Wednesday Night Bible Study: Meets the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month at 9:00 PM in the Heritage House (southeast corner of the church property). This study is open to all men. Questions? Contact Neil Payne at  Npayne@pgmgi.com or 817-329-4269.

IHOP Group: Thursday Morning Bible Study meets at 6:30 AM at IHOP (3317 E Highway 114, Southlake). Men are invited to join us for a Thursday morning Bible Study each week. First time to the Iron Men Bible Study? Then Breakfast is on us! We end by 7:30 AM. The Last Thursday of the month, we meet in the Family Life Center for breakfast and a Bible lesson at 6:30 AM.

Old West Cafe Group: Iron Men has added a second Thursday morning Bible study meeting at 6:30 AM at Old West Cafe (600A West Northwest Highway, Grapevine). Note that you don't have to be present every week! The study will change every 6-8 weeks. Beginning Thursday, March 4, we will start a study of the book "Dare to Be Uncommon: Discovering How to Impact Your World" by Tony Dungy. If you would like to attend this series please rsvp to Kevin Mitchell at kmitchell@grapevinetexas.gov so we can have enough books for everyone.

Join us for one of our weekly Bible studies (details above).

Our next Iron Men Breakfast at the Family Life Center is at 6:30 AM on Thursday, March 25.

Iron Men Chili Bowl VII

Chili Bowl VII was a great success! Over $2,100 was raised for the Weekend Food ministry.  The Iron Men would like to thank the 23 teams that cooked chili and the congregation for supporting this event. This year all the winners were awarded ministry credits to be given to the ministry of their choice. Click here to see photos from the event. Here are this year's winners:

Judges' Choice 1st - Sarah & Mike Ozymy  $150 ministry credit 2nd - Stephen Ministry  $75 ministry credit 3rd - Bev & Bob Campisi  $50 ministry credit

People's Choice Award  United Methodist Women $150 ministry credit It's Not Chili Category  Tie between  Amy Gravitt and  Mr. Nathan $50 ministry credit for each

Presentation Tie Between Peace, Love, and Chili  (Live and Learn Class) and Big VII South Chili  (Laura Beth Chelf, Jennifer Mitchell, Lorie Payne, Abbey Flores, & Kara Bentley) $50 ministry credit for each

Iron Men Golf Tournament 2009

The Iron Men Leadership team would like to thank all the sponsors and players who made the 6th Annual Iron Men Golf Tournament a great success. Over $10,000 was raised and fun was had by all! Click here for photos. Congratulations to our winners:

Iron Men Father/Child Campout

We had a great crowd and good weather at the Iron Men Father/Child Campout last Friday!  We had 90 people in attendance. We had dinner, s’mores by the campfire, watched fireworks, and had 17 dads spend the night with their kids. Special thanks to Brian Siek, Eric Erwin and David McCarly for helping prepare the food. Click here for more photos.

Iron Men Dinner

We had a great turnout at the Iron Men Dinner on Monday, April 20, with 30+ in attendance. We enjoyed a meal together and talked about our Wednesday night and Thursday morning Bible studies, as well as other opportunities for the men of our Church. Our next Men’s breakfast in the FLC is on Thursday, April 30. at 6:30 AM, which includes free breakfast with a short Bible lesson led by O.C. Hailey. Our next “event” will be hosting a KIDFISH on Sunday, June 28 (the Sunday after VBS). 

Chili Bowl Six Recap

We had a great time at Chili Bowl VI and the Elvis gospel concert!  The Iron Men raised over $1,500 at Chili Bowl and had the biggest crowd ever!  Our thanks to all of the great participants and to the First Church String Band for providing the entertainment.  Here are the results of the judging:

• Judges Choice – 1st Place - Jarrod Treese and Clayton Palla’s “Hunk-A-Hunk-A Burnin’ Chili” 

• Seekers Class took 2nd and 3rd place. 

• New Life Class won “People’s Choice” by raising $175.50 in donations. 

• There was a tie for Best Presentation between Clowning Around and The Texans. 

We had about 575 people at the Elvis Gospel Concert - another great turnout!  The offering taken up during the concert totaled about $3,100 to benefit Weekend Food.

Click here for more photos from both events. 

Do I have to be a member to come to events? No, ALL men in our church and community are welcome.
Is there a membership fee? No
Do you the Iron Men meet regularly? No, our ministry holds events throughout the year.
Are there Officers? No, we are led by a leadership team.
How can I help? You can choose to serve on the leadership team, help with an event or simply participate in our various activities.

More Questions about Iron Men?  Contact one of these men:

Kevin Mitchell, 817-416-2609, kmitchell@ci.grapevine.tx.us
Neil Payne, 817-329-4269, NPayne@PGMGI.COM
Dave Buhr, 817-424-1529, dave.buhr@lpl.com
Rev. Rick Mang, 817-481-2559,  rickm@fumcg.org