Many people pass by our church and admire this New-England-style building with its stain glass and high bell tower. But how do we move people from admiration to entrance? How do we let our neighbors know that a lively group of Christians worships inside this quaint old church? On June 25th, from 5 to 8 p.m., we welcomed our neighbors by inviting them to a block party.
Our head deacon Al drove the Block Party trailer to the church parking lot at 2 p.m. We were eager to see what was inside. We found a popcorn machine, snow-cone machine, a sound system, canopies, tables, a BBQ grill, bouncers, games, and much more. Our church parking lot turned into a carnival within an hour. We were in business.
Soon country-western Gospel music was playing; a Korean BBQ lured in hungry visitors; a puppeteer entertained children; nurses were taking blood pressure; door prizes were passed out; and we were even visited by a city fire truck. We all had a fun!
And the best part is this: more than half of the congregation came out to reach our neighborhood for Christ. After the event, I heard words like, “successful”, “fun”, “hard work”. Justin, a youth in charge of the sound system said, “if we do this again, I want to do sound again”. Then Alex who was in charge of the games chimed in, “Yea, I want to do games again. I had a blast!” Kids who were jumping on the bouncer, shouted out “This is fun!” So I know the block party was a successful event for both workers and attendees. Everybody had fun!
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