When Pastor Randall Derrick arrived at Macedonia Lutheran Church in Prosperity 39 years ago, he was prepared to be “a fisher of men,” as Jesus implores his followers to be.
Little did he realize, though, that his ministry would extend to being a fisher of fishermen — and Sunday morning water skiers.
“I've seen folks drop a fishing line during the sermon,” he says. And he's also witnessed water skiers drop their rope and glide in to his church's lakeside service on Lake Murray.
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