Adams American Lutheran wins the 4th annual Souper Bowl challenge and has become back-to-back-to-back Souper Bowl champions!  Actually the biggest winner is the Beatrice Food Bank as the 6 churches that participated in this awesome event raised a grand total of 13,291 pounds of food which 2,703 pounds more than last year!

For those that are not aware, the Souper Bowl challenge is an event where area churches collect dry food donations over a 4 week period.  At the end of the event you sum up the total food donations and divide by the church's average attendance.  The church with the most amount of food collected per member wins!    Here is a breakdown of donations from this year's participants

The Adams American Lutheran Church managed win the pounds per member challenge by raising an astounding 5,297 pounds of food which equates to over 42 pounds of food per member!  This is 1,164 pounds more than what we collected last year!  Our church was only able to amass this emense amount of food because the whole church pitched in.  The breakdown of contributions was something like this:

Open Congregation Donations -- 3,265.75 lbs.

Confirmation Class Door-to-Door -- 550 lbs.

Church Life Team ----------------- 367.50 lbs.

2^nd Grade -------------------------- 366.01 lbs.

7th & 8th Grade ------------------- 310.85 lbs.

3^rd Grade -------------------------- 265 lbs lbs.

High School ----------------------- 147 lbs.

Preschool -------------------------- 87.45 lbs.

1^st Grade -------------------------- 25 lbs.

Special thanks to Mike Klein for coaching the Fighting Mules to another victory!                          

 3rd Annual Holy Cow! Chili Cook-Off

American Lutheran Church

Adams, Nebraska

January 22, 2012

4:00 – 6:30 p.m.

You know the deal --- Let’s eat some CHILI!

To Enter: Sign up as a contestant in the Parish Hall by the bulletin board.

To Judge: That’s where the EATIN’ comes in! Just eat the chili and ‘vote’ for your favorites! Each ‘vote’ costs $1. Like more than one? Then pay to vote more than once! $1 equals 1 vote, pay heartily and vote often! (The chili is FREE, however the voting is not.) (Separate voting buckets will be set aside and numbered for each chili entrant. The bucket with the most votes at 6:00 will be determined the “American Lutheran Church Holy Cow! Chili Cook-Off Winner!” and will receive one-half of their bucket proceeds!)

The Rules: Divisions: Youth (18 and under) and Adult. There will be one overall winner, the chili that receives the most votes. Additional recognition for ‘hottest chili,’ ‘crazy (most unusual ingredients) chili’ and ‘best of show.’ Traveling trophies will be awarded. Best overall chili receives half of their ‘votes’ as their monetary award.

Contestants: Bring at least one crockpot full of your chili, your own serving utensil and any ‘unusual’ food items you’d like to serve with your chili, i.e., jalapenos, Fritos, etc. Sprinkle cheddar cheese, soup crackers and sour cream will be provided.

For more information, contact Rhonda Page, 402.988.8054.

Sponsored by Church Life Team.  

SEE THE RULES HERE