New church holds service in bar to reach new people From Associated Press April 21, 2008 12:24 PM EDT
SIDNEY, Ohio - Another round and amen! Beer was on tap and a mechanical bull inspired the sermon as a new church held its inaugural service in a western Ohio bar.
The Country Rock Church drew about 100 people to Sunday night's meeting at the Pub Lounge in Sidney, 35 miles north of Dayton.
The barroom church is an offshoot of Sidney United First Methodist Church, whose head pastor says he's been looking for creative ways to reach people in unconventional places.
The church's Web site for its new branch advertises "Top regional bands, pizza, wings, rowdy fun & a short message."
The Rev. Chris Heckaman says people really seemed to enjoy themselves so he expects the Country Rock Church will meet weekly.
Heckaman's sermon compared staying on the bar's mechanical bull to learning how to get along in life.
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Sidney United First Methodist: http://www.sidneyfirst.com/
Breathe Pastor J, breathe
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Good thing Bibb County is dry
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I have but one response:
Luke 19:41-44
41 And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, 42 saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side 44 and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”
As Jesus wept over Jerusalem I pray that we weep over our own nation. For the day is coming when the false teachers will be surrounded on every side by the wrath of God and they will be torn down to the ground.
Knowing already that the mercy and grace of God is greater than all our human efforts may He see fit to rescue the drunkards as He saw fit to rescue me.
Oh Lord our God, may your name be proclaimed in every place so that the light of Christ would penetrate the darkest of men. But let us not embellish our wickedness into the preciousness of the gospel.
I WILL POST MORE SOON.... I have somewhere to go at the moment.
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