Thanks For Praying For Oktoberfest!

Praise God for a great opportunity to serve and love people at New Albany's Oktoberfest on October 4. Here are some highlights from the day in pictures:

The day began with loading up our van with stuff we used for our booth and items we were loaning to the New Albany Events Board for use throughout the day. It was a special privilege not only to do our thing (see below), but also help provide resources for the event (tents, coolers, snow cone machine, etc.).


To thank ClearView for our partnership in providing resources for the event, the Events Board bought and placed a 3x5 banner on the main stage! What a blessing!

At the event, God provided the opportunity for us to sponsor 3, FREE!, inflatables for children to enjoy! Special thanks to John and Sandy McDonald (Plane Things) of Northwest Chapel for making this possible for us!



In addition to the inflatables, ClearView sponsored a booth that included face painting, colored hair spray, and array of OSU Football and fall tattoos, balloons, and crafts for children to enjoy.



We were able to connect with many people (some new and some existing contacts) and give out numerous invites to our Sunday gatherings and the Main Event!


I was personally elated at several factors of the day:

• God provided amazing help for the activities we sponsored. Over 40 different people from at least 6 different churches helped us pull off this large scale outreach event. I was so proud of our team, again, as almost every member volunteered in some form throughout the day. Even though we had numerous activities going in several locations, everything ran smoothly and there was always adequate help to get the job done well.
  
• Through the connection God has opened for me to serve on the Events Board, we were able to have a significant and visible presence at the event. ClearView is gaining a reputation in our community as a new church that loves and serves (two things Jesus was known for) freely.
• As our team debriefed the next morning, the story was told of a child that came through our booth and enjoyed face painting and crafts. She then participated in several other attractions at the festival and returned to our booth to another craft saying, "This is the best booth at the whole event!"

I know that many of you are praying regularly for us. Thanks! As always, our continual prayer is that 1) God would use us to influence people towards Jesus, and that 2) God would lead us to people that would be willing to share our vision of beginning a new, Bible-teaching, mission-oriented church in northeastern Franklin County. Please be persistent in begging God to continue moving in these areas.

Slideshow of Oktberfest Pictures