March 26, 2008

Luke 14 Dinner

This Friday is the big event! Our church hosts an outreach dinner each year where the guests of honor are those in and around our community with disabilities. This year's theme is a County Fair. It is a major event to plan and has been a lot of work! But it is sure to be a major blessing for all involved. Here is an excerpt that my friend, Darlene, included in her letter to churches who are considering hosting a Luke 14 dinner.

  First of all, according to Luke 14, this apparently is just the kind of party Jesus himself would throw! His “Guest List” would include: the lame, the blind, the poor, the disabled, and the outcast – just the crowd He loved to hang out with! 

Some of the activities we have this year: professional square dancers (for entertainment and participation!), face painting, puppetry (provided by a 32 year old with autism!), a full petting zoo, The Sunshine Singers (a choir whose members all have down syndrome), county fair booths, antique tractors, hamburgers and hot dogs hot off the grill, clowns and more! We've invited people from all around our community, and so far have more than 240 guests coming! Be praying for this event: the volunteers, the guests, the details! This is also a kick-off of sorts for our disability ministry at our church. This Sunday will be our first Sunday School class for adults with disabilities, and we already have three members! And we're starting to provide Special Care for children with disabilities while their families attend church/small group. Most of the people attending are unchurched, and we're hoping to provide a place where all can come. Please pray with us for this.

Luke 14:12-14 "Then Jesus said to his host, "When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid. But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is such an amazing event. My small group helped serve last year and it was such a blessing. Won't be there this year, as we are all still sick, but I'll definitely be praying!

Anonymous said...

Can you send me a copy of the letter Darlene sent out, and whatever other publication stuff you have hard copies/files for so I can give them to Kathy? She like to have those to file for reference/ideas....thx.

And - have a blast! It sounds like an amazing event, one that will bless the ones we are to bless in Jesus' name, and you'll all be blessed in the process of serving them! LY

Anonymous said...

Liss, if ever there were something that God hand-designed you for, this is it! The people in your community will be blessed immeasurably! We'll be praying for sure! Jeni

A girl who sees said...

Ooh ooh! How'd it go?!