As a church planter I find myself around a lot of driven people, maybe ‘cuz we attract one another. One thing that has been a major part of fast church plant growth has been the events they put on. It makes sense. Church plants don’t usually have a building that people get to drive by and decide if they will one day go to church there. The church generally hasn’t been around very long and therefore hasn’t penetrated the community with buzz. So the solution has always been events.

Big events give you a chance to showcase yourself to the community and provide something for people to do. Sounds like a win win situation.

Last night for Halloween we thought it would be a cool idea to roll by the big ‘Harvest Fest’ being put on by a church in our neighborhood. The event was HUGE! Search lights guided you in from miles away, which was good because we had to park miles away. We got out of the car and started making the trek to the big event off in the distance. On a side note, I’m really glad we had the kids do some trick-or-treating in our neighborhood before we left, the candy gave us some much needed sustenance for the journey.
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