Medina County Fair, days 4 & 5
Posted by Jason Oesterling on August 2, 2008
We’re still rolling – I think the fair has given us good exposure to the community, even though the building we’re in isn’t trafficked as heavily as the midway. We’ve been able to hand out several thousand picnic invitations, and several thousand freeze-pops.
Still having good conversations with a number of people (mixed with a few I could have done without). Day 4 brought “the gay question” a couple of times: “Are you welcoming and affirming of gays?” My answer to that has been: Welcoming, yes. Affirming, no. I try to make sure people understand that while we don’t believe the Bible condones homosexuality, we don’t expect people to be just like us before they join in with what we’re doing. In other words, you don’t have to reach a certain standard just to be welcomed at our church. And all of us have things in our life that God wants to change as we learn what it means to follow Jesus.
I was also interviewed yesterday for a podcast (I’ll post a link once it’s up), talking about ministries that do outreaches at events like this.
