Last night around 9:30pm students from Garnet Valley High School came over to Fellowship to set up all their gear for an event that will be taking place tonight at the loft. (our student auditorium) Tonight three rock bands from the school will be performing consecutive sets. These are local kids in our community high school that just love to play music. The majority of them have no relationship at all with Jesus. We are expecting to have somewhere around 200 kids here tonight.
As Ryan Geiger and I helped them get set up last night and did sound checks for them they were blown away that a church would be so cool to host this kind of event. They saw the loft and they were in awe that a church could have a place like this with cool lights, cool stage, smoke machines etc. They want to play shows here now.
Why are we so pumped about it? Because we are building bridges with the community. 200 kids that have never been to Fellowship will be here tonight. They will feel accepted. They will be surprised that we are not offended by their hair, their music, their lifestyles, etc…we will embrace them and engage in their culture. And although I may not care for all their music, by us doing this we are embracing them and being Jesus to them. We are shining our light to our community.
I am so proud of Fellowship and Ryan Geiger for hosting this event! That is redefining church!
Amen! I love being a part of church like this!