On Friday, July 19th, Hillcrest Baptist Church will host the Hillcrest Community Fair starting at 6:00 in the evening. Here are some statistics about the Fair:
-This is the 8th time we have hosted the Fair
-Around 1,400 flyers were distributed, inviting people to the Fair
-150 letters were sent to prospects, inviting them to the Fair
-1 road sign that has been up since June 28th, inviting people driving by the church to the Fair
-Over 45 merchants have donated items to the Fair
-The first 75 families are guaranteed a prize and goodie bag
-McDonald's has donated over 280 coupons for those goodie bags
-Chick Fil A donated over 300 coupons for free food for those goodie bags
-JT Bishop's Bargain Barn donated coupons for each of those goodie bags
-Each goodie bag will contain a New Testament, tract, VBS invitation and church information
-It will take over 50 volunteers to make the Fair a success
-Hilltop Community Church is allowing us to use 1 jumper and 1 giant obstacle course
-Wayne Sanford will cook over 300 pieces of chicken
-We ordered 45 new Hillcrest T-shirts for the Hillcrest family
-It took 1 and 1/2 hours to distribute flyers to 900 homes on the hill
-Last year, we had over 80 families attend the Fair
-Those 80 families brought a total of 200 guests to the Fair
-20 of the children attending Vacation Bible School the following week came to the Fair
The Fair is the best opportunity we have all year to connect with our community. Our goal is to introduce our community to Jesus and to Hillcrest Baptist Church. It all begins with those who help park the cars and moves to those at the registration table. Once they are at the Fair, how we treat our guests will tell them more about Jesus than our words will. We need to treat the guests just like we would treat guests in our home. From the way we speak to them, welcome them, smile at them to how we treat each other and our area of service, we can make a positive impact for Christ. God is giving us this opportunity to open the foors of the church up to our community.
How can we prepare for this? Invite!! People will only come if they are invited, so make sure you invite them. Get prayed up! There will be spiritual battles in each of our homes, jobs and relationships. Satan will try to distract us in a variety of ways during this next week. Pray for God to move in our midst and draw people to the Fair. Pray that God will speak to our guests during our halftime presentation when we share the Gospel. Pray that we will have a large amount of children sign up for VBS. Pray that Diego Munoz will be able to connect with Spanish-speaking people at the registration table. Pray that everyone will be safe. Pray that the goodie bags will come into homes and people will be drawn to read the NewTestaments, tracts and information about the church. Pray for energy and enthusiasm. You can also prepare by showing up to work. There is always a need for workers, so come at 5:15 and get involved.
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