We have just had one of the most exciting outreach efforts at our church in the time that I have been here. We held Praise in the Park, an off-site service that enabled us to cancel our regular Sunday evening service and move it to a city park, right in the downtown area of Delmar, a small town on the Delaware/Maryland line (hence Del/Mar).
We had to postpone the initial event due to the hurricane, but the second time was the winner! We had excellent attendance, and experienced some incredible music from a couple of our musicians in our church. The casual atmosphere created a very non-confrontational invitation to others in the community, and we got to meet some new faces in our midst.
All in all, this was a wonderful, incredibly new and exciting event to put on, and be a part of in our community.
Ministry has evolved into community interaction. We have got to be engaged in our community, and while we are living our lives in the community, we should be showing other Christ through our words, actions, and attitudes. The great commission expects us to be active in our community - Literally, the Commission says "As you are going [about your daily lives in your community], make disciples..."
Today, look around for someone that you see every day, or pass in the hallway, and think of how you, as you go about your daily life, can make another disciple for Christ.
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