Post No.4 A - Working on the street

On Saturday morning we spent time with a group from St John's praying for people. They have permission from the local Council to use an area of the public footpath in the main street of Harborne (see photo). It is difficult to use the space outside shops as they own the footpath and are reluctant to give permission for this sort of activity, so they are fortunate that the local Council support what they are doing and have allocated them a space. The team meet at the church at 10.00 am to pray for about 30 min and then go set up the space. They stand around as people pass by, handing out a little pamphlet about healing and offering to pray for people. The people prayed for also receive an envelope containing information about St John's. Lenda got involved with this, and even had some prayer (see photo). They prayed for about 6-7 people for a variety of things, but had a number of good conversations with others. I used the time to engage with people about Jesus and handed out Biblein11 cards. I shared the gospel with one man as his friend watched on (see photo). The friend didn't watch it as he had to go. It was a fun morning! I think we could easily do something like this in Waipukurau! Where we are staying fronts onto a busy road; lots of people walk passed day and night!. I reckon that I could set up a couple of chairs on the drive and share the gospel with whoever wanted to stop. I'm going to try it when we return from Wales and New Wine. Cheers...