Recently Steve had the opportunity to partner with Kirkcaldy Free Church for an outreach event that was hosted at their church. The church has a real heart for the community that’s it’s in, and this was evident by the number of guests who came along that evening, who were well known to the church there, even though they don’t necessarily come on a Sunday or consider themselves Christians. But they knew they were welcome and were keen to come share a meal and hear what the Bible has to say about finding hope in a world that can seem so hopeless.
Sharing food is a great way to make people feel welcome, to bless them and to get to know them. Being hospitable is biblical, as is sharing food together. If you want to know more about why eating together is a brilliant way to start an evangelisic meeting, read Tim Chester’s little book “A Meal With Jesus”, especially the section entitled, ‘meals enact the gospel’. It’s quite surprising the emphasis and importance scripture places on sharing food!
Following the meal, Steve gave a talk on ‘Is there any hope for the future’, which was followed by a time of Q&A. It was a great way to love people well and to point them to the hope that only Jesus Christ can truly bring.
At Solas we really enjoy doing these kind of events in whcih we get to engage the world with the claims of Christ. We do so, winsomely, persuasively and in a way which speaks directly to the questions people are asking today.
If you would be interested in running an outreach event in your community like this, please contact Solas to see how we can help your church host something like this. You can reach us here.
