“It Ain’t a Bar-B-Que if There Ain’t a Fistfight” or “Tired of Religion? Invite the Lost” or “So Three High Muslims Come to a Church Picnic”

Some churches say “You never know what may happen in our meetings” and then pretty much the same thing happens that happens everywhere else.  When we say that we mean it.

I don’t even know how to write this post.  We had a bar-b-que for the 4th of July.  It was a great time.

I had planed it to be a time of fellowship but my folks think everything is an outreach so they invited lots of lost.  And believe it or not, the people they invited invited people.

Right after I got there to set up a couple muslim guys came who were high as a kite.  About an hour later they said they would be right back, walked into the bushes, and never came back. (believe it or not, more came later)  This was about the least interesting thing that happened.

There were lots of others who came for the first time.  I promise you there are bigger churches but there are none cooler than The Mission.  The visitors asked several times if this is really a church before agreeing to come back.  That’s what we strive for.

I want to give a big shout out to all of you who invited folks.

I also want to thank those of you who attempted to break up that large brawl that ended the day.  I was a little embarassed and I know the cars that refused to drive by for fear of attack wish it had not happened but that is the fun of reaching this community. I see salvations.  But as a community, we get to see God uncover our need for Him and His transforming power.

In the end, we made contact with more lost people.  Some lost people have found a way to reconnect with God.  And I have one more experience to put in my “Adventures with God” book.

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