Okay, the crazy stuff we did at Reality this past weekend was worth the risk and paid-off well. We also took a chance as a church to do something out-of-the-box on another occasion which made the news…at least locally.
First, my staff and I usually meet weekly for about two hours to focus our thoughts on the creative aspect of an upcoming series of talks. By praying, talking, and just throwing things out on the table as ideas, we think God gave us the idea of having a six week series of talks on how to build great relationships. We called it “My Lame Relationship,” and went to build a basic, but fun website dedicated to relationships. The domain name www.MyLameRelationship.com was purchased for about $10 and we began to work on the look, layout, and content and then had it go “live.”Then, we got another idea. We thought that creating a few hundred signs to place around the city would be an inexpensive way to promote the series and had a host of people come out to put them all over town in one evening. It worked. People started hitting the website and visiting the church for the series the week it was launched
A local news station, WTKR NEWS CHANNEL 3 got wind of it and came out to do a story on the series and we got 2 minutes and 47 seconds worth of free air time on the 11 o’clock news. All because we listened to God and took a risk to color outside the lines.
Then last Sunday (Easter), we decided (in our creative planning meeting weeks before) that I would make Salsa on stage…in front of the Easter crowd…for both services…even though I don’t cook…and somehow make it all correspond to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Well, it happened…we took the risk, stepped out of our comfort zone and did the deal. The result? Fifty-three people chose to put their faith in Jesus Christ as their personal forgiver. Can you imagine? How cool is that?!?!?
My reason for blogging about these two incidences is to somehow inspire you to pursue what God has put in your heart by taking some risks. Risks don’t always work out well; but after you pray and follow the Spirit’s prompting, step out…do the deal…choose the unknown…and watch the results!
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