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Volume 1, Issue 4
1000 Hil ls Ranch Church News
Happen’ins
Oct 6 and all Thursdays in October will
be a class for beginning ropers. Anyone
interested in learning the basics of rope
handling and how to swing a rope come to the Woodward Round Up Club on
Thursday evenings beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Oct 8—Cowgirl Couture ―Outdoor
Escape‖ see story below.
Oct 9– Church Leadership meeting
immediately following the service.
Oct. 22-23 Colt Starting Competition
Nov. 5th—Baby shower for Aaron &
Melissa DeFever from 2-4 p.m.
Nov. 19th—Wedding shower for Kiel
Reese & Megan McMurphy from 2-4 p.m.
The owners of a brand
new Chuck wagon and a
set of Percheron horses is
what we are at 1000 Hills
Ranch Church. Here‟s
why...Some generous do-
nations have covered the
cost of a brand new
chuckwagon being made
by an Amish guy in Kan-
sas. Pastor Beau has spo-
ken to other cowboy
churches and they have
shared how their chuck-
wagon is a great ministry
to the community (dutch
oven cooking, parades,
wagon rides, school
events, outreach, adver-
tising, ministering to oth-
er churches, and just hav-
ing a chuckwagon draws
onlookers that we hope to
connect witt). It is be-
lieved that God will use
these tools to reach the
unchurched western cul-
ture.
God answered the need
for something to pull this
wagon as well. After
much prayer and consid-
eration the church has
purchased a set of Per-
cheron horses. Upon pur-
chasing these beautiful
horses Pastor Beau was
told we would be able to
house them for free at a
rancher‟s land near
Mooreland. Soon after-
ward a call was received
from the American Fel-
lowship of Cowboy
Churches (AFCC) saying
they are committing to
sending us $400 a month
for the next year. Pastor
Beau and the elders felt
this was a way to care for
these horses and more!
God is good and it will be
exciting to see how God
uses our Chuckwagon
Team to reach the un-
churched. If you would
like to join this team
please contact the pastor.
The Chuckwagon should
be completed in March.
Plans for everyone to
meet Bullet and Babe are
in the works!
A Chuck wagon
and Percheron Horses
October 2011
The girls are getting together
The Cowgirl Couture will
be having an “Outdoor
Escape” including trail
rides, fishing, and just
enjoying the outdoors.
All are welcome—you
don‟t have to ride to at-
tend.
We will meet at the
Woodward Round Up
Club at 8:30 a.m. and
leave from there to head a
few miles north of Wood-
ward.
Bring a friend, a chair,
and $6 for lunch
1000 Hills Ranch Purpose Statement:
1000 Hills Ranch Church exists to reach the un-churched west-
ern culture with the gospel of Jesus Christ by tearing down reli-
gious barriers and building authentic relationships.
Sunday Gatherin
Sunday Services are held
at the Woodward Live-
stock Auction sale ring.
Services begin at 10:30
a.m.
Cowboy Pastor: Beau
Hague
Phone: 580-216-6427
Email: thou-
sandhillsranchchurch@y
ahoo.com
Mailing address: 53945
S. County Road 221 Mu-
tual, OK 73853
“The Windmill” will be
prepared on a monthly
basis distributed on the
first Sunday—email
deliveries will be on
the Saturday prior.
Cowboy Tip of the
Month:
“Don‟t let your
yearnings get ahead
of your earnings”
cause we feel for teenagers. We do
not downplay their role in the king-
dom. They have spiritual gifts that
need to be discovered and are an
important part
of the body of
Christ. They are
the next genera-
tion of Chris-
tians!. Our vi-
sion for the
youth group is for the students to
feel like they have a safe place to go
and worship and be crazy! Along
with that, we want God to equip us
to build strong, spir-
itual leaders. The
youth group meetings
will be a place of fel-
lowship, discipleship,
evangelism, worship,
and ministry.”
Blake and Jandi Overton (see their
story on page 3), have accepted the
call. I asked Jandi to briefly de-
scribe what brought them to leading
the youth group and what their
heart is for them. Here is her re-
sponse, “ We are being obedient to
God‟s calling by committing to lead-
ing the youth. We prayed about it
for awhile and finally felt God‟s
hand “shoving” us into it. Our
hearts reach out to the youth be-
Prayer can be such a powerful tool
that every Christian no matter
what level you are at has the ability
to utilize. Prayer is simply
“communicating with God” - listen-
ing and talking to him.
Believers are called to pray from
the heart, freely, spontaneously,
and in your own words. If prayer is
difficult for you, I am giving you a
few basic principles of prayer.
The Bible talks a lot about prayer.
There is no special posture that has
to be maintained for prayer. In the
Bible people prayed on their knees
(I Kings 8:45), bowing (Exodus
4:31), on their face before God
(Matthew 26:39), and standing (1
Kings 8:22). You can pray with
your eyes opened or closed, quiet or
loud, it really doesn‟t matter.
There is no need to be wordy or im-
pressive in the way you speak when
you pray (Matthew 6:7, Ecclesias-
ties 5:2), and prayer develops a
deeper relationship with God. If a
person never speaks to their spouse
or never listened to anything they
had to say, the relationship would
quickly deteriorate. It is the same
way with God.
The Lord has also instructed His
children to pray. Obedience is a
natural by-product of discipleship
(Matthew 26:41). If you find your-
self in a situation where you don‟t
know how to pray, the Holy Spirit
will help (Romans 8:26-27).
Successful prayer requires a hum-
ble heart, faith, righteousness, and
obedience. God also wants His chil-
dren to pray together with other
believers (Matthew 18:19, Luke
1:10, Acts 1:14 and more). It is for
this reason that this space has been
provided along with the two places
on the website to submit prayer
requests (under “Connectin” and
“Ministry Teams”). Being a part of
the 1000 Hills Ranch Church Fami-
ly, we want to pray with each other
in difficulty, hard times, any deci-
sions, good times, and everything in
between. Submit your prayer re-
quests in any of the ways men-
tioned above and allow your church
family to pray
and then re-
joice with you
when the an-
swer comes.
Here’s an example of how to pray
God’s Word when you are struggling
with Grief, sadness, disappoint-
ment….
“When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you; and through the
rivers, they shall not overflow you.
When you walk through the fire,
you shall not be burned, nor shall
the flame scorch you”. Isaiah 43:2
“Casting all your care upon Him, for
He cares for you”. I Peter 5:7
“Blessed are those who mourn, for
they shall be comforted”. Matthew
5:4
“And God will wipe away every tear
from their eyes; there shall be no
more death, nor sorrow, nor crying.
There shall be no more pain, for the
former things have passed away.”
Revelation 21:4
1000 Hills Youth Group Begins
Prayer/Praise Requests
PAGE 2 THEWINDMILL VOLUME 1, I SSUE 4
The youth meet on
Sunday evenings at 7 p.m.
at 7th & Texas
Blake and Jandi Overton have a
heart for God, and a heart for 1000
Hills Ranch Church. Blake was
born and raised in Sharon, Oklaho-
ma. He attended Sha-
ron-Mutual schools
where He enjoyed play-
ing sports and partici-
pating in FFA. He said,
“I am blessed to have
grown up farming and
running cattle, which
is something I still en-
joy. I love everything
about the country and I
am glad I can raise my
family in a small town
area”.
Jandi was born and
raised in Oklahoma City, Oklaho-
ma. “I like the city and all, but I
knew I wanted to live in the coun-
try. My life was different from
Blake‟s life—city people are just
different! I enjoyed being in the col-
or guard and performing at football
games on Friday nights. Yes, that
means I was a “band nerd”. Around
here people find it hard to believe I
graduated in a class of 750. I didn‟t
even know who I was sitting by at
my graduation! So it was a culture
shock when I moved to Sharon
America, but I love it here and feel
truly blessed to live in such a sweet
town”. Jandi stated.
Jandi was saved at church camp in
Seminole when she was 9 years old.
Jandi describes her conversion ex-
perience like this,”It is an experi-
ence I will never
forget and hold
dear to my heart.
That was the first
time I felt the Holy
Spirit calling me to
go to the altar,
where I was saved
with my other two
best friends. From
that moment on,
the feeling in the
pit of my stomach
came frequently,
and I know it is the
Holy Spirit convicting me or calling
me to do something.”
Blake was saved when he was 10
years old on the Sunday after Vaca-
tion Bible School. He tells his story
this way, “I felt the urge to go down
to the front and accept Jesus Christ
as my Savior. A few weeks later I
was baptized by my Grandpa Jas-
per, something that is still special
to me”.
The Overton‟s were married on Au-
gust 25, 2007. They were high
school sweethearts and then dated
for 3 years before getting married.
They met at the Woodward Elks
Rodeo in 2004.
Blake and Jandi have two boys
Kaden age 4 and Blaze age 2.
Beau and Heather approached
Blake and Jandi in March 2010
about starting a Cowboy church.
Jandi said they prayed about it and
believed that God was calling them
to help. Jandi said, “We loved the
idea of a „come as you are Cowboy
Church‟ and had faith that it would
be a successful church in Wood-
ward”.
Blake is an elder at 1000 Hills
Ranch Church. He says the part he
enjoys most is serving alongside
with new believers as well as ma-
ture Christians. The church is a
unique tool to reach the unchurched
Western culture of Northwestern
Oklahoma and the Overton‟s are
very glad to call 1000 Hills Ranch
Church theirs.
interest to someone else that you
would be willing to
give away please
email tjpip-
There are many places in the Bible
God‟s people are
noted for taking
care of each other.
This is the place
to put any type of
personal items you
think might be of
Wendy Sample is recruiting Girl
Scouts and Community Service Pro-
jects. The group is working towards
100 good deeds by the end of the
school year so they can be honored
with a reception at the Governor‟s
mansion. If you can help with pro-
jects or ideas, please email her at
Meet the Overton’s
The Trading Post
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100 Good Deeds
