session 12:30 PM Luncheon (Bring your own) 2:30 PM Afternoon Session 7:00 PM Evening Session Tuesday, October 2, 2012 Cooking School, Horseshoers and Owners Clinic and Private cow dog lessons. Daily supernatural ministry and games. 10:00 AM Morning Session 12:30 PM Luncheon (Bring your own) 2:30 PM Afternoon Session 7:00 PM Evening Session Wednesday, October 3, 2012 Horseshoers and Owners Clinic, Music, singing, worship, video, sound team training and practice. Private cow dog lessons. Daily supernatural ministry and games. 10:00 AM Morning Session 12:30 PM Luncheon (Purchase or bring your own) 2:30 PM Afternoon Session 7:00 PM Evening Session (Cowboy Church in Red Bluff) Thursday, October 4, 2012 Horseshoers and Owners Clinic, Music, singing, worship, video, sound team training and practice. Daily supernatural ministry and games. 10:00 AM Morning Session 12:30 PM Luncheon (Bring your own) 2:30 PM Afternoon Session 5:00 PM Registration 6:00 PM Welcome Reception. BBQ and session Friday, October 5, 2012 Cow Dogs, Barrel Racing and Team Roping. Music, singing, worship, video, sound team training and practice. Daily supernatural ministry and games. 9:00 AM Registration 10:00 AM Morning Session 12: 30 PM Luncheon (Purchase or bring your own) 2:30 PM Afternoon Session 7:00 PM Evening Session Saturday, October 6, 2012 Cow Dogs, Barrel Racing and Team Roping. Music, singing, worship, video, sound team training and practice. Daily supernatural ministry and games. 10:00 AM Morning Session 12: 30 PM Luncheon (Purchase or bring your own) 2:30 PM Afternoon Session 7:00 PM Evening Session followed by barn dance Sunday, October 7, 2012 10:00 AM Morning Session (Cowboy Church in Red Bluff) 1:30 PM Team Sorting Clinic and Competition: Emily Rath Instructor State Champion Top 11 in National Standings 5:00 p.m. Meal and Closing Session Please note: No childcare provided Venue: For specific directions copy the address 14200 Red Bank Road Red Bluff, CA 96080 into Mapquest or Google Maps.

Rodear-Cowdog Competition-"Paws For A Cause" Oct. 27th, Red Bluff, Ca.

A new event is coming to the Tehama District Fairgrounds on Saturday, Oct. 27th, at 10 am. The “Paws For A Cause-Top Cowdog Competition” has great potential to benefit our region in a variety of ways-social, educational, and economical. Admission will be free. Levels of sponsorships are offered , as all participants are volunteering their time and resources to success of this event. Opening ceremonies will include the Tehama County Young Marine color guard, and the Sweet Adelines singing the National Anthem. Merle and Sandi Newton of Crystal Rose Cowdog College are partnering with the local Back to School Project to benefit the children of Tehama County. The Newtons have recruited ten handlers to compete in timed trials to sort and maneuver cattle through obstacles. American Quarter Horse Association Professional Horseman Curt Pate from Helena, Montana, will offer training in low stress cattle handling after the competition. Call Crystal Rose Cowdog College for details. 530-529-3700 The event will include a demonstration by the K-9 Unit of the Red Bluff City Police Department. Merle Newton said of the rodear event, “It will showcase the brilliance of the cowdog, the cattlemen's compassion for his horse, his dog and the livestock they handle". “It will bring the agriculture and urban communities together for a common cause. The event is sure to grow, as it will be a benefit, more than a competition." said Bill Dale of the California Beef Council. “Rodear” is a Spanish word meaning to circle something. The high desert cowboys of Nevada and California call it “rodearing” the cattle when they gather them out on the range and work them with the need of a corral. Rodear has become a competitive sport to display the skills of the cowboy, his dog and horse. Children and adults alike will witness action from the old west- the use of a cowdog to sort cattle. Cowboys once drove cattle thousands of miles. The challenge was to handle the herd in an easy fashion in order to maintain the health and weight of each cow. A special “Meet, Pet, & Greet” event will be hosted by Bud’s Jolly Cone at 455 Antelope Blvd., Red Bluff on Saturday Oct. 20th. 12pm-2pm. The public will be able to see cowdogs and handlers up close and personal. Since 2004, the Back to School Project of Tehama County has taken thousands of disadvantaged children on a “Great Shopping Day” for clothing, shoes, and a backpack in preparation for the first day of the new school year. BTS has hosted an annual “Cuts for Kids” event, offering free haircuts to all school-aged children, provided by licensed hair stylists. Event sponsor forms for Paws For A Cause are available www.backtoschoolproject.com The public is invited to visit “Cowdog Competition-Pause For A Cause” event page on Facebook. Tax-deductible donations and pledges will be received at the Oct. 27th event. http://www.cowdogtrainingonline.com/ Merle and Sandi Newton at crcdc1@gmail.com Agri-businesses, we invite you to share in the priviledge of sponsoring this cowdog rodear competition. Back to School Project Box 292 Red Bluff, Ca. 96080 Thank you.

Top Dog Cow Dog Competition Oct. 27, 2012

The Top Dog Cow Dog Competition, Oct. 27th, 2012, will be held at the Tehama District Fairgrounds in Red Bluff, Ca. This will be a "first-ever" type of fundraising event to benefit the "Back to School Project", a local charity. www.backtoschoolproject.com 530-529-4074

BTS annually raises funds to take children in low-come families on a "Great Shopping Day" for school clothes, shoes, and a backpack for the first day of school. BTS recruits licensed hairstylists to give free haircuts to all school-aged children for a one day "Cuts for Kids" event.

Merle and Sandi Newton, crcdc1@gmail.com of Crystal Rose Cow Dog College, www.cowdogcollege.com 530-529-3700, of Red Bluff, as well as many others, are donating their time, talents, and resources for Top Dog Cow Dog event. 12 dogs and handlers have been secured to compete in this event for buckles, cash and other donated prizes. Also, scheduled to appear are the Glory Riders, a mounted drill team from the Fresno area.

We are offering this as a free event for kids, and we looking for event sponsors.
Our hope is to present an educational event for children of the surrounding area. We are in the process of developing our promotional materials.
We would like to make this an annual event.

At the opening ceremony, representatives of our own Young Marines will "present the colors". The Sweet Adelines, a regional ladies ensemble, will sing the National Anthem in four-part harmony.
In talking with the region leader yesterday, she said the group has yet to learn the anthem music for a performance. But our event will give the group a project for the year ! She said that the members love to sing. Our event could draw "Adeline" chapter members from the Oregon border to Sacramento. Wow !

I hope that you will join me in spreading the word about this free kid's event.
We are presently looking for business sponsors for this event, as we raise money for the Back to School Project.

Like on Facebook "Top Dog Cow Dog Competition" Thanks.

Illumination Christian Music Festival in Red Bluff, Ca. ? Why not ?

Standing center stage, to over 1,100 concert-goers in the Tyler Jelly building, Christian music artist Matthew West recalled the question a ticket holder had asked, minutes before he stepped to the microphone. The Sunday evening concert at the Tehama District Fairground on March 7th, was one of only three California concerts on West’s “Story of Your Life” Tour.
The woman wanted to know, “Of all places to schedule concerts in California, why in Red Bluff?” West had countered with, “Why in Red Bluff? Why not?”
This was an excellent reply, considering our city’s location at the junction of well–traveled routes-the I-5 freeway, the 36’s and 99’s. Promoters of monster truck, motocross, and drag boat events, as well as those of the rodeo, bull sale, and fiddle festival, recognized long ago, that what Red Bluff may lack in “bigger city amenities” the city makes up for in its accessibility.
Promoters of this summer’s upcoming “Illumination Christian Music Festival” also see Red Bluff’s potential. The 3 day, 2 night festival will feature over 30 bands. The schedule roster so far includes Jars of Clay, Jeremy Riddle, Addison Road, Jonny Diaz, Worth Dying For, Phil Joel, Silverline, John Reuben, Evan Wickham, Luminate, Blessed, Brother IG, The Overflow, The Trust Project, and Anthony Skinner.
Also scheduled is high-energy speaker EJ Swanson. EJ is the founder of www.SouledOutStudents.com, a youth outreach for Jr. High and High school students.
Extreme sport demonstrations, children’s AWANA Village activities, and talent contest for local musicians will be featured.
The 2011 Illumination Festival is the first Christian music festival to be held at the Tehama District Fairground. We need to seize this remarkable opportunity by supporting this Christian music venue. The Tehama County business community alone, is connected to over 85 listed Christian congregations. Such a festival can draw attendees from regions throughout California and beyond, with potential to provide an annual economic boost our area, not to mention a heavenly influence in our spiritual climate.
By comparison, in Redding to the north, the ministry training school and conferences at Bethel Church are attended by groups from around the world. These, in addition to the educational opportunities offered at Shasta Bible College, and through Simpson University of the Christian Missionary Alliance, have been a “saving grace” for Redding’s economy and Shasta County.
This Christian music festival can mark a new day here, as it coincides with the current marketing effort to “brand” Red Bluff, in order to draw visitors and commerce. Opportunities abound for local business to sponsor this event, and for church groups to serve as volunteers- rolling out a “welcome mat” in a big way.
Christian music concerts are increasing in popularity, attracting a most desirable and friendly cliental. The on-line calendars of the KLOVE.com and AIR1.com radio networks include regular posts of concerts scheduled up and down the West Coast from Seattle, Wa. to San Diego, Ca. Each month, Christian bands on tour buses pass through our city on Interstate 5 on their way north and south. It would great, if concert promoters viewed Red Bluff as an ideal place for Christian bands to stop.
Red Bluff could become a central venue for concerts, with the city and county benefiting from generated sales in busy stores, restaurants, and filled hotels.
The real key to any personal, or community revival-spiritual, or economic, for that matter-is the recognition of our deep need for God, followed by prayers of confession and repentance of sin. One may choose to dodge, argue, or dismiss this truth as religious nonsense. But restoration will not happen any other way.
More than 40 years ago, I heard of a prophecy concerning the city of Red Bluff. It said,
“people will come from places near and far to the ‘bend of the river’ to cry out to God. Their lives will be forever changed.” I have often thought of those words-wondering when it would be, and what would be the catalyst of the fulfillment. Please join me in praying for our city and county.
I am excited about the Illumination Festival with all its possibilities. This event will not be in Monterey, or Del Mar-but right here-in Red Bluff! Even now, local hotel rooms are being booked for the June event. Members of our Tehama County Peace Officers Association will serve as a volunteer security force June 10-12, 2011.

Thank you, Matthew West! Please return again to Red Bluff. Why not? Thank you, Andy Hardin, of First Southern Baptist Church for organizing the great concert to benefit the regional ministry of Teen Challenge.

I invite you visit to www.illuminationfestival.com . Make plans, purchase tickets, tell friends, encourage local businesses to be sponsors. Sign up to participate as an event volunteer. Regular meetings will begin soon for prayer and festival logistics. Contact Carl Hawkins info@illuminationfestival.com

The Fourth Man

One of my favorite Bible stories is the account of three men, who disobeyed a command to bow down to worship a crazy king’s statue. As a result, the three were thrown into a flaming furnance, heated seven times hotter than ever. Those who did the throwing, immediately died from the heat. The king was shocked to see four men walking among the flames unharmed.
The king shouted, “Didn’t we throw in three? I see four men! The fourth man looks like the Son of God!” (Daniel 3)
Scholars have debated several Bible passages where it appears, that the Lord Jesus Christ presented Himself in bodily form to certain individuals, long before His incarnation. (Genesis 14:8) (Genesis 17) (Joshua 5:15) (Dan. 3:25)
The Bible is filled with stories and illustrations that elucidate the character, and the mission of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
( Granville) Oral Roberts, well-known Christian evangelist, educator, and mentor, who died Dec. 15, 2009, often preached a sermon entitled “The Fourth Man”. A detailed version of his signature discourse is available in book form. This excerpt unveils a brillant portrait of Christ’s attributes exhibited all 66 books of the Bible. Christ Jesus is the central theme in the entire volume of the holy scriptures. (Psalm 40:7)

“Who is the Fourth Man?
In Genesis, He is the Seed of the Woman.
In Exodus, He is the Passover Lamb.
In Leviticus, He is our High Priest.
In Numbers, He is the Pillar of Cloud by day and the Pillar of Fire by night.
In Deuteronomy, He is the Prophet like unto Moses.
In Joshua, He is the Captain of our Salvation.
In Judges, He is our Judge and Lawgiver.
In Ruth, He is our Kinsman Redeemer.
In I and II Samuel, He is our Trusted Prophet.
In Kings and Chronicles, He is our Reigning King.
In Ezra, He is our Faithful Scribe.
In Nehemiah, He is the Rebuilder of the Broken Down Walls of Human Life.
In Esther, He is our Mordecai.
In Job, He is our Dayspring from on high, and our Ever-Living Redeemer.
In Psalms, He is the Lord, our Shepherd.
In Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, He is our Wisdom.
In the Song of Solomon, He is our Lover and Bridegroom.
In Isaiah, He is the Prince of Peace.
In Jeremiah, He is the Righteous Branch.
In Lamentations, He is the Weeping Prophet.
In Ezekiel, He is the Wonderful Four-Faced Man.
In Daniel, He is the Fourth Man in the burning fiery furnace.
In Hosea, He is the Faithful Husband, forever married to the backslider.
In Joel, He is the Baptizer with the Holy Ghost and fire.
In Amos, He is our Burden-Bearer.
In Obadiah, He is the Mighty Savior, Mighty to Save.
In Jonah He is our Great Foreign Missionary.
In Micah, He is the Messenger with Beautiful Feet.
In Nahum, He is the Avenger of God's Elect.
In Habakkuk, He is God's Evangelist, crying, "Revive thy work in the midst of the years."
In Zephaniah, He is the Savior.
In Haggai, He is the Restorer of God's Lost Heritage.
In Zechariah, He is the Fountain Opened in the House of David, for sin and uncleanness.
And in Malachi, He is the Son of Righteousness, rising with healing in His wings.
In Matthew, He is the Messiah.
In Mark, He is the Wonder-Worker.
In Luke, He is the Son of Man.
In John, He is the Son of God.
In Acts, He is the Holy Spirit.
In Romans, He is our Justifier.
In Corinthians, He is the Sanctifier
In Galatians, He is the Redeemer from the curse of the law.
In Ephesians, He is the Christ of Unreachable Riches.
In Philippians, He is the God Who Supplies All Our Needs.
In Colossians, He is the Fullness of the Godhead Bodily.
In ! and II Thessalonians, He is our Soon-Coming King.
In I and II Timothy, He is our Mediator between God and Man.
In Titus, He is our Faithful Pastor.
In Philemon, He is a Friend, that Sticks Closer that a Brother.
In Hebrews, He is the Blood of the Everlasting Covenant.
In James, He is the Great Physician.
In I an II Peter, He is the Chief Shepherd, who soon shall appear with a crown of unfading glory.
In I, II, and III John, He is Everlasting Love.
In Jude, He is the Lord, Coming with Ten Thousands of His Saints.
And in Revelation, He is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.”

To this sermon, I add- search the scriptures and discover that Jesus Christ, He is the Risen Lord, who loves YOU ! (Lk. 24:4-8) (John 3:16)
In 2006, Jeoffery Benward, of Christian singing duo Aaron Jeffery, compiled a similar list in a song entitled “He Is ”.