The prayer tent got off to an amazing start Saturday night. There was great crew here for the training and orientation and then we all went over to Grand Parade to pray with people for a few hours. We had the opportunity to pray with over two dozen people about issues as far ranging as a death in the family to a chronic sweating problem. Fun times for sure. If you want to get involved see below.
This Week - Church at the Park
On Sunday we are going unplugged and out doors for a worship gathering at Point Pleasant Park. We will meet at the Martello tower at the usual time (10:30am) and you can feel free to bring a chair or blanket to sit on, lunch, and a frisbee as many of us will be sticking around after to just hang out and enjoy the beauty of creation and each others company. Should weather become an issue we will send out an email and reschedule for another week and be at the theatre as usual. This will be a families-all-together event so feel free to bring some toys for your kids to play with during worship.
Painting Day
Attention all parents of kids age 3+ and Upstream leaders/helpers! On Saturday, August 1 from 1-4 pm, you and your family are invited to Matt & Shannon Guest's house (61 Parkland Ave. in Dartmouth) for a fun (messy) day of painting, games, BBQ and just plain old hanging out. We will have various painting and other artsy-type supplies ready for the kids, as well as some fun outdoor games and maybe a kiddie-pool or two. We won't tell you exactly what's going to be happening (partly because we haven't figured it all out yet) - you'll have to come and find out! It'll be a fun surprise.
The main things to know are that it will be:
- Fun.
- Messy (Make sure your kids are wearing OLD CLOTHES. A great idea for a painting "smock" is an old t-shirt of yours that your little Picasso can put on over his/her own mess-able clothes.)
- Did we mention fun?
We plan to have a BBQ with burgers/hot dogs, which involves you in two ways: First, please RSVP the number of people from your family who will be attending to Shannon at 461.1536 or shannon.feindel@hotmail.com no later than Wed. July 29. Second, if you can bring chips/salad/drinks/dessert, please let Shannon know in your email. If it rains, we will reschedule for a future date TBD.
Don't forget - it will be messy! We can't stress this enough! Old clothes are key!
Prayer Tent
The idea is simple. We set up a tent in Grande Parade on Saturday from 10 pm to 2 am and offer to pray with people about whatever is going on in their life as a way of showing the Christ's love, inviting Him to be at work in their life, and building relationships. If you are planning to be there this week please let me know.
If you are interested in being a part of this ministry it's not to late to get involved. We will be holding a mini orientation for first timers each week at the tent right before we start.
And now you're in the loop.
