God Answers Nelson's Prayers

What a great weekend of ministry at Severn River Church! Thanks to all who were involved to make it happen.

First, let me take you back a couple months to when I announced on the blog here that we were starting a new ministry called Screen On The Green (we shamelessly stole that name from a church planter who stole it from some other church, etc.) But the bottom line is we're showing family movies in local neighborhoods on a jumbo inflatable screen. We had two opportunities one in Severna Park and one in Elizabeth's Landing, Pasadena. When I made that announcement a reader of the blog, Nelson Cross, commented that he and his family had come to faith because of an outreach in the same community years ago, and that he would be praying for the Elizabeth's Landing outreach in particular.

Well, Friday night was SOTG in Elizabeth's Landing and we had a tremendous night. The first one (Severna Park) wasn't bad, but the second one was a great improvement. We had a huge turnout, probably 65-75 people. The connection that we made was a good one with the community, but most importantly we got to talk with people about the church.

On Sunday we had a family from SOTG come and visit the church. We were so excited to have been able to serve them in the community and then be able to serve them in the church. Nelson's prayer was answered. In conversation our guest told me, "I didn't know this was put on by a church, but I'm glad I found it. I think God ordered my steps here tonight."

We know that Nelson is not the only one praying for us. Thanks to everyone who is standing with us in prayer. It was great to see that through cultivating community connections, we were able to bring people into our family of friends at the church as well.

--Ben